The new Krapanj ferry boat was ceremoniously blessed etc. today.
Computers are very simple devices and are made of only three things:
Hardware, Software and Firmware.
Hardware
If you go to a hardware store (Ferramenta in Italy) you will notice that the shelves are full of: screws, nuts, bolts, hose pipes, glue and sandpaper etc.
this is hard wares or hardware. A computer is a box full of hardware, but thanks to a miracle of technology the hardware is miniaturized and packed into very small oblong boxes called integrated circuits (IC’s). These IC’s are further packed into things called Microprocessors.
Software
Another shop you might visit is a sofa shop, here you will find all types of soft wares: Sofa’s armchairs cushions mattresses ( madrac ) etc. this is software. Of course a shop full of mattresses would never fit on a CD or floppy disc.
But as you may know, if you remove all the air out of your soft wares you can pack it into a fraction of the space. If you then remove the spaces, a technique called zipping you will have “zipped” software.
This zipped software of course would not work, it would “crash”, so before it is used, “spaces” have to be put back in. Now the software will work, but only for a short time, because after some time it will run out of spaces and crash into a mattress again.
Microsoft have come up with a solution to this problem, it is called a dynamic update, every few days when your software gets low on spaces, microsoft send more spaces so your computer can keep going.
Firmware
Between the hardware shop and the software shop in my town is a Fish & Chip shop. Fish and Chip shops sell deep fried fish and chipped potatoes wrapped in old newspaper. Computer firmware is the same, it is between hardware and software, but instead of on a CD or floppy disc the mattresses are deep fried into chips.
Microprocessor
Have you noticed that goats will eat anything, shirts, cushions, even mattresses, they bite off small bits and swallow them one by one. A processor is the same, the sofa’s and mattresses are chopped into bite sized pieces or bytes.
Now the goat can eat the sofa easily.
A goat that can swallow 3 bits of mattress twice a second is a 2 bit 3 hertz goat.
A goat that can swallow 32 bits of mattress 500,000 times a second is a 32Bit 0.5MHz goat.
32Bit = size of goats mouth.
0.5MHz = mouthful per second.
Hard Drive
I know, Hertz – Hard Drive, we all tend to drive hire cars a little hard, and the roads in America are perfect for rental cars:
Freeway – You have to pay to use the Freeway.
Parkway – You cannot park on a Parkway.
Driveway – You park on a driveway.
Your goat parks its sofa’s and mattresses on it Hard Drive.
RAM (Ovan)
All goats need Rams, a good ram will anticipate the goats needs, and have the needed mattress ready for action.
The Freshly Refurbished Ferry arrived back on Krapanj yesterday 21 Dec.
The path around the end of Krapanj is now complete, you can now walk on a concrete path all the way to the bay by the church woods.
The hotel is rumored to be for sale, 5 million euros. Lets start a collection, and save it from the Russans!
Still no shop on Krapanj, and again rumor is that they can’t find a suitable location.
The heavy rain last night knocked out electricity, and sank one boat. Everyone helped and the boat was returned to the surface.
Sibenik was without electricity for about 30 mins
Broaderica 1 to 2 hours.
Krapanj 9 hours !!! ( Electricity travels much slower under water).
What is the alert state on Krapanj ??
As many are aware, the French government recently announced a raise in its terror alert level from “Run” to “Hide”. The normal level is “General Arrogance”, and the only two higher levels in France are “Surrender” and “Collaborate”.
The rise was precipitated by a recent fire that destroyed France’s white flag factory, effectively paralyzing the country’s military capability.
It’s not only the French that are on a heightened level of alert:
Italy has increased the alert level from “Shout loudly and excitedly” to “Elaborate military posturing”. Two more levels remain, “Ineffective combat operations” and “Change sides”.
The Germans also increased their alert state from “Disdain” to “Dress in uniform and sing marching songs”. They have two higher levels: “Invade a neighbour” and “Lose”.
Seeing this reaction in continental Europe the Americans have gone from “Isolationism” to “Find another oil-rich nation for regime change”. Their remaining higher alert states are “Attack random countries (ideally those without any credible military)” and “Beg the British for help”.
The British are also feeling the pinch in relation to recent bombings and have raised their security level from “Miffed” to “Peeved”. Soon though, security levels may be raised yet again to “Irritated” or even “A Bit Cross”. Londoners have not been “A Bit Cross” since the Blitz in 1940 when tea supplies all but ran out.
Terrorists have been re-categorized from “Tiresome” to “Bloody Nuisance”. The last time the British issued a “Bloody Nuisance” warning level was during the Great Fire of 1666.
The wonderful thing about living on a small island is the way the community rallies in the face of crisis, the bird flu epidemic is a perfect example.
On Krapanj everyone is helping to keep our little island protected from the onslaught. The bird flu threat is been fourt on two frounts:
1) Import controls.
2) Migratory bird diversion.
The krapanj ferry staff will carry out spot checks, to prevent the smuggling of infected birds.
Vegetation will be coverd with plastic sheets, and people will climb the trees and ensure that no birds land on Krapanj.
You can send donations directly to:
Peter Saxon
Obala 4
Krapanj
Sibenik
Or you can use this link:
Mate Jaram (17), sin ?eljka i Jagode Jaram iz Brodarice poginuo je, a njegov suvoza rane Tanfara (17) sin Borisa i Zorane Tanfara s otoka Krapnja te?ko je ozlije u prometnoj nesre koja se dogodila u nedjelju ujutro, oko 4 sata, na cesti Ra?ine ? Brodarica.
Do nesre je do?lo kad je 26-godi?nji Ante Tomi iz ?ibenika pod utjecajem alkohola osobnim automobilom Alfa Romeo izlaze iz lijevog zavoja, pre?ao na suprotnu stranu ceste te se izravno sudario s dolaze mopedom “Piaggio? kojim je bez za?titne kacige i polo?enog voza g ispita upravljao maloljetni Mate Jaram koji je zbog siline udara, poginuo na mjestu nesre Putnik na mopedu, Frane Tanfara, u nesre je te?ko ozlije i zadr?an je u ?ibenskoj Op bolnici na lije ju. Alfin vozaè nte Tomi imao je 0,97 g/kg alkohola u organizmu.
Po nalogu istra?nog suca tijelo poginulog Mate Jarama prevezeno je na Odjel patologije radi obdukcije.
Policija je najavila da protiv voza Alfa Romea koji je skrivio nesre podnijeti kaznenu prijavu.
Sent in by Vladimir Jaram ( Krapanj Zagreb Society )
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