Articles written by Alan Fernald - Page 33

I was born in 1967 in Topeka, KS, and eventually made my way down to Tulsa, Oklahoma where I graduated from Eastwood Baptist High School in 1985.

Though I was an under achiever in school, I ended up with a myriad of scholarship offers due to my high scores

Politics, News & Issues > Police & Prisons Comparing security issues in US and foreign prisons: 3 of 3
Comparing security in US prisons to foreign prisons is rather difficult as the treatment of prisoners in the US is different than in most parts of the world.In most countries outside of the US and Europe, prisons are places where you may think it better to die than to wake up in.In Bolivia, prisoners were placed in cell block... More..
Computers & Technology > Hardware (Other) Dual-core CPUs explained: 3 of 3
The earliest Central Processing Units (CPU) were able to process one instruction at a time. Granted, they worked very quickly, but still, the ability to one perform one instruction greatly limited the overall speed they were able to acheive.Then Intel introduced a new processor capable of processing two instructions at a time... More..
Jobs & Careers > Stress & Time Management How to tell if you are in your job's comfort zone: 2 of 2
When you look five years into your future, do you see yourself doing the same job, in the exact same manner? Can you list all the things that you are hoping to learn and/or complete during those five years?If so, then you are either at a dead end job, or you have entered... the Comfort Zone.You are at the pinnacle of your pos... More..