The Hobbyist Machine Shop has its own blog. Here is a view of the static home page. From this page are links to the THMS web site and all the blog entries concerning the the machine and home workshop activities. The heading picture is a slightly stylized real picture of my original mini lath turning down a piece of cast iron with a little oil on it. The “smoke trails from the hot chips make a very...
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A Wide Address is Good
I think the time is now for 64 Bit Processors and yes, even the 64 bit operating system. I have been running Vista 64 bit operating system (OS) for several weeks in testing with very little notable difference with Vista 32 bit OS. I did just load SP1 (Service Pack 1) for the 64 bit Vista. The truth is there is very little software that will use the full 64 bit addresses and other so...
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It had to happen sooner of later. Crackers (the undesirable version of a computer hacker) have been playing in my remote web servers. I thought it was secure but it seems the dedicated can “crack” almost every deterrent. I won’t go into details (for security reasons) but they left their mark and I and my web service know who they are. The problem may not have been noticed except the files they installed shut down some...
Continue reading...Dual Boots and 64 Bits
No, it’s not about wearing two pairs of boots at the same time. It is a computer start-up term. I have been doing it for quite some time, almost since I started playing with computers in the dark ages. What it means is that a computer is set up with two (or more) operating systems and at the time of starting up the computer, the operator has a choice as to what (which) operating system...
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