During January, 2009, only about 10% of the U.S. population
had smartphones, resulting in network traffic that mostly
involved texts and voice, and some modest picture messaging.
Four years later the
faster LTE wireless network that Verizon had launched during
late 2010, still had not gone mainstream. AT&T said that
data usage on its D.C.-area network was more than 16 times
larger than it was during 2009. By 2016, 88% of the population
owned smartphones.
Jan 27, 2017
Wordology, Chalaza
When you crack an egg, there is the white albumen, the yolk, and that strange white string. It is called the chalaza, and its job is to hold the yolk in place in the center of the white. It is completely edible, but is sometimes removed during baking for aesthetic reasons.
More Egg Tidbits
To clean a dropped egg up off the floor cover it in salt to help it congeal, then clean.
The older the hen, the bigger the egg.
Eggs can stay good in the refrigerator for up to a month after the sell-by date on the carton.
The older the hen, the bigger the egg.
Eggs can stay good in the refrigerator for up to a month after the sell-by date on the carton.
Horny Cows
First scientists have been trying to make dairy cows less
flatulent, now they are trying to make them hornless. Dairy cows
grow horns, but dairy cows in the U.S. rarely have horns,
because they are seared, cut, or chemically burned off. The
purpose is to prevent injuries to other cows and handlers.
Recently, a company named Recombinetics took a hornless gene from a breed of beef cattle and inserted it into a breed of dairy cattle. The resulting cattle are hornless, good at producing milk, and still genetically 100 percent cattle. In the past, breeders could have crossed dairy cattle and hornless beef cattle to get hornless dairy cattle after many generations. The good news for dairy farmers is that the cows are hornless, but not less horny, just confused.
Recently, a company named Recombinetics took a hornless gene from a breed of beef cattle and inserted it into a breed of dairy cattle. The resulting cattle are hornless, good at producing milk, and still genetically 100 percent cattle. In the past, breeders could have crossed dairy cattle and hornless beef cattle to get hornless dairy cattle after many generations. The good news for dairy farmers is that the cows are hornless, but not less horny, just confused.
Google Personal Activity
Do you want to see what personal information about you Google
keeps. Go here LINK
and you will find out. You can also change your personal and
security settings.
Jan 20, 2017
Happy Friday
Conscious of being
unique is not necessarily vanity.
I am not unique in consciously believing this is a Happy Friday!
I am not unique in consciously believing this is a Happy Friday!
Happy Inauguration Day
Finally! Now we get six months before the 2018
midterm election campaigns begin and one year before the 2020
Presidential election campaigns begin.
Incidentally, Donald Trump mentioned the 2020 election during one of his pre-inaugural speeches last night.
Incidentally, Donald Trump mentioned the 2020 election during one of his pre-inaugural speeches last night.
Viscious Circle
Election
campaigns have sometimes been referred to as a vicious circle.
The term vicious circle or vicious cycle refers to a complex
chain of events which reinforce themselves through a feedback
loop. A chain of events in which the response to one difficulty
creates a new problem that aggravates the original difficulty.
During the feedback loop each iteration of the cycle reinforces the previous one. These cycles will continue in the direction of their momentum until an external factor intervenes and breaks the cycle.
Incidentally, A virtuous circle has favorable results, while a vicious circle has detrimental results.
During the feedback loop each iteration of the cycle reinforces the previous one. These cycles will continue in the direction of their momentum until an external factor intervenes and breaks the cycle.
Incidentally, A virtuous circle has favorable results, while a vicious circle has detrimental results.
National Days to Celebrate
Yesterday, January 19 was National Popcorn
Day, today, January 20 is National Cheese Day and
tomorrow, January 21 is National Hug Day. Followed next
week Tuesday January 24 with Global Belly Laugh Day. What
a week, popcorn and cheese followed by hugs and topped off
with a great big belly laugh to be heard 'round the globe.
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