Tag: technology
member name: Firoze H.
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June 12, 2008 02:47 AM EDT --
Technology is wonderful, but more and more examples are coming to light about how it can become a dangerous tool in the hands of those not mature enough to handle it.
Junior and . . .
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January 23, 2008 02:53 AM EST --
Here is one of those charming little cautionary tales that illustrates, yet again, that even the smartest, most sophisticated technology is no match against an idiot.
The Berlin . . .
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February 24, 2008 08:29 AM EST --
Once in a very long while, even a technologically-challenged individual like me comes across a piece of information that brings a smug smile to his lips; and an I-told-you-so hovering on his . . .
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March 23, 2008 11:36 AM EDT --
Many concerned parents take steps to prevent their kids from watching unsuitable material on television, like extreme violence and unfiltered sex. Devices like the V-chip and child lock, which . . .
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September 07, 2006 08:26 AM EDT --
Are we gradually and systematically dehumanizing the human race? I am not using the term in the conventional sense of cruel or heartless; but literally. Think about it.
It started with the telephone . . .
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September 18, 2006 10:12 AM EDT --
Those technology boffins really crack me up sometimes. I read in the paper today that a British arms manufacturer named BAE Systems is developing "environmentally friendly" weapons. These . . .
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October 19, 2006 01:57 AM EDT --
I've always considered myself semi-literate when it comes to computers. After receiving this email from a friend – which is a record of actual conversations between a Help Desk and customers . . .
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January 19, 2007 11:19 AM EST --
I was a late convert to the digital revolution. For almost five years after CDs first came on the market, I steadfastly clung on to my precious – and ageing – collection of vinyl LP records; . . .
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January 23, 2007 11:17 AM EST --
At a time, when new technology is the buzzword, when esoteric terms like nanotechnology – which everyone is in awe of, but very few really comprehend – some Indians are creating products of . . .
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September 08, 2006 02:21 AM EDT --
Some of the reaction to my earlier article on Gather; "Do They Need Us?" has been skepticism, rolling of the eyes and benevolent reassurance (Gather readers are too civilized to accuse me of . . .
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February 10, 2008 08:45 AM EST --
If you are an old fashioned technophone like me, you are going to love this snippet.
Rack Hill in the English village of Chalford, is a small community, whose residents are reasonably . . .
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March 11, 2008 11:49 AM EDT --
Sometimes the old methods work best. I got a vivid practical demonstration of this today morning, when one channel of my stereo amplifier went dead. Those who know of my maniacal passion for . . .
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November 12, 2006 09:42 PM EST --
A cell phone tower has caused 27 deaths and illnesses to people living close by, locals in an UK town have said.
They believe the 82ft antenna emits potentially lethal microwaves and is responsible for . . .
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December 04, 2007 08:45 AM EST --
Call me old fashioned, but I think electronic greeting cards suck – especially at Christmas. This realization was brought home to me when I went shopping for Christmas cards this morning. Two . . .
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October 19, 2006 11:49 AM EDT --
Bulbed Egg Maker
A British college student has invented a way of boiling an egg without water. He uses the help of high powered light bulbs to simplify the most basic of culinary tasks. The student, . . .
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September 15, 2006 12:45 AM EDT --
Some Gather readers, who commented on my earlier articles "Do They Need Us?' and "Men vs. Machines," hinted – very politely, of course – that I was losing it. Am I? Consider . . .
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September 21, 2006 04:22 AM EDT --
I found this medical tidbit too juicy to keep to myself. Researhers at a teaching hospital in Canada have determined that women who undergo breast implant surgery are more likely to have suicidal tendencies. . . .
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