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Comprehension and Retention

Paul Murphy — Sun, 19 Nov 2006 16:52:01 +0000

This is important because a difference in either, or both, comprehension and retention, would mean that a wide range of significant endeavours, from stock market and related financial decision making to public education, have been more affected by the transition from paper to screen than we previously understood.

How and why to use Sun Ray

Paul Murphy — Wed, 16 Aug 2006 13:45:44 +0000

I’ve just moved from Ontario back to my home province of Alberta - where the Sun shines, the air is clean, and the economy is booming. During the move we ran a series of eight chapter summaries, or notes to myself, for a possible book on how and why to use Sun’s Sun Ray thin [...]

Ageism, IT, and Jobs

Paul Murphy — Thu, 06 Apr 2006 11:13:49 +0000

The answer to a skills deficit is education and practice, the answer to prejudice is community.

How to deploy Windows software on Sun Ray

Paul Murphy — Fri, 10 Feb 2006 21:18:49 +0000

here are many different ways to provide access to Windows applications on Sun Ray smart displays. This Sun page offers "white papers" and real how-to information on a wide range of choices.

Are Wi-Fi security myths good for deterrence?

George Ou — Tue, 24 Jan 2006 10:10:08 +0000

"SSID suppression", "DHCP restrictions", and "MAC filtering" are a huge waste of time. If you absolutely can't run good WPA security, just turn on WEP for some real deterrence. Having said that, it's ironic that WPA-PSK security when used correctly has no known method of being cracked yet it's even easier to deploy than WEP which is breakable in a couple of minutes. WEP on the other hand is much easier to deploy than MAC filtering which is breakable in a matter of seconds using freely available GUI tools that run on Linux.

Can you make Linux easy?

Dana Blankenhorn — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 21:19:21 +0000

Want some free Linux?

So why do people hate Windows?

Dana Blankenhorn — Tue, 29 Nov 2005 01:00:51 +0000

Windows winds down hardware. As time goes by, patches and updates and upgrades and necessary applications load my box up with code that hogs my memory, and takes up CPU cycles, until the memory and cycles needed for new work magically disappear. Then you're supposed to replace the box, and over time buy new software.

Does Windows rule?

Paul Murphy — Tue, 29 Nov 2005 00:29:46 +0000

it's possible to see this report as wrong on all counts, and not only credit the authors with a legitimate attempt to come to grips with a real problem but feel sorry for them because what they ended up, in all innocence, writing a case study on how not to deploy Linux.

How do you stop Sony’s rootkit at the office?

George Ou — Tue, 15 Nov 2005 18:30:04 +0000

Companies are not helpless against Sony's rootkit; they can preemptively stop it in the first place with Active Directory Group Policy.

Lost in the Ethernet

Dana Blankenhorn — Tue, 01 Nov 2005 19:56:35 +0000

To make 802.11 happen under Linux with Linksys, you need an access card that works with Linux.