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Forty-something male with clear opinions about most things and trying to learn @ the speed of change... it's tough!

Tongue in cheek:
Rule 1 - I am always right.
Rule 2 - If I'm wrong refer to rule 1.

I am the boss at home; When I want hot water to wash the dishes

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Computers & Technology > Internet Troubleshooting Search engines: Viable alternatives to Google: 6 of 25

To Google or not to Google might well be your dilemma! I can well remember a time when Google did not exist, but I'll bet there are not many today who do not give it a second thought. We need to find some information about something so we just go to Google, type in some keywords and, Hey! Pronto! Something like ten million r...
Education > Education (Other) Internet and its effects on education: 5 of 20

I challenge you to find any higher education course today that does not require the use of the Internet in some form or another, if you can. The truth of the matter is that the Internet has allowed education to be accessible to many more people than it would have been accessible to just ten years ago. The Internet has afford...
Education > College Courses & Majors Deciding if a degree in computers or information technology is right for you: 8 of 18

Do not choose to do a degree in computers or information technology just because you enjoy tinkering with technology in a room on your own or with like-minded individuals. It is my view that you will probably be thinking about this choice because you are already attracted to computers or information technology in general, he...
Education > Distance Learning Distance learning: The benefits of doing college from home: 8 of 15

Distance learning is one of the shades of what can be loosely termed on-line learning. The distance learning referred to here is electronically mediated - distance learning has been around for a very long time, even in the days of snail-mail and peddle radio in Australia. A basic definition of distance learning is the need t...
Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: The best things in life are free defined: 51 of 78

The best things in life are free only because they cannot be billed. So, yes! for the moment they are. Do not fool yourself into thinking the so called "free" things in life will make you happy - society says they will because otherwise most individuals would happily give them up. The often quoted proverb "Money isn't everyt...
Society & Lifestyle > Gender Issues Does society favor men?: 28 of 39

Women have been smarter than the men in this whole debate. Men have quite surprisingly and submissively surrendered to all claims that were made against them within this framework. The fact that the "man" was brought up by his mother who taught him to be tough, not to cry and hang in there has been a way to get whatever wome...
Education > Education (Other) Should public school teachers get merit pay?: 16 of 18

If you cut me do I not bleed? If you hurt me do I not cry? If you bill do I not have to pay? Or do get an exemption or a discount because I am a teacher? Do pigs fly? While the teaching profession, in the rhetoric of most governments on this earth, is held to be the noble profession, something to strive for and almost the ul...
Computers & Technology > Computers & Technology (Other) Explaining data mining: 6 of 6

Data mining, as the term implies, requires first of all data - usually lots of it - and then an action "the mining" of the data. In its simplest form it is simply that; sifting through large volumes of data to find meaningful information - the meaningful information can be quite different for each "miner" as each miner will ...