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Hosting In The Modern Day Of Cyberspace
2008-06-19 05:42:00 by: Jon Caldwell So what has hosting have to offer? A lot. Hosting is more than just a website that contains a bunch of words and graphics that are designed similar to printed posters to be appealing to the eyes. Hosting is a virtual business and identification card to which can be found using the world of cyberspace. Many people are located in cyberspace today, using it as the main means of communications and advanced business undertakings. It has totally evolved into something that has given companies and organizations an overall facelift on what strategic management is all about. With the growing competitiveness of most business ventures today, various new strategies have been taking place today. Among them is the investment in technology and easily, it is website hosting and technological tools connected with building awareness overt the web that has been the new tool for efficient business management ventures. A lot of local businesses in your region exist, and while most would...
Tomgram: William Astore, Militarizing Your Cyberspace
2008-06-06 03:02:00 by Tom Engelhardt Be depressed. Be very depressed. You thought that cyberspace — a term conjured up long ago by that neuromancer, sci-fi author William Gibson — was the last frontier of freedom. Well, think again. If the U.S. Air Force has anything to say about it, cyber-freedom will, in the not so distant future, be just another word for domination. Air Force officials, despite a year-long air surge in Iraq, undoubtedly worry that Secretary of Defense Robert Gates's "next wars" (two, three, many Afghanistans) won't have much room for air glory. Recently, looking for new realms to bomb, it launched itself into cyberspace. The Air Force has now set up its own Cyber Command, redefined the Internet as just more "air space" fit for "cyber-craft," and launched its own Bush-style preemptive strike on the other military services for budgetary control of the same. If that's not enough for you, it's now proposing a massive $30 billion ...
Hackers Make Way For Criminals In Cyberspace
2008-05-27 14:23:00 Hackers Make Way For Criminals In CyberspaceAttacking the European Union'sInternet backbone is now the preserve of organised crime, notyoung hackers out to prove a point, the head of the bloc's Websecurity body said on Tuesday.http://www.i...
Juveniles and cyberspace
2008-05-22 00:00:00 Society owes collective responsibility towards juveniles as they may be smart, but are immature enough to understand the results of their online activities. They may find themselves in trouble, violating the provisions of cyber law IT Act, 2000.
New video-conferencing mixes dancers in cyberspace
2008-03-06 20:03:00 Tele-immersive Environments for EVErybody, or TEEVE, is a system that?s being test-driven simultaneously across thousands of miles in the labs of Klara Nahrstedt, a computer science professor at the University of Illinois, and Ruzena Bajcsy, a professor of computer science at the University of California at Berkeley. TEEVE is an application that captures images using 3-D ...
By: TalentSpeaks
Shhh... Type Softer! Apparently I'm 'loud' in cyberspace. LOL.
2008-02-27 13:51:00 Yesterday I was finally able to set myself down and do our taxes. Federal is nothing, but our state taxes? Who designs these things? Are they on crack? Every year since we've moved to this stupid state I've asked myself that. State always takes double the time that federal does. (Figure the percentage of a percentage of the weight of your vehicle in order to write off a portion of your car
Beat BN in cyberspace
2008-02-20 10:00:00 I really like the following news clip from AFP. Can’t help but laugh when my eyes falls upon this word, ‘dodge a virtual blackout on mainstream media’. Ha! Ha! Ha! Congratulations. Mr. Nice Guy and Barisan Nasional. Once again you have proven to the world that you folks are nothing but a bunch of ‘first class liars and third class professionals’. Carry on MalaysiaKini, Harakah Daily, Malaysia Today and Malaysian bloggers! Keep the flag flying! Tags: malaysia, malaysiakini
Love in Cyberspace, Part 3 ?Intimacy?
2008-02-13 19:53:00 I was a little uncomfortable asking Isaac this question, but I mustered enough courage to ask him anyway. “How did you deal with the challenges of your online intimacy?” Before answering my question he smirked and said, “Oh, you mean “sex”? “Yeah, that,” I said. I told him that I didn’t use the “s” word because I wanted to ...
By: Wat da Wat
Love in Cyberspace, Part 2 ?Friendship?
2008-02-09 18:31:00 I’m convince that online dating can work. I asked my friend Isaac how his internet romanced flourished. Before elaborating, he gave me a one word response, friendship. Isaac said that his online relationship with Camille was founded on friendship. Obviously, it wasn’t love at first sight since they did not know what each other looked like. Also, ...
