Monday, March 23, 2026

It Looks Like Nuclear Option of Israel is Muted- Is it true?

It looks like Nuclear Option for Israel is Muted.
Is it true?

1. Demona Staff Building was attacked.
Those who could mount Nuclear Arsenal to war heads were killed.
Those who were not killed can mount the arsenal or replaced by others.

2. Aerial Surveillance Is muted to a large extent but what remains is substantial.

3. Air force is reduced but they have huge number of planes in their possession.

4. If Nclear option is contemplated it has to come from US ships or Israel ships.

5. Keeping  the ships out of reach of Iran is a priority.

6. I still believe if Netanyahu is alive Nuclear catastrophe is a possiblity.

7. President of America is an unstable character.
He should not be allowed to use that option, i.e; pressing the button.

I call it the panic button.

8. It is the responsibility of President Putin to be aware of that possiblity at this juncture.

9. I do not think North Koreans would response. 
They are watching the developments in real time.

10. It is a volatile situation developing.

It is not Iran that one has to worry but Israel using Nuclear Option.

Puppy Linux

 Puppy Linux

I just downloaded Easy OS (Puppy Linux) and installed it to a USB stick using Image writer.

Booted it.

Configured Wireless Network

Signed in with Gmail to my blog post.

Finished posting this piece in 5 minutes.

This was after
I made a sore comment in www.distrowatch.com on Sparky Linux which comes from Poland

Using the new version of Sparky Linux is a waste of time.

Thank you to all Puppy Linux Developers.

I have downloaded all active Puppy Linux distributions in less than 24 hours by torrent.

I am Puppy Linux Lover and I am in Australia currently.

Barry Kauler of Australia developed Puppy Linux, first
.

It is cool, it has a small footprint and a classic Linux Utility (can be installed) and using the word
a distribution to it is a misnomer.

Only
Knoppix can beat it on the number of utilities but Knoppix is almost dormant from 2020.

Gnoppix is a welcome addition.

Easy OS has followings.

1. Container Folder

2. Data Folder

3. File Folder 

4. Release Folder

5. sfs Folder

6. Initrd

7. vmlinux

Squash File

Squash may be a Linux term for compression when USB sticks were only 512MB. It opens up and expand in a Live Session.

I used a 512MB stick for my first Puppy Linux!


Squash File (I have forgotten the details) is a one long text file including boot instructions of legacy boot time.

Easy OS uses
EFI file that requires only 528MB (much bigger than the boot file in legacy time).

Microsoft UEFI framework tried to destroy dual booting of Linux.

EFI is Linux solution to blatant interference of FREE Internet use by Bill Gate Clients who were working with dead Epstein (I believe he was murdered -Epstein).

SFS files use the SquashFS file system, which is compressed and pretty much only supported by Unix/Linux. 

 ISO files are much less standardized as well as
uncompressed, so they can be used in a lot more ways, including as a generic file container.
 
SquashFS

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia SquashFS

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Squashfs
 Squashfs is a compressed read-only file system for Linux. 

Squashfs compresses files, inodes and directories, and supports block sizes from 4 KiB up to 1 MiB for greater compression. Several compression algorithms are supported. Squashfs is also the name of free software, licensed under the GPL, for accessing Squashfs filesystems.

Squashfs is intended for general read-only file-system use and in constrained block-device memory systems (e.g. embedded systems) where low overhead is needed.

Uses

Squashfs is used by the Live CD versions of Arch Linux, Debian, Fedora, Gentoo Linux, Linux Mint, openSUSE, Salix, Ubuntu, NixOS, Clonezilla, Kali Linux, KDE neon and on embedded distributions such as the OpenWrt and DD-WRT router firmware. It is also used in Chromecast, in Tiny Core Linux for packaging extensions, and for the system partitions of some Android releases (Android Nougat). It is often combined with a union mount filesystem, such as UnionFS, OverlayFS, or aufs, to provide a read-write environment for live Linux distributions. This takes advantage of both Squashfs's high-speed compression abilities and the ability to alter the distribution while running it from a live CD. Distributions such as Debian Live, Mandriva One, Puppy Linux, Salix Live and Slax use this combination. The AppImage project, which aims to create portable linux applications, uses squashfs for creating appimages. The Snappy package manager also uses squashfs for its ".snap file format".

