Hidi Ho!

So wow, this is pretty crazy. How many of you have ever needed to pretend to not be high while you are high in front of your parents? It is really hard. I writing to you all while high , I thought this would be distracting, but no, it’s driving me crazy. Jeeze I just went back and read the above, I cannot concentrate while I’m high, damn. Ok, I gotta go, The Part is Ruling My Mind!

-D.J. Taylor

Saving Money

Today I’ll be breaking my normal format to provide you with a few tips on how to save money on your vices in this clearly anti-vice economy.

1. Soda: I don’t know about you guys but I love my fucking soda, and I love paying as little as possible for it. Unfortunately Publix brand soda is the cheapest around and it tastes like it. Lucky for you you can get a Double Gulp from 7/11 with any soda you want in it for $1.72, and if you save your cup you can get a refill for $1.06 or take your cup to RaceTrac and refill it with a larger variety of soda for only $0.85. Also a Double Gulp can hold 64oz which is 2oz away from being a full 2 liters.

2. Cigarettes: Now I’m not much of a smoker but I am surrounded by them every day, so I picked up a few tricks on how to save money on them. First off 7/11 and privately owned convince stores have the most expensive cigarette prices, try BP, Hess, Mobil, and Chevron for cheaper prices. Secondly most people don’t not smoke all of their cigarettes, so if you don’t have a brand preference and you want to save money then I suggest sucking up your pride and combing through public ashtrays for unfinished cigarettes, if your germ-a-phobic them cut off the filter. Thirdly I suggest you get and electronic cigarette, I saw them at my local flea market for $30.00, and that included everything you need to last you a few months. You would only have to pay for refills that won’t be effected by new cigarette taxes, and it’s not going to give you cancer.

3. Music: Well aside form illegally downloading it you could buy it from places like the iTunes store for a steep $0.99 per song, or perhaps you’d like something a little more free. Last FM is my personal favorite site for listing to music for free, but there are plenty of others out there like Pandora. Last FM basically records your listing habits, and after it has enough data it builds a station based on your tastes, it also recommends new music to you and shows you people with similar tastes as yours. It’s kind of hard to explain but you should defiantly check it out for yourself.

4. Movies: Well I’m sure you all know about Hulu by now so I’m not even going to cover it. What you may not know about is that your local Library carries DVDs that you can rent for free, Redbox is a cool idea but it’s not free. It differs library to library but normally library cards are free, and you can use then to rent a DVD or VHS for about a week absolutely free unless you are late returning. Most library’s do have poor selections, mostly black and white movies but if your in a bigger city then you can expect a much larger selection. My library for example carries Benjamin Button, and Tropic Thunder. So it’s just the luck of the draw.

Well that’s it for now, I hope I helped you save some money, keep truckin’ ’till the rescission is over.

-D.J. Taylor

Researchers explore scrapping Internet

Reasearchers believe that because of all the problems with the internet like spam and porn the internet should be scraped for a new one. Many compaines are working on a new internet focusing on improvements to support mobility and improved security. Assuming that Congress funds their reasearch the transtition to the new internet can be expected to happen within 10 to 15 years.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070414/ap_on_hi_te/rebuilding_the_internet_8

Anti-rape Device to Hit the Market

Inventor Sonnet Ehlers has developed a device that will help protect women from being raped. The device is inserted in to woman and if someone tries to rape her 25 teeth will bite into them. Most people consider it a man hating device, it will begin mass production next month.

http://www.sqlhelper.net/html/Technology/03/Anti_rape_Device_to_Hit_the_Market_13472.html

Two-killowatt laser heats coffee, wows onlookers

A new machine has been invented that can heat your coffee or tea with a two-killowatt laser. The machine is a tad bulky and there are many other ways to heat your coffee so I expect this to be massed produced anytime soon.

 http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/25/two-killowatt-laser-heats-coffee-wows-onlookers/

REVOLUTIONARY UNDERWATER BREATHING SYSTEM

Israeli Inventor Alon Bodner is developing a breathing apperatus that will mimic the way fish breath underwater. The system will allow divers to stay underwater several hours at a time without the weight of an air tank. Assuming he gets more funding a prototype should be ready withen two years, and on the market shortly after.

http://www.isracast.com/Articles/Article.aspx?ID=63

Beautiful? Computer says yes

Two Australian scientists have invented computer software that distinguishes a beautiful face from a less attractive one. The idea behind it was to make computers more people-friendly by enhancing their ability to recognise faces. It has been developed to assess women but it could be adapted to rate men. The only negetive aspect of the program would be if an overly senistive person got a hold of it and recivied a low rating. It was developed for applications in the entertainment industry, cosmetic industry, virtual media and plastic surgery.

http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/beautiful-computer-says-yes/2007/03/17/1174080223528.html

Robots that arn’t really robots

Greg Brotherton created life size pices of robot art with hammers and steel. The robots are roughly 7 feet in height and weight between 80 and 200lbs. So far he has made 3 and plans on more.

http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/home-entertainment/brotron-robots-that-arent-really-robots-245011.php

High school student builds fusion reactor

A High school student at Thiago Olson High School has built a fusion reactor. He used parts and materials scrounged from the local hardware store and eBay. He got it to work in 2006, It produces 200 million-degree plasma at its core, hotter then the sun.

http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2007/03/high_school_stu.html

Simulation answers

Lab #01 – User Modes

1. Switch to router 2600A
2. Type exit
3. Press Return. What mode are you in now?

User

1. Type: enable  
   what mode are you in now?

Privileged

1. Type: configure terminal 
   what mode are you in now?

Global Configuration

1. Type the command to get back to the root level. What is the command you typed?

Ctrl + Z

Lab #03 – Enable Mode Secret Passwords

1. Go to global-configuration mode
2. Type the command to set the enable mode Secret to secret
3. Type ^Z
4. Type exit
5. Press return
6. Enter enable password. Does this work? Why or why not?

No because I set a secret password. Secret passwords over ride the other ones.

1. Enter the enable secret password. Does this work?

Yes.

Lab #04 – Set console password

1. Go to global-configuration mode
2. Type line console 0. What does the command prompt look like?

Router(config-line)#

1. Type login

1. Type password console
2. Type ^Z
3. Type exit
4. Press return
5. Enter the appropriate password. What is the password you entered?

Console

Lab #05 – Set aux password

1. Go to global-configuration mode
2. Type line aux 0. What does the command prompt look like?

Router(config-line)#

1. Type login

1. Type password aux
2. Type ^Z
3. Type sh run
4. Press the spacebar to get down to the bottom
5. What does the aux 0 show underneath?

Password aux

Lab #06 – Set telnet password

1. Go to global-configuration mode
2. Type line vty 0 4
3. What does the command prompt look like?

Router(config-line)#

1. Type login

1. Type password telnet
2. Type ^Z
3. Type exit