Showing posts with label ports. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ports. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Stranded Carnival Cruise: To San Diego, With Spam

[From abcnews.go.com]The nearly 4,500 people aboard the stranded Carnival cruise ship off the coast of Mexico are settling in for another full day at sea today as rescuers tow the crippled vessel to San Diego, Calif. -- a trip that's expected to take at least until Thursday afternoon.
 "In coordinating with the cruise line and just discussing logistics, I know that Carnival had initially expressed an interest in [Ensanada, Mexico] just because that was the closest, largest port they could reach. Now the plans have changed. They would like to go to San Diego," U.S. Coast Guard Lt. Commander Rick Foster told "Good Morning America" today. "However, just weather and operations can always influence these outcomes."
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Sunday, February 21, 2010

Computer Port Identification


Experienced computer users know their computer ports like the back of their hand.  Beginners may not know the difference between a RJ45 jack from a RJ11 jack, complaining of, "...the end is too large to fit in that hole." This is a good article for the beginner to the novice user, it shows pictures of ports ranging from a serial port to PCMCIA/Cardbusess.  It also gives a brief definition of what the bus is used for. [CLICK HERE FOR THE SITE]