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Recent News in Media Server Software

Plex Plex is a versatile media server that can run on Macs, PCs, Nvidia Shield, and NAS devices. Clients can run on a wide range of devices and on web browsers. Plex makes your media available at a speed and … Continue reading

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Recent Medical Advances

Artificial Organs It will soon be possible to replace many or your organs with new ones that are compatible with your body since they are created from your own cells. This video explains: https://youtu.be/bhxsXfcczrs?t=7m2s Mobile Stroke Units A Mobile Stroke … Continue reading

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DeepMind and Machine Learning

By now you have probably seen this: About Watson Watson is a question answering (QA) computing system that IBM built to apply advanced natural language processing, information retrieval, knowledge representation, automated reasoning, and machine learning technologies to the field of … Continue reading

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Limits to the Enterprizes of Civil Authority

“No provision in our constitution ought to be dearer to man than that which protects the rights of conscience against the enterprizes of the civil authority.” -Thos Jefferson

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Agreed, it’s a good book

I'm teaching quantum Shannon theory, so reading Mark Wilde's book. It's good! pic.twitter.com/D4OvwdCId8 — John Preskill (@preskill) March 7, 2014

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Some ITIL 2011 Concepts

Service Warranty = how well the positive impact is delivered Service Utility = the service’s positive impact on the business operations Value = Warranty + Utility Deming Cycle: Plan, Do, Check, Act. The Deming Cycle has more detailed steps when … Continue reading

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Covered Processes in ITIL v3 Service Lifecycle

The Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) is a set of practices for IT service management (ITSM) that focuses on aligning IT services with the needs of business. The current form is known as ITIL 2011 edition. The ITSM lifecycle stages … Continue reading

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Mac OS X Upgrade from Lion to Mountain Lion kills Java Installation

When you install Mountain Lion upgrade on the Mac, don’t be surprised if your Java installation gets blasted. I use CrashPlan for Cloud and local backup to the Mac. Crashplan depends on Java. Oops.

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Mac OS X Server is an App

The server-specific server applications and work group management and administration software tools from Mac OS X Server are now offered as “Server App,” an add-on package for OS X sold through the Mac App Store along with Server Admin Tools … Continue reading

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Droid Update #3

I switched to the Samsung Galaxy S3 in July of 2012. So I have been using it for nine months. The verdict: excellent, no problems. Especially good with the latest release of Android. Only complaint is battery life could be … Continue reading

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