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Computers & Technology > Computer Buying Tips Is it better to buy a store-bought computer or build one yourself?: 1 of 28
I have been in business since Computer Unlimited was delivering boxes from the dorm of a college in Texas. Gateway was operating out of a barn in Iowa, and the star of the day was Northgate a company founded by a guy with a Jewish Romanian background. After a while Computer Unlimited moved out of the dorm, the owner dropped o... More..
Education > Educational Philosophy The definition of education: 3 of 24
I was born and lived in Europe for twenty some years of my life. A few months after my arrival in the States, I was enrolled in a college, hoping that an American degree was the only way to get two birds with one stone: local training in my new country, and better understanding its people. One of the valuable advices I was of... More..
Computers & Technology > Virus Protection & Maintenance Should computer virus writers go to jail?: 1 of 6
Should computer virus writers go to jail? Let's think a few minutes before we rush into answering this question.Should Consumer Report tester go to jail for finding out design mistakes that manufacturer let on products put on the market because they hoped that no one would find them?Should have Ralph Nader gone to jail becaus... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Homeland Security Should airport screeners be allowed to check laptop files?: 2 of 4
When Stalin was ruling in the Kremlin in Moscow, one day he decided to see how much more he can push the people before somebody would have enough. So he ordered Beria to round up workers from some factories around the city and to bring them in the Red Square to listen to one of his speeches. It was a cold January morning, and... More..
Politics, News & Issues > US Immigration Do immigrants really do the jobs Americans don't want?: 58 of 109
The immigration issue seems to be a very hot topic these days. And it should be. However it seems that the discussion is drifting in all directions and it is hard to decide towards what conclusion... This gives me courage to join with the sincere hope that I will be forgiven for my take on the issue.I think that the approach ... More..
Computers & Technology > Web Design Guide to building a website: 20 of 29
Nothing that the mankind ever discovered captivated the humans as much as the computers did. In our human history, we invented devices to help us in our day to day lives and we enjoyed them, however with computers we lost our common senses and we went as far as ignoring our survival instinct at times, just to pretend that we ... More..
Education > Homeschooling Is homeschooling better than formal education?: 94 of 103
Generally it is assumed that people are homeschooling for religious reasons, and that most of the home schooled kids in this country, are some kind of oppressed offsprings of anti social fanatics who can't integrate in the modern society. I am not going to try to dissipate this myth, because in certain, limited cases it may b... More..