Author Archives: Brian

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Engineer. Aviator. Educator. Scientist.

Stopping Trump Reveals Establishment Arrogance

Posted on February 11, 2016 by Brian

Okay, the title of this post is a bit over the top. But what I’m seeing in the news media is even more over the top righteously arrogant. I just wanted to point out the hypocrisy.

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Pursuing Stability in American Politics

Posted on February 1, 2016 by Brian

Fractious parties seem to dominate American politics. I have a recommendation that would fix the problem but it would require a constitutional amendment.

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Trump Wins by not Attending Debate

Posted on January 27, 2016 by Brian

Fox News and Megyn Kelly will wake up in about a week and realize how Donald Trump has used them again. If he can repeat this behavior on an international stage, he is uniquely capable of leading America.

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Deleting Hard Drive Data (Files)

Posted on January 14, 2016 by Brian

Previously, I wrote about how to permanently delete magnetic data. Nobody uses removable magnetic media anymore, so I thought it’s time to outline the same procedure using internal or USB drives.

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Windows 10 Licenses Your Hardware

Posted on December 31, 2015 by Brian

I’ve been running Windows XP, Mac OSX, and Linux. I am trying Windows 10 without upgrading from anything and it appears to be free without activation for some period of time. Skip all the upgrade chatter. Instead, I downloaded a … Continue reading →

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