Archive for the ‘Computers & WWW’ Category
Wednesday, May 6th, 1998
Lately, it seems as though every career involves some level computer expertise. And with the ever-growing popularity of the Internet, more and more companies are finding themselves scrambling for employees with the skill-set necessary to compete.
Some companies may train internally with employee-to-employee knowledge base transfers, while individuals may do the ...
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Wednesday, April 1st, 1998
Dan Rather, Peter Jennings, Connie Chung, Tom Brokaw. Great journalists of our time with years of reporting, interviewing, and researching experience. Yet, these journalists started their journalistic studies only at the college level. What could've happened if there was an education system in place that nurtured and helped them to ...
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Wednesday, April 1st, 1998
President Bill Clinton has long been on a mission to educate America's youth in technology, proposing his Educational Technology Initiative of all children being technologically literate by the dawn of the 21st Century.
His challenge has been felt all across the nation where computer filled classrooms replace old storage facilities, telecommunications ...
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Sunday, February 1st, 1998
There is nothing tougher (aside from grandma's holiday pound cake) than trying to select an Internet Service Provider here in Hawaii. With over 20 local ISPs on Oahu alone, as well as a constantly changing rate and price package standard across the board, the market could get as confusing as ...
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Sunday, February 1st, 1998
Imagine visiting an Internet web site with a complete set of links, organized by category. How about a web site with the latest in local and national news? What if this very web site brought you the latest and greatest in streaming multimedia right to your desktop.
Now, imagine it all ...
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Monday, December 1st, 1997
With the scary costumes and surplus leftover turkey put away, our attention must focus in on the holiday to come. No time for rest, Christmas shopping and all of its gravy-stained horror awaits us.
Sleigh rides, snow angels and Jack Frost. Sometimes it's a little hard to imagine what Christmas is ...
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Monday, December 1st, 1997
One of the most captivating uses of the Internet is communicating to other "netizens" who share your common interests. Collectively informing, sharing and partaking in stimulating conversations always play a big role in building human development. So why not online?
In electronic mail, your communication is limited to the size of ...
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Saturday, November 1st, 1997
Yahoo!. AltaVista. HotBot. We've all heard of them. Some of the world's most powerful search engines with web site URL counts in the millions. Where advanced, indexing and speedy query retrieval is key and localization is not. Where competition lies in who has the biggest, most comprehensive list of returns ...
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Tuesday, April 29th, 1997
Another column dedicated solely to the most favorite pastime/nemesis of millions - "Pornography on the Web" - is here.
Good, you're still with me. That can mean one of two things.
One - You despise pornography on the web so much that you are just waiting for this stupid columnist character to ...
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Thursday, March 20th, 1997
It seems as though everybody and their grandma is doing e-mail nowadays.
Recalling the days when there were only but a handful of users online at a time is like remembering the time you actually liked the Macarena.
Yes, put those tissues away ... times are changing.
Sometimes doing the most common things ...
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Thursday, March 6th, 1997
Ever wonder if your long lost pal is online? How about if your high school sweetheart is desperately trying to figure out your e-mail address?
Well, worry no more. These sites are dedicated to creating a massive listing of e-mail addresses of as many users as they can.
Acting as an online ...
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Friday, February 21st, 1997
You've seen crazy bachelors and bachelorettes on television on cheesy shows like "The Love Connection" and "Singled Out." Making crude, sexual connotations while breathing hard was not such a rare occasion.
Now that Valentine's Day is over, there are no more reasons to blatantly plaster red hearts and flying Cupids all ...
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Thursday, February 6th, 1997
:-)
To the "untrained" eye, those three symbols mean absolutely nothing. The computative combination of the three somewhat ambiguous marks, resemble something out of a pre-algebra book. Perhaps it may appear as if somebody made a boo-boo in post press. Or maybe it seems like I made a typo, but whatever ...
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Monday, January 27th, 1997
A little riddle to get you all started this semester.
How can you tell when you and your persona are associated far too much with your online activities?
When people start calling you by your login name.
In real life, your name is everything.
It's your identity as well as your identification.
It's what's written ...
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Thursday, December 12th, 1996
Here's the scenario. You have a 20-page thesis paper due tomorrow and you haven't set foot in Hamilton Library yet.
You need the most comprehensive search on the topic of "Cockroaches and their way of life."
You stress. You shudder. You are down to three desperate choices:
One, you can make like a ...
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