Allen Lew’s Thoughts

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Entries Tagged as 'Opinion'

The “danger” of Online Surveys

April 13th, 2006 · Comments Off

So we’ve all done a few of those surveys and our friends do that too. But did you know those kinds of survey’s could lead to people *gasp* finding out our interests *gasp*, particularly *gasp* online predators *gasp*?
From a Dateline NBC article on Myspace:
Stafford: You dont think you gave him any private information?
Amber: No. [...]

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FBI can’t afford to give email addresses to 8,000 agents

April 11th, 2006 · Comments Off

From Slate:
Two weeks ago, the FBI’s chief information officer admitted that the bureau couldn’t afford to provide e-mail addresses for 8,000 of its 30,000 employees.
Looks like they should try to sign up for Gmail for your domain.
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You have $1. How should you spend it to do the most good?

February 21st, 2006 · Comments Off

Bang for Your Buck - You have $1. How should you spend it to do the most good?- Examining which causes to give to in an economist point of view. Good: paying tuition to inner city kids for private school, investing in the third world. Bad: giving to churches and schools themselves.
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