Daily Archives: May 26, 2007

Why Wikipedia is Better for Education

Over dinner we were talking about a paper one of the kid’s is writing.  The topic is genetic engineering and the ethical issues involved if parents are able to pre-determine attributes of children. At some point I brought up Wikipedia. … Continue reading

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Efficiency Tip #33 – Autorun

Computers are not good at predicting your intentions.  Any time you insert a CD, DVD or USB drive, the operating system looks at the content on the media and gives a “best guess” as to what you want to do.  Then a window pops up listing of … Continue reading

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