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Getting started in political bloggingGetting started in political blogging

I'm going to be on with Tony later this morning to discuss political blogging. I thought I'd start at the very beginning. ...

AG Bill Schuette using his office as a right wing political toolAG Bill Schuette using his office as a right wing political tool

I'll be on First Shift this morning to discuss Bill Schuette's actions so far as Attorney General. Here's some of the research...

Wisconsin Democrats submit more than 1,000,000 signatures to recall Gov WalkerWisconsin Democrats submit more than 1,000,000 signatures to recall Gov Walker

Wisconsin's anti-union, anti-middle class, anti-99% governor is about to have his hat handed to him.  The people of...

Asking for democracy is democracy in actionAsking for democracy is democracy in action

Say what? Well I was checking out this article on the MLK march on Snyder's residence, and found this tidbit here:"We elect...

‘Choose Life’ plates would fund Right to Life through the Secretary of State‘Choose Life’ plates would fund Right to Life through the Secretary of State

Based on what we've seen of Snyder & the GOP legislature so far, this is definitely going to pass:Among the legislation...

Welcome to cbdcWelcome to cbdc

Hello listeners of First Shift. Thanks for stopping by. This blog is about to be rebooted and will have new posts again in a...

CompTIA A+ Test Prep – Batch File

Study Notes

Batch File:

A batch file, created by a word processor, contains a list of DOS commands that are executed as if each was typed and entered one at a time. To identify the file, MS-DOS uses the file extension, .BAT (short for batch).

A batch file can do the following:

Reduce Effort; instead of [...]

CompTIA Network+ Test Prep – Network Terminology 2

Study Notes

Analog Signaling – continuous variable states of waves, measured by Amplitude – signal strength compared to a reference value Frequency – number of cycles completed by the wave w/in a unit of time. Measured in Hertz. Phase – relative state of the wave when timing began. Measured in degrees

P 7-23 Connection Services – give [...]

DOS Boot Process

Study Notes

Boot Process:

POST Power On Self Test POST: A program recorded on a ROM (BIOS) chip that loads the initial boot instructions into RAM

1. BIOS scans hardware (memory test, for example) 2. BIOS compares physical hardware configuration with settings in CMOS 3. If system setup is ok, POST begins looks for the OS and [...]

CompTIA Network+ Test Prep – Network Terminology

Study Notes

Analog Signaling – continuous variable states of waves, measured by Amplitude – signal strength compared to a reference value Frequency – number of cycles completed by the wave w/in a unit of time. Measured in Hertz. Phase – relative state of the wave when timing began. Measured in degrees

P 7-23 Connection Services – give [...]

CompTIA A+ Test Prep 2000 – Test 1

Study Notes

CIS 106 (CompTIA A+ Prep) Test 1 January 24, 2000

1. Explain the difference between primary and secondary storage, and give examples of each.

2. You have installed an application in the C:\Test directory. The application’s executable file is APPRUN.EXE. The path statementS in AUTOEXEC.BAT read:

PATH=C:\ PATH=C:\DOS PATH=C:\TEMP

Which of the following is true:

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