CERN's Large Hadron Collider... Info via Wikipedia: The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is the world's largest and highest-energy particle accelerator, intended to collide opposing particle beams, of either protons at an energy of 7 TeV/particle, or lead nuclei at an energy of 574 TeV/nucleus. The Large Hadron Collider was built by the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) with the intention of testing various predictions of high-energy physics, including the … [Read more...]
Archives for 2009
Unistall Norton Network Antivirus Without a Password
Here's a quick "How-to"... Symantec AntiVirus Clients, especially Corporate Edition Clients, can be installed remotely and managed via a Symantec AntiVirus Server. When a Symantec AntiVirus Client is managed, it prompts for password when you attempt to uninstall the client via local computer Control Panel Add or Remove Program applet. If you don't know or have forgotten the password, then the client is not able to be uninstalled or removed. In that case, (or when the Symantec AntiVirus … [Read more...]
Maintain A Healthy Level Of Insanity
To Maintain A Healthy Level Of Insanity At Lunch Time, Sit In Your Parked Car With Sunglasses on and point a Hair Dryer At Passing Cars. See If They Slow Down. Page Yourself Over The Intercom. Don't Disguise your Voice! Every Time Someone Asks You To Do Something, ask If They Want Fries with that. Put Decaf In The Coffee Maker For 3 Weeks . Once Everyone has Gotten Over Their Caffeine Addictions, Switch to Espresso. In the Memo Field Of All Your Checks, Write ' For Ma … [Read more...]
PC Boots to Blinking Cursor
This is more of a note for myself than anything... If I put it here, I will have an easier time finding what I did if/when I run across this problem again. Had to reboot a working PC. No updates installed, no new software of any kind installed. It just simply locked up and needed a reboot. On reboot, after finishing the POST test, it went to a black DOS style screen with a blinking cursor in the upper left-hand corner. This could mean several things: Corrupt Hard Drive Bad RAM Bad … [Read more...]
Xbox 360 Junkie?
Are you an Xbox live Junkie??? Love playing your games on-line? Well, if you do then you will like this. I just read a tweet from @digitarius over at Twitter about this deal he found on Amazon. It appears that they have Xbox Live Gold memberships on sale.. Thirteen months for only $29.97! So, hurry now while they last ! … [Read more...]
Petition for Secretary of the Arts
I received this in my e-mail today and thought I would post rather than resend in the hope that this would potentially be seen by more people. This is a great idea of Quincy Jones's....sign the petition! Subject: Secretary of the Arts Hello all, This is a really cool idea. Think of the symbolism of creating a cabinet level position to reassert the country's commitment to the arts. To be seen and heard, we must be at the table. Here's our chance. Quincy Jones has started … [Read more...]
5 minute Management Course
Here's a funny to start off our New Year right! I received this ditty in my e-mail this morning and thought I should share it now. These are some straight to the point lessons for better management. Management Course Lesson 1: A man is getting into the shower just as his wife is finishing up her shower, when the doorbell rings. The wife quickly wraps herself in a towel and runs downstairs. When she opens the door, there stands Bob, the next-door neighbor Before she says a … [Read more...]