Thursday, October 21, 2010

Safety in Pro American Football

I have just finished listening to Coach Tomlin's comments. They are fair as well as a good position to take.

I am not a doctor of medicine and am only coming from a common base that anyone can have.

Regarding comparing different types of injuries, ranking or whatever is as much a matter of opinion as anything.

While all injuries heal if allowed to does not necessarily mean that problems will not develop later on because the injury occurred. Many injuries can lead to arthritis or other motion limiting results in the long run they do not effect the brain negatively.

I  think, nevertheless, that head butting should be minimized if not eliminated, if at all possible. What concussions seem to lead to, in the long run, is debilitating in the extreme. In this case the negative results effect the brain. An example is the boxer M.Ali. Therefore, I support the NFL's efforts to minimize concussions by making head butting illegal and placing heavy fines on those who do it.

Best.

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Web Browsers

I had one that I liked but when I acquired a new computer for some reason I did not go back to it until yesterday. In the meantime I had changed ISP. My situation now is I can't use the mail portion of the browser the way I want so I have dropped it.
I would have to go into my ISP settings & make modifications. I am not prepared to do that now.
Consequently, I have set up Google's browser for handling my gmail account. That way it is always available. Also, I have advised everyone of my latest change.
I also have to review additional folder options for retaining any emails I may wish to hold onto long term. I would like to be able to save some to "My Documents" for long term retention.
I guess I am now into Cloud Computing.
Best

Thursday, October 14, 2010

Rescue

This morning my local time I watched the last rescue worker come up from the mine. All the people who worked behind the scenes should be proud of their part of this magnificent effort. Those who were at the scene should also be very proud of their work as it was critical for them do do their jobs correctly as well. As for the 6 men who went below to help the trapped miners, God bless them for their courage as well as for their doing their assigned task in a professional. manner.
It was great to learn that the Chilean president never lost hope but, rather, pushed to find out the miners status and pushed for the rescue. Chile did itself proud. I, for one, wish them all well.
Best.

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Firmware issues

For awhile now I have been having connectivity issues degrading operations. It all started when Internet service was temporarily lost. I had reset the modem without success. I confirmed that the problem was not with my computer by going to a wi-fi hot spot where Internet speed was extremely fast w/o any hang-ups. I do not have the expertise to explain it but I finally followed the suggestion to turn my router off and on after several seconds had passed. Result, I am back to 4G connectivity! It never hurts to "zeroize" firmware and software.