By: Wat da Wat
Gurbaksh Chahal Eclipses Competition in Cyberspace
2008-02-06 12:17:00 Gurbaksh Chahal isn't just another data superhighway opportunist; he's a prodigy. Joining the ranks of Internet pioneers Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Chahal has been garnering recognition for his vision since he was a teenager. Having recently sold his revolutionary business, BlueLithium -- one of the largest and fastest growing online global advertising networks -- to Yahoo! for a staggering $300 million, Gurbaksh Chahal has established himself as one of the youngest, brightest and most successful entrepreneurs in the trade. His genius has amassed over $100MM in net worth and become an international inspiration. And he's done it all by his twenty-fifth birthday.Chahal is one of the most experienced and successful CEOs in interactive marketing. Keep your eye UP ON THE SCREEN for Gurbaksh Chahal!. For more information and or to interview Gurbaksh Chahal, Please visit http://www.chahal.comGurbaksh Chahal is youngest and one of the most successful interne...
Google Reader - a Better View of Cyberspace
2008-02-01 00:02:00 Launched in 2005 by the IT genius that is Google Labs, Google Reader offers users more control over how they view their news feeds. According to your preferences, you can customize your options to display tidbits from all of your chosen websites, blogs, and news feeds, regardless of how often they are updated. With Google ...
By: The Tech Brief
U.S. ?Already At War? In Cyberspace
2008-01-30 06:59:00 From FederalTimes.com, by John T. Bennett The White House?s 2009 budget proposal will include a new multibillion-dollar program to help stop hostile penetrations of information networks, several sources said. Bush administration officials, who called the program ?very classified,? said more needs to be done to steel networks against the kind of debilitating strike that paralyzed Estonian servers ...
Bringing Art to Cyberspace
2008-01-29 17:01:00 Museums are no longer the playground for school groups or esoteric-minded globe-trotters. Beginning January 29, 2008 Streaming Museum reveals its real-time exhibition in cyberspace and public space on seven continents. An ongoing program of multi-media exhibitions in collaboration with international curators and cultural institutions, Streaming Museum was conceived as a “source of free cultural content and public ...
By: TalentSpeaks
15 Random Household Tips From Cyberspace
2008-01-28 16:26:00 This weekend, I received an email from my father-in-law that had all sorts of household tips in it. Some of the tips I knew about but some I hadn’t seen before. I thought the 15 tips below were interesting enough to share with everyone. Hopefully you will find them helpful as well! ...
By: A Penny Closer
Kitler
2008-01-26 06:56:00 Come on- the resemblance is funny. Check out real Cats that look like Hitler (and of course, comments from the people who can’t see the humor in kitlers). © Jenée for Comedian Jenée: People are Idiots, 2008. | Permalink | Leave a comment | Subscribe to this post's comments Name (required)E-mail (required, , but not shown)WebsiteComment'; return false;">Write a comment
Dating In Cyberspace
2008-01-23 06:28:00 Have you ever gotten the impression that internet dating isn't really dating? After all, you don't get to look into the eyes of your potential lover. There are no chances to hold hands or kiss. So how could that be a date?But the time you spend with a potential romantic partner online has some qualities of a date. The internet gives you the chance to engage in long dialogs and chats and even show the romantic and fun side of your personality without any of the expectations and anxieties of a one on one date. You can ask questions, learn about family, work or health issues that could become part of a future romantic involvement and decide how to set the tone for a long term relationship that works.But for many of us, how to go about finding good romantic partners and then "dating" in the cyber world can be a bit puzzling. So it's good to have some ideas on how to get the most out of the online version of dating to set up the chance to meet the love of your life in person when the ...
Cyberspace tribute to OMD
2008-01-22 06:00:00 Available now for free download is the OMD tribute album "Of All The Things We Made - A Cyberspace Tribute to OMD". Included on this tribute album are covers by Sangaree, Babylonia, Partenaire...
