Creativity Is Not A Rare Insight, That Comes To You Suddenly, Once In A Lifetime, To Change The World.

The first computer was only capable of counting to nine. It had no other functions and often got 7 mixed up with 4. It was the size of fifteen Saturn V rockets.

Pacific Ocean To Close In 2018

The world’s largest ocean, after being open for almost 750 million years, will end its run in July of 2018. Pacific Spokesman Roland Haphausenhauer cited over-fishing, pollution, and the bad global economy as the reasons for the closure.

“This is the end of quite an era,” said the spokesman, “We tried to keep the Pacific going as long as we could but the fact is, it’s just not profitable and it’s just no longer rewarding work for those responsible.” The Pacific has seen several hundred lay-offs in recent years, with the ocean becoming less popular with tourists and new businesses. Now over 30 billion USD in debt, the ocean will file for bankruptcy and close its shores forever.

The effects will be long lasting as ships fall to the dry ocean floor, weather and water concerns go haywire, and many countries bordering the ocean dry up and their people flee in search of water. Said Japanese oceanographer Noriyuki Honjo, “Japan as we know it is essentially over with this news. Much of our economy is based on fishing, most of our contact with other countries happens by sea. With no Pacific Ocean, our land is doomed.” Most other island nations have expressed similar fears.

This is the largest geographical closure since the breakup of Pangea, a supercontinent that comprised most of the world’s landmass well into the Mesozoic, when it was hit with an antitrust lawsuit and was forced to break into smaller continents.

Evidence of Zika Virus Found in Tears

Researchers have found that Zika virus can live in eyes and have identified genetic material from the virus in tears, according to a study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. The study, in mice, helps explain why some Zika patients develop eye disease including a condition known as uveitis which can lead to permanent vision loss.

The research is in Cell Reports. (full open access)

NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day 2016 September 4 

Io over Jupiter from Voyager 1 

Back in 1979, NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft flew past Jupiter and its moons. The images in this mosaic, featuring the moon Io against a background of gas giant Jupiter’s diffuse swirling cloud bands, were recorded by Voyager’s camera from a distance of about 8.3 million kilometers. The Io image from this mosaic may be the first to show curious round features on Io’s surface with dark centers and bright rims more than 60 kilometers across. Now known to be volcanic in origin, these features were then thought likely to be impact craters, commonly seen on rocky bodies throughout the Solar System. But as Voyager continued to approach Io, close-up pictures revealed a bizarre world devoid of impact craters, frequently resurfaced by volcanic activity. Earlier this year a new robotic spacecraft, NASA’s Juno, began to orbit Jupiter and last week made a pass within 5,000 kilometers of Jupiter’s clouds. During the next two years, it is hoped that Juno will discover new things about Jupiter, for example what’s in Jupiter’s core.

6 Tumblr shortcuts for blogging on a computer

Quick scroll, like, and view notes of a post on your dashboard: Keys J, K, L and N come very handy. Hit J for next post, K for previous post, L to like a post and N to show post’s notes 

Quickly compose a new post from anywhere on your Dashboard:  key combo Z + C (Option + Z for Mac)

Quickly reblog a post: Shift + R (Not working? Make sure you are on the right post by pressing J or K)

Quickly add a post to your Queue: Shift + E

Quickly play a video: Just click Enter

Quickly switch between your Dashboard and your Blogs: key combo Z+ Tab

Power Macintosh 7100/80

Let’s talk about Linux

Operating Systems come in many shapes and sizes. Probably the best known right now are OS X (by Apple) and Windows 7, 8, 10. These are not the only Operating Systems available though. In fact, they are not even close. So here is a brief introduction to Linux, an operating system far more varied and customizable than its purchasable counterparts.

Above are a few of the logos. The first is of the Linux Tux, the mascot for all of Linux. The rest are the logos of different versions of linux (referred to as distributions). So we know that Linux is an operating system, but why are there so many? How are they different? And if they are all different, then why are they all called Linux?

To start with the similarities, lets look at what Linux actually means. At its foundation, “Linux” just means “Unix-like operating system”. It is generally free and open source, and is based off of the Linux kernel, written in 1991 by Linus Torvalds.

So all the distributions of Linux are in the same category, but what makes them different? Above is a graphical history of Linux. Each split represents the birth of a new distribution, when a significant change was made to the distribution. Check out the full graphic here. Many of these splits were made because someone found that there wasn’t a distribution of Linux that worked exactly how they wanted it to, so they made a change to an existing one. The number of different versions may seem daunting, but the reality is that every single one was created by people just like you and me.

So where do you start?

Whether you want to jump in and install Linux as your primary distribution, dual-boot it alongside another Operating System, or just try it out on a bootable USB, there is a large community of Linux enthusiasts to help you through every bump in the road. If you have never used Linux before, pick a distribution with a very large community behind it, such as (but not limited to) Ubuntu, Debian, or Mint.

Happy Installing!

Shoutout to tumblr users without internet friends.

Shoutout to tumblr users who are still trying to figure out aspects of tumblr.

Shoutout to tumblr users who for whatever reason feel excluded from fandoms/other communities.

Shoutout to tumblr users who feel lonely.

Shoutout to tumblr users who feel like everyone else on tumblr is cooler or smarter or better than them.

I’m prayin for us to overcome self-consciousness, shyness, whatever is in our way. You’re not defined by your blog or your online presence. I love you and know you can do anything.

Dates

{Foods of the Sunnah}

The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) would break his fast with fresh or dried dates, ajwa dates being his favorite due to their abilities to heal. He would break his fast with an odd number, so we should as well.

Dates are

rich in minerals, which our body cannot supply so we must consume in order to grow and function properly

they improve digestion

contain antioxidants

even aid in our eye sight

reduce labor pains

The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said,

“Break your fast by eating dates as it is purifying” [Ahmad]

“Whoever finds dates should break his fast with them and the one who does not should break his fast with water it is pure.” [Ahmad]

“Whoever has seven ajwa dates every morning he will not be harmed on that day by poison or magic.” [Bukhari]

“Ajwa dates are from paradise.” [Muslim]

Allah says:

“Shake the trunk of the palm toward you and fresh, ripe dates will drop down onto you.” (Maryam 19:25)