Hacker Speak

As I went back to my hometown for the holiday’s I saw many of my loved ones. This made me feel very happy except; for one old pal. This person really worried me. It seems to me like this person is depress and sad. However, this is not the only time that I have seen this person feeling this way. In fact, he has incorporated complaining in to his daily routine. A conversation with him is often unpleasant due to his ability to only see the negative aspect of everything, which to me; this is barely living since the negativity has taken a toll on his physical appearance and personality.

I could not help but feel a mixture of emotions when I saw him; I felt helplessness, sadness, and anger. The helplessness I felt it because standing in front of me was a live person that forgot to take things lightly and live the best way he could and worst of all I can not help anyone that does not want to help themselves. The sadness I felt it because I care for him. The anger I felt it because here he was complaining once again but I do not see him trying to change his life around. Which is exactly what I want to emphasize in this column?

If for some reason you are unhappy or unsatisfied with your life or a certain aspect of it. Why don’t you try to change things? Don’t cross your arms thinking about your bad luck or other negative issues. It is a waste of time. Yes, when you make mistakes it is okay to look back and ask yourself and even maybe others what you did wrong. But, do not think or complain about the problems forever. Also, avoid blaming others or circumstances for your problems (finding a scapegoat).

Instead, TAKE ACTION to switch your life around. Set goals and follow them. Learn how to plan and keep yourself motivated on your path to success. Forget about all the negativity and focus on the possibilities. If you have been depressed for a long term then I would suggest you seek professional help. This will help you cope with grief or depression. Who knows your life might become positive after all.

Cheers, to a Happy New Year!

Kenia Morales

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So many Americans suffer from the loss of their home through foreclosure. As a matter of fact, over 50,000 Americans each year face a bank foreclosure home listing.

They usually do not know that foreclosure can be avoided. You need to educate yourself to with the secrets that lenders know but don’t share.

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With poker tables online full of more and more new players around the world each day, it seems like you can’t sit down at most any lower limit poker table and see people just showing their greenness. As auspicious as it is, there’s nothing that irks me quite as much as the min-raise, where a player essentially just doubles the blind or the bet behind him. Sometimes you’ll see this play at high level poker when someone is messing around or trying to test the water in a way that also confuses his opponent, but for the most part this play does nothing but in the long run lose a ton of chip equity.

Min-raising preflop is particularly egregious, as all it will ever serve to do is build a pot, which can then be yanked from you when you don’t make a hand. When you have a big hand and you min-raise, it also builds pot odds for you opponent to call with almost anything and spike a flop against you that will make you pay them off and cost you quite a bit. Most average poker books will recommend that if you are going to raise, you should raise 3 to 4x the big blind, which therefore kills some of the more speculative limpers’ abilities to come in cheaply.

Minraising on the flop or turn or even river when there is a lot of money out there makes even less sense, as if you are doing it with a weak hand you are just begging to get reraised, and if you are doing it with a strong hand you are asking to be drawn out on (unless you have the immortal nuts and you are just messing with your opponents’ head, though even this situation is rarely optimal, if ever). Poor and missized betting is the number one reasons players make errors in chip accumulation and bank roll building. Don’t let it happen to you. Raise right.

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Actions advertised as contest websites, withal, can demand an entry fee or license of buy. Online sweepstakes are in the main much more sluttish and faster to enter than funny online contests.

Translated in Dutch it means: Leef jij in Wnseradiel of Beek en wil je een prijs winnen’ Winnen met Win de Prijsvraag is nog nooit zo gemakkelijk geweest. Veel prijzen winnen met windeprijsvraag.nl‘ Meer dan 351 prijzen per uur. Van Duiven tot Borsele, winnen met Win de prijsvraag.nl kan hier altijd. Een meneer van 33 heeft zojuist nog een plasma TV in de wacht gesleept.

Many more fun websites are choosing to enter online internet sweepstakes. Sweepstakes are also legally different from the online game contests in Medford Massachusetts. It should be really great to win MP3-players worth 7885 euro and that simple. Online contests are tempered much more differently than the people who win who are not chosen by risk but by an fine element of special. Entering easy sweepstakes by mail is going down in online popularity now. That’s why there are absolutely fantastic Porches to win at online contest and cyber sweepstakes this month. Internet sweepstakes and online actions are banned from taking a purchase to enter. Everybody can win great Ipods now every 2 months even if you live in Conroe Texas or in Cedar Rapids Iowa, isn’t that fantastic. 10 hours ago also a Belgium dutch company has started with a contest website and is also legally absolutely different.

