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The adult computers were all internet-enabled and you had to sign in with your BPL card to get 30 minutes, no more than twice a day, on the machines. There weren't any dedicated database-only terminals like you find in some of the NYPL libraries, so I gathered there wasn't a need for that.
I was interested to see that the "adult" terminals were also for teens. The kids sitting around me were all playing Rune with each other and talking over me about their shared game.
Having visited this dockyard in August 2017, it brought back many memories for me having sailed out from there in 1963 on H.M.S. Venus to the Azores. I was then a Cook in the Royal Navy serving at H.M.S Ganges in Suffolk. It was a cold winter day then and I was over the side of the ship scrubbing it clean before we sailed. Arriving at the entrance it was a bit disconcerting to see the queues of people waiting to get in. The queue took 40 minutes to allow where I was to arrive at the ticket gate. A bag search told me I was to leave my Monopod with them for safe keeping at the ticket office. This also applies to Tripods for camera equipment so remember this.
The first ship you see is the H.M.S Warrior on the left hand side dock. This ship was the fastest, largest and most powerful warship in the world when she was launched. Such was her reputation that enemy fleets were intimidated by her obvious supremacy and deterred from attacking Britain at sea although she never fired a shot in anger. HMS Warrior was a 40 gun steam powered armoured frigate built for the Royal Navy. She was the name ship of the Warrior-class ironclads. Warrior and her sister ship HMS Black Prince were the first armour-plated, iron-hulled warships, and were built in response to France's launching in 1859 of the first ocean-going ironclad warship, the wooden-hulled Gloire. Warrior conducted a publicity tour of Great Britain in 1863 and spent her active career with the Channel Squadron. On board HMS Warrior which was launched in 1860, Britain’s first iron-hulled, armoured battleship. The ship is powered by steam and sail and was the largest, fastest and most powerful warship of her day and had a lasting influence on naval architecture and design. Work and life on board reflected both the changes the Royal Navy experienced as it evolved into a professional service and shifts in Victorian society.Built to encounter the latest of the French ships, Warrior was, in her time, the ultimate sea warrior. Yet by creating a new era in naval technology, she very soon became outdated. After 22 years’ service, Warrior’s hull was to be used as a depot, floating school and an oil jetty. Painstakingly restored in Hartlepool and then back home to Portsmouth since 1987, Warrior is a unique survivor of the once formidable Victorian Navy and now serves as a museum ship, visitor attraction, popular private hire venue and more. HMS Warrior was rescued in the 1980’s, restored and brought back home to Portsmouth and is owned by Warrior Preservation Trust, an independent charity. Sadly, time has it taken its toll and today she is in a sorry state - her bulwarks, which keep her watertight, have failed and are deteriorating to a point which places her at significant risk.
Next ship I saw was H.M.S. Victory is a 104-gun first-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, ordered in 1758, laid down in 1759 and launched in 1765. She is best known for her role as Lord Nelson's flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. She additionally served as Keppel's flagship at Ushant, Howe's flagship at Cape Spartel and Jervis's flagship at Cape St Vincent. After 1824, she was relegated to the role of harbour ship. In 1922, she was moved to a dry dock at Portsmouth, England, and preserved as a museum ship. She has been the flagship of the First Sea Lord since October 2012 and is the world's oldest naval ship still in commission. This the world’s most famous warship HMS Victory is crumbling under her own weight. An 18-month programme to bring this historic ship back to its original condition. H.M.S. Victory has been sitting in dry dock in Portsmouth since 1922 supported by 22 steel cradles positioned at six metre intervals. It has been well recorded that the 252 year old ship is collapsing ( so to speak ) under her own weight and following a detailed laser scan of 89.25 billion measurements and computer modelling, a new support system has been designed to record how the ship would sit in water.