By: Side-Line Music
Reporting to Cyberspace
2008-01-20 15:09:00 The Golden Compass aiming to msbp It must be very difficult when people don't realise that existing with catty women as those found on msbp.com means that members of msbp.com and related people regularly backstab. The problem with backstabbing is that the people you can't trust are your own friends on msbp. I find the material said behind the backs of some cases featured in the media astounding. Then Penny Mellor's friend is the most intriguing in terms of information provision. Then the entire of Mellor's camp leaks like a sieve even her medical data. I think it is a product of her not being able to keep her mouth shut. The issue with repeated behaviour like Sharon Payne's is that it continues into the future. Can't teach a old dog new tricks. Afterall, whether there is a case called M,N, O or P, they are all media fodder to be disposed of when their sell by date is over. At least that is what is said of them from their own camp. Data about them is circulated to all and sundr...
Internet Freelance Writing-Earn from Cyberspace
2008-01-18 02:37:00 Those who are trying to write for companies are not really enjoying the kind of job they are engaged in. Well, at least in a sense that they are tied with the routine tasks they do each day. But did you know that there are so many freelance writer jobs today that it is already ...
Dancing Spychief Wants to Tap Into Cyberspace
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US Government to Monitor All of Cyberspace?
2008-01-15 07:56:00 For our security of course.From the Wall Street JournalSpychief Mike McConnell is drafting a plan to protect America?s cyberspace that will raise privacy issues and make the current debate over surveillance law look like ?a walk in the park,? McConnell tells The New Yorker in the issue set to hit newsstands Monday. ?This is going to be a goat rope on the Hill. My prediction is that we?re going to screw around with this until something horrendous happens.? At issue, McConnell acknowledges, is that in order to accomplish his plan, the government must have the ability to read all the information crossing the Internet in the United States in order to protect it from abuse. Congressional aides tell The Journal that they, too, are also anticipating a fight over civil liberties that will rival the battles over the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.Ok, blatantly obvious privacy concerns aside I see this creating a slippery slope. By that I mean how long until this technology goes from ...
By: Dyre Portents
New Intelligence Director Has Big Plans For Cyberspace Spying
2008-01-15 01:13:00 An article in today’s Wall Street Journal will likely cause seizures at the ACLU and among Congressional Democrats. The new Director of National Intelligence Mike McConnell is drafting a plan to protect America?s cyberspace that will raise privacy issues and make the current debate over FISA and wiretapping look like a “walk in the park.” ?This is ...
By: The Hot Joints
Love in Cyberspace...Is It Possible?
2008-01-04 15:57:00 Real love is mainly a matter of speaking truly and correcting the wrong in another and less about warm feelings and sex. Love stands up for what is right and does not enable error in another. Love patiently speaks up about the error, without anger or judgement, because it is not outcome based.The thing is, correcting the wrong in another can be messy, and the correction usually does not take right away. For example, you may speak up to someone addicted to something, but they may not quit right away, if they do quit An angry person may not see his anger right away...an impatient person may not see his impatience for weeks, months or years. But correction on the net, in a chat rrom, on discussion board or via email is like correction in real life. Although it can sometimes take immediately, it usually takes a lot of patience, a willingness to be thought wrong and mean for speaking your piece. and requires the ability to be longsuffering.I heard someone talking about love recently. Th...
Visiting Friends in Cyberspace
2007-12-31 12:03:00 I’ve spent the past week wishing a happy holiday season, a safe New Year’s Eve, and a terrific 2008 to my 950 MySpace friends and my 800 friends on Crimespace. This has involved a lot of clicking of the mouse. … Original post by Elizabeth Zelvin
By: Play Video Games
Art Needs Time to Flower - Even in Cyberspace
2007-12-26 00:00:00 The speed of the internet has profoundly changed many (or most) people’s perceptions of writing and publishing. It has affected our sense of TIME. Everything is accelerated. If we can copy and paste a story or article and submit it via e-mail within a matter of minutes then is seems strange to still have to wait ...
By: Trading Studio
Christmas: Out of the Home and into Cyberspace
2007-12-24 14:07:00 Like everything else in the world, Christmas in 2007 is in an online affair, particularly for the 20 to 30 some-things among us. The days of trawling crowded malls for gifts and wrapping, and tape and cards are over. In these consumerist domains, we have been...
Cyberspace
2007-12-21 05:55:00 Like Sellsius, I decided to take a vacation. It wasn't a trip or anyplace away, except I had to take a break from blogging. It's funny how even a small time away freshens the imagination when one returns. So, here...
