It was another day and age when the cold war was still raging and the world was still multipolar. Sitting in my Air Force base, I would twiddle my radio knobs in search of some entertainment. Sooner or later, the radio would settle into one of four stations, the BBC, the Voice of America, Radio […]
The ‘Clbuttic Mistake’ and Others Leave Proofreaders with Work to Do
Posted to findingDulcinea by Shannon Firth Automated spell-checkers and obscenity filters, or rather our stubborn reliance on such technology, are causing editors, lawyers and diplomats no end of problems. According to Dr. William Carroll, author of the book “The Untied Stats on American and Other Computer Assisted Errors,” “If a hundred chimpanzees were seated at […]
Global warming danger of the earth.
Global warming is the increase in the average measured temperature of the Earth’s near-surface air and oceans since the mid-twentieth century, and its projected continuation. The time period for which reasonably reliable near-surface temperature records exist from actual observations from thermometers with quasi-global coverage is generally considered to start in about 1850 – […]
How Fast Can You Surf? Take CWA’s Speed Test
by Mike Hall Are you one of the millions of Americans in rural or low-income urban areas who doesn’t have access to high-speed Internet and can only go online via frustratingly slow dial-up? You wait and wait for a connection so you can pay a bill, find some important medical information, or just the latest ball […]
SAP NetWeaver master data management
The components & tools of SAP NetWeaver master data management integrates business courses across the comprehensive value chain, delivering features and functions to help: Master data consolidation, Synchronization and distribution of master data , Centralized management of master data, Administration of master data, Management of internal content, Catalog search, Print catalog customization , Multichannel syndication […]
Home-Based Business Ideas
Say good-bye to the Dilbert cartoons pinned up on your corporate cubicle wall … to a commute that stretches out longer than it takes an astronaut to orbit the earth … to one more day stuck at the freeway ramp behind 55 other nail-biting commuters. Say hello—with several million other Americans—to your own home-based business! […]