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Email Facts
The Original Joke of the Day http://www.joker.org/ 1. Big companies don’t do business via chain letter. Bill Gates is not giving you $1000, and Disney is not giving you a free vacation. There is no baby food company issuing class-action checks. You can relax; there is no need to pass it on “just in case […]
Essential Computer Vocab Items
Dilberted To be exploited and oppressed by your boss. Derived from the experiences of Dilbert, the geek-in-hell comic strip character. “I’ve been dilberted again. The old man revised the specs for the fourth time this week.” Link Rot The process by which links on a web page became obsolete as the sites they’re connected to […]
Computer Related Acronyms
PCMCIA – People Can’t Memorise Computer Industry Acronyms ISDN – It Still Does Nothing APPLE – Arrogance Produces Profit-Losing Entity SCSI – System Can’t See It DOS – Defunct Operating System BASIC – Bill’s Attempt to Seize Industry Control IBM – I Blame Microsoft DEC – Do Expect Cuts CD-ROM – Consumer Device, Rendered Obsolete […]
Technology And Your Kids
For when technology hits home, family accountability called vital By Ken Camp GLORIETA, N.M. (BP)–No filter that parents can install will keep all high-tech smut out of their homes as effectively as will a sense of family accountability instilled in their children, two Fort Worth teachers told a Texas Baptist group. Nancy Crossley, a high […]
A Testimony
Hi Rowland, My name is Stuart French. I met you at Waverley Christian Fellowship the other day after your fantastic marriage seminar and you asked me to e-mail you my testimony. It’s pretty long, but the part you are interested in is fairly simple, so here goes! About 4 years ago I got my first […]
The Dangerous Internet
Most readers won’t be surprised to learn that two of the fastest selling products on the Internet are pornography and gambling. Advertisements for the latest on-line casino flood our mailboxes and newsgroups, and it’s difficult to browse too far on the web without finding a link the the latest "hot XX" site. The Internet is […]
Tolerance On Newsgroups
Subject: Re: Can someone explain to me… Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 05:18:30 GMT From: (Nigel B. Mitchell) Newsgroups: aus.religion.christian,aus.religion,nz.soc.religion Andrew Bromage wrote: >|> Does being anti-homosexual blind you to the goodness in homosexuality? >|> Does being anti-religion blind you to the goodness in religion? >|> Does being anti-euthanasia blind you to the goodness in […]
The Y2k Problem
[Baptist Press 29.7.98]. Computer troubles at year 2000 called key opportunity for church By Ken Walker (EDITORS’ NOTE: The following three stories focus on projected computer problems at the turn of the century.) ATLANTA (BP)–The possibility of widespread computer malfunctions or computer crashes at the year 2000 could usher in historic evangelism opportunities, say two […]
Evangelism On The Internet
A question in John Mark Ministries’ seminar on creativity asks: ‘If you were to reach more people in the world via one communications medium, what would you use?’ (Correct answer: Coca Cola containers – they’re in more places than radio!). What would your message say? (See below for mine!) As a teenager, having just made […]
Internet ‘Viruses’
Gullibility Virus Spreading over the Internet! WASHINGTON, D.C.–The Institute for the Investigation of Irregular Internet Phenomena announced today that many Internet users are becoming infected by a new virus that causes them to believe without question every groundless story, legend, and dire warning that shows up in their inbox or on their browser. The Gullibility […]
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