Fusion X Technology Update

Ad Blocking is getting to be a common sport on the internet. Now there are some legitimate uses for an ad blocker. Some ad companies resort to downright harassment when serving their ads using annoying pop ups, flying ads, floating ads and the like. Blocking these types of ads are not a problem. Using an ad blocker though to block all ads on a site including text ads, banner ads, etc is wrong and here’s why.

Free Information makes the Internet Valuable.

Do you like getting free news from major news sources? How about the latest weather for free? Do you like being able to use a search engine to find information on a topic that interests you? How do you think the companies that run these services can afford to give this information away for free? It’s because they charge advertisers who display advertisements on pages where this free information is found.

How useful would the Internet be if it was Ad Free?

Without ads, there would be much less commercial business transacted online. Would it eliminate it completely? No. But there would be much less of it. Now, some people think that would be a good thing but stop to think about it. If you take away all free news sources like CNN, NY Times, and all major news sources, then take away all Travel sites, then cut the number of free information websites on almost any topic by 95% and what kind of internet are we left with?

Would everything be a disaster on the Internet without ads?

Having email being spam free would be nice but blocking spam is a lot less precise than using an ad blocker to eliminate all kinds of ads. If we had no pop ups to worry about the Internet would be nicer, but most people already get this with the latest browsers.

I am all in favor of eliminating intrusive advertising methods like pop ups and spyware but I think the whole idea of blocking all ads is short sighted. Tools certainly exist to block almost all forms of advertising online. I would urge you though to think twice before you activate ad blocking on all forms of advertising.

Non intrusive, in-context advertising can actually help you

I can’t count the number of times I’ve been on a web page that didn’t have exactly what I was looking for but an ad on that site did. Same thing when searching Google. Sometimes the listings are not relevant to the kind of information I’m after but the ads on the side or the top are.

Is all advertising evil? Of course not. Many forms of advertising can actually be helpful. Next time you’re thinking about blocking that text or banner ad, think twice. You may need access to an advertiser in the future. What’s the harm in that?

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What is a screensaver?

A screensaver is a program, just like many other programs on your computer. It is specialized by the fact that Windows will utilize it in a specific way. When your computer has been idle for a certain amount of time, Windows can sense it and will turn the screensaver on. The program will then display some kind of graphical design or text that constantly moves around the screen. You will usually see it in action when you walk away from the computer for a time and leave the screen on. Don’t be alarmed by it, just move your mouse a little to disengage the program and get back to whatever you were doing when you left!

Screensavers show themselves in many ways! It can be simply a blank screen (screen will be black), a design will seem to “draw itself” on your screen and then disappear when full and start drawing again, show a continuing slideshow of pictures, display animations of cartoon type figures, even display text that moves up and down and all over the screen! They are many, many types of screensavers available for your computer, but most people will never use more than the ones that came as part of your main software of Windows!

What Are Screensavers Used For?

Screensavers were originally designed to protect computer monitors from phosphor burn-in. Because I’ve worked with computers since 1974 I know first hand about the problem and why screensavers quickly became so important to computer users. Early CRT monitors (those are the big, bulky monitors available today, not the sleek flat panel ones!), particularly monochrome ones (yes we had only one color early on, usually green or amber), had problems with the same image being displayed for a long time.

The phosphors in the monitor that created the text and early ‘graphics’ on those screens would ‘glow’ the information onto the screen. Users of computers in the 70’s and 80’s usually worked on programs that displayed the same kind of information over and over again, like a spreadsheet for bookkeeping or an input screen for databases. What would happen to these screens is a constant bombardment of these phosphors in a set pattern that would actually discolor the inside glass surface of the CRT. This discoloration was then visible as a ‘ghost’ image that would be ‘burned’ onto the surface and any other display that was brought up would be ‘overridden’ on the monitor by that image. This harmful process made it difficult to use that monitor with any other program and eventually the monitor would have to be replaced. This was an expensive proposition for most companies who owned computers back then as monitors were priced in the $1500 to $2000 range!

Does My Monitor Really Need A Screensaver?

Actually, no, you don’t need a screensaver on your computer. Does that surprise you? In reality, screensavers haven’t been a necessity for many years now! Advances in display technology and the advent of energy-saver monitors have virtually eliminated the need for screensavers. Then, why do we still use them?

Well here’s a couple of reasons why we still use screen savers, courtesy of How Stuff Works. http://www.howstuffworks.com/index.htm :

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New technologies in micro satellites are moving very fast as processors, sensors and systems get more powerful and much smaller. I propose to have these systems and micro satellites to be in a solar system type configuration as they fly, spinning around each other with each small micro satellite literally connected to another and spinning around a center satellite module connected to a few of the orbiting micro satellites.

The Lines holding them together will also be an entergy tail, that is to say it collects electromagnetic energy to keep the small communication system in low orbit, which takes a lot more energy, but there is significant electromagnetic energy there as well.

Why Low orbit? Well it allows for listen devices to be quite robust in ability and cuts down on the delay of communication time from Geo Sync Satellites. Perfect for the Military, NSA or commercial applications. Smaller satellites also have a reduced risk or the chance of collision by orbiting space junk and in low orbit there will be little if any of this orbiting high-speed debris.

By putting these units on tethers then will know where each one is and be able to be a single point of eight-point or Octa-angulation for precise GPS needs. Additionally they could be as far as 100-meters apart and operate net-centric or together, meaning you cannot see them, too small, you cannot shoot down what you cannot see and you have a massive communication and world class GPS system, as well as a spy listening device. Think on this.

Lance Winslow

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