The stars are falling!!
Farah Faucet is now with the real angels!Most people know the name, but few knew who she was. The legend who never won a major award has passed on at the age of 62 in Los Angeles. Mostly known for her amazing looks (at the time) Farah Faucet was loved by many. One was a six million dollar man.. Lee Majors!
In 1995 Farah had a star placed for her on Hollywood Blvd (the Hollywood Walk of Fame). This was the only major recognition she ever obtained.
The other three "angels", all still quite alive, gave their thoughts upon her passing. They will all miss her. That is for sure.
Ryan O'Neil was at Farah's bedside at the time of her passing. They were planning on marriage, but that never came about due to her bout with cancer.
Still, there are three of Charlie's Angels down here to watch over us, and now one up above to oversee us all!
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Ed McMahon passes on..
Ed McMahon was a well educated engineer who somehow found his way into television about 1958. In 1962 he joined Jonny Carson as the co-host of the Tonight Show. That lasted thirty years!Late night television was never the same after the retirement of Jonny Carson and Ed McMahon, although Ed's face was seen quite a bit after that on promotions and commercials.
Ed had several bouts with illness over the last several years, and his last one in March of this year finally took him at the age of 86. It is speculated that he had bone cancer, but the only conformed information is that he had pneumonia and died from complications.
Ed, it was true pleasure seeing you on television, and we hope you're doing as well on the other side. Keep 'em laughing!
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Bye Bye Analog TV..
Analog Television is now a thing of the past!For sixty years television has pretty much stayed the same as far as how it was broadcast over the airwaves. That all changed today (June 12th, 2009) as digital television took hold across the United States.
For most of us this is not news, but some 2.5 percent of television viewers are not ready for the change. Retailers like Best Buy are offering free assistance and installation of digital converter boxes sold by the electronics giant. If by some chance you have a computer, are reading this and all of a sudden have realized your TV doesn't work, we'd suggest giving them a call.. if your telephone works that is :-)
As all of this transpires today, satellite, cable and FIOS customers will continue to get their television uninterrupted (we assume).
Expect many screen format changes, even on the already digital channels as the stations scramble to make this mess as pleasant as possible for all.
Now all we have to do here is catch up to Japan who already broadcasts in 1080P and 2048P resolution, some twenty five times clearer than what we see now in the States.
Attention Obama!! We also need to tackle another problem. Digitally transmitted television signals fade in rain, ice and snow. When they fade you lose them completely, which is very different from analog where it just got a little snowy.
Oh well, maybe we'll just all get used to digital afterlife, or get cable where your outage can last for hours or even days so you can really live it up!!! Get out that old Atari and you've got real retro!
This 2009 technology update provided by Your Data Center Incorporated. We'll keep you connected!
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Server Farms Falling Fast
Server farms all over are falling fast!A zero-day exploit of LXadmin is in the wild!
Cheap Internet hosting providers across the globe are being targeted bringing down hundreds of thousands of websites! This is not a joke! This is real and it is happening right now!
Sad, but true, the "unlimited sites for almost no cost" is costing big time.
Websites are disappearing, data is being breached, and the criminals are making a killing on the Internet once again! When will the consumer learn that this never works! Too many toys written by kids using PHP and the like is a big mistake, and now the bell tolls!
We host our own servers here at Your Data Center Inc. Here $10 a month can still go a long way for a company. The big difference is that we are the hosting provider and we control the servers! We do not resell other people's cheap services ever! When will they all learn... when???
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COBOL celebrates 50!
WoW! 50 Years.. Can you believe that 50 years ago today in 1959 COBOL was created!Now, for those of you who never heard of COBOL, it is probably involved in your everyday life more than Google searches are. COBOL is a computer language that has run on many big computer systems in power companies, banks, ATM machines and the like for half a century now! In it's early days Con Edison used COBOL to read live account information to help it's customers using an interface they built called CICS (Customer Interactive Communications System). Database queries, using CICS and DB2 still surpass the speed of SQL and Oracle today by a large volume! The entire world could run on just 6 databases for every credit card in creation, and it would work fine. Talk about scalability!
COBOL has gone through only two major revisions in it's lifetime. The first was in 1973 (called COBOL-I or COBOL-73). The last of revision was in 1985 (called COBOL-II or COBOL-85). Versions were made for mainframes, minis (like the AS400) and for PCs like those you use at work and home today. Still all that changes remains the same.. with only small enhancements, mostly related to what are called data pointers in the final release.
In my days of teaching adult education in Queens, New York I had the pleasure of instructing computer grads and techs in CICS, DB2, COBOL73 and COBOL85. Ah, what a time, and what a ride.. and on it goes!
Happy Birthday COBOL! Here's wishing you many more..
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