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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
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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Tagged IT Management, ITIL
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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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Tagged Apple, Crashplan, Java, Lion, Mac, Mountain Lion, OS X
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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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Tagged Android, battery life, comparisons, Droid, Google, hardware, iPhone, reviews, Samsung
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