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Mitnick speaks!
Adam L. Penenberg Kevin Mitnick is the most famous hacker in history. He has been in prison for more than four years for crimes that, when you get down to…
Basic Computer Troubleshooting & Repair
A basic guide to solving many common computer problems… by Rick Sheridan Preventing problems- Avoid secondhand smoke near the computer, avoid using long cables (4-5 foot) because of signal degradation.…
Hacking
Recently 'hacking' has come to mean unauthorized access to data /information, to obtain or to modify it. Previously, it referred to many things, usually related to a style of working…
Hacker ethic
1. The belief that information-sharing is a powerful positive good, and that it is an ethical duty of hackers to share their expertise by writing open source code and facilitating…
Hackers Heroes of the Computer Revolution
'Hackers Heroes of the Computer Revolution' is a book by Steven Levy about the hacker culture. It was published in 1984 in Garden City , New York by Anchor Press…
Hacker Manifesto
The Hackers Manifesto is a small article written by a hacker which went by the handle, or pseudonym , The Mentor during the 1980s . The contents are as follows.…
Interview with Carol P. Meinel
Author of "The Happy Hacker" In your own words define "hacker". Someone who can't resist exploring computers and communications networks to their fullest. Its an obsession, passion, disease -- take…
Hackers are the gremlins of the of the ’90s
Phiber Optik Sounds Off By Maitland McDonagh Phiber Optik -- real name: Mark Abene -- is the hacker even computer illiterates have heard of, the one who got sent to…
New Aquarium Blues: The Nitrogen Cycle
You have bought yourself a new aquarium, filled it up with water, then added a few fish, and naturally you feed them. The fish digest the food and excrete waste…
Setting Up A New Aquarium
Take It Slow and Be Successful It's an all too common occurrence, a new aquarist gets this brilliant idea to rush out and buy a new aquarium, set it up,…
Start right with tropical fishkeeping
Some helpful tips when starting with tropical freshwater fishes Introduction Freshwater tropical fish, as their name suggests, originate in freshwater rivers and lakes in the warmer parts of the world,…
Pat’s Basic Guide to a Successful Freshwater Aquarium
Read these notes and maintain a healthy, problem-free aquarium. You won't encounter the usual problems that occur and you won't be among those who ask "Why did my fish die?"…
Setting Up A Tank, for Dummies
Your first tank arrives home, possibly with a bag of fish, possibly not. Possibly with a kit-type collection of assorted lights, heaters, and filters, possibly not. What are you going…
The Nitrogen Cycle
How Mother Nature cleans house Lets start off really basic. How far you get along into this is up to you. Fish make Waste - Bacteria get rid of Waste.…
Some Tips for Beginners
How Long Do You Wait Before Adding Fish? Opinions vary so much on this subject that it is hard to give a reasonable answer. The Americans for instance have what…
Getting Answers To Problems
I run a small basic website, and receive a great deal of mail each month from people with fish problems, and many are at the stage of packing the whole…
Two Biotope Aquariums: Asia and Africa
Southeast Asia Backwater Southeast Asia is home to many of the fish which are in most demand by hobbyists today. The backwaters of Southeast Asia are both slow-moving and thick…
Building a Fishroom
Keeping Cichlids is an addiction. It starts with just one tank, often with no thoughts of breeding these fascinating fish. However, nature takes over and the fish start courting and…
Doing it right – building a fish room
We all, at one time or another, have said "If I'm going to get into fish, I'm going to do it right." Doing it right, when it comes to fish,…
Fluidised Bed Filters
or how to build a compact, low maintenance fish room One of the problems often associated with keeping fish is the "ratchet effect". You know, one tank becomes two, two…