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November 30, 2006

Hitting back at the Internet’s Integral Problem

Posted by Sarah King in Technical Discussions

Back in the days when I worked for Case Communications (long since renamed) we set up private networks for companies that were dedicated. Around the time I left in ‘87 we were introducing “clouds” for shared bandwidth and connections - early internets. But they were still private and managed by a company you would have a contract with.

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Now we have this amazing thing call the internet with hubs all around the world that your request for information must pass through on it’s way to the server that hosts the site.

As an end user I have a contract with my local ISP to connect me to the cloud but how can they be responsible for any problems I may encounter in my search for information and entertainment? More »

October 24, 2006

Asian Invasion

Posted by Sarah King in Technical Discussions

This is a term used in the ’80s to describe mass immigration to NZ by people from the Asian region.

While this has changed NZ I believe it’s for the better and don’t have any problem with the changing face of our country.

But the global community needs to get ready for

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November 28, 2005

Password Sanity

Posted by Sarah King in Technical Discussions

I just found the center for password sanity. My joy lessened as I re-read the title and discovered it was the center for, not center of password sanity :)

Dilbert on Mordac passwords

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May 16, 2005

‘Net baffled’ parents

Posted by Sarah King in Other Stuff

According to a London School of Economics report ‘Net baffled’ parents may reduce children’s job and education prospects. However you’d have to think that using the net today becomes just another “life skill” among many. If the net baffles you then perhaps a score of other basic skills also baffles you. More »

May 5, 2005

The Third Person

Posted by Sarah King in Books

Wow, I went to my Book Club (gets me out of the house and away from the PC) two nights ago and brought home The Third Person by Steve Mosby! It’s gritty and not entirely pleasant but totally gripping. More »

March 29, 2005

12,575 Illegal Internet Cafes Shut Down

Posted by Sarah King in Other Stuff

You have to hand it to the Chinese - headlines this: 12,575 Illegal Internet Cafes Shut Down make you respect their guts in continuing to set the internet cafes up. Despite all the bad things the ‘net delivers so easily to our desktops, the freedom of information we take for granted will mean that thousands will continue to challenge the systems that try to prevent it’s spread.

February 23, 2005

Collecting “Sarah King”

Posted by Sarah King in Other Stuff

This used to be quite popular when the web first started - to have a site where people sharing your name could be listed.

So if your name is Sarah King leave a comment below and we’ll see how many there are out in cyberspace.

Now, this used to be a blogger blog so comments were easier to make and now I’m hosting my own you have to login but that’s to stop spammers and protect my database. But don’t worry, I won’t be contributing to the world wide spam problem. I have better things to do ;)

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