Religion in Cyberspace
2007-12-18 23:12:00 Some ancient Japanese religions have not seen enthusiastic participation from their followers in cyberspace, and some point to that as proof that religion and technology do not mix well. Others take the view that, these same religions … ……
By: Fine Art Prints
Love in Cyberspace
2007-12-13 08:28:00 Naomi, a 28-year-old single woman from north London, is fed up with online-dating sites after failing to find love in cyberspace.?They?re awful,? she sighs. ?People put their best foot forward on them, putting up the best photo they can find of themselves and the most interesting stuff about them, and you get your hopes up. But when you get to meet them, they turn out to be a bit sad, not that clever and not very good looking ? all the reasons they?re single.?Times Online reports that there are lots of people like Naomi who have become disillusioned with online singles sites. A survey carried out by YouGov earlier this year found that only 25% of people using internet-dating sites were confident of finding what they are looking for via the net.That percentage may improve with the launch in the of ?WooMe.com?, a new site that hopes to provide a better experience and help to cut out some of the more dubious claims made by those surfing for love.The backers of WooMe, who include Niklas...
By: Light Within
Speed Dating in Cyberspace
2007-12-11 00:56:00 Tired of Internet dating? Posting a profile online, finding what appears to be a match only to meet the person of your dreams and finding out their Internet profile was a fraud. Well the fine people who have started new site WooMe.com hope to have changed this problem. Now instead of searching profiles you simply join an online session, turn on your web cam and go through a series of one-minute online mini-dates, sort of like speed dating in cyberspace.[[[click here to read site review on TimesOnline]]]
By: Outside the Box
NASA Rediscovers Cyberspace, Gets A New Look
2007-12-05 20:31:00 The boys and girls at NASA have (finally) redesigned their website, giving the agency a flashier presence in the digital world.(SpaceRef.com) "We're very excited to roll this new version of nasa.gov out for the public," said Brian Dunbar, NASA's internet services manager at Headquarters, Washington. "We've been able to add new functionality to the site, broaden and simplify the navigation to NASA's wide range of content and still keep the features that users liked best about the old design. All together, the new design will make it much easier for users to complete their top tasks." ..."This new approach to the NASA home page arose from ongoing feedback from the site's users, which we get continuously through e-mails, customer-satisfaction surveys and traffic statistics," Dunbar added. "The initial concepts and subsequent iterations have been put through three rounds of user testing with external audiences. We're proud of the initial reaction to the new design and the entire...
By: Colony Worlds
Slayed by the Assassin of Cyberspace (Stephanie's/wildeyez event recap)
2007-12-03 13:52:00 Part 1 of 2http://yaketyyak.wordpress.com-/2007/12/03/slayed-by-the-assas-sin-of-cyberspace/http://bradfo-rdanderson.net/
Cyberspace News
2007-11-22 01:56:00 If you use Google's free email service Gmail, or as it is called here in Britain Googlemail there is good news for you. Google has increased storage to over 4GB for their online correspondence, and since Gmail is very good at filtering spam, that is quite a bit of space! Google also have promised in the past that the amount of storage is going to continue to increase.However, if 4.4 GB is not enough for you, Windows Live Hotmail now offers 5 GB of storage space, and Yahoo! Mail (which I use with much satisfaction) has unlimited storage space.
By: Outside the Box
A Poets Dillemma on Cyberspace
2007-11-21 08:39:00 firoze shakir photographerno1 posted a photo: photo courtesy www.theplagiarist.org.uk/plagia-rist.gif A seething heavy breathing Sickness and no cure An ocean of words At his disposal A brain that needs no Fertilizers steroids or Cow shit as manure Yet the poor poet Is miserably insecure Highly immature Scared that someone Will rob his poems A sleepless thought He can?t endure But we give without Counting Our hearts and souls So pure Poetry the more You give the more You get I am sure Only the plagiarist With wrong means Lives and survives Ill-gotten gains By filching that he procures and the end his mind his thoughts impure he and his borrowed poetry dies a death premature firoze shakir photographerno1
South Korea opens boot camp to confront cyberspace addiction
2007-11-18 13:28:00 '); E-Mail Article Listen to Article Printer-Friendly 3-Column Format Translate Share Article Text Size MOKCHEON, South Korea: The compound - part boot camp, part rehab center - resembles programs around the world for troubled youths.
By: Get rich
Keep track of all your comments in cyberspace with coComment!
