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Politics, News & Issues > Energy Issues How should government react to a warming world: Ration energy or learn to adapt?

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While rationing of energy is always an admirable notion with some tangible results in extending energy supply to more users, it does little to help the population to respond and interact with an increasingly warmer world. More reasons against simple rationing are that it could artificially drive up energy prices, while costs...

Computers & Technology > Internet Issues Are instant messengers a good thing?

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Instant messengers offer many positive benefits to users. For example, instant messaging offers a more private option to open chat sessions where many people "lurk" and observe conversations-such instant messaging offers a more protected and intimate environment for carrying out a one-to-one conversation. Other benefits rang...

Computers & Technology > Malware & Identity Theft How to avoid being the victim of an online fraud

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Online fraud attempts are increasing because criminal computer hackers (crackers) have realized how cheaply it can be performed and how quickly they can steal money. Awareness of such campaigns is a positive first step to combating crackers and beating them at their own game. The old adage about something being too good to b...

Personal Finance > Managing Credit Why you should shred your mail and documents

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The security precaution of shredding mail and personal documents is very important in these trying times. Besides keeping private personals away from the prying eyes of family, close friends, or relatives, obliterating documentation is the only way to prevent data mining by people you do not even know. Criminal hackers (crac...

Computers & Technology > Computer Maintenance How to make your computer run faster

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How to make your computer run faster is important to any serious computer user who experiences unexplained slowdowns in performance from a system. Here some basic things to keep in mind: 1. Keep viruses, spyware, adware, and other malicious software at bay with at least a monthly thorough scanning and cleaning. This will kee...

Computers & Technology > Hacking Computer hackers and how they work

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Hackers have created their own real and virtual worlds for their work to flourish. In the old days, hackers showed off their skill in oneupmanship and exposing security vulnerabilities to embarrass people into fixing them. Now, hackers are all about the Benjamins: they want money and lots of it. Hackers will sell out their s...

Creative Writing > Memoirs Memoirs: My reasons for quitting Facebook

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In the beginning, Facebook was a useful means for identifying my college classmates and for them to know more about me. Facebook was a wonderful niche-market idea that helped people to network among like minds and to interact with many more people. However, after I used Facebook, I observed a number of issues that began to c...

Sciences > Physics How electrical current flows

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Although it is not advisable to mix water with electricity, we can understand electrical current flow if we compare its behavior to that of water. There are many similar behaviors to observe. Flashover and sideflash is equivalent to a flood. Balance, equilibrium, or "reference" voltage is equivalent to a stabilized water lev...

Computers & Technology > Internet Access & Providers Is municipal wi-fi a good idea?

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Municipal wi-fi access for mass access to the Internet has some positive benefits. First, such a grassroots campaign would go a lot farther to closing our Digital Divide than waiting for a major telecommunications company to decide that it is profitable before getting involved. Local taxes would be able to finance and mainta...

Computers & Technology > Virus Protection & Maintenance Removing a keylogger

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A keylogger is commonly used by employers to monitor employee computer usage, by parents to monitor a child's computer and Internet usage, by spouses checking up on their partners, and by criminal hackers (crackers) who want to get login and password, financial information, and other valuable clues to taking money from the i...

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