How Internet Infrastructure Works
I've had to find my computer's IP address before when working to install a new router. It's always interesting to learn what I was actually doing. Domain name servers, Network access points, Backbones, and Routers are all needed to do what we do every day on the computer. I did not know that backbones were fiber optic cables made into trunk lines. URL information was also very interesting: 1st level domain name (.com, .net, .edu, .gov) 2nd level (Yahoo, Pitt, etc) left most word is the host name(WWW)
Dismantling Integrated Library Systems
I don't really understand why we have to fix something that essentially works. At least it seems to be working at my public library. It's kind of like changing from Windows XP to Windows VISTA...I hate it! What works best is what you already know...updating just to update wastes a lot of time.
Inside the Google machine
I had never heard Larry and Sergei speak before. I knew some of what they said through various reports, but hadn't heard of their 20% policy. GenTech has the same 20% policy and was named the #1 place to work in the USA a year or two ago.
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I agree with you on updating or "fixing" things when they work perfectly fine. I think a lot of times people just get board with the same old, same old, and want something new and exciting. The only problem that I can see is that eventually, it may not work fine if it is not upgraded continuously because it wouldn't have the same sort of components as other computers and programs/software.
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