Big Picture Archive
Ten Great Careers For Computer “Geeks”
0 Comments Published October 27th, 2005 in the following Categories:Big Picture
by Max Stein
The universal acceptance of computers into our daily lives, both at work and at home, has decreased the image of computer users as being “geeks.†The word geek itself has evolved a bit - going from meaning a socially inept person who gets along better with computers than people, to someone who is […]
- Documentary on the state of the Internet in 1972
- How to choose (and remember) great passwords (Part I)
- Holy cow! This was my first computer, c. 1963
- Google vs. News Corp/NBC News: Bottom-Up vs. Top-Down
Don’t you hate when this happens?
0 Comments Published June 12th, 2005 in the following Categories:Big Picture
Yeah, tell me this never happened to you:
You go the My Network Places or Network Neighborhood. You’re looking for that shared folder on your other computer. You know — the one with the mp3s that you want to burn onto a CD that you have cued up on this computer.
You can’t see the folder. […]
- Hate The Vista Hype? How To Stay Happy With Windows XP
- What’s the matter with my network adapter?
- What people hate about IT pros
- 10 Things To Do For A Healthy & Secure PC
How your network is like a 3-layer cake
0 Comments Published May 1st, 2005 in the following Categories:Big Picture
Your network is really like a 3-layer cake.
The bottom layer is the Physical layer — the hardware, the cabling, the network cards, the router, and so forth.
The middle layer is the Operating System layer — Windows OS controls things like the user accounts, the file system, file-sharing, file permissions, installation and configuration of […]