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Ubuntu Forum thread that led me to the second site.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=9204201

http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/bootinfoscript/index.php?title=Boot_Problems:Boot_Sector

Also, feel free to post any questions in the comments section and I will try to respond.

-Ry

First of all, I’ve had my wisdom stolen… Ok, not really, but I did have my Wisdom Teeth removed. It was a most interesting experience. I went to an oral surgeon and was put under. I didn’t even really I was falling a sleep. They had me on an IV to knock me out, and that’s exactly what it did, instantly. The next thing I knew, I was being woken up and moved to a different room. I had several odd reactions to the anesthesia. Every couple of hours, I would get really nauseated, hot, and start shaking. I was kind of scared. I was in pain for two weeks, and it was an awful pain. It surged up to my ears and they felt like they were on fire. But eventually I got over it, and now I just dealing with the two holes in the back of my mouth.

I have setup a programming forum on my website. It’s main goal is to help students and programmers a like. The only problem is, I can’t seem to get enough publicity to get it rolling. The forums can currently be accessed at http://www.rychannel.com/forums/programming . If you have any suggestions, I welcome them.

The last part of this post is Data Structures. It is my favorite class this semester and I am really learning a lot. What is a data structure you ask? According to Encyclopedia Britannica, In computer science, a data structure is a particular way of storing and organizing data in a computer so that it can be used efficiently. So far we’ve talked about lists, queues, and stacks. I find them extremely interesting, but currently we are working on tree’s and due to its need for recursion I find that I can not wrap my head around how they work. I get the theory, I just don’t understand the programming behind it.

UPDATE: In order for Word 2007 to be able to upload to a WordPress blog, you must have the XML RPC setting in your blog enabled. Otherwise, Word will not be able to connect to your site.

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Bing is Microsoft’s latest rendition of a search engine. I thought I would like it at first but it seems that it still doesn’t compare to google. In fact, it seems that a Bing search result could do some damage due to its extremely summarized descriptions. For example, I was search for Club Am Iowa, a dance club in Des Moines and here is what I saw. Club Am is NOT a gay club, however Bing misleads the searcher into thinking it is.

Speaking of work, I have spent some time trying out some software and online services in an attempt to improve the network systems. First I’d like to start with Spiceworks. Spiceworks scans your network for devices and attempts to give you information about each devices, such as whether it is a workstation, server, router etc… and it will give you important information such as the applications that are installed and what OS each workstation and server is running. As far as I know, the free version of spice works is ideal for those who have less than 250 devices. It also doubles as a helpdesk portal. I haven’t really messed with the helpdesk portal too much so I can’t say much about it.

Finally, content filtering seems to be an important part of network security and employee productivity. We found that lots of people were spending more time on Facebook than actually working. To solve the problem we implemented openDNS. You can read more about how openDNS at http://www.opendns.com .

For the purpose of this blog, IPTV stands for Internet Protocol Television.

For the past couple of years Internet media has been getting increasingly popular.  More and more people are watching television shows and movie via the Internet (both legally and illegally).  Some examples are Apple iTunes, Netflix, and xbox marketplace.

There are so many ways for companies to broadcast their media.  Netflix uses the xbox 360 and its own set-top box.  Apple has iTunes and Apple TV makes it extremely easy to access iTunes via the TV. Most television stations, like ABC, NBC, and Fox, allow you to watch episodes of shows that you may have missed.  There is one company that gets how popular Internet broadcasting has gotten and has invested a lot of money in distributing and creating programming just for Internet viewing. Revision3 uses several different mediums of distributing its content.  Not only do they distribute through their website, but they also use iTunes, Tivo, PyroTV, Bittorrent, and even more. Revision3 (aka rev3) has produced several IPTV shows including but not limited to:

• Tekzilla
• Systm
• Diggnation
• The Digg Reel

They have also signed a contract to distribute another popular IPTV show Hak.5.

I would highly reccomend checking out Revision3 at their website, revision3.com.

Could internet broadcasting be bad news for Satellite and cable companies? Tell me what you think.