China wants to be a major player in the world. Yet they seem to consistently want to curtail dissension within their borders. Lately China has shut down blogging sites. In the past they have installed technology to sift through emails and web sites for subversive material. Cherish your freedom to say what you wish (as…
Is your computer bothering you? Crashes, laggy screen refreshes, ets? Why bug the friendly computer nerd (unless he/she is cute and you just need an excuse)? Help yourself!
Why is it that schools have to adhere to some autocratic testing of students to verify kids are learning the correct material? Perhaps tests are better now, but I don’t really have any reason to think they are much better. Lets assume they in fact measure what kids have learned accurately for every student in…
Do you pass along every forward people send you? Skeptic that I am, I check them out first and reply about the wrong ones. (I ignore the true ones.) My favorite of these verification sites is snopes.com. Apparently it works for people discussing politics off email as well. Recently I’ve heard people make the claim…
Pretty cynical to think that no one will want training. However, I don’t think Ben was staying that. The most recent training sessions I have provided were to motivated employees that really wanted to learn. My first ones were for people that were not interested. Ended up with 7 people in 4 sessions (4 in one,…
Timely typos. when someone ask for pictures that means a poto of something!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Does privacy == anonyminity? How does pseudonimity play? Somehow, I don’t think legislatures will conceive the difference. In order to make people accountable, they will strip away privacy rights in order to get at people. This is the kind of paranoia that makes for good movies… just not by Tony Scott and Jerry Bruckheimer.
Lots of people hate the idea of jobs being sent abroad. Understand it completely. This outsourcing movement even makes my higher education job not nearly as secure in that even universities outsource their Information Technology needs. “Democrats, led by Connecticut’s Christopher Dodd, moved to add an amendment to the legislation prohibiting federal contractors from moving…
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