Squashfs is also used by Linux Terminal Server Project and Splashtop. The tools unsquashfs and mksquashfs have been ported to Windows NT – Windows 8.1. 7-Zip also supports Squashfs.

 History


Squashfs was initially maintained as an out-of-tree Linux patch. The initial version 1.0 was released on 23 October 2002.In 2009 Squashfs was merged into Linux mainline as part of Linux 2.6.29.In that process, the backward-compatibility code for older formats was removed. Since then the Squashfs kernel-space code has been maintained in the Linux mainline tree, while the user-space tools remain on the project's GitHub page.

The original version of Squashfs used gzip compression, although Linux kernel 2.6.34 added support for LZMA and LZO compression, Linux kernel 2.6.38 added support for LZMA2 compression (which is used by xz), Linux kernel 3.19 added support for LZ4 compression, and Linux kernel 4.14 added support for Zstandard compression.

    
Squashfs is intended for general read-only file-system use and in constrained block-device memory systems (e.g. embedded systems) where low overhead is needed.
Uses

Squashfs is used by the Live CD versions of Arch Linux, Debian, Fedora, Gentoo Linux, Linux Mint, openSUSE, Salix, Ubuntu, NixOS, Clonezilla, Kali Linux, KDE neon and on embedded distributions such as the OpenWrt[1] and DD-WRT router firmware. It is also used in Chromecast,[2] in Tiny Core Linux for packaging extensions, and for the system partitions of some Android releases (Android Nougat).[3] It is often combined with a union mount filesystem, such as UnionFS, OverlayFS, or aufs, to provide a read-write environment for live Linux distributions. This takes advantage of both Squashfs's high-speed compression abilities and the ability to alter the distribution while running it from a live CD. Distributions such as Debian Live, Mandriva One, Puppy Linux, Salix Live and Slax use this combination. The AppImage project, which aims to create portable linux applications, uses squashfs for creating appimages. The Snappy package manager also uses squashfs for its ".snap file format".

Squashfs is also used by Linux Terminal Server Project and Splashtop. The tools unsquashfs and mksquashfs have been ported to Windows NT[4] – Windows 8.1.[5] 7-Zip also supports Squashfs.[6]
History

Squashfs was initially maintained as an out-of-tree Linux patch. The initial version 1.0 was released on 23 October 2002.[7] In 2009 Squashfs was merged into Linux mainline as part of Linux 2.6.29.[8][9] In that process, the backward-compatibility code for older formats was removed. Since then the Squashfs kernel-space code has been maintained in the Linux mainline tree, while the user-space tools remain on the project's GitHub page.[10]

The original version of Squashfs used gzip compression, although Linux kernel 2.6.34 added support for LZMA[11] and LZO compression,[12] Linux kernel 2.6.38 added support for LZMA2 compression (which is used by xz),[13] Linux kernel 3.19 added support for LZ4 compression,[14] and Linux kernel 4.14 added support for Zstandard compression.[15]

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Buying a Mini PC NUC

 Thursday, December 28, 2023
Buying a Mini PC NUC
 
I did a survey of Mini PCs, especially the NUC, and I have following comments and recommendations.

1. The second hand value of a NUC is below 100 dollars.

I come to this in detail.

2. Bare bone NUC is not for Gamers.

3. A good Gamer NUC with DDR 5 costs over 2500 dollars.

4. I bought a bare bone NUC with 8GB RAM two years ago for my work in Ceylon with a huge sum in Rupees (taxes added on top of it).

It has no Audio output which suits my writing style with no interference even with little background music.

I have a Smart Speaker with analogue radio with Bluetooth functionality, which is not compatible with my bare bone NUC.

It has
4 USB slots two gone for mouse and keyboard and other two can be used for Audio link to watch an old film.

