Posted by Sholie on October 30th, 2008 in Sports
An article describing jeet kune do.
MMA, or mixed-martial arts has been enjoying immense popularity lately as a spectator sport. Names like Tito Ortiz, Randy Couture and Frank Shamrock have become legit superstars to legions of sports fans all over the world. Younger MMA and UFC fans however should know that the ideology and concept for this seemingly new genre of contact sport dates back several decades ago. In fact it has its roots in a martial art developed by none other than Jun Fan a.k.a. Bruce Lee. Dana White, president of the MMA even acknowledges the martial arts icon as the father of the MMA.
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Posted by Sholie on June 10th, 2008 in Computers and Technology
Let’s test your knowledge of hexadecimal conversions, router defaults, IPv6, and more with these Cisco certification exam practice questions!
CCENT Certification:
Short answer: What is the decimal equivalent of the hex value Fa8?
Answer: We have 15 (”F”) units of 256, 10 (”a”) units of 16, and 8 units of 1.
3840 + 160 + 8 = 4008
CCNA Certification:
What is the default encapsulation type of a Cisco Serial interface?
A. HDLC
B. PPP
C. ISDN
D. Frame Relay
E. ATM
F. There is no default encap type - when you open a Cisco router’s Serial interface, there is no encapsulation present.
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Cisco Ccna, Ccent, And Ccnp Exam Practice Questions - Hex Conversions, Hdlc, Ppp, And More!
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Posted by Sholie on May 25th, 2008 in Sports
All you need to know about Nascar racing.
For the millions of people who either follow NASCAR, drive a stock car, or are involved in the business side of racing, Knowing the NASCAR racing schedule top to bottom can be an excellent resource when seeking to attend as many races as possible, preparing businesses for a surge in customers, or preparing yourself for life on the circuit. Being aware of the races on the schedule helps everyone enjoy the weekend better.
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Get Your Parties Lined Up For The Nascar Racing Schedule
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Posted by Sholie on May 25th, 2008 in Technology
One of the things getting lost in the Web 2.0 shuffle is common courtesy. While this was a problem in the Web 1.0 world as well, collaboration tools such as instant messaging make it as easy to irritate a co-worker as to inform him. This article discusses how manners have gone out the window with all the distractions of multi-tasking.
In my previous life covering the financial services industry, I often worked with multi-tasking owners of independent ATM companies. Many of them took a hands-on role in the running of their business, which entailed lots of phone calls and e-mails to check on the status of money levels in machines, number of service calls and other issues.
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Manners, Multi-Tasking Just Don’t Mix, and Collaboration Can Suffer Too
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Posted by Sholie on May 8th, 2008 in Computers and Technology
One would be quite shocked to know that as much as 92% computers have corrupt and harmful files. Because of the corrupt or missing registry entries, all most all computers will have an average of 130+ errors in them. One tends to wonder that how and when these registry problems occur. Most of the new systems do not need any changes to the registry but as and when the system gets older, the registry will grow as one keeps adding or removing programs. Because of this, registry sometimes becomes corrupted, fragmented or erroneous. However registry fix softwares can be downloaded to fix these problems.
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