Internet use causing decline in cheque writing

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Internet users warned of cheque fraud
scam

Internet users warned of cheque fraud
scam 01/02/2004 11:00 PM
Irish News Jan 2 2004 10:25PM ET

New Internet Explorer holes causing
alarm

New Internet Explorer holes causing
alarm 06/11/2004 04:18 PM
Four newly discovered holes in the Internet Explorer Web browser could allow malicious hackers to run attack code on Windows systems, even if the systems have installed Microsoft's latest software patches, security experts warned.

Internet Explorer holes causing alarm

Internet Explorer holes causing alarm 06/11/2004 04:17 PM
BOSTON - Four new holes have been discovered in the Internet Explorer (IE) Web browser that could allow malicious hackers to run attack code on Windows systems, even if those systems have installed the latest software patches from the Redmond, Washington company, security experts warn.

SMS and Internet blamed for decline in
PMR English passes

SMS and Internet blamed for decline in
PMR English passes 12/29/2003 09:16 PM
e-Media Dec 29 2003 8:11PM ET

The 10 Commandments of Internet Writing

The 10 Commandments of Internet Writing 08/13/2004 04:00 PM
WebProNews Aug 13 2004 7:59PM GMT

Doctors writing new prescriptions for
using the Internet

Doctors writing new prescriptions for
using the Internet 09/06/2004 07:55 PM
Medical News Today Sep 6 2004 11:57PM GMT

Criminal Justice IT opening cheque book

Criminal Justice IT opening cheque book 07/13/2004 03:47 AM
Silicon.com Jul 13 2004 7:51AM GMT

Web bill payments hurt cheque makers

Web bill payments hurt cheque makers 06/23/2004 12:39 PM
globetechnology.com Jun 23 2004 5:05PM GMT

Internet mentors get students reading,
writing

Internet mentors get students reading,
writing 02/01/2005 09:14 PM
Knoxnews.com - Tue Feb 1, 08:56 am GMT

Q4 Internet sales at eGames rise 20% as
total sales decline 8%

Q4 Internet sales at eGames rise 20% as
total sales decline 8% 08/10/2004 12:10 AM
Internetretailer.com - Mon Aug 9, 09:10 pm GMT

Bad Writing = Good Writing?

Bad Writing = Good Writing? 10/30/2003 11:56 PM
Bad Writing = Good Writing? The academic journal Philosophy and Literature used to hold a "Bad Writing Contest" to ridicule dense, unreadable academic prose... but a new book argues headache inducing sentences are necessary to express subtle theoretical points.

"While causing harm to no one"

"While causing harm to no one" 02/05/2005 09:14 PM
Here's more on today's New York Supreme Court decision on gay marriage. The court ruled that the New York's city clerk may no longer deny marriage licenses to gay couples. The decision, which is available here, won't take effect for 30 days, leaving time for an appeal to be filed before the city clerk would have to begin allowing gay marriages.

"causing some issues with other
programs"

"causing some issues with other
programs" 08/16/2004 09:55 PM

Computers causing illness

Computers causing illness 09/09/2004 10:46 AM
Irish News Sep 9 2004 2:37PM GMT

Update 10.3.9 causing Java problems

Update 10.3.9 causing Java problems 04/19/2005 11:33 AM
Computer Weekly is reporting that Apple has admitted that a minor security update to the Mac operating system has prevented users from gaining access to certain websites or running Java-based applications. After updating to Mac OS X 10.3.9, some Mac users have found their Safari web browser quits from Java-enabled websites, and Java programs on the machine may not launch or suddenly quit. The update was released on Friday. Computer Weekly reports Apple as saying the problem could be fixed by re-installing two earlier security patches - Java 1.4.2 Update 2 and security Update 2005-002.

File structure causing concern

File structure causing concern 06/17/2005 05:10 PM
"I launched a new site last year which broke out of the sandbox after 18 months and has held well in the serps for 4 months now. With all this talk of site’s disappearing into the depths of G’s serps supposedly due to duplicate content, htaccess issues etc I am trying to put things into place to help Google get over these kind of issues and not bump my site off the chart. So I post this thread with the hope of getting some pointers."

Telecommuters Causing Mistrust In The
Workplace?