I used to watch 3 films a day in my retirement but stopped seeing films for the last 6 months.

Stopped writing books for 18 months.

Mind you, I am in total retirement and sleep very well (did not sleep well in my active life).

Coming to the NUC it uses only
8 Watts when I am writing a book.

It has a small Carbon Foot Print
.

That was my Goal and I continue to promote it.

5. If you play a digital game it costs a lot in Carbon Foot Print.

If you go out and play a game of your choice for 90 minutes it is good for your long term health and the amount of Carbon Dioxide you exhale can be mitigated by running a small garden with some
mint plants or better still a few coriander plants with lovely aromatic smell.

6. Sitting in front of the TV screen, you become a Living Potato!

7. Coming to NUC if you play games you need
16GB RAM and better still 32GB and the RAM costs a lot.

My minimum is 8GB RAM (with two slots for 16GB RAM).

Mind you computer runs on RAM and 2GB RAM was my minimum a decade ago!

Mind you, I started with
128MB RAM 30 years ago and only played DOS games.

Coming to Linux unlike windows its resource share capability is excellent and I do not
use Microsoft Words for nearly 25 years.

8. So if you bought a NUC with 2GB RAM it has no second hand value since upgrading to 8GB RAM is going to be a costly affair.

9. I have several SATA disks varying from 320 to I Terabyte.

1 Terabyte is at home in Ceylon in its original box with all my important files of 30 years (copied from my Desktop Computer) stored.

The 500GB one has old Linux distributions installed and Old Linux Iso files stored for a rainy day.

The third with 320GB, I bought to Australia inside my NUC.

It has now Ubuntu 23.10, Debian 12.4.0 and Emmabantus Debian 5 with only two blog files.

10. All my important files including "Coronavirus Saga" are posted, is in my Google Blog post ready to be cut and paste to a chapter in any of my future books.

My files are not private (except political ones, most of them,   I have removed.    I am not a politician fearing a backlash).

11. If you have a NUC, with NVMe slots, it costs a lot to buy DATA storage in Terabytes.

12. Exchange of DATA inside a NUC leads to 
a heatwave inside the NUC and without a fan and a heat-sink, it will catch fire especially in Australia.

Besides 60 to 100 Watts output is not conducive for indoor living.

It is like a hot (blowing camp fire) lamp in front of you.

I'll stop at that, and if you invest money invest prudently and the gadget you bought should last for at least 5 years. 

If not you have to dish it to a gullible guy or girl, short of cash for only 100 to 200 dollars.

A waste of resources! 

Sleep Cycle

I have left my books in Ceylon and sometimes I make mistakes (going by my memory which is slowly failing), in my blog posts.

Here is the summary of the Sleep Cycle. 

A book on  Sleep and Dreams is coming only after the end of the war.

My gut feeling and understanding is that the war would come to an end within 3 months and not in weeks. 

Sleep Cycle

We sleep in cycles.

Each cycle is 90 to 120 minutes.

Three (3)  NREM (N1, N2 and N3) phases and 1 REM phase make a full sleep cycle.

N1  Stage 1, also called N1, is essentially when a person first falls asleep. This stage normally lasts just one to seven minutes. During N1 sleep, the body has not fully relaxed, though the body and brain activities start to slow with periods of brief movements.

N2 is Light Sleep

N3 is Deep Sleep

Memories are probably stored during deep sleep in a raw and random fashion.

NREM        =      Non Rapid Eye Movement

REM           =      Rapid Eye Movement

SCN          =      Suprachiasmatic nucleus

Suprachiasmatic nucleus regulates Diurnal Rhythm

In REM sleep memory is reorganised and redundant information is filtered off.

REM sleep is generally 25% of the total sleep and we tend to dream in REM sleep.

Memory is stored during REM.

REM starts as short bursts and as one sleeps longer REM tends to last longer.

We have 6 cycle per night.

We generally needs 8 hours of sleep out of which 4 hours of deep sleep is vital.

One need not worry about these stages  since these patterns are determined by autonomousmelatonin secretion.

