Sunday, March 7, 2010

Crazy Routes

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Necessity may dictate that you choose the "road less traveled", but for goodness sake, leave weaker-nerved passengers behind. They might experience life-changing (and even underwear-changing) circumstances that they will never forget, or forgive. Found below is one of the Chinese military roads to "boost the morale of their troops"

And here is how they navigate it:


Tirana to Elbasan Road in Albania:
This is a hairy route, very high, badly maintained with high volume of heavy truck traffic - count on these Albanian drivers to be dare-devils, too. Whatever pictures we could get, look pretty serious: The cool thing about this road is that it leads to various interesting "rabbit trails" with ancient ruins at the end:



The Skippers Canyon Road near Queenstown:
This road is made from a very narrow cut in the middle of a sheer cliff face. The large tourist buses go along it, and it's so narrow that if two vehicles have to pass each other, one vehicle might have to reverse for anything up to 3 kilometres of winding narrow road to get to a place wide enough to pass. It is the SCARIEST road you could imagine...



And this is how it looks close up, with sheer drops just outside the single lane (with almost not enough space for tires)

Stelvio Pass Road - redefining switchbacks - A Scenic yet Dangerous Road! - Height - 2757 meters
Location - in the Italian Alps, near Bormio and Sulden, 75 km from Bolzano, close to Swiss border. (The road connects the Valtellina with the upper Adige valley and Merano)
Claim to fame - "the highest paved mountain pass in the Eastern Alps, and the second highest in the Alps, after the Col de l'Iseran (2770 m)"

















 

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Online Pc Troubleshooting: Troubleshoot Computer Error

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Undoubtedly, computers have become an indispensable part of our everyday life; whether we are at home or work or anywhere else. Every computer user must have experienced technical problems at one instance or the other, whether it is the annoyance of a forgotten password or the disaster of erroneous software. A vast use of computers has given a push to the demand for computer specialists who offer pc troubleshooting, technical advice to users, as well as for the day-to-day administration, maintenance, and support of computer systems and networks.

These technicians offer technical assistance, support, and advice to customers and other users. This group of troubleshooters is categorized into technical support specialists and help-desk technicians. Both of them interpret errors and offer technical expertise to resolve issues for hardware, software, and PCs. They take up your query over telephone and then analyze it by running automated diagnostic programs via the remote support, and fix all difficulties. Support specialists work either within a company that uses computer systems or directly for a computer hardware or software vendor. These specialists work for help-desk or support companies for which they offer technical support to clients on a contract basis.

They take up very kind of computer repair service like PC installation, computer optimization, software troubleshooting, hard disk clean up, virus/spyware removal, and repair computer hardware and software. They may write training manuals and train computer users in how to use new computer hardware and software.

As opposed to technical support specialists, help desk technicians respond to telephone calls and e-mail messages from customers looking for help with computer issues. In addition to responding to these technical inquiries, help-desk technicians listen carefully to the customer, ask questions to diagnose the problem, and then take the customer through the step by step procedure of troubleshooting the problem.

Help-desk technicians deal directly with customer issues. They are consulted for what gives customers the most trouble, as well as other customer queries. Most computer support specialists start out at the help desk.

Online computer services are available for 24x7x365. Their round the clock availability is what makes them the most preferable among computer enthusiasts.




 

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5 Things to Do as Soon as You Purchase a New Computer

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Have you just purchased a new desktop or laptop computer? Congratulations, and hopefully you will get plenty of use out of your new machine, whether it is for business, finance, research, multimedia, or purely entertainment (or a little of all the above).

But wait - don't open the boxes, plug in the cords, and try to start surfing the Internet just yet! Take a few minutes and follow these 5 steps that can help increase your computer security and possibly remove some potential headaches down the road.

1. Emergency Disks
Some computers come packaged with CDs or DVDs you can use to reinstall the operating system and preinstalled software in case something goes wrong, such as a hard drive hiccup, malware infestation, or an itchy trigger finger that loves pressing the 'Del' key. If such discs are included, place them in a safe place and make copies once the computer is set up.

If these did not come with your computer, read its manual for instructions on how to create them, if possible. Do so ASAP - before you go online, install new software, uninstall software that came prepackaged but you do not need, etc. Better yet, make a second copy of these disks for safe keeping.

2. Install Security Software
Before connecting to the Internet, either via a wired or Wi-Fi connection, make sure you have a working firewall and antivirus software at a BARE minimum; surfing without such programs can open your computer up to all types of nasty malware. If your operating system has a built-in firewall, turn this on if nothing else is available, but do consider downloading a replacement.

If you have another computer, use it to download a firewall, anti-virus, and anti-malware applications. Either burn a CD/DVD or use a USB flash drive to copy them to the new machine. Install this software before you ever connect to the Internet to reduce the chances of problems. Once you are online, immediately download updates as needed.

Note that if your computer comes with security software, you may need to remove these packages first if you decide to install alternatives (see below).

3. Uninstall Software
Go through the list of installed software through the computer's "Add/Remove Programs", "Uninstall or change a program", or similar tool (check the Control Panel). Remove any preinstalled "bloatware", software you may not need such as trial games, photo applications you may never use, website toolbars, links to Internet Service Providers you will never access (especially if you already have one), etc. Do keep the installed security software unless you are offline and ready to install different applications.

4. Consider a New Web Browser
When you go online, you are not stuck with your operating system's default web browser if you want to surf the web. There are plenty of alternatives available such as Mozilla Firefox, Opera, and Google Chrome, and using another web browser may increase your overall security.

Even if you install a new web browser, be sure to keep the one that came with your operating system up-to-date to help prevent malware from attacking your system via an exploit.

5. Update All Software
Speaking of doing software updates, after going online but before browsing the web, immediately update your operating system (including the built-in web browser). Check for updates to document readers such as Adobe Acrobat Reader and any installed multimedia players. Plus, look for updates to installed browser plug-ins such as Adobe Flash, Adobe Shockwave, Java, QuickTime, and RealPlayer. Exploits can potentially be found in any software installed on your system; keeping everything up-to-date helps reduce the risk of your computer getting infected by malware.

While you may immediately be ready to unpack and use your new computer, following these five steps will help increase your security when going online. Create or find emergency recovery discs and store them in a safe place in case 'stuff' happens. Install security software such as firewall, antivirus, and anti-spyware applications before you connect to the Internet. Remove unneeded "bloatware" and consider installing an alternate web browser. Finally, before general web surfing or other activities, ensure your operating system and all installed software are up-to-date. By performing these steps, you can start your computer off right, blocking malware and operating well for hopefully years to come.






























 

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