Tech For Geniuses and Dummies
I put myself in the "dummy" category when it comes to computer tech and Internet issues. But mostly on the strength of Brian Krebs's easy-to-read Security Fix blog, I'm taking time to stay as up-to-date as possible. My new philosophy is, "if Krebs says to do it, do it."
His readers don't always agree, and comments can shed light on tech security issues, most recently the pros and cons of using a browser add-on designed to make searching safer.
Steve doubts that free software add-ons really help abate the dangers to computer systems that Web surfing can entail. He sees the problem as a man power issue instead. "...the reality is that there is a greater demand for software engineers than there are people with the right aptitude to fill those vacancies. It is little wonder there are so many software problems."
There's one happy, smug Mac owner in every crowd, and perhaps rightly so. Charlie in Ogden says, "...gad, look at all the stuff that happens when you have windows... I'm not a techie, not a geek, just a user trying to keep my life simple, and every time I read one of your columns on all the stuff that windows systems can have done to them I go home and hug my mac..."
Ashley in Richmond is as happy as I am over Krebs's blog. "Thanks for the article, and also for including information on who is behind SiteAdvisor (instead of sticking to just a product review.) Security Fix is quickly becoming one of the main reasons I visit the Post's webpage."
See? And that's not Krebs's mom, I swear.
By Lindsay Howerton |
February 28, 2006; 3:09 PM ET
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Posted by: Redeemed | March 1, 2006 07:47 PM
Xlibris in the United States has published my short book called "Rod's Room:
A New Earth And A New Universe".
Would you be able to let people know the book is available, please?
Book photo and info about book and author at
www.xlibris.com/RodsRoom.html
BRIEF DESCRIPTION
This book is made up of short articles, poems and stories that speculate on
the future and seek to combine science with medicine and ideas which have
always been regarded as belonging to religion or science fiction. The four
short articles at the start (Gates>STARGATE, How to Create Universes,
Building Doctor Who´s TARDIS and Darwin´s Evolution Unifies Universe) give
the reader a condensed view of the conclusions my reading and thinking led
me to. They seem to help explain points in each other. After these four are
written the steps taken since 1999 to arrive at my conclusions. One
deduction is - Everything always exists in the Programmed Hologram, so every
one and thing is even more intimately and eternally linked than we can
imagine. No-one and nothing is different and separate from anyone else or
anything else. So when terrorists attack Western civilization, they´re
really attacking themselves. And when Western civilization attacks
terrorists, it´s really attacking itself. And Arabs and Israelis never take
revenge on each other for wrongful acts - they´re also attacking themselves.
For this reason, great religious books are correct to teach "Thou shalt not
kill." whatever alphabet and exact words are used (note the period [full
stop] after the word "kill"). Sure, we appear different and separate, but
our minds can overcome that illusion presented by our senses and
experiences.
Thank you,
Rodney Bartlett
2 / 64 Sugarloaf Rd.
Stanthorpe, Qld. 4380
Australia
phone 61 7 4681 0736
rodney1956@dodo.com.au
Posted by: Rodney Bartlett | March 3, 2006 06:59 PM
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I don't know about you folks,but I have a serious case of information overload.
I enjoy all the benefits of the computer age.All the on-line shopping,banking and commentaries I do through it.But I hate the security and tech issues associated with it.
I guess you can call it a love-hate relationship.