Some experts say that the Internet
is growing by an exabyte of data every day. To put that in
perspective, an exabyte equals 250 million DVDs.
After an exabyte comes a zettabyte, which equals 1,000 exabytes. In
2011, no single data center could hold a zettabyte of information.
By 2016, Cisco predicts that data centers will be sending more 1.3
zettabytes across the Internet every year. That's the equivalent of
sending all movies ever made across the Internet every 3 minutes.
The National Security Agency is building a $2 billion data center in
Utah that will be the world's first to store a store a yottabyte of
data. That's 1,000 zettabytes or 1 million exabytes (or 1 million
billion gigabytes).
Over half of Americans have watched TV streamed from the Internet.
Dec 7, 2012
Dec 5, 2012
Dissolving Tooth Myth
Here is another common myth debunked.
The most popular Coke myth is that if you were to leave a tooth in a
cup of coke overnight by morning the tooth would be completely
dissolved. Like most of the other legends involving the popular
drink this is totally untrue.
Clean Houses Cause Allergies
Here is another one of those
studies that makes me wonder. It contends that children who grow up
in hygienic households develop more allergies, eczema, and other
disorders that result from a depressed antibody response. Scientists
have theorized that children from middle class and affluent families
have weaker immune systems because they live in cleaner homes.
Besides increases in medicated and vaccinated children in the past 20 years, the number of children with allergies has also doubled, with the sharpest increase among the middle classes.
Their study examined 8,306 patients, 776 of which had some form of reaction to peanuts, and the findings were presented at the annual meeting of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology.
Lead study author, allergist Dr Sandy Yip, said, ‘Overall household income is only associated with peanut sensitization in children aged one to nine years. This may indicate that development of peanut sensitization at a young age is related to affluence, but those developed later in life are not.’ Am not sure of the relationship between dust bunnies and peanuts, but why take chances. Was going to clean my house today, but think it might be healthier if I wait a few weeks.
Besides increases in medicated and vaccinated children in the past 20 years, the number of children with allergies has also doubled, with the sharpest increase among the middle classes.
Their study examined 8,306 patients, 776 of which had some form of reaction to peanuts, and the findings were presented at the annual meeting of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology.
Lead study author, allergist Dr Sandy Yip, said, ‘Overall household income is only associated with peanut sensitization in children aged one to nine years. This may indicate that development of peanut sensitization at a young age is related to affluence, but those developed later in life are not.’ Am not sure of the relationship between dust bunnies and peanuts, but why take chances. Was going to clean my house today, but think it might be healthier if I wait a few weeks.
Eating Corn
Here is a nonsense ten second way to eat
corn. The video is 22 seconds long. A great way to start your day
laughing. LINK
Secure Message Isn't
This week I received an email from
mailsafe.keybank.com that was titled: "You have received a secure
message." It had an attachment and the message said to download the
attachment and read it. It also gave a 888 number to call if I had
questions. I looked it up and found it was a cell phone number in
India.
Many infections to computers come from this type of spam. If you see something that you suspect, the best thing to do is delete the message. Never open an attachment.
Many infections to computers come from this type of spam. If you see something that you suspect, the best thing to do is delete the message. Never open an attachment.
Nov 30, 2012
Happy Friday
Side-trips are occasionally great fun, often educational, and
sometimes invaluable.
I am having a great fun trip enjoying another educational and invaluable Happy Friday!
I am having a great fun trip enjoying another educational and invaluable Happy Friday!
New Monkey Species
This monkey was discovered in 2012 in
the mountains of Myanmar (Burma) by a group of scientists who were
originally participating in surveys on gibbons.
Its nose is upturned to such an extent that it actually sneezes when it rains. Local hunters say that ‘Rhinopithecus strykeri’ can be seen on rainy days with its head down between its knees to avoid inhaling water.
Its nose is upturned to such an extent that it actually sneezes when it rains. Local hunters say that ‘Rhinopithecus strykeri’ can be seen on rainy days with its head down between its knees to avoid inhaling water.
Caught Red Handed
This means to be caught doing something
wrong. It originated because of a law. If someone butchered an
animal that did not belong to him, he had to be caught with the
animal’s blood on his hands to be convicted.
More Uses for Marshmallows
Stash a few marshmallows in a
box of brown sugar or the sugar bowl to prevent the sugar from
hardening or clumping.
Make ice cream cones less messy by sticking a few marshmallows in the bottom of the cone to prevent the ice cream from leaking out.
Eat three or four marshmallows to sooth a sore throat. Apparently, the gelatin is very helpful when it comes to relieving irritation and soothing pain in your throat.
Make ice cream cones less messy by sticking a few marshmallows in the bottom of the cone to prevent the ice cream from leaking out.
Eat three or four marshmallows to sooth a sore throat. Apparently, the gelatin is very helpful when it comes to relieving irritation and soothing pain in your throat.
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