Approximately 75% of sleep is spent in the NREM stages, with the majority spent in the N2 stage. A typical night's sleep consists of 4 to 6 sleep cycles, with the progression of sleep stages in the following order: N1, N2, N3, N2, REM. A complete sleep cycle takes roughly 90 to 110 minutes.

A sleep cycle is a recurring pattern of sleep stages that the body goes through during a night's sleep. Each cycle typically lasts about 90 minutes and consists of REM (rapid eye movement) and NREM sleep, with the latter further divided into stages.

A typical sleep cycle lasts about 90 minutes, but can range from 60 to 110 minutes.

Each cycle includes:

Non-REM Sleep

This phase has three stages: N1 (light sleep), N2 (slightly deeper), and N3 (deepest sleep).

REM Sleep

This is when dreaming occurs and brain activity is similar to wakefulness.

During a night's sleep, you cycle through these stages multiple times, with the deeper stages (N3) occurring more frequently in the first half of the night. The exact length of sleep cycles and the amount of time spent in each stage can vary between individuals and even from night to night for the same person.

Importance of Deep Sleep

Deep Sleep (N3) is crucial for physical restoration and is linked to the release of Growth Hormone.

REM Sleep and Dreaming

REM sleep is essential for cognitive functions like memory consolidation and emotional processing.

Most adults experience about 4-6 sleep cycles per night.

Waking Up

Brief awakenings can occur between cycles, which is normal and not necessarily a sign of poor sleep.

President Putin can save the World-Conditions are stated below

1. By stating that President Donald Trump is the greatest American President ever lived by helping him to stop both UKRAINE and IRAN War and offering that credential to Donald Trump.

2. Offer Nobel Peace Prize to Donald Trump for solving two wars that would have escalated to World War III within 48 hours.

3. For helping Oil Prices to stabilize at $150/= American dollars.

4. By recognizing IRAN as a sovereign country.

5. Stating Israel is a Paraya country created in 1948 by United Kingdom displacing native Palestine. 
Iran can help by depriving desalination units in Israel and making Israel uninhabitable.

Then all Zionists would go back to Europe which is their base.

6. Making one state solution by recognizing only Palestine.

7. By dissolving European Union in stages and make the individual countries bear the cost of this present war

8. Americans should Repay the Cost of the War to IRAN.
UNO should authorize this Treaty.

These are hard choices but need to be addressed immediately.

Reflection

This piece is a good one.
One has to read it in full.
No satire intended.

I have come out of that malady called satire. Now in my opinion satire is a mild form of paranoia. That is based on Dhamma. 
Buddha never had satire in his mind like some of our present monks in Ceylon.

I slept well and woke up only now after solid 9 hours of sleep.
I generally wake up usually wanting to go to the loo. Then next step is to have a cup of tea my live wire
Cup of coffee is occasional and Australians are coffee drinkers.
There is plenty of good quality coffee here.

Reason was for my good sleep was obvious.
I finished editing my latest book, "The Story of Three Dogs". 

This was bit of a Reflection of our dog. 
I used to sleep well and dream well when Zimba was alive. Since no mention is made about Zimba in this book and there is not going to be a book on Zimba, this book is dedicated to Zimba.

Let me finish with the dream in snippets.
I do not know why we dream.
There is going to be a book on Sleep and Dreams with scientific inputs.

My theory of dream is that it recharges the brain by erasing all the electrical inputs the day before so one is ready for new inputs.
 
There is relative lack of insight in dreams.

It is just like recharging your cellphone or laptop but getting ready for another equally boring day.

Dream was basically about how I invest my Provident Fund.

1. It was about Commercial Investment in a Garment Industry to produce Male Underwear
One cannot find good Male Underwear in CEYLON. 
Indian stuff is horrible. 
They are good for guys with bilateral hydrocoele. 
I think most Indians probably suffer from Syphilis and it's complications.
Most of their politicians including Modi must be having at least one hydrocoele. Their dress is an indication. They cannot wear a proper English trouser since the bulge there in would be visible to the voter.