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Before buying random gifts and hoping that they will be pleasing to the recipient, read this article and learn how to avoid aimless gift buying. Learn how to buy something they want, or better yet, get them a gift card and spend the rest of the day enjoying time together.

Each year Holiday spending gets more and more excessive. Everyone says that Christmas will be different next year but it will be the same boring holiday. Everyone loves gifts (especially kids), but is that a reason to lose our minds every year at the mall?

No one can ever know what everyone else knows. The theory espoused is apparently that if you buy a lot of things, eventually you will hit on something that pleases the receipient. It it best to do research before you put the time and effort into going all out for someone. Inquire of someone who is aware of what they desire. In the course of the year, make a few subtle inquiries so when the gift occasion arises you won’t be stumped. Hopefully this will deter you from spending your money on worthless trinkets and gadgets. Gift cards are always an option, when every other idea seems likely to fail. You can personalize these with a few home-baked cookies or ornaments, or with a personalized card that lets them know that you wanted them to have the last say about their gift. Spending time with friends and family is more rewarding than any presents could ever be.

A lot of people feel that gift cards are not personal, but of you think about it, you realize that giving a friend something he or she doesnt like or need is not personal either. When you cannot determine the perfect gift through any means, gift cards are the ideal solution. Musch of the time people won’t admit to what they want even if they know. This group can also be pleased in a variety of ways. Here is a great site for some gifts for everyone.

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If you are reading this thinking that in this article we are going to discuss “computer viruses” don’t read further. “Viral Systems and Technologies” have nothing to do with any computer virus though the “underlying event” that causes both of them to spread is almost the same.

So first, to the uninitiated, we should explain exactly what a “viral system” means and refers to. In order to do this fairly simply we will take an example.

If you want to relay information to someone there are many ways to go about disseminating that information. Among the options you currently have before you are the possibilities of using the phone and calling the person, choosing to write a letter (snail-mail), sending a telegram, or writing an email. In most cases you will expect a reply or reaction from the other party. Based upon that reaction you will react, then they will react and so on and so forth. This is known in our common language and certainly philosophical and historical study, as “cause and effect”. I am sure that everyone reading this article knows all of this, at least intuitively.

“Cause and Effect” is a powerful tool in the arsenal of the humanity, and certainly made all that more powerful when applied to internet technology. One establishes a “cause” hoping for the desired “effect”. A simple analogy may be when one builds a web site (cause) and then markets and disseminates the product on the web site (again part of the cause), hoping for the desired “effect” of increasing a customer base. This does not mean that the “customer” must purchase something. “Customers” in this case can be members, visitors, purchasers any part of the experience that brings “eyeballs” (people) to the website.

All this is fairly simplistic of course, but actually a real description of the real world the internet deals with. “Cause and Effect” are also the keys to Viral Systems.

What is a viral system? Simple. Any system that propagates itself simply because using it creates a “desire” (and later on, “need”) for others to use it. Again a good example would be in place here.

Joe is a programmer and builds for himself a really good Messenger system. He really likes it, it works, it is mostly free of bugs and Joe can send messages to himself and read them all day long. No fun in that, is there? So Joe takes a deep breath and puts out his new Instant Messenger system for free on the Internet, calling it “Shmooze”. Joe has no money does not market “Shmooze” in any way, except to offer it for free on his site where once in a while and mostly by mistake, someone drops by for 10 seconds.

One day, Sarah happens upon Joe’s web site and sees “Shmooze” for downloading. Sarah downloads “Shmooze” installs it and realizes this is a great IM system. But when Sarah logs on all she sees on line is Joe. Now Sarah has nothing against Joe, but she wants to babble with the rest of the universe. So Sarah sends out a few emails to her friends telling them about “Shmooze” and where to find it.

A week goes by and now when Sarah opens her “Shmooze” she sees thousands of people logged on. How did that happen? Simple. “Shmooze” is a classic example of a viral system that “succeeded”. Sarah sent out 10 emails to friends and five of these downloaded the program and liked it. They in turn sent out emails to others or told them on the phone or in a conversation about “Shmooze”. The word of this new, great IM system spread “virally” to emails and people across the globe.

That is a “Viral System”.

Before, my dear reader, you go off into never-never-land just thinking of the possibilities of money-making in viral systems, understand that like anything else viral systems require an incredible amount of luck and great timing to succeed.

Article Submission sites are viral systems. They offer us, the authors, something for free. We create the articles (much like this one) in order to disseminate our name and/or service in that little resource box. They create the program and technology, we deliver the “content”, and the Submission Site then offers tools to disