The Tech - Friday morning, a young man came to my office and presented me with his résumé. As I read his résumé, I received a telephone call from one of my clients. In the News - They walk among us! Enjoy - Relax and enjoy these images and videos!
She described the issue she was having with her computer, and I told her that it appeared her system was infested with malware. I told her to bring her computer to my office any time after 10 AM, and I would repair it.
She said that she had discontinued driving. I told her I would come to her home within the hour.
I told the applicant that I wished him to accompany me and give me an opportunity to see how he worked. He excitedly agreed.
When we arrived at the client's home, the young applicant began working on the computer.
There was a bowl of peanuts near the computer, and the young technician began snacking upon them.
Soon, the malware and viruses had been removed from the computer, and the bowl was empty!
I said to my client, "I must apologize for this young man. It appears he has eaten all your peanuts!
The client smiled and said, "Oh, that's perfectly okay. I am happy to see someone getting pleasure from them. My teeth are so bad it's all I can do just to suck the chocolate off of them!"
Monday, November 10, 2014
The Tech, In the News, and Enjoy
Thursday, September 05, 2013
National Be Late for Something Day, In the News, and Enjoy!
National Be Late for Something Day - This holiday is for being fashionably late for anything and everything all day long and loving every minute of it. In the News - Snatched from today's headlines—the unusual, the strange, the mystifying, the humorous, the weird, the interesting, etc.! Enjoy! - Relax and enjoy!
Yes indeed, today is the day to be late, and when you do you are proving just how holiday-oriented you are. You are a true celebrator of holidays.
Monday, May 06, 2013
Study Says Facebook Can Lead to Psychosis, National Nurses Day, and Be Kind to Animals Week
Study Says Facebook Can Lead to Psychosis - Doctor Uri Nitzan of Tel Aviv University's Sackler Faculty of Medicine and the Shalvata Mental Health Care Center decided, along with his colleagues, to look at his own patients in the context of their online relationships. He wondered whether psychopathologies might be related to activities on Facebook and in chat rooms. The researchers discovered that the patients suffered increasingly from negative effects the more they "socialized" online. National Nurses Day - National Nurses Day, also known as National RN Recognition Day, is always celebrated on May 6th and opens National Nurses Week. National Nurses Week begins each year on May 6th and ends on May 12th, the birth date of Florence Nightingale. Be Kind to Animals Week - Join the event that’s been celebrated every year since 1915 -- American Humane Association's Be Kind to Animals Week®. In this annual tradition, we commemorate the role animals play in our lives, promote ways to continue to treat them humanely, and encourage others, especially children, to do the same.
Dr. Nitzan said, "In each case, a connection was found between the gradual development and exacerbation of psychotic symptoms, including delusions, anxiety, confusion, and intensified use of computer communications. Some of the problematic features of the Internet relate to issues of geographical and spatial distortion, the absence of nonverbal cues, and the tendency to idealize the person with whom someone is communicating, becoming intimate without ever meeting face-to-face. One patient even came to believe that the person she was in contact with online was constantly trying to touch her physically."
National Nurses Week is one of the nation's largest health-care events, recognizing the contributions and commitments nurses make and educating the public about the significant work they perform.
Activities during National Nurses Week typically include banquets and recognition dinners, state and city proclamations, continuing education seminars, and other community events.
In 1974, President Nixon proclaimed a "National Nurse Week."
Thursday, April 25, 2013
Fast-Talking Computer Hacker
Fast-Talking Computer Hacker Just Has To Break Through Encryption Shield Before Uploading Nano-Virus - LOS ANGELES — After dashing off an indiscernible code on his laptop keyboard and sharply striking the enter key multiple times with his forefinger, a fast-talking, visibly tense computer hacker said that he just has to break through the encryption shield before he could upload the nano-virus, sources confirmed Tuesday.
The arrogant if socially awkward hacker, a 30-year-old software-programmer-turned-cyberpunk known only as "Cipher," reportedly told his buttoned-up yet eager employers who were hovering over him and watching his every move that breaking into the supercomputer's mainframe would be "child’s play."
"The firewall's a bitch, but I should be able to get around it," Cipher said before swiftly wheeling his computer chair to an adjacent desk, clearing away the pile of empty pizza boxes and Maxim magazines and scanning the numbers and figures scrolling across two mounted flat-screen monitors. "Oh, what have we here? Looks like they updated their security system. Impressive. But not impressive enough."
"And...I’m in," he added as the words "ACCESS GRANTED" appeared on his laptop screen.
