Author Archives: Brian

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Engineer. Aviator. Educator. Scientist.

Puppy Linux ver 2.11

Posted on December 9, 2006 by Brian

[Update: ver 5.2.5 reviewed] I’ve been using Puppy Linux Puppy Linux for about 3 weeks, and am pleased enough that I’d like to share my findings. Executive Summary Puppy Linux was first released in Summer 2003 as a solo project … Continue reading →

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Time Synchronization Between Computers

Posted on November 22, 2006 by Brian

I wrote the following letter to the edtior of Intech Controls Magazine (www.isa.org/intech). It was published August 2004, page 9. Regarding the May 2004 issue of Protocol, the article “Sharing data” by Ron Fredericks does a good job of finding … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Novell in Bed with Linux?

Posted on November 21, 2006 by Brian

Fox news reported yesterday on the new Microsoft legal spin to Linux users. In essence, if you can’t own another company’s technology, all you have to do is make significant numbers of potential customers afraid of it. It’s like negative … Continue reading →

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Social Security Number Disclosure is Voluntary – So Is Breathing

Posted on November 21, 2006 by Brian

“You called the Customer Service line. No, we can’t help you. You have to go to the web page https://arpc.afrc.af.mil/vPC-GR/” On that web page, it gives the same phone number I called. “Yes, but we can’t change the information”. You … Continue reading →

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WordPress Editor Chokes with Word mkdir

Posted on November 20, 2006 by Brian

The WordPress editor chokes whenever the word on the end of this line has any other characters after it on the line: mkdir So for now, I’ve put dashes in the word, like this: m-k-d-i-r to remind myself to go … Continue reading →

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