Monday, July 11, 2016

Ageless Nature


Dr Abe V Rotor
Anne and her grandmother before a wall mural of Nature by the author 2016

Timelessness, Nature is reborn in all creatures, big and small;
In each one, life passes away, life comes anew;
Through generations under one roof, under one big sky, for all,
In peace and unity, in our Creator’s own view.~

Monday, June 27, 2016

History of Data storage

Dr Abe V Rotor
Cuneiform is a system of writing first developed by the ancient Sumerians of Mesopotamia c. 3500-3000 BCE. It is considered the most significant among the many cultural contributions of the Sumerians and the greatest among those of the Sumerian city of Uruk which advanced the writing of 
  cuneiform c. 3200 BCE.




The ancient Egyptians kept most of their records on papyrus.
Papyrus sheets are made by a four stage process.
  1. A fresh papyrus plant is cut into long strips
  2. The strips are laid out on a flat surface in a criss-cross pattern
  3. The sheet is pressed and left to dry
  4. Sheets are joined together with glue to make long scrolls
After the sheets were dried, they were used for keeping records. The sheets were then rolled up and tied with papyrus string.


The world's first known movable type system for printing was made of ceramic materials and created in China around A.D 1040 by Bi Sheng (990–1051) during the Northern Song Dynasty (960–1127). When this technology spread to Korea during the Goryeo Dynasty in 1234, they made the metal movable-type system for printing ...


A floppy disk is a disk storage medium composed of a disk of thin and flexible magnetic storage medium, readable by a floppy disk drive (FDD), and sealed in a rectangular plastic carrier lined with fabric which serves the purpose of keeping the data storage disk free of foreign particles such as dust. 


A Compact Disc (CD) is a type of optical disc. It is flat and round, and is used to store digital data. It was first used to store music and other sounds (and is sometimes called an "audio CD"). The sound on a CD is played using a compact disc player. It was developed by Philips and Sony. 

 

A USB flash drive, also commonly known as a USB drive, USB stick and a variety of other names, is a data storage device. Specific flash drive types include Flash memory-based CompactFlash (CF) card (including CFast card, XQD card. etc. 







The Cloud is a provider of public access Wi-Fi hotspots in the UK and is a member of the Wireless Broadband Alliance. It has over 22,000 Wi-Fi hotspots network access points in the UK. The Cloud has offices in St Albans, Munich, and Stockholm.Founder: George Polk 2003

Friday, June 17, 2016

Superstition adds quaintness to life

 Superstition adds quaintness to life
 To get good grades place your review notes or book under your pillow and sleep on it.
   
Dr Abe V Rotor


1. Pulling out a gray or while hair will cause ten more to grow in its place.

2. If the palm of your right hand itches, it means you will soon be getting money.  If the palm of your left hand itches, it means you will soon be paying out money.

3. A mirror should be covered during a thunderstorm PHOTO because it attracts lightning.

4. An onion cut in half and placed under the bed of a sick person will draw off fever and poison.

5. Wishes on shooting stars come true.

6. Tail of house lizards is cure for asthma.

7. Ones saliva can relieve itchiness caused by mosquito bite.

8. Poultice of gumamela flowers hastens “ripening” of boil (pigsa). PHOTO 

9. Turtles as pet bring bad luck.

10. Snakes have good memory, never spare their lives because they can take revenge.

11. Refrain from talking while planting so the chicken will not destroy your plants.

12. When cockroaches are flying about, there’s plenty of fish to catch.

13. Don’t sleep with your head pointed to the north.  Blood is drawn to your head due to magnetism, similar to a compass needle.

14. Whenever you give birth, plant a tree because a tree grows fast and means good health - so with your baby.

15. There are times you have to turn back because you have forgotten something.  Before you start again alight from your vehicle, or take a few steps, to break the bad omen. ~


Tuesday, June 14, 2016

Chronicler

 Dr Abe V Rotor

I can’t be an equal to this noble fighter.
He has more of suffering and pain and will.
I may have more from the books and the pen,
Yet deserve only a chronicler of him.
~