2007-11-17 19:00:00 HAVE you heard of the term commentosphere? “Welcome to commentosphere” is the tagline of the website I am gonna review here. coComment keeps track of all the online conversations you’re following in one convenient place, and informs you whenever something is added to a conversation. (excerpt form CoComment) Although for reasons unknown to me, websnapr automatically translated ...
By: Netty Grity
Kremlin Extending Its Reach In Cyberspace
2007-10-28 14:44:00 OK, a show of hands. Who is the one responsible for waking up the Kremlin? C’mon, let me see hands people. From the Washington Post: After ignoring the Internet for years to focus on controlling traditional media such as television and newspapers, the Kremlin and its allies are turning their attention to cyberspace, which remains a ...
Kremlin extends reach in cyberspace
2007-10-28 04:04:00 After ignoring the Internet for years to focus on controlling traditional media such as television and newspapers, the Kremlin and its allies are turning their attention to cyberspace, which remains a haven for critical reporting and vibrant discussion in Russia 's dwindling public sphere.
My CyberSpace Love
2007-10-21 07:24:00 How did you meet your other half? Was it through a mutual friend, did you meet randomly or was it a blind date? Did cupid strike his arrow and you fell at first sight?Mine? It could be called "new age love". Nope, we did not meet via free online dating site or the internet personals if that is what you think. However, it was close enough because we dated Online!We met via Yahoo! chat room...heheh.. yeap... you heard me... Yahoo! chat. After all love and romance have no boundaries right? Our mode of dating was the famous Yahoo! messenger only back then it was called pager. It was still the caveman version - no webcam and no "I'm on sms"- speaking of which - there was even no SMS yet so can you imagine our massive telephone bill.I remembered hubby telling me the first time we exchanged photos that he did not even put 100% trust on the picture of me. He told me, for all he knows, I could very well be a man impersonating a woman on the other line just to pull his legs. It was not till ...
Cyberspace Chat
2007-10-15 11:12:00 Chatting online had been part of my life after finishing high school. Partly because I was unemployed, bored, and nothing to do. It was the best way to kill time (I... more from ammegan...
An Indonesian's Prison Memoir Takes Holy War Into Cyberspace
2007-09-22 02:03:00 In Sign of New Threat, Militant Offers Tips on Credit Card Fraud.So when Imam Samudra published a jailhouse autobiography this fall, it was not surprising that it contained virulent justifications for the Bali attacks, which killed 202 people, most of them foreign tourists.But tucked into the back of the 280-page book is a chapter of an entirely different cast titled "Hacking, Why Not?" There, Samudra urges fellow Muslim radicals to take the holy war into cyberspace by attacking U.S. computers, with the particular aim of committing credit card fraud, called "carding." The chapter then provides an outline on how to get started.Internet crime experts said Samudra's book seems unprecedented as a tool for recruiting radical Muslims into a campaign of online fraud and building networks of fundraisers.Indonesia News Blog: http://indosnesos.blogspot.com-
A Cyberspace Cornucopia Of Random Search and Social Knowledge
2007-09-15 00:31:00 After reading my feeds today I’ve come away with more insight in the race for search dominance (as if Google hasn’t already topped every hen in cyberspace). Here’s what I’ve learned today: MSN: Launching Live 2.0, which should move it up to nine legs behind Google instead of the current ten. Yahoo!: Inking a deal with ...
CONFLICT IN CYBERSPACE
2007-09-04 02:07:00 How to Resolve Conflict OnlineHave you ever noticed how conflict can get blown out of proportion online? What may begin as a small difference of opinion, or misunderstanding, becomes a major issue very quickly. Conflict can be difficult at the best of times, but what is it about online communication that seems to ignite “flaming†and make conflicts more difficult to resolve?There are a number of reasons to explain why conflict may be heightened online. One is the absence of visual and auditory cues. When we talk to someone in person, we see their facial expressions, their body language, and hear their tone of voice. Someone can say the exact same thing in a number of different ways, and that usually effects how we respond.For example, someone could shout and shake their finger at you, or they could speak gently and with kindness. They could stand up and tower over you, or they could sit down beside you. How you feel, interpret, and respond to someone’s message often depends on...
