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I am just another squirrel in this crazy world attempting to get a bag of nuts.

I spent 4 years in the Air Force, recently got out and have been enjoying all the wonderful little follies of the civilian world ever since then.

Its amazing how much different

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Politics, News & Issues > Homeland Security Why does America always seem to have an enemy?: 4 of 16

Why does America always seem to have an enemy? This is an interesting question indeed. I shall attempt to give my personal perspective on this matter and contribute to the community. Since It is quite obvious that America is so entrenched in what is now a world economy. The Geo Political landscape has changed, and the U.S. i...
Computers & Technology > Consumer Electronics (Other) Pros and cons of the Blu-Ray Disc: 3 of 10

So first, there was the Compact Disc, then there came the DVD, and now comes HD DVD and its competitor, Blu-Ray. Blu-RRay is a very interesting and important piece of technology in many aspects. Obviously, much like with all other previous technologies, as well as data formats which have come out in the past, as well as what...
Computers & Technology > Computer Maintenance Don't lose your work: Backing up written work: 3 of 6

Over the last 15 years that I have worked on and used computers, I have come to notice one thing that is a much bigger issue than anything else, that is the incredibly important need for backing up all of the data and especially written work on ones computer. I always use this analogy when it comes to this subject. Look at t...
Politics, News & Issues > Hunger, Disease & Poverty The effect of AIDS on Africa: 2 of 4

So, what is the effect of the AIDS virus in a country that just so happens to be inhabited by a shade over 12 percent of the Earths entire population, out of which, over 60 percent of the entire planets AIDS infected population resides? Lets further shed some light on this topic for those of you that probably are not very fa...
Computers & Technology > Peripherals & Accessories What is USB?: 2 of 4

What Is USB? So what exactly is this wondrous thing called that we plug our digital cameras, keyboards, scanners, mice, and many other things into?. Well, first of all, USB stands for Universal Serial Bus, and in a tiny nutshell, it is basically a global serial bus standard to many different interface devices. USB was origin...
Creative Writing > Memoirs Testimonies: Working as a newspaper mailroom operator: 1 of 1

Ah, the newspaper Mail room/Press room operators (a slowly dying profession). I started this topic after looking at some of the various postings by other writers with regards to other occupations, and figured that it might be interesting to give as well as get some unique perspective from those that actually work in newspape...
Computers & Technology > Operating Systems Is Windows Vista worth the upgrade?: 16 of 31

This is actually kind of an amusing question. I shall attempt to give those of you which either have not used Windows Vista yet or maybe have at one point or another since its initial release but yet are running either an older version of Windows such as 2000, NT 4, or XP, or are running one of the Linux Flavors on your box ...
Computers & Technology > Internet Software & Utils Why you should backup important computer data regularly: 17 of 27

Arguably one of the most important topics that we face in the digital age with so much being stored on and used from computers everywhere for just about everything whether it be a company, a group, or an individual. When it comes to this subject, I have a loose analogy which I use, put quite simply, think about things like t...
Computers & Technology > Computer Maintenance What are the dangers of overclocking a computer?: 4 of 6

Over clocking hardware components on your system can have some advantages, however there are some very serious risks to doing something of this nature. There is also quite a few considerations which one needs to sit back and carefully think about before going and over clocking their hardware. Ultimately, as hardware componen...
Computers & Technology > Operating Systems Safe ways to tweak your operating system: 2 of 3

There are actually some smart ways to go about doing this. These are all the safe tweaks that I do when installing XP on a new system or even if I am simply reformatting an older one, hope these are helpful to all of you. Most of these were shown to me by a few computer geek buddies of mine, a couple of them I discovered whi...