Archive for the ‘Computers’ Category

What is 192.168.1.254?

192.168.1.254 is an IP address from range reserved for private addresses. IP 192.168.1.254 is used as a default IP address for many router brand models as and such is very popular IP.

According to the site 192.168.1.254 this IP address is mostly used by Alcatel ADSL modems, Thompson ADSL routers, 3Com routers, ADSL Billion routers, SRW2023 Linksys switches, some TP-Link routers, Westell ADSL modems and Cayman/Motorola Netopia internet gateways.

Confederate flag desktop wallpaper

Many people around the net search for good confederate flag desktop wallpaper. Here we found for you one in 1680×1050 pixel size. Those who don’t know this is flag of Confederate States of America which was one side of the American civil war (1861-1865), the other was Union.

Read more at:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederate_States_of_America

And here are the wallpapers:
Confederate flag desktop wallpaper

Wallpaper size: 1680×1050
Author link: http://mynightclub.deviantart.com/

What Is The Name Of The First Spreadsheet Program?

Spreadsheets are used mostly for financial calculation and accounting. In the past there was no possibility to do such operations electronically so people had to do them manually. Now it’s much easier to calculate and organize data since we have Spreadsheet computer programs to do that for us.

The name of the first spreadsheet program is VisiCalc. “VisiCalc” is short version of “visible calculator”. It was introduced to public in 1979 and became an instant success. Its price was 100 US dollars and about 1 000 000 copies were sold during its lifetime.

Inventors of VisiCalc are Daniel Brickling and Bob Frankston.

For its characteristics belongs fourth generation software program.

VisiCalc success lasted till 1983 when Lotus 1-2-3 was released.

What will computers be able to do in the future?

What will computers be able to do in the future?The computer in today’s world already occupies an important place in our lives and its importance will only increase in the future. The computer of tomorrow will make a bigger couch potato of us. With social networking expanding to meeting neighbors in a chat room, learning extending to encyclopedias on the internet, friendships built upon in forums, our real selves revealed in blogs and falling in love at first sight on websites, the computer of tomorrow will make our furniture reduced to a chair and a computer table or even less. There might be a day when we will refuse to step outside and the only true and lasting relationship we know of is with the computer.

The computer in the future will make it unnecessary to think as all of the mental processes will be done by it. Making calculations, building projects, setting up your home, creating a movie experience with brilliant lifelike visuals and sounds, even story-writing and producing the music for the movie will be the computer’s job. In a situation like this, it will be easy to believe that we have created something that works at the touch of a button or even at our voice commands, but in reality, we will become slaves to a master that has taken over everything real about our world.

How do I get my XP hard drive to run like it did in the first month?

How do I get my XP hard drive to run like it did in the first month? Your computer worked at good speeds when you first bought it, it had ample space for you to store all your data and you could easily find information that you needed quickly. You downloaded a lot of movies and music and also programs that helped with your college or office work. Now you notice that it takes quite a while for the computer to boot up, there is a lot of data everywhere, some not even in the right place and there are a lot of files that are of no use. It is time that you did something to clear up the hard drive and allowed your computer to work at its optimum.

In order to compress files without any major loss in quality, one can cleanup the disk. All the internet files that are temporary and are not needed will be cleared up. The data in the recycle bin is also cleaned up. By this method, one can free a lot of space in the hard disk and allow the computer to run efficiently. Instead of saving all the files in the hard disk, one can save them in an external drive. This way, one has back-up in case of a crash and one needn’t run a search function that will take up significant time to find data from all the files stored. Sometimes the data stored in the hard disk might not be compartmentalized properly. Running a program to neatly categorize the data in clear sections will enable the computer to work at its best.