Telecommuters Causing Mistrust In The
Workplace? 05/17/2004 12:08 PM
A new study suggests that with the rise in telecommuters, many employees have never even met some of their closest colleagues. Because of that, many workers feel that they don't have as close a relationship to those colleagues as they should, and may not trust them as much as those they work with in person. In other words, there are other unintended consequences of telecommuting. Again, this seems to be the sort of thing that's highly dependent on how the telecommuting is done. For a team that works in a dispersed manner, it's still helpful for them to get together on a regular basis. "Invisible" workers who are going to be working closely with each other should be brought together occasionally. It may not completely solve the mistrust issue, but it's better than having them be completely faceless.

iPod, iTunes causing PC to Mac migration

iPod, iTunes causing PC to Mac migration 07/15/2004 11:52 PM
Needham & Co. analyst Charles Wolf says that the combination of iPod and iTunes is causing more and more Windows users to switch to the Mac platform...

Cold Snap Causing a Lot of Frozen Pipes

Cold Snap Causing a Lot of Frozen Pipes 12/24/2004 12:14 PM
The FreezeAlarm will electronically monitor your property’s temperature and power status, automatically calling you or a designated caretaker if the power fails or the temperature drops inside your home or cabin. [PRWEB Dec 22, 2004]

Bluetooth Headset causing with N9500 to
reboot?

Bluetooth Headset causing with N9500 to
reboot? 12/19/2004 03:43 PM
All About Symbian Dec 19 2004 7:00PM GMT

Inmate Flushing Causing Major Problems
(AP)

Inmate Flushing Causing Major Problems
(AP) 04/11/2005 05:37 PM
AP - It's amazing what a bored inmate will do. "To get a whole jumpsuit down a toilet seems like a major undertaking," Curtis Keller said of the items from the Eastern Regional Jail that have been jamming a pumping station auger.

Symantec product activation causing
headaches

Symantec product activation causing
headaches 10/31/2003 05:14 PM
The problem affects Norton AntiVirus 2004, the latest version of Symantec's desktop antivirus program, and has not yet been resolved.

Woman 'admits causing Paris fire'

Woman 'admits causing Paris fire' 04/19/2005 03:48 AM
A woman held in connection with a Paris hotel fire that killed 22 people admits that she started the blaze by accident, police say.

Drug Law Is Seen as Causing Big Drop in
Retiree Plans

Drug Law Is Seen as Causing Big Drop in
Retiree Plans 07/13/2004 10:18 PM
New government estimates suggest that employers will reduce or eliminate drug coverage for 3.8 million retirees when Medicare offers such coverage in 2006.

News Aggreators causing bandwidth
problems

News Aggreators causing bandwidth
problems 05/01/2004 08:54 AM
Wired is concerned about bandwidth as some News Aggreators are hitting their site every hour. I personally use Newz Crawler...

Dell: Growth spurt causing new problems

Dell: Growth spurt causing new problems 11/05/2003 01:23 PM
ZDNet Nov 5 2003 10:59AM ET

Al Qaeda Bent on Causing Mass Death in
U.S. -- Kean

Al Qaeda Bent on Causing Mass Death in
U.S. -- Kean 07/24/2004 04:43 AM
Reuters via Wired News Jul 24 2004 7:46AM GMT

Mod_GZIP Compressed CSS Files Causing
Netscape v4 Errors

Mod_GZIP Compressed CSS Files Causing
Netscape v4 Errors 01/19/2003 04:03 AM
"...if you've had problems with sites and NN4x and can't seem to find out why, check to see if your host is running mod_gzip and ask them to exclude your css files from being compressed."

Cellular group: Number porting causing
few problems

Cellular group: Number porting causing
few problems 05/13/2004 06:33 PM
WASHINGTON - Cellular telephone carriers should be ready for a second deadline for allowing number portability, but many rural wireline telephone companies are trying to get out of the national portability rules, officials with the Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association (CTIA) said in a briefing Thursday.

Windows Upgrade Causing Campus Headaches
(washingtonpost.com)

Windows Upgrade Causing Campus Headaches
(washingtonpost.com) 08/23/2004 10:10 AM
washingtonpost.com - Microsoft Corp.'s decision to release a major upgrade for its flagship operating system in the same month that hundreds of thousands of students are reporting to college campuses across the nation is causing a major headache for the higher education community.

