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Linux versus WannaCrypt
You don’t have to read this, but I do have to write it. Some of you, dear Readers, are sympathetic to my ranting about the virtues of switching from Windows to Linux. The recent big wave of ransom-ware commonly known … Continue reading
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Tagged compsec, computer technology, linux, open source, OS, politics, windows
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The Current State of Electronic Snooping
This is a long post, a general consumer-level survey, distilling what we can know from public revelations. Snoopers: There are four kinds of snoopers. 1. Government espionage: If you are targeted as a national security threat, they will get you. … Continue reading
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Tagged advertising, browsers, business, compsec, computer technology, internet, surveillance, windows
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Some Current Tech Talk Trends
In my computer tech support ministry, I still run into people with notions carved in stone from before the introduction of Windows. It arises from the bureaucratic mindset seeping into the wider society: Invent once; never progress. Do you know … Continue reading
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Tagged computer technology, linux, windows
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Giving It Away
Walk your talk. All Creation is just a tool for the Father’s glory. Wealth is for sharing, but it rests on the foundation of the covenant of faith. I bought that fancy Linksys WRT1200AC router as part of my tool-up … Continue reading
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Tagged computer technology, economics, internet, networking technology, personal
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Endorsement: Linux Migration Site
This is a gem: Easy Linux tips project. It’s a set of detailed yet simple instructions for migrating from Windows to Linux. You get to choose between several different Linux distributions all of which are the easiest to use and … Continue reading
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Tagged linux, Linux Mint, ubuntu, windows
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Virtual War 2
It’s the nature of our shared faith. On the one hand, our heart-led path is very narrow, steep and rough. Precious few are those who walk with us. On the other hand, we so desperately need each other because no … Continue reading
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Tagged communion, internet, linux, networking technology, Political activism, software, virtual parish, windows
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Darkness Stirs on the Net
On October 1 this year, the US will surrender it’s de facto control over the Internet. There is a lot of noise on both sides of the debate as to whether this is really a good idea. I’ve been aware … Continue reading
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Tagged feudalism, internet, Law Covenants, tribal society, western intellectual heritage
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On the Recent Hack of NSA Tools
It’s been a couple of weeks now, and the mainstream press has twisted this thing completely out of shape. They don’t have a clue what is really happening, but they’ll use anything as an excuse to stir up fear and … Continue reading
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Tagged computer security, internet
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Storms on the Computer Horizon
Some of you won’t care about this, so you can skip the computer chatter. Those of us who provide technical support for Windows users have been watching this for a long time. Microsoft steadily seizes more and more control from … Continue reading
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Tagged computer tech support, Microsoft, windows
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Tech Trash
It happens just a few of you seem interested in my technology chatter, so I’ll dump out the latest news. While I do try to keep track of computer technology trends, there is just too much going on right now. … Continue reading
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Tagged computer technology, Linux Mint, mission, publishing, writing
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