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Quite Interesting Facts of the Day
The United States has five percent of the world’s population, but twenty-five percent of the world’s prison population
Quote of the Day
â’To assert in any case that a man must be absolutely cut off from society because he is absolutely evil amounts to saying that society is absolutely good, and no-one in his right mind will believe this today.â’ Albert Camus
Fun Video
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Tech News
1/4th Nobel Prize is Better Than None
Two United States citizens win 1/4th of a Nobel Prize for fiber optics and digital photography. Who got the other 1/2? Some guy in China for groundbreaking achievements concerning the transmission of light in fibers for optical communication. But Facebook wouldn’t be the same without a digital camera, fiber optical communication no so much. (nobel prize . . .)
Coming Soon : Windows 7 Compatible Check
Bad move Microsoft mentioning how great Vista’s program worked for many people. Oh, just in case you didn’t know, Windows 7 is just a service patch for Windows Vista. Vista was so bad that in less than a year Microsoft decided instead of free several free service patches they just decided to take Vista install all the service patch changes and call it Windows 7. Note, to find out if your computer can use Windows 7 you have to download software.(microsoft . . .)
EU Has More Control Over Microsoft Than USA
Microsoft takes full advantage of US citizens with bloatware and control of software. The EU doesn’t want people stuck with the Microsoft IE browser and Media Player. EU demands that Microsoft rewrite their codes and operating system to allow removal of Internet Explorer and Windows Media Player from Windows Computers, which is not an option in the United States. (computer world . . .)
Kindle Goes International With Raises Book Prices
Best-seller books will cost $11.99 or more for international customers, with about 100,000 other titles available for less than $5.99, Amazon said. These prices are higher than in the U.S. where most best sellers cost $9.99. Did I miss something? A digital book got more expensive because of a larger market? I can access any website around the world and downloads without any cost. Why should it be more expensive to get a digital down for an exclusive product. Amazon did here about the Apple Tablet rumors, right? (amazon . . .)
I Want, I Want, I Want
A Laptop with two monitors, no kidding. (zdnet . . .)
Dingo Ate My Ticket
Ticketmaster fails terribly, scalpers and ebay sellers get all tickets. Seriously nobody could get tickets. Ticketmaster needs to fix this internationally. Ticketmaster is loosing ground and trust. (smh . . .)
Where is Technology Heaven? Ghana
Large quantities of broken computers, monitors and TVs from manufacturers including Philips, Canon, Dell, Microsoft, Nokia, Siemens and Sony are being illegally shipped to Africa to end up in scrap yards in Ghana. I mean it can’t be Technology Hell, because there are no bad programs only bad programmers. (greenpeace . . .)
Sing a Song of Sixpence
Blackbirds found to have better understanding of physics than chimpanzees. So, how did they get into the pie? (guardian . . .)
Airports Will No Longer Smell Like Sweaty Feet, I Hope
New technology will be used at airports. Future Attribute Screening Technology, or FAST have sensors and cameras located at security checkpoints would measure the natural signals coming from your body — your heart rate, breathing, eye movement, body temperature and fidgeting. So those, like me, who have a legitimate fear of flying crashing have to be prepared for the cavity search. (cnn . . .)
Denver People Make Your Choice : Sex vs Cell Phone
33% women and 20% men choose cell phone. What if it was a generic phone that only did phone calls? I think it would be allot lower. (abc . . .)
Bad Lazy Parenting
Children as young as 5 years old use computers without parental supervision. Who are these parents? I guess they want their sexually solicited and possibly much worse. (daily mail . . .)
Scary Stats
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With an estimated 24 million children now online, one out of five have been solicited for sex in the last year.
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One in four children were sent pictures of people who were naked or having sex.
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An estimated 725,000 children have been “aggressively” asked for sex, defined as an offer to meet in person.
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A top Disney executive was recently arrested and charged with using the Internet to solicit sex with a minor
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75% of children are willing to share personal information online about themselves and their family in exchange for goods and services.
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Only 25% of the youth who encountered a sexual approach or solicitation told a parent
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One in five U.S. teenagers who regularly log on to the Internet say they have received an unwanted sexual solicitation via the Web. Solicitations were defined as requests to engage in sexual activities or sexual talk, or to give personal sexual information.
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77% of the targets for online preditors were age 14 or older. Another 22% were users ages 10 to 13
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75% of the solicited youth were not troubled, 10% did not use chat rooms and 9% did not talk to strangers
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Experts, both within the FBI and in the private sector, revealed that the utilization of computer telecommunications was rapidly becoming one of the most prevalent techniques by which some sex offenders shared pornographic images of minors and identified and recruited children into sexually illicit relationships.
Cyber Protection
Sentry Total Family Protection
Price : $26.99
* Track IM, website and applications.
* Control the amount of time.
* Control computer from anywhere.
* Filter & Block Any Websites
* Monitor & Control Instant Messages
* Record the Activity of Any UserSentry brings TIVO-like recording.
* Instantly access computer from any web browser wireless device in real time.
Price : $26.99
Weekly Contest
National Geographic Picture of the Day
Fun Website Pick
I Just Made Love
The site lets you share, or if you’re a geo-voyeur, track, where people across the word have hit it. With a click, you tell the world where you got lucky, plus whether it was indoors or outside. There’s a limit, so you can’t post more than once every 15 minutes. Of course, if that’s holding you back, you might want to consider foreplay. (go to website . . .)
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New Anti-Smoking Ads Warn Teens ‘It’s Gay To Smoke’
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Looking forward to reading more. Great article. Fantastic.