More State Laws Causing Problems For
eBay Sellers

More State Laws Causing Problems For
eBay Sellers 03/30/2005 05:20 PM
It seems you can't go a day without finding some sort of out-dated law that isn't quite ready for an internet-enabled world. Earlier this month, there was the story of a new law in Ohio that would force eBay sellers to get an auctioneer's license (which requires a one-year apprenticeship). However, it turns out that many states already have very similar laws, mostly targeted at traditional pawn and consignment shops. In some cases, these laws require anyone selling goods on consignment to file a daily report to police, including home info and fingerprints of those trying to sell items. Can you imagine going into a place like AuctionDrop and having them fingerprint you? Some (mainly existing pawn and consignment shops) are pushing for state officials to start enforcing those laws -- especially against all of those new eBay middleman shops like AuctionDrop. However, the laws are not really written in a way to separate out these shops from individual sellers, which could make it tricky. The reality of the situation is that these existing pawn and consignment shops are simply using this as a way to get at the online competition, when they should be more focused on why we have these laws in the first place. Of course, it might not matter all that much, as it appears many of these eBay middleman shops aren't doing particularly well -- but for the individual seller at home, it could be a potential regulatory nightmare.

Hidden costs of offshoring causing IT
managers to rethink strategies

Hidden costs of offshoring causing IT
managers to rethink strategies 06/29/2004 12:05 PM
When Gary Griffiths, CEO of IT services firm Everdream Corp., decided to outsource his help desk to Costa Rica, he thought it might take as long as six months for contractors to get up to speed. But projected cost savings would make the wait worthwhile. Or so he thought.

Copy Protection software Starforce
causing gamers headaches

Copy Protection software Starforce
causing gamers headaches 07/12/2004 10:47 PM

Imagine you go out buy a Game install it play it several months and then remove it from your computer you would expect the game to clean up after itself. Apparently Starforce copy protection is embedded in some games and installs itself onto Gamers hard-drives and when the games are removed the Starforce code remains. This has led to performance issues and being these gaming companies assume every consumer is a criminal. They have decided invading these peoples computers is a good for business. If I wanted to copy a game I would just go on the net and download the cracked version. Gaming companies need to start treating their customers like customers instead of criminals. [Techdirt]

I recommend you read the article on Broadband Reports they have links to clean up tools.

Al Qaeda Bent on Causing Mass Death in
U.S. -- Kean (Reuters)

Al Qaeda Bent on Causing Mass Death in
U.S. -- Kean (Reuters) 07/23/2004 05:58 PM
Reuters - Security experts all believe al Qaeda is determined to launch an attack on the United States and if it can will try to use nuclear, chemical or biological weapons, the chairman of the Sept. 11 commission said on Friday.

“Loose lips sink ships,” …but some mouse
clicks are causing economic chaos.

“Loose lips sink ships,” …but some mouse
clicks are causing economic chaos. 08/23/2004 02:36 AM
Earlier this week Geeks In A Flash! www.GeeksInAFlash.com brought you the story about “Phishing” see “Gone Phishing”. Now there’s a lot of buzz about Phishing and other Internet scams and it’s does not seem to be slowing down. [PRWEB Aug 23, 2004]

Pew survey that "shows" the lawsuits
against ordinary joes is causing
Americans to turn their back on
downloads

Pew survey that "shows" the lawsuits
against ordinary joes is causing
Americans to turn their back on
downloads 01/06/2004 06:48 AM
Sharp decline in music file swapping: Data memo from PIP and comScore Media Metrix .. File sharing application usage .. new data study

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On putting 'I'm gay' on a
tongue-in-cheek mock-up of a business
card (and all the bloody grief it's
causing)...

On putting 'I'm gay' on a
tongue-in-cheek mock-up of a business
card (and all the bloody grief it's
causing)... 12/24/2004 01:02 PM

So I've been trying to respond to the thread about my apparent obsession with going on about my sexuality (note - they're talking about this) that's manifested over at NSLog(); except now all my comments are getting bounced for 'questionable content'. I've tried removing all the rude words from what I write, but god knows it's hard, and it doesn't appear to be doing any good. Before anyone goes running at his head suggesting that he's blocking comments like this to avoid debate, I should point out that I've been having problems with the MTBlacklist questionable content filters recently, so I'm not implying anything. Instead I thought I'd just post it here, with all the rude words back in... Feel free to post your own thoughts about this stuff either here or over on his site... But be nice, eh?

If what you're doing here is warning me that by having my sexuality on a card I might give out to people might stop me getting jobs, then thank you very much. Clearly by my age I wouldn't have figured that out already.

