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Is it possible to blow your nose so hard your brain bursts?
by Marshall Brain | April 8, 2011
You asked: Is it possible to blow your nose so hard your brain bursts? — Zack (via Facebook) Marshall Brain answers: Can you blow your nose so hard your brain bursts? Probably not. But why not? First, you have this muscle below your lungs called the diaphragm, and it really can’t create very much pressure. [...]
Blow Your Mind: Are computer viruses alive?
by Robert Lamb | January 26, 2011
Pets can be difficult. If they’re not tearing up your furniture, then they’re flooding your Internet browser with obscene photos or logging all your keystrokes for some IP address in Uzbekistan. And then there’s the inevitable heartbreak when Norton Antivirus finally murders your previous pet in cold blood. But perhaps you’re one of the vast majority who don’t value computer viruses as living things. You’ve probably never picketed outside McAfee headquarters or rescued a Trojan form your black-hearted IT department. If so, then this is the podcast for you.
We have 5 computers in the Brain household that run versions of Microsoft Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7. After writing this post… How to protect your computer against viruses and malware for free …I had put Microsoft Security Essentials (Microsoft’s anti-virus software) on all of them. The program is set up to update and [...]
Computer viruses can be nasty customers, but there are ways to oust them that don’t involve drastic measures. Tune in to hear the TechStuff guys detail ways to deal with computer virus emergencies in this podcast from HowStuffWorks.com.
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