The Story So Far

So first of all, “PC” doesn’t mean “personal computer.”  I’m not trying to keep this a secret.  But neither am I trying to broadcast it to the world. In April I had my annual physical examination.  One of the tests I always have is a PSA (prostate specific antigen) test.  The results were not high,… Continue reading The Story So Far

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whatis – What is that file?

This is a program that examines a file and attempts to determine what it is.  It is similar to the posix file(1) command but gives more detail and recognizes a wider variety of file types.  (There are occasions when whatis recognizes that file could give more information, and calls the latter program.) Note:  This program has an unfortunate… Continue reading whatis – What is that file?

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Technology Penetration

I was searching the Internet to see how many households have PCs these days, and ran across an interesting article on technology penetration in general.  I thought it was a little wordy and condensed it into a spreadsheet:

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