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[ hahyk ]
verb (used without object), hiked, hik·ing.
1. to walk or march a great distance, especially through rural areas, for pleasure, exercise, military training, or the like.
Synonyms: backpack, trudge, trek, ramble, tramp
abbreviation for
1. International Space Station
[ jee-oh-kash-ing ]
noun
1. the outdoor sport or game of searching for hidden objects by using Global Positioning System (GPS) coordinates posted on the internet.
[ sahy-ber-si-kyoor-i-tee ]
noun
1. precautions taken to guard against crime that involves the internet, especially unauthorized access to computer systems and data connected to the internet.
2. the state of being protected against such crime.
[ myoo-zik ]
noun
1. an art of sound in time that expresses ideas and emotions in significant forms through the elements of rhythm, melody, harmony, and color.
2. the tones or sounds employed, occurring in single line (melody) or multiple lines (harmony), and sounded or to be sounded by one or more voices or instruments, or both.
[ ih-klips ]
noun
Astronomy.
1. the obscuration of the light of the moon by the intervention of the earth between it and the sun lunar eclipse or the obscuration of the light of the sun by the intervention of the moon between it and a point on the earth solar eclipse.
I grew up on a farm... as you have learned by reading my 'About' page. On this farm there were woods where I was able to walk and spend countless hours alone just enjoying the quietness and beauty that was contained therein. I built trails through the woods for walking and riding a bike. These led to swamps, lakes, creeks and open fields. Just walking through the woods was a great way to get away and enjoy time my myself! The sights, sounds, trees, birds and other animals were all there for watching. And still today I enjoy walking / hiking through the woods. Even if it's a short excursion. However, it would be nice to have siblings along now days... just to catch up and enjoy their company.
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Roughly the size of a football field, 240 (+/-) miles up (low earth altitude) and traveling at 5 miles per second... and you can see it from your backyard. "It looks like a fast-moving airplane". But it doesn't blink. And Sarah Palin thought that being able to see Russia from her backyard was something! LOL
Made up of hundreds of major and minor components, the ISS is the largest manned object ever put into space. The ISS has a pressurized volume of 32,333 cube feet, the same as a Boeing 747. It's four time larger than the Russian space station MIR and five times larger that the U.S. station Skylab.
The acre of solar panel that power the station means sometimes you can look up in the sky at dawn or dusk and see the station flying over your home, even if you live in a big city.
Zarya, the first ISS module, was launched by a a Proton rocket on 20 November 1998. The STS-88 shuttle mission followed two weeks after Zarya was launched, brining Unity, the first of three node modules, and connecting it to Zarya.
Geocaching is a real-world outdoor treasure hunting game using GPS-enabled devices (your smartphone)... yes, there's an app for that. Participants navigate to a specific set of GPS coordinates and then attempt to find the geocache (container) hidden at that location.
One of the first was hidden at these coordinates: 45°17.460′N 122°24.800′W
Geocaches can literally be found all over the world. And there are millions. We started in 2006. Mainly to get the kids out of the house and off their video games. I purchased a GPS device, loaded it with coordinates, asked the kids if they'd like to go treasure hunting and we were off! We've found treasures (geocaches) from Alaska to Puerto Rico and lots of places in between. And we've hidden a some as well. It's a great way to "get out there", hike, find stuff, have fun and actually meet people. Use the links to help you get started. There are apps for your smartphone that will help you locate geocaches. Have fun!
InfoSec
The CIA triad is a model that was designed as a guideline for security professionals. The purpose of the model is to aid organizations in the creation of information security policies. It helps security professionals to prioitize goals.
The Triad has three parts:
from which the acronym is derived. The triad is sometimes taken to be a product of the Central Intelligence Agency, but it is not associated with the organization.
The CIA triad is the cornerstone of information systems security. If any one of the three parts can be breached, this can have serious consequences for the parties concerned.
Think about it this way... users need access to data to perform their jobs. The more secure you make the data, and the system, the less functional the system will be. However, the more functional you make a system the less secure that data, and system, will be. Finding the balance between the two can be difficult. As the user AviD now-famously put it on Stack Exchange, "Security at the expense of usability comes at the expense of security." In other words, if your "secure system" isn't easy to use, people won't use it, negating the security benefit.
Good ole social media. Follow if you must. Not much there either. But I do occasionally post pics of my outings and goings on.