The Mary Rose Museum is run by the Mary Rose Trust. The construction has been a challenge because the museum has been built over the ship in the dry dock, which is now a listed monument. During construction of the museum, conservation of the hull continued inside a sealed hotbox. In April 2013, the polyethylene glycol sprays were turned off and the process of controlled air drying began. In 2016 the hotbox walls were removed and after reopening on 20 July 2016 the ship is currently on display behind glass. This new museum displays most of the artefacts recovered from within the ship in context with the conserved hull. Since the opening it has been visited by over a million people. The museum is dedicated to the 16th century Tudor navy warship Mary Rose as well as the historical context in which she was active. The museum opened in 1984.T he Mary Rose is a Tudor ship that was built in 1510. In service for 34 years, it sank in 1545 and then discovered in 1971 and was raised in 1982.
Another ship I went to visit was HMS M.33 which is the only sole remaining British veteran of the bloody Dardanelles Campaign of 1915-1916, and also the Russian Civil War which followed. The ship is one of just three British warships from World War I still in existence. HMS M.33 was built in 1915 on the orders of the First Lord of the Admiralty, Winston Churchill. She was a floating gun platform designed to bombard coastal positions from the sea. Her first active operation was the support of the British landings at Suvla during the Battle of Gallipoli in August 1915. She remained stationed at Gallipoli until the evacuation in January 1916. She served in the Mediterranean for the remainder of the War and was involved in the seizure of the Greek fleet at Salamis Bay in 1916.
In the dockyard you will find many other attractions and museums along with various shops catering for items of interest connected to this historic site.
You know those electronic billboards on the Las Vegas strip? This was displayed on one of them for a good hour.
Computer Cave (computer sales, accessories, and service) is located in the back of the Washington Mutual building. They recently moved here from the nearby County Mall.
There are other offices in this same building that seem to be striving for a discrete privacy.
This was my first time setting up a new computer without any in-person assistance from friends. Things appear to be running smoothly so far. Going to be setting up my operating system and overclocking the graphics card and CPU tomorrow.
AMD 3.6GHZ 8-Core Ryzen CPU
EVGA CLC Liquid Cooler
G.Skill 16GB DDR4-3200 Memory
2x500GB Samsung SSDs
Fractal Design R5 Case
EVGA GTX 1080ti SC2 Hybrid
EVGA 750W G3 Power Supply
ASUS AM4 X370 Motherboard
With a lot of advice from my friend Peter via chat I got things set up in a way that seems to make sense. I removed all of the hard drive and optical drive cages from the case since I don't plan on using them right away, but there's room if I want to add them to the bottom of the case between the PSU and the CPU cooler. Moved the back case fan to the front and put the CPU cooler right behind it. Graphics card fan replaced the back case fan. SSDs are mounted on the back of the case.
I have a lot of EVGA parts in this computer because many people say their service is second to none. My experience so far has been really positive. They shipped me an AM4 bracket for my CPU cooler for free within 2-3 days of my support ticket.
I got a few RGB parts on purpose to make the inside more interesting.
tucked into a corner of our tiny livingroom. i actually cleaned it up somewhat this afternoon. i'm pretty jealous of all the lovely workspaces i see on flickr, but this is my space and i'm making do!
A call to the help desk turns ugly when the technician can't understand why the person calling won't cooperate with simple commands but he can't because his pc won't work and that is why he called the help desk.
Billy and Jack look on as Chris leads an army of orcs on our computer. I installed a new graphics card which allowed them to play this stupid game.
If you look carefully at this counterfeit MacBook Pro you'll see it's black. That may indicate it's a fake because most Apple computers are white or silver.
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There are about 20 public computers on the lower level of the library. They can be used for up to 1 hour at a time and are equipped with Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint, access to the internet, instant messenger programs, and all hooked up to the print station.
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Title: Library Computer
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Description: Here is a view of old library computers with a student at work, undated. 11.8cm x 9.8cm
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Our curriculum provides the skills necessary to work in the field of information technology, computer security, networking, data analytics, healthcare informatics, project management, or computer forensics. Our instructors have professional experience and understand the needs of industry and working adults. The instruction is a combination of interactive lecture, hands-on experience, real world case studies, group work, and research.