I finally got the HP printer to work.
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Computer terms. Love ’em. Hate ’em. Look at ’em in a different light.
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Thirty-eight years ago today, Atari announced something called a video game. It was called Pong. In addition to providing the basis for the multi-billion dollar computer game industry of today, Pong was also responsible for the disappearance of millions of quarters back in the day.
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Today is Black Friday in the U.S., the last Friday of the month, the Friday right after our Thanksgiving. Traditionally, it’s the launch of the Christmas holiday shopping season.
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I’ve never been one to memorize part numbers for computer things. That includes memorizing things like bus speed, cache sizes, and all other sorts of nonsensical trivia.
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The parallels between the über-hot Facebook of today and the AOL of a decade ago are weird and frightening.
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The computer revolution — and I’m talking about the 1980s computer revolution — was supposed to lead us to the paperless office. Didn’t happen. In fact, I venture to say that the computer has done more to sell office supplies than any other machine in history.
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Is it possible? Could there be decent, respectful online dialog regarding hot-button political issues? I have a theory.
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