2. The second was having a helicopter ride of Kandy City for a foreign friend of mine. The traffic jam in this city is the worst.
One and half hour from Panideniya to Kandy and two hours and more for the return journey. 
 
It takes only 20 minutes by train and the distance is only 7 kilometers.

3. The third was a Cinnamon Tea which I miss very much. 
For that also I have to go to a particular tea shop in the upper deck of Super Market Center.
Mesna Tea is my regular tea in Kandy.
The guy who made the best Mesna Tea went to Dubai just before I left CEYLON.
I am pretty sure he lost his job due to Middle East crisis.

Arabs including Iranians enjoy Ceylon Tea.
I am pretty sure current crisis would hit our Tea Industry very badly.

Deep Sleep of 4 hours where memory is registered of the last new stuff one has learned
We still do not know how memory channels are established. 
Meditation may not be helpful in Memory establishment. 
It is certainly a delusional state of some sort, similar to Ayahuasca smoking.
If one is woken up during REM sleep, one remembers the dream. It is called Rapid Eye Movement sleep. Rapid Eye Movement is an involuntary manifestation. One is actually visualizing the dream. Waking up during this period adversely effects the recharging.  Me not having good dreams in Australia is related to me having a good night sleep. One need not remember the dreams. 
Dreams probably have no relationship to memory establishment.
 
The Cardinal Principle is never ever wake up a sleeping tiger. 

One cannot wake up a guy who is pretending to be sleeping. 
Good example is Ceylonese politicians.

4. Having a Big Mac finished the dream.

5. Gatambe Grounds in Kandy is the place where they have political meetings. 
The road gets permanently blocked. Additionally there is colossal expenditure erecting the stage, flags and decorations.
I can remember during senior Premadasa time Sirisena Cooray did plan his meetings. 1000 odd Colombo Municipal workers were taken round the country for these erections. 
Suffice is to say, others did not stop but multiplied this adventure.
JVP has its own battalion.

Stupid people gather to listen to the lies of NPP/JVP guys and other politicians. 
The politicians never come in time and are always late.
I used to do a survey towards the end of the meeting to see in which way the political wind is blowing. I was an active political animal and in a subtle way made exit of Rajapaksa regime inevitable. 
Thoroughly disappointed with Ranil and Maitree combo.
A complete disaster.

I knew that NPP/JVP would rise to 46% and never 50%. Mahinda Deshapriya coup of second vote was the historical political mockery. 
It was simple abuse or wrong interpretation
He was not a neutral guy but a JVP carder by his own wrong actions.
Current regime is the worst in our history and I wish them remain in  power for entire 5 years since people who voted them need to suffer enough so that, JVP is erased for good in the next election.
 
This regime is a CURSE.
Natural disaster (before recovery) immediately  following by global disaster.
This regime deserve it for its blatant lies 
R.I.P.

Recovery is Impossible.
This applies to Indian Hegemony,too.

I have stopped buying papers including Aniddha Paper.
I left CEYLON, two years before NPP coming to power. 
My only loss was two 1 terabyte SATA disks with my life long data.

Politics has become a poison having listened to President Donald Trump.

People should stop going to these "mega maga" meetings and above all listening to the Global Lies.

6.  Media are paid by the political parties including our guys in CEYLON.
I refuse to mention their names since that itself indirectly helps their propaganda.

7. I hate all YouTube presentations.
They are conditional and can be made to be removed by Google itself.
Their only goal is advertisement revenue, a total a capitalist venture.

I hate Google propaganda but I use Google blog spot for my ranting
The reason being they remain their with a timestamp for future reference. 

8. I did a survey on Iran War and the American Propaganda is one sided. Americans are winning is a Big Lie.

9. Only O.D. Mohamad projects the true ground situation. 
Iranians are having a field day in spite of mounting destruction to their civilian infrastructure.

10. Even Richard Medhurst gets it wrong working from Austria 
Austria is supposed to be neutral.
Austrians are not neutral.

He is doing a good job and I admire his politeness in presenting his facts.

11. But I believe in blunt bludgeoning.