Offline Computing – Preparing For Uncertain Times
This is an article I write every couple of years. The more this world descends into chaos, the more I think to it wise to update the content. I’m not a Doomsday guy but it is easy to imagine a scenario where we are without things like electricity, cellular networks, and internet for extended periods of time. Having a computer capable of offline computing and receiving communications could be life saving or at the least life enhancing.
The time to prepare this computer is now because if you wake up to massive outages it will be too late. And you should make a habit of keeping it up to date and adding content to it as required.
I’m not going full prepper on you here. But I am trying to help you get past a catastrophic event such as a hurricane, or other massive weather event that could cut you off for an extended period of time. It could be as simple as the power lines are down, or as extensive as someone popped an EMP off over the Untied States.
Additionally, while I tell you I am not a hardcore prepper, I am a believer in Bible Prophecy. If you aren’t, that is cool. I am. And bits and pieces of it are unfolding now as we speak. Here is an example ripped from recent headlines. The US and Iran are tangled up. One key sticking point is that Israel withdraw all troops from Lebanon. In Genesis God promised Abram land and defined its boundaries. It is much larger than the current state of Israel. One border is the Euphrates River and you certainly have to work your way through Lebanon to get there. Currently Israel is about 30 km into Lebanon at the Litani River and wanting to move deeper north to expand their buffer zone.
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