Hello there and welcome to our weekly feature of all kinds of tips.
We at the business desk are pleased to bring you our weekly feature of a
plethora of tips that cover a wide range of topics.
All of our tips are designed to help you save time, cut down on your
research, and help you get ahead.
So go ahead and read on.
This week we bring you our monthly tips.
It’s what we do for a living! We help you to help yourself!
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From the business desk team at http://www.sterlingcreations.com.
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Helpful tips for May 2012
In this issue:
General tips
Tech tips
Quotes for the day
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General tips
Courtesy of the research team at http://www.sterlingcreations.ca
Now, here is one very interesting tip on turtles!
Did you know that turtles are deaf?
Yes, they are!
Now for a question on loss of hair!
How many follicles of hair do we lose in one given day from our heads?
The answer is about 100.
Did you know that chocolate does indeed expire?
Especially so if they contain nuts.
More often than not, upon expiration, the chocolate turns white, tastes
badly, and the nuts go bad as well.
How about the benefits of ice water?
Drink 8 glasses of these every day and it sure does promote weight loss.
What are the five most important factors to a healthier life?
Well, here goes!
No smoking, as little alcohol as possible, regular exercise, a healthy diet,
and low stress levels.
What are some of the types of flirting?
Well, here goes!
Physical, friendly, serious.
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Tech tips
Taken from Melanie Mama’s corner
With a huge bouquet of thanks to Dan Thompson at dthompson5@mchsi.com
Deleting Contacts On The IPhone 4S
1. Move to the bottom left of your phone’s screen and double tap on “phone.”
2. Slide your finger left to right until reaching “contacts” and double tap
this choice.
3. Move to the top left and slide down to locate the contact to delete. If
it is not on the first screen, use the table index to locate the one to
delete.
The table index is activated by:
A. Move to the top right corner of the phone.
B. Flick one finger down and you will hear “table index.”
C. Keep flicking one finger down the right side which will move through the
alphabet.
D. When reaching the letter that would contain the desired contact, move to
the left side of the phone.
E. Move down through the available contacts and double tap your choice.
4. Now you’ve located the contact to delete and have it opened, move to the
top right and locate “edit.” Double tap this button.
5. Swipe up with three fingers once.
6. Move to the bottom left and move up a finger with to “delete.” Double tap
this button.
7. Move back to the bottom left again and move up about two finger widths
and tap delete again. The contact is now gone and you are placed back into
your contact list again.
Double tap the contact from the all contacts list
Hit the edit button on upper right
Swipe up with 3 fingers and the delete button is on the bottom left.
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Comparison Of SSD Versus HDD
08/03/2011
http://www.teknocrat.com/1g-vs-2g-vs-3g-vs-4g-vs-5g-comparison-differences-and-analysis.html
SSD Versus HDD Performance Speed Life Cost Power Reliability Comparison
With growth of options available for SSD drives today we take a look at SSD
versus HDD comparison that can help decide which is a better option.
1. SSD versus HDD Storage Technology Comparison
Solid-state drives can serve the same purpose as hard disk drives. In
general solid state drives serve as a boot or system or working data drive
while HDD can provide bulk data storage. In case of SSD, rather than storing
data on spinning disk platter data is stored in non-volatile NAND flash
memory. There are two types of flash memory used in solid state drives,
Single Level Cell and Multi Level Cell.
2. SLC versus MLC Flash Memory Comparison For SSD
Single level cell (SLC) memory which is faster can sustain lot more writes
than Multi level cell (MLC) memory, but is also costlier. SLC memory is
widely used in enterprise class solid state drives. Some high end consumer
grade SSD also use SLC memory, these are however generally of very low
capacity, and cost much more than one with MLC memory.
3. SSD versus HDD Speed Comparison
A good MLC solid state drive is still faster than any HDD. On the other hand
least expensive solid state drive use very slow flash memory chips, and may
have read and write data transfer rates that are lower than a HDD. A similar
SSD that uses the fastest available flash memory chips may have data
transfer rates two or three times higher than the fastest hard disk drives.
HDD and SSD support SATA interface.
4. SSD versus HDD Mechanical Component Comparison
Solid state drives have no moving parts and are therefore much less subject
to shock damage than HDD rotating drives. In fact hard disk drives can also
be adversely affected by electromagnetic field while solid state drives are
not affected.
5. SSD versus HDD Life Comparison
In case of SSD, individual cells that are used to store data have a limited
life. Once a cell exceeds that number of writes, it is no longer usable.
TRIM technology maximizes the usable life of an SSD by adopting a garbage
collection approach that minimizes writes when data is deleted from the
cells.
A great explanation of “trim technology” can be found at:
TRIM – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRIM
here you will find five explanations of this technology, all nicely on one
page.
6. SSD versus HDD Performance Comparison
A heavily used solid state drive can begin to show performance degradation
after only a few weeks or even days of use. With TRIM enabled, that same
drive will provide excellent performance for months or even years of use.
HDD have no such limitation on number of writes.
HDD are subjected to fragmentation which slows it down due to higher seek
times however since solid state drives have no moving parts, this problem
can be ignored completely.
7. SSD versus HDD Noise and Power Comparison
Solid state drives produce less sound or heat when compared to HDD as there
are no mechanical or moving parts. The power consumption in solid state
drives can be quite lower when compared to HDD.
8. SSD versus HDD Cost Comparison
Cost per byte for SSD could be quite higher compared to hard disk drives.
Reason being that when all other things being equal, SSD typically sell for
about the same amount per GB across the line. For example, if a particular
model of SSD is available in 128, and 256 GB capacities, each step up
typically doubles the price. That’s because the vast bulk of the cost of an
SSD is in the flash memory. Doubling capacity requires twice as much flash
memory, and so doubles the price. In case of HDD however cost pe
r GB turns our to be more economical than cost per MB.
Visit the link below for another excellent article on comparing the various
size solid state drives.ome of
1g vs 2g vs 3g vs 4 vs 5g comparison differences and analysis
http://www.teknocrat.com/1g-vs-2g-vs-3g-vs-4g-vs-5g-comparison-differences-and-analysis.html
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Quotes for the day
Taken from Melanie mama’s corner
Quote For Today:
Being a role model is the most powerful form of educating. Youngsters need
good models more than they need critics. It’s one of a parent’s greatest
responsibilities and opportunities.
John Wooden
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Quote For Today:
“The mindless junk of your past crowds out opportunities and sets pointless
limitations. Move out the junk, and you create room for the rest of your
life. Ultimately, it’s not just a question of tidying your house; it’s a
question of liberating your heart.”
Merlin Mann
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Quote For Today:
The past is finished. There is nothing to be gained by going over it.
Whatever it gave us in the experiences it brought us was something we had to
know.
– Rebecca Beard
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Quote For Today:
We are at our very best, and we are happiest, when we are fully engaged in
work we enjoy on the journey toward the goal we’ve established for
ourselves. It gives meaning to our time off and comfort to our sleep. It
makes everything else in life so wonderful, so worthwhile.
Earl Nightingale
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Quote For Today:
In everyone’s life, at some time, our inner fire goes
out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with
another human being. We should all be thankful for
those people who rekindle the inner spirit.
Albert Schweitzer
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If you know of someone who would like to join Mama’s Corner, please contact
her at:
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