What is Tech Talk and What does it mean in day to day life??

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When I say I want to talk about Technology what does that mean to you?

This is one of those really good questions that I’ve come to see is something that needs to be explained.   Technology to me is anything that revolves around anything electronic from a car radio to an IPAD but that doesn’t mean that if you talk about a Blackberry that you aren’t doing talking about technology.     To me tech talk is something that is yet undefined but yet always in the lime light.

Technology presumes there’s just one right way to do things and there never is.  ~Robert M. Pirsig

This is something that has always been a problem when do we assume we know what technology is.   Although, I am sure others will say technology is the usage and knowledge of tools, techniques, crafts, systems or methods of organization in order to solve a problem or serve some purpose. It just means they are quoting from Wikipedia but that doesn’t necessary mean a lot does it?

Technology as small as a nanite!

When I say Nanites, I am really talking about nanorobotics or in simple terms these are robots that are small and could fit several thousand on a head of a pin and you would never see them.   That is how small these guys are.   These little guys are basically a research vessel and are not being made to the public just yet but we’ve come a long way.

So Tech Talk is Anything?

I won’t say that it isn’t everything but it could be anything.   If you like computers, you could come to talk about what might be going on in a couple of months to years.   Just like I talked about the Amazon Android Tablet that might be coming, you just never know what will be around the corner.   It just depends on if you want to talk about XBOX 360 games or the latest controls for console games.   This is what it means to tech talk in my opinion, basically to speculate what is coming down the road or what I like about a certain product or idea.

What do you consider Tech Talk in todays societies?  I’d like to hear!   Is it something that you don’t understand?

Paul Sylvester

A New DOCTOR is born but WHO??

I have always liked the old and New versions!

I have always like the Doctor Who series (Affiliate Link) even when I was young lad.   It was something that I always looked forward to.   I must say that I have always been intrigued about the tardis and just how the doctor got it.   So with Doctor Who Season 6 (Affiliate Link)starting off, I have been watching every episode that is being offered on Amazon Video On Demand (Affiliate Link).   Now I know this isn’t really technology but it is something that I like to talk about.   It makes me wonder what the writers are up too.

Is it Ponds Kid?

Some of the obvious questions are “is Amelia Pond pregnant or not?” and if so “Did something happened that we will find out in the coming months?”  The one thing I love about this show is the companions that we see and how they interact with the doctor for one reason or another.   The Writers have hinted that something is going to happened ever since Season 5 of Doctor Who (Affiliate Link), we just don’t know the whole story,.   If you have been following along like I have you will want to review Season 5 and try to find those moments where they hinted it.  We will see a great many things I am sure but I am not going to stop watching this season because of the questions I have right now.

This Season is the Best so far!

I won’t go into spoilers but I will say this season you will most likely see a new doctor and and old doctor meeting.   You will understand that in order for the series to continue, one must die so the other can live.  I don’t know what they have planned but I am really quite interested what will happen and What River Song has to do with this.   This is the most interesting plot development with the series and I know I am curious as to what happens next.  We will have to see what becomes of the girl who regenerates and if she is destined to become the new Doctor Who!

Paul Sylvester

 

 

 

Achievecard in the Mail and they have my Social Socurity Number?? WTH??


As you can see Achieve Card sent my wife an unsolicited mail with this card in it.   In order to “activate it” You must your last 4 of your Social Security Number!!  Now I talked about Netspend doing this also but they didn’t keep the IP‘s of who referred them.   This seems to be the same way and I am very concerned.   I would like to stop these companies from getting my Social or my wife’s Social.

Don’t tell me you don’t have my Social, You just tell me you do!!

When I made the blog post about Netspend, There was a comment from Staff101 and he said they didn’t have my social but if that is the case with this card. Then why would they have the pin being the last 4 of my SSN(see picture above)?? Again, if you are going to comment telling me that you don’t have my social. Your gravely mistaken, and that really concerns me and others. My privacy and security is essentially something that I take seriously. I haven’t called this company because they are probably like Netspend and will tell me they don’t have the information on who gave them the information. I am not happy and would like to find the person/company doing this. This seems to be a continuing problem.

