How Cloud Services Changes Our Lives?

Paul

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Cloud Services

When I say cloud services, what comes to your mind?  Probably like most you think computers in the sky maybe even a satellite in beaming down radio waves to your room.   I can be difficult to imagine just how much our lives have changed due to this little old technology that we all have used in one way or another.   You might not know it but your using it now.  This post is using a cloud service that allows everyone to see this post.   I will say I am using cloudflares service myself which allows me to cache the content of my webpages.   It allows me to speedly show you what ever you might be searching for.

What it is?

Well Cloudflare is a service that allows companies with high pageviews and or page request to readily show people the content they are looking for or allow the end user to do something that might otherwise be slowed down by others due to the server not having enough bandwidth to be able to send the requested information to the user.   It would definitely make customers go somewhere else if they had to wait for the the page to load or to pay a bill.  Cloudflare is a CDN, a content delivery network, and can be used in many different applications in the world.

Customer Satisfaction

What does that mean for you?   It is simply the best way to deliver the content you are looking for and to allow you to browse the web faster and quicker than before.   If we didn’t have cloudflare CDN, I’d wager most business wouldn’t be able to stay online or have the capacity to deal with customers as they do today.   Each time a customer gets frustrated with a site or service, they are more likely to leave and not come back.  It’s a basic idea that we should make it  as quick as possible to keep the customer happy.

Recommendation

In the end, if you’re running a website on the web.   You’ll going to need a service like Cloudflare to keep the customers happy.   I’m going to say without a doubt to get Cloudflare or someone like cloudflare when you finally do have a website.   If not, you could be losing potential customers or clients.

How to achieve your potential and your dreams

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Potential

The only limit to your impact is your imagination and commitment.  – Tony Robbins

I once heard someone say this to me,  I wasn’t never sure what they meant by that when they said  it.   I’m sure we’ve all heard a saying like this in one way or another.   It seems people are always trying to motivate us to do the right thing and be more than we thought we can be.  We achieve our potential by continuing to do the things we desire and want.  We work for the end goal and that can be a simple as just getting through the day or week.   How does motivation affect your today is how you perceive it.  Is it something we constantly need to make it through the day or is it something to gently remind you from time to time.  That’s the real question because it depends on how you use the motivation in the day to day routines.

Motivation Strategies!

What’s your motivation strategy to get what you want?   Is it the desert at the end of the day?   Or is it the goal at the end of the rainbow?   People tend to think short term but I like to think the long term and the long term for me is to go for the goal at the end of the rainbow sort of speak.  We all have hard days and then we all have those really good days where nothing seems to go wrong.   We’ve got to remember that life is like a box of chocolate we will never know what the next day will bring.  This being said probably brings back all those memories of chocolates that you eaten.   My personal strategy is always going to be running toward that goals that I have and each one has theirs.

Taking Charge!

When I say that what comes to your mind?  In my mind it is all about creating that longing or desire to have a family and be with someone who will complete me.   Other however it can be a totally different idea or goal.   How we take charge is how we will succeed in life and if you realize that right now you can go anywhere!  We can take charge of our life just by how we make no excuses in the day to day routines.   It seems to be a constant problem in society right now.   We make excuses for everything and we need to take responsibility and make a change for the better.  What excuses can you stop using to get you to be successful?  What can you do differently to make sure you get to that goal? If you aren’t going to be truthful to yourself than you will never be successful.

Habits

One way we can be successful is to change our habits and create new habits that will keep us on the track that will make us successful.   Is there a habit that you can think of that you could change to modify to make you successful.  One of my best habits I can come up with for me alone is just simply being thankful everyday.   This one habit has helped me go far because most of the time we hear all the negative in the world and we just start feeling down.  I fight negativity with positivity and that seems to work for me really because I’m always trying to see the positive in people.  Is negativity stopping you?   Is it making it harder to get through the week?   I challenge you to wake up every day and find something positive in your life.   Go to the mirror and say I am thankful or I am blessed for [something].   These are the habits that will make you go far and get you to your dreams. What’s stopping you? Start Today!

How Mobile Apps have changed the world

Paul

Cell Phone Apps

I remember when we had these bulky cell phones and couldn’t do much with them but make phone calls.   Those were the days, but today we are going to talk about mobile applications and how they helped changed where were and and we are going.   I don’t say that lightly when I say it changed how we get to a place, I literally mean that.   Most people will not stop and ask for directions at a gas station or some dinner when they are traveling in a car to an unknown place or unknown route.  There were times when I felt a little foolish to ask someone for directions to a certain place in town because I didn’t have a map or know the lay out of the town or city that I’m in.   Let’s face it, how many have asked another human being for directions the past 10 years?  I’d wager very few or maybe none.   In the past decade we’ve become dependant on our smart cell phones.  Especially since, we can just say “Hey Google take me to [address]” or ask Siri what’s good  restaurants there  are in the area.   I dare not stop at that because we can do so much with our voice but l won’t talk to much about it.

Android

In the early days when this first 2012 it wasn’t very popular.   I say that because it wasn’t really integrated into the google but it was being used for searches for words and phrases.   You could tap a button and say what you’re looking for.  It slowly got better as it had developers wanting to modify the program to allow it to learn our voice structure.   They even came up with ways to learn our speech patterns and how we say certain words to be able to pick it up and understand what we want.   Let’s face it, 20 years ago when you were watching Deep Space Nine or even Star Trek The Next Generation, and you heard someone say “Computer” on the show.   You really didn’t think they would happen in real life.

