INFO Find IP & MAC on Win XP

Follow these steps to quickly find the Internet Protocol (IP) and Media Access Control (MAC) address of a computer running Windows XP, Windows 2000, or Windows NT.
Difficulty: Easy
Time Required: seconds
Here's How:

   1. Click the Start menu button on the Windows taskbar.
   2. Click Run... on this menu.
   3. Type cmd in the text box that appears. A command prompt window launches on the desktop.
   4. In this command window, type ipconfig /all. Details are shown for each of the computer's network adapters. Computers installed with VPN software or emulation software will possess one or more virtual adapters.
   5. The IP Address field states the current IP address for that network adapter.
   6. The Physical Address field states the MAC address for that adapter.

INFO EpsonR300 reset waste ink counter

Rather than having to use the Epson utility to reset the error message/counter, you can also use these tested procedures I found on the web:

1. Press and hold 'stop' 'maintenance' and 'power' buttons for about 10 seconds, a message will come on the screen saying counter is reset and to turn off.

2. Turn your printer off and then back on - job done.

3. When resetting the counters you should really replace the waste ink pad but can get away with removing the pad then washing it out and allowing it to dry before putting it back into the printer.

Info Doggie Math

First year: 15 years
Second year: +9 years (24)
Third year and following: +4 years (28)
4: 32
5: 36
6: 40
7: 44
8: 48
9: 52
10: 56
11: 60
12: 64
13: 68
14: 72
Note: “Age” also affected by breed, weight, health, genetics, nutrition, illness or disease, clean/healthy home

Info Daily Planning Guidelines

(Franklin Planner)
1. Select an environment free from distractions
2. Review values & goals
3. Review prior day’s daily task list for any incomplete activites
4. Review prior day’s record of events page
5. Review today’s pre-scheduled events and appointments
6. Review master task list for specific activities for today’s daily task list
7. Write appropriate activities in the daily task list
8. Update daily schedule from monthly calendar
9. Review the next few days’ schedules to see what needs to be prepared
10. Prioritize (A) Vital (B) Important (C) Optional. Analyze and assign A1, A2, A3, etc.

Info Daily Bread 12/21/05 White Space

For nearly 50 years, Ann Landers dispensed advice in a daily column carried by more than 1,200 newspapers worldwide. When she died on June 22, 2002, her daughter Margo Howard wrote a farewell column. She asked the editors to leave a blank space for the last part of the column as a memorial to her Mom.

The idea came from a column written years earlier when Ann and her husband divorced after a long marriage. Ann had requested the editors to leave white space at the bottom as a memorial to a once-good marriage “that didn’t make it to the finish line.”

When somebody writes your last column, how much “blank space” will it include? When you come to life’s end, will there be important things left undone? Will that white space bear silent testimony to goals you never reached, good habits (like consistent Bible reading) you never formed, help you never gave, kind things you thought about doing but never did? Will a sizeable empty space say that you intended to develop a deeper relationship with God, but that a close intimacy remained an unfulfilled ideal? Or will others be able to say of you that you “finished the race, [and] kept the faith”? (2 Timothy 4:7)

Let’s make sure our white space is small!

--Vernon Grounds

Only the truth that in life we have spoken,
Only the seed that on earth we have sown;
These shall pass onward when we are forgotten,
Fruits of the harvest and what we have done.

--Bonar

To get the most out of life, make every moment count for Christ.

Reason by analogy


Construct an inductive argument from given premises/evidence

Assess credibility (of evidence, witness, etc.)

Identify explicit parts of an argument (conclusion, evidence, etc.)

Revise beliefs in the face of new evidence

Identify possible and probable consequences of a course of action

Evaluate relevance and adequacy of evidence provided

Formulate hypotheses to explain given data

Identify fallacious reasoning

Recognize inconsistencies/contradictions (among data, between data and theories, etc.)

Construct a deductive argument from given premises/evidence

Synthesize disparate information into coherent whole

Identify underlying assumptions/presuppositions

Info Credit fraud alerts

FRAUD ALERTS "Place a fraud alert on your credit reports and review your credit reports," is the first tip in the Federal Trade Commission's brochure "Take Charge: Fighting Back Against Identity Theft" (downloadable from www.ftc.gov).

This is one of the most-recommended identity theft remedies, but what exactly does a fraud alert do?

"Not enough," said Kerry Smith, a consumer lawyer for the National Association of State Public Interest Groups. Mainly it means that for 90 days any potential creditor has to take precautions to verify your identity before opening new accounts in your name. Not only is 90 days a short time, the standards for verifying a consumer's identity are not clearly defined.

An "extended fraud alert," on the other hand, remains on your credit report for seven years. The extended alert requires creditors to contact you if anyone wants to open an account in your name.

That's better - and it won't derail your credit - but it's tough to procure. Consumers need to provide "a copy of an official, valid report filed by the consumer with a federal, state or local law enforcement agency," according to the F.T.C.

So when reporting data theft, don't just call your bank; contact your local police precinct and file a copy with the F.T.C. (877-438-4338 ).