Environment Awareness Through Computers

Okay so why write about it? Well because there was once a time that i needed to know how to connect two computers together and I couldn't find any articles to help me and no links on the internet that had it in detail, so this is for the people that might experience the same.

So let's begin!

Firstly you will need to know how exactly your two PC's are going to connect. So here it is. The computers will connect directly to each other therefore no hub will be needed. For those of you that don't know, a hub is just a device that connects computers in a network via UTP STRAIGHT THROUGH cables.

The reason why I wrote straight through in caps is because this is not what you will be using to connect the two computers. Instead you will be using cross over cables. You can get this from a local computer store for relatively cheap. Or if you feel like doing work then make it, its really easy. If you need any help, then a Google search on how to make crossover cables will help alot. The reason why I don't tell you how, because I'm telling you how to connect two computers not create crossovers.

Anyways that's all the requirements you'll need, just a cross over cable. (Please note; if you buying or making a cross over, make sure it's at least cat5e UTP cables.)

Now that we got that out of the way, let's get to work!

Step1

On each computer, right click on "My Computer". Click Properties and then click on the "Computer Name" tab. Where it says "Computer description:" Give each computer a description (It must not be the same). Now click on the "change" so that you can change the name of the computer and create a workgroup. In the name option give it the same name you gave it for its description and in the workgroup section type in "my first network" (REMEMBER: Names of the computers should NOT be the same, BUT Workgroup names should be EXACT the same on both) Now once you change these, you will be asked to restart the computer, so simply click yes or ok, whatever you are prompted with.

Step 2

After the computers are rebooted you will need to setup IP addresses for each computer. This is how:

On your desktop, look for the icon named "My Network Places". Now dpouble click it to open it.

Once open look on the left to see an option "view network connections" and click on it.

Now right click on local area network and click properties.

Where it says "This connection uses the following items:"; scroll down to "Iternet Protocol (TCP/IP)", click on it and click the properties button.

Now click on "Use the following IP address" and at "IP Address" type in an IP address e.g 192.168.0.1.

Although you do the same steps for both computers you must have different IP addresses so you can make the second computers IP address 192.168.0.2

After you set the IP addresses just press the tab button and you should get a number in the subnet mask as 255.255.255.0, then press ok and wait a while and now you almost done!

Step 3

This is the easiest part; just take you cross over cable and connect to each computers network card RJ45 port. That's it you now will be able to see the computers in "My Network Places". You may start sharing files!

Awareness And Care On Environment

When you receive the Seal you will begin to care about the environment. You will have to--global warming is the sign of the end-times approaching. And you will be interested in the court judgment in early February 2008 against the Environmental Protection Agency.

The federal appeals court rejected the plan of the EPA to curb mercury emissions from coal-fired power plants. The court said the EPA was acting in direct opposition to orders from congress. In 2007 the US Supreme Court ruled against the EPA for failing to regulate greenhouse gases. This latest court judgment is another mark against the Bush administration for its environmental policies.

One-third of mercury emissions in the US come from coal-fired power plants. Mercury is known to drop out of the air and get into lakes and rivers where it ends up in the flesh of fish. People who eat the fish eat the mercury too. Mercury is a neuro toxin and contact with a little mercury will kill a person. And if a pregnant mother eats fish with mercury in it her child can suffer developmentally because of the poison.

The EPA in 2005 came up with a plan to trade mercury emissions, a little like the European "cap-and-trade" system for greenhouse gases. Those who pollute more must buy credits from those who pollute less.

Environmentalists have worried that those living near heavily-polluting power plants will live in a pollution "hot spot" but be able to do nothing about it. They sued the EPA and have won the case. So the cap-and-trade system will not go into effect for mercury emissions. Meanwhile, no plan is in effect to regulate mercury emissions, and the greater danger looms on the horizon--greenhouse gases.

Greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide are polluting the air in ever-increasing amounts. They are blamed for the warming temperatures of the earth, keeping in the heat from the sun like a greenhouse but not letting it escape.

The earth has been warming steadily for 20 years with no end in sight. Predictions from scientists are dire. There will be mass extinctions among living creatures on earth. There is a consensus among scientists of the world about global warming. And this agrees with the prediction of Jesus Christ. When He was asked about the end-times He described them as a summer.

He told the simple parable of the fig tree. When the fig tree starts to blossom, you know that summer is near. That "summer" is how Jesus described the end-times. And that is how the modern scientists confess the world is ending too.

Natural disasters have already increased in number and severity. There have been increases in floods and droughts, wildfires and windstorms. Never before in recorded history has this been seen. When you are sealed you will begin to care about the environment. However, there is little you can do to save the earth. You can vote and take action to reduce your own carbon footprint. But you can not reduce emissions in developing countries where they will grow the fastest.

When you are sealed you will prepare yourself spiritually to meet God. You will recognize the end-times approaching and prepare yourself for a home in Heaven instead of on earth when you receive the Seal.