Now we never realized, that something from a show becomes reality.   I know several times where asking Google a question got my answers.   I want to share with you some of my favorite questions to ask Google.  You could even lock your cell phone with voice command.

Ok Google!

  • Who’s on first?  What’s on Second?
  • What’s the weather like today?
  • Do I have any important Emails?
  • Do I need an umbrella today?
  • Show me my calendar.
  • Take me to a [Place]
  • Call Someone or say Dial a Number
  • Tell me about Siri
  • Read me a Poem
  • Set Phaser to Kill
  • Sudo make me a sandwich

Productivity

I’d dare say we’re more productive but it has enhanced my life because I can do more and know more stuff at my fingertips just by asking Google or saying what I need to do.    I’ll say that this was something we never really expected several years ago and thus we have went a long way.   I’d like to see what else technology has to offer us in the future.  I’ve always recommend people explore what your smartphone can do now and have fun asking Google or even siri strange questions.  You just might surprised what they say.

How Computers have changed the world

Paul
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020

The History of Flight Simulator

In the early 80’s and 90’s, there was very few people who actually knew this but bases and other places had flight simulators for their pilots to practice.   In the early days we had simulators where you had to schedule to have a chance to work on their pilot skills.   It would be a big bulky room with Hydraulics and even had a preformed landscape that was used.   This wasn’t easy to setup or even to move if you had to.   The building had to have massive room to make the simulator move and feel like you were in the air.  The controls didn’t always worked as they should of and you had to have someone monitoring the simulator outside and hit buttons to make the simulator do things they wanted too.  Pilots only had so much time usually allocated a hour at a time to fly the sim to work on their skills.    It always left the pilot with stress because they would want to do even more than the simulator could do.

The early Simulators:

  • could not fly to far
  • Had massive heat issues.  (The Simulator had to have a cool off period between flights)
  • Be down for days to weeks due to hardware.
  • Need Racks of physical tape backups
  • cost a lot to make and maintain

The Downfall of Simulators

Like most who are reading this, you’re probably asking yourself why would they have those simulator?   In truth, they were required by the FAA and the Military to train new pilots before they could actually fly a real plane or helicopters.   Pilots also were required to fly so many hours in a simulator a week to brush up on their pilot skills, in the early days.   When new models came out, the pilots would come back to the simulator to learn how to fly the new models such as the Boeing 747 aircraft.   Each simulator facility, there was a massive undertaking to update the simulator to the newest model and keep their pilots up to date on the latest techniques to flying.

Fast Forward to today

In today’s era, there are some major upgrades to the simulator.   The building has been reduced to more than half.   The simulator itself can be used longer and acts more like a real boeing 747.   The controls in the simulator work even better because the heating issue was resolved by the way the system has developed.    You really only need a few fast CPU and GPUS, such as a I9-10850k with a Nvidia 2060ti or even better a 2 x 3060ti with SLI.   The Simulator now has few downtimes and less heat and even more realism than the before.   You can feel the aircraft and expect it to do what you want it to do and learn even more about aviation, navigation, and communication in the new simulators.   Pilots can now do simulations at home with very little cost to them compared to what it would of cost in those days.   You can buy a Microsoft Flight Simulator and fly anywhere in the world you want to and keep up your flight skills in 2020.  No more needing to schedule to use that flight simulator when you can do it at home and learn the techniques that are required.

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Some common question about the IATA Travel Pass!

Paul
The Iata Travel Pass

The Travel Pass

We are hearing more and more about IATA Travel pass and airlines adopting it.   I am sure there are so many questions people are asking and or want to ask.  I figured I’d answer the ones that are most common and try to give you some information that I have learned over time about the IATA travel pass.   I am no expert or am I affiliated with IATA in anyway but I am going to share my views and my thoughts on some of the most common questions people seem to have when it comes to the IATA travel pass.

Who’s going to be paying for it?

This seems to be a common question because most people are worried it will cost them to use the app for their flight.  It very well could cost you a little money in the future but for right now, I am sure the aviation industry is flipping the bill to encourage people to travel again and to try to get the public support on this.   So they may not require us to pay anything more than the cost of the ticket.   I seriously doubt it will cost much when it finally gets going around the world.   If by chance airline companies start charging for the use of this.   I can only imagine it being very small amount of money per flight because it will help reduce the load of having to verify peoples papers at the gate.

Who’s eligible for the Travel Pass?

I’m going to take a guess anyone and everyone who is of legal age and or adult.   That doesn’t mean kids won’t be bleto use that because I am sure if you have kids with you and you use the travel pass they will also be on the travel pass also to show to the gate personnel.  The reason I say this is that they want to test it out as broadly as possible so they will not limit who will be able to use this app.   The only condition right now is that you have to be invited into the process but that only means you have to buy a ticket for the flights that they are doing the travel pass on.

How can I know which flights are using the Travel Pass?

For right now, the only way to find out which flights are going to use the travel pass on any given airline is to try to find out through the airlines website and or calling them.   I am sure they will be more than glad to tell you.   I did try to go to a few airline websites that are doing the trials and it can be quite hard to find out which flights are doing the trials of the Travel pass on.  If you really want to know and be on those flights, I suggest calling the airlines that are doing these trials and ask for the flight numbers and booking your flights on those flight numbers.

I am sure even more airlines are going to jump on board in the coming months or weeks and you should see an increase of airline travels for international and even domestic flights.   I am hopeful that most places will open up this summer because they will see the value of this and the economy can begin to heal.