SPAM!! I hate it. You hate it. Even the spammers themselves hate it (even though they make tons of money sending it!)
SPAM emails have been proverbial thorns in the sides of computer users for decades, and an entire industry has been created just to prevent us from having to deal with it! But did you know that there is actually a good use for the SPAM messages that do make it into your Inbox or Junk Mail folder?
Every day spammers flood inboxes around the world with tons of junk emails hawking everything from debt consolidation services to inkjet cartridges to cheap mortgage deals. Why do they choose to hawk the particular products or services they’re trying to pawn off on you? Two reasons: They are in high demand, and they are extremely profitable.
When I was growing up back in the ’60s and ’70s we never even thought about locking our doors while we were at home. We could leave items such as lawnmowers, bicycles and most everything else sitting out in the yard with no fear of returning home and discovering that they had been stolen. But my, how times have changed.
As you probably know by now, there is a new law on the books that bans the sale of incandescent light bulbs. The ban on 100 watt incandescents will go into effect at the end of this year with 40 watt bulbs wrapping up the phase-out in 2014.
If you have spent any time at all driving through residential neighborhoods you have probably noticed that many new houses are being built with metal roofs instead of shingles. In addition to the obvious beauty of modern metal roofing, it also offers a number of other major advantages for the home-builder and remodeler:
Ever since the hard disk drive became the mass storage medium of choice for computer users, the need for a fast, effective and efficient means of backing up mountains of data has been rather apparent.