Figures suggest that people who don't meet their partners at school or university tend to meet them through work. Clearly this happens by complete coincidence - two people (let's say they're straight) are so conscious that they must not be flagrant about their heterosexuality that they avoid all mention of it for years until they happen to bump into each other at some kind of 'straight bar', recognise their attraction suddenly and fall into each other's arms. Clearly there's absolutely no assumption that it's okay to flirt with each other at a Christmas party or whatever. Clearly no one talks about what they did at the weekend if it could possibly be construed as to make any reference (direct or indirectly) to whether they're gay or straight or not. So they wouldn't say that they'd cooked a meal for their girlfriend, or go to see a film with their boyfriend. Clearly they wouldn't say out loud that they'd had a birthday party for their 3-year old son. I mean all of these things would be shouting from the rooftops about their sexuality. They may as well be standing outside your house with placards or rutting like Bonobo monkeys on the photocopier.

And quite right, I think, they should be ashamed of themselves - fornicating with their partners at home! Giving birth to children! Socialising with their family! Getting married! The shame. They make me sick.

I can honestly say that I'm stunned by your statement that you cannot see the difference between someone feeling the need to make it clear they were gay to avoid discomfort and awkwardness for themselves and their colleagues, and the fact that straight people simply don't need to do that stuff. Straight sexuality comes up in conversation a dozen times a day - by association, by reference, however.

At no point during my piece over on plasticbag.org or here have I said that a gay person should 'go on about' their sexuality. In fact quite the opposite. As far as I'm concerned, getting it out of the way early means that the whole thing becomes less of an issue - not more. It's about everyone knowing where they stand, so that they don't say something crass in the office like, "Oh that photocopier is so gay" while someone over the other side of the room feels it like a kick in the head. It's so that the gay individual concerned doesn't have to go through this whole long drawn-out tentative process with each member of staff as issues of boyfriends/girlfriends, what you did at the weekend, what you think about some piece of the news, whether you fancy that bird in accounting come up in idle conversation. Because that stuff is bloody difficult and infuriating and frankly I'm not prepared to go back to a time where I have to go through all that bollocks every time I happen to meet a new human being.

All of which misses the point. I don't make a secret of my sexuality, but nor do I tend to make a big deal about it. Most people who read my site have no idea that I'm gay. They find it a 'surprise' when they find out. I wish that wasn't the case. I wish that they weren't assuming that I was straight. I wish it wasn't an issue at all, but it remains one I'm afraid. I could bring my sexuality into my site all the bloody time if I wanted to, but I don't. I think I've struck a good balance between making my sexuality clear and then getting it off the table to talk about other stuff. And if you don't like that balance, well frankly tough. I don't care whether you like it or not. I'll be damned if I'm going to treat the rest of my life like my teenage years and live in fear of 'being found out'.

I should also point out that you've missed a hell of a lot of qualifying language from my post as well. I mean the very title includes, "In a happier world...". The text itself calls it a "Tongue-in-cheek-ish slightly-bored early-evening version of what I would kind of like my business card to be like." I stand by it - if anything your reaction makes me want to use it more - but it was never meant to be anything but a throwaway offhand happy and less formal card that I felt represented me accurately. It's true that I don't think that the normal separation of life and work is a reasonable one - that I think that we should act according to our principles in both, that we should care about our work all the time, that it should ideally be a passion and as much of our personality as things like your sexuality or nationality or political beliefs or whatever. I really care about my work and don't just see it as something that pays the bills, any more than I think my sexuality is just about something that happens in bed with a friend. But just because I'm not as willing to distinguish between the things I get paid to do and the things I do because I think it's the right and proper way of operating in the world, doesn't make it reasonable for you to conflate two words on a mock-up of a business card with a form of big swinging-dick sex-obsessed radical queer activism!

Oh and somewhere along the line you also make some comment about how I seem to have a lot of respect for myself, and I'm beginning to think that's really where a lot of this stuff is coming from. If you find me personally annoying or offensive then just say so and we can talk about that like grown-ups. Seems at the moment that the only person fixating on my sexuality is you.

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British air traffic computer system
fails for an hour, causing 'severe'
delays for flights nationwide

British air traffic computer system
fails for an hour, causing 'severe'
delays for flights nationwide 06/03/2004 04:51 PM
Boston Globe Jun 3 2004 8:48PM GMT

Latin American Owned Miami Cellular
Accessory Wholesaler Provides
Exceptional Pricing Causing Competitors
Concern

Latin American Owned Miami Cellular
Accessory Wholesaler Provides
Exceptional Pricing Causing Competitors
Concern 03/17/2005 04:13 AM
While its competitors are continuing to increase prices, Suplimet Corporation is taking a unique approach and continues to slash cell phone accessory prices. With unique customer needs forecasting, and PULL market strategy, anticipating customer needs, SUPLIMET fills a market need to its distributors and customers in the region [PRWEB Mar 16, 2005]
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