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I get by well on 6 hours sleep every night. There are times when I don't make the full 6 hour slumber and wake up like the fabled zombie. On those days a quick (20 minute) nap does indeed refresh my mind. It usually occurs right here at my computer desk mid afternoon. There have been naps that make ...

NASA satellites have shown with a multi-year study how dust from Africa's Sahara Desert ends up in the South American rain forests. Nutrients in the dust are what make the rain forests flourish. To me this is an incredible example of how the entire earth is connected and how events on one continent ...

You still will have to decide what to save and how to organize it. Doing it yourself is just one more small step in the process.

Gary: I use a backup program that I run manually when I feel the need. It could be set to do automatic backups. As is the case with most backup software, I can pick the directories to backup. Your AAA...... labels are a great way to keep things organized in your mind, but Windows stores everything i...

Correct. The idea is to have two copies. One that you work with on your computer and the other stored in a drawer (or someplace) if you ever lose what is on your computer. If your computer does crash and needs to be rebuilt, then it's a simple matter of copying the files you stored on the memory sti...

It's an exercise in teaching your body to rise above it's physical self. There are more enlightened things to aspire.

Being a Buddhist isn't as simple as it appears. The idea is to reach a state of Nirvana by renouncing anything sentient in human life. I'd guess the goal of self-mummification is keep one on the path rather than to become a worshiped god. Buddhists don't believe in a creator or supreme being after a...

Hello Jerry, and thank you for contributing to our third incarnation of Brainformation. It seems that every time the software changes I change the name of the web site too. I'd like to think I'm just keeping up with the times, but how many other bulletin board chat sites do you see out there in the ...

You already have the knowledge and skills that it takes to make backup copies of important files on your computer. In your case all you need to do is drag a file file from your computer over to your memory stick and drop it in place. From that point on it is just a problem in organization. Nothing t...

Most versions of Windows have something in the Control Panel that will allow you to make "backups." I put that in quotes because there are backups, and there are backups. Different degrees of thoroughness are required for different purposes. The first rule to never violate is that backups ...

It's called The Internet of Things and it is totally missing any form of security whatsoever. Can you image some North Korean hacker turning off every coffee pot in the United States? Think about the catastrophic effects of our citizens not having their daily fix of caffeine. That's a humorous scena...

Ostensibly the Rutgers professor is investigating ways to combat or alleviate problems with the changes in global weather. It just so happens that what he is studying could also have some military uses. The CIA's interest would be in detecting such manipulations and coming up with countermeasures. I...

The necessity for pain is obvious and well understood. Exactly how it's processed by the brain has been somewhat of a mystery. It turns out that the pain from the toe you stub in the middle of the night is indeed all in your head. The news here is that it's in at least two different places. One part...

My current printer has a web server built into it so that I don't even need a computer to use it. While this is handy for printing from tablets and mobile devices, I never read in any of the description of this printer how their software is protected against malware and virus attacks. The scary part...

Speaking of brain information ... A professor of neuroscience at Johns Hopkins University writes that the sensation of pain is all in your head. Emotions control the intensity of the pain. Thus the brain constantly monitors a body for sensory inputs regarding pain and it can control the intensity of...

Kaspersky Lab, the well respected Russian based security people, have recently released a report documenting what could be an NSA (Equation Group) developed virus that infects your hard drive. This is not your normal everyday infection. This one replaces the firmware with malicious code that runs at...

I fail to see the thrill in any type of hunting. It all involves killing of animals. Back in the days before super markets, perhaps it was a necessary way to sustain life. Now and days it's just entertainment, a sport. Entertainment at the expense of a living creature doesn't seem right to me.

Anyone who lives close to an active volcano is asking for trouble. Then again, there apparently are ample opportunities to take some spectacular pictures.

The degree of effort required to affect something like a local climate is enormous, even it if can be done. Because so much effort must be put into the process, it is easily detectable. That ease of detection nullifies any military advantage it might offer. I'm not sure why the CIA would have an int...

As the old saying goes, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." Since the old technology suits your needs and the new does not, there is no reason to make any changes. Software developers, however, never stand still. It's always a work in progress.