Porcupine Tree's Gavin Harrison: Displacing Rhythms In Cyberspace
2007-09-01 07:45:00 It?s not as if Gavin Harrison needs to lurk on the Internet. He?s popular. You like him! On the strength of his books, DVDs (including the recent Hudson release, Rhythmic Horizons) and performances with UK progressive band Porcupine Tree, you voted him number-1 prog drummer, a real coup. So what does Harrison find online that?s eluded him on land? ?A lot of requests come in from myspace.com,? Gavin explains. ?People sign up as my ?friend? (at www.myspace.com/gavharrison) and, while I?m courteous, I don?t always follow their links. But one day I did. On this particular guy?s site, two bands were playing simultaneously and it was similar to the King Crimson double-trio idea?two virtual bands playing in different tempos and keys. I wrote to this guy and, since PT was touring near his town, we met up. His name is Rick Byer and he sings like David Bowie and plays bass guitar in a sort of Chapman Stick fashion. ?I had lots of surplus ideas that didn?t get used in Porcupine Tree,? Ga...
Suicide in Cyberspace -Your Outward Links Can Kill Your Rankings
2007-08-24 20:36:00 Link building strategies have, for most people for a long time, revolved around reciprocal link exchanges. Whilst most people understand that links are important, they generally don't understand why this is so. In a nutshell, a link to your site has traditionally been accepted by Search Engines as a vote for your site. A link from a topic or theme-related site to yours is better than a link from a site having a completely different topic. An important site's link to yours carries more weight - for example from The Open Directory, or Yahoo Directory. All pretty straightforward...BUT... the rules have changed... significantly! All the thinking webmasters worked diligently to build links - willy-nilly - in order to subvert the search engine rankings and gain an advantage to themselves at the expense of everyone else. For a long time, there have been mutterings about this, and comments from Google staffers about possible penalties from linking to "bad neighbourhoods" and - heaven forb...
Songwriting in Cyberspace: Online Collaborations
2007-08-18 07:43:00 By Tiffany Brooks Recently, I’ve been on the look out for artists with whom I can collaborate with to complete some of my unfinished songs. For example, I have an unfinished tune in which I need a female singer. I am looking a singer that is looking to add a song to her upcoming album, and ...
THE BAD BOYS OF CYBERSPACE
2007-08-18 02:13:00 Getting Known Through AnonymityMuch has been said lately about how anonymity on the internet "disinhibits" people. Feeling relatively safe with their real-world identity hidden, they say and do things they otherwise wouldn't normally say or do in "real life." In some cases, that seems to be a good thing. People may be more honest, open, generous, and helpful. In other cases, however, the nasty side of a person gets unleased. I'd like to give a slightly different spin to this "disinhibition through anonymity" concept. My basic premise is this: NO ONE WANTS TO BE COMPLETELY ANONYMOUS. No one wants to be totally invisible, with no name or identity or presence or interpersonal impact at all. Everyone wants and needs to express some aspect of who they are, to have others acknowledge and react to some aspect of their identity. In some cases, it's a benign feature of who you are. In some cases, not. Anonymity on the internet allows people to set aside some aspects of their identity in o...
Friends in cyberspace
2007-08-04 18:56:00 This post was sparked off by a post written by a dear friend, Wise One.The idea of making friends in cyberspace has always somewhat perplexed me, as I find it odd carrying on sometimes quite penetrating discourses with people whom I have never met face to face.Now that I have been in the blogosphere for some time, I consider some of these people real friends.My hope is that this these friendships last for time immemorial.The blogosphere has tremendous potential to connect people from all over the world.And this is only the beginning. One thing I can say without a doubt: the fact that I can publish my thoughts at will, rather than having to wait on approval from an editor at some magazine, has made me much more productive and creative. Creativity is a drive every bit as exigent as hunger or sex, but one needs resources to feed it. The web is one such resource, its particular virtue being its ability to entirely sweep away the obstacles that hithe...
By: ALL THINGS GOOD
The Left and Right in Cyberspace: A Love Story
2007-08-04 00:00:00 As is often the case when the left and the right meet in cyberspace, bloggers abandon civility and logical reasoning to fling crap at each other?s personal lives. Also common is the tendency of all conversations to reduce to two loaded topics: abortion and Israel.
By: The Daily Slant
Are there in Human Beings in Cyberspace?
2007-08-03 20:32:00 There’s two we know of for sure behind our Lake Tahoe Real Estate Blog. We thought we’d have some fun with this one. About a week ago we responded to someone asking a question off Lake Tahoe Real Estate Blog. Here’s what Moe said when we responded: “Thanks for your prompt reply… So often these days ... |
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