software - Elixis Technology https://elixistechnology.com Las Vegas IT Fri, 29 Mar 2024 17:51:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5 https://elixistechnology.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/cropped-ElixisIcon_FullColor-32x32.png software - Elixis Technology https://elixistechnology.com 32 32 How To Handle A Hack: Blizzard in 2012 https://elixistechnology.com/how-to-handle-a-hack-blizzard-in-2012/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-handle-a-hack-blizzard-in-2012 Tue, 02 Apr 2024 05:43:00 +0000 https://elixistechnology.com/?p=7840 In 2012, game developers were beginning to experiment with a principle known as “always on”. “Always on” had many potential benefits, but the downsides keep the majority of games from ever attempting it. Many of the notable standouts are games that require team play, like Fall Guys or Overwatch. Others without main-campaign team play tend […]

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]]> Pirating Is a Crime https://elixistechnology.com/pirating-is-a-crime/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pirating-is-a-crime Tue, 26 Mar 2024 23:26:14 +0000 https://elixistechnology.com/?p=7828 Piracy is a crime. Don’t pirate things. They’re serious about it. There are real reasons beyond “big music corps are people too”. Why are the fines so steep? Piracy seems victimless. In reality, the victims are just barely affected with each instance, up until the cumulative effect starts to affect their desire to create. Art […]

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]]> Memory Terms https://elixistechnology.com/memory-terms/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=memory-terms Thu, 07 Mar 2024 09:57:00 +0000 https://elixistechnology.com/?p=7815 The first Bit of Data A bit is a single character in binary, and actually comes from shortening “Binary Digit”. A bit is the simplest possible data that the machine can read, and is either a 1, or a 0. A yes, or a no. True or false. The bit has been around for longer […]

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]]> The World’s Most Specific Shirt https://elixistechnology.com/the-worlds-most-specific-shirt/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-worlds-most-specific-shirt Thu, 29 Feb 2024 11:30:00 +0000 https://elixistechnology.com/?p=7809 You’ve probably seen some variation of the shirt. You’re wondering how it’s so wildly specific. You click it, and scroll down, and somehow… somehow the company seems to have made shirts specifically for you, the boyfriend of a Registered Nurse who was born in June, who’s a little crazy with a heart of gold. And […]

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]]> Optical Memory https://elixistechnology.com/optical-memory/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=optical-memory Tue, 30 Jan 2024 10:42:00 +0000 https://elixistechnology.com/?p=7788 Optical storage is defined by IBM as any storage medium that uses a laser to read and write the information. The use of lasers means that more information can be packed into a smaller space than magnetic tape could manage (at the time)! Better quality and longer media time are natural results. A laser burns […]

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]]> Internet Of Things Items Can Create Vulnerability https://elixistechnology.com/internet-of-things-items-can-create-vulnerability/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=internet-of-things-items-can-create-vulnerability Tue, 23 Jan 2024 22:30:55 +0000 https://elixistechnology.com/?p=7784 Internet of Things items are convenient, otherwise they wouldn’t be selling. At least not next to regular, non-wifi-enabled items. They don’t even have to be connected to the internet, and they should stay that way! An Internet of Things item, or an IoT item, is a device that has a WiFi- or network-enabled computer in […]

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]]> Content Mills and Fan-Fiction Theft https://elixistechnology.com/content-mills-and-fan-fiction-theft/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=content-mills-and-fan-fiction-theft Thu, 11 Jan 2024 10:16:00 +0000 https://elixistechnology.com/?p=7778 If you’re online at all, it’s possible you saw a sudden spike in interest around plagiarism recently. A Youtube creator known as HBomberGuy released a longform video demonstrating how a couple of other big creators on the platform were plagiarizing content. This in itself was a huge reveal, and a giant rugpull for all of […]

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]]> Pros and Cons of All Sites Becoming Five Sites https://elixistechnology.com/pros-and-cons-of-all-sites-becoming-five-sites/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pros-and-cons-of-all-sites-becoming-five-sites Tue, 02 Jan 2024 09:56:00 +0000 https://elixistechnology.com/?p=7772 The amalgamation of smaller websites’ features into bigger websites comes with ups and downs. The Pros 1) Hardiness The way that servers used to work, individual clicks to a site counted towards fractions of pennies of hosting costs, and bigger websites that had bigger requirements got better rates because they paid more overall. If a […]

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]]> A Phishing Refresher https://elixistechnology.com/a-phishing-refresher/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-phishing-refresher Thu, 14 Dec 2023 10:33:00 +0000 https://elixistechnology.com/?p=7764 How To Avoid it in the First Place There are a few key tips that give away phishing scams. Firstly, is there a sense of urgency? Your utility companies aren’t going to call and say they’ll shut off your water without at least a few mailed reminders that your bill is due! The same goes […]

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]]> VHS Tapes and Analog Horror https://elixistechnology.com/vhs-tapes-and-analog-horror/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=vhs-tapes-and-analog-horror Tue, 12 Dec 2023 10:13:00 +0000 https://elixistechnology.com/?p=7762 What is it about the humble VHS tape that inspires such magnetism from the horror community? Distortion It’s no secret VHS tapes are prone to degrading over time. The tape inside loses its charge, and the plastic it’s made out of starts to dry-rot. If you’ve tried to replay a particularly old VHS movie, you […]

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