Should I Activate this Achievecard??

Well, I will tell you I am not going to activate this card because of all these problems:

Email Oppurtinities that seem Phishy!!!

Subject: Service manager position. Job ID 1278757758

Subject: New employment opportunity. Vacancy ID 1278793388
From: Xyla Cleveland <lopes_vivian@diamond-sky.net>
Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2010 11:29:22 +0100
To: (hidden)

Our company Diamond Sky, which is dynamically developing with every passing year, is going to offer you the convenience of various perspectives on the prospective position of a service-manager.

We are acting as concierge services in  7 highly-developed countries of the world. Our managers provide assistance in different spheres of business and leisure such as:
– booking of air tickets
– hotel bookings
– car renting
– search, hire and design of conference halls
– search, purchase and delivery of presents

As a result of our managers` assistance our clients are exempt from spending their personal and business time. Due to the fact that the services we deliver are in great demand all over the world, we expand  the stuff and we invite you to participate in the contest for the position of the Service MANAGER and to join, become a member of our company.

MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES of the service-manager are mentioned below:
-work with clients
-processing of orders of our clients
-processing and updating of our database of services

Position Requirements:
– efficiency in processing of orders
– responsibility in carrying out your duties
– good communication skills

We are constantly looking for diligent individuals, at all levels, to join our winning team, across all our concierge services divisions.
At Diamond Sky, we distinguish ourselves as a high performance organization with hard-working people who provide quality service to our customers. We believe that one of the most important functions of management is to provide employees with the possibility to develop their talents to the full. The benefits are job satisfaction for our employees enabling them to make a positive contribution to the success of the company.

If this position seems to be interesting to you, you fit the requirements and would like to become a member of our company
send your resume  and your contact phone number to vivian_lopes@xxxxxx and we will contact you.

My Wife got this email and I wanted to talk about how this looks phishy!!   After doing my research about this company, by going to their website. You’ll probably thinking they have a website, well it isn’t a very useful website just a page that has nothing clickable or even any phone numbers or where they are actually located.    This is why I suspect there is more than meets the eye.   I wanted to warn people not send your resumes to people you have no way of verifying because like anything else if you have done your homework, you will have found my website.  This is most likely a way to get your personal information from your resume,   like you name, your email address and you home address and other sensitive stuff.   Since there was no way to contact them directly I would advise caution when you find emails like this and the possibility of a job.   It seems like more and more these scammers and other nefarious people will lure you into giving out your personal information in hopes of landing a job to help pay off your bills and other such necessities.     If you get this email, I would just delete it and do not even consider this a viable source of a job opportunity.    My Wife got 3 different emails from the same place, I also did some searching and I found the website in question was recently made June 29, 2010. Stay Safe and remember do your homework before you jump into anything like this!!


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Time to Change your clocks.

Time to change those clocks of ours


[ad#ad2-right]Having been looking at one of my old clocks that would automatically change for Daylight Savings Time, I’ve had to keep reminding myself that it is an hour off. Starting tonight at 2 PM, it will be right. So I thought I would help people keep there computer clocks up to date by suggesting some good programs to us to keep your system having the right time.  So people know what dates are being affected according to the Greenwichmeantime they say  this:

Beginning in 2007, Daylight Saving Time is extended one month and the schedule for the states of the United States that adopt daylight saving time will be:

2 a.m. on the Second Sunday in March
to
2 a.m. on the First Sunday of November.

So that saying goes it Fall back, Spring Forward”  So now here are some great programs to better help you get your computer clock up to snuff:

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Worldtimeclock Atomic Clock Sync ProgramIt is a free program for you to use with your Windows.  Although you have to make sure your selected the right timezone once it is installed all you will need in an internet connection to sync your windows time with the atomic clock.

PC Atomic SyncIt is an atomic clock synchronizer with some useful features (time offset, synchronize periods, etc.). The main idea of the program is to synchronize your PC’s clock in the most reliable and resource-saving way.

These programs will help keep your system from having the wrong time.   Don’t forget to install the Microsoft updates(Window XP and Server 2003) to fix your operating system with the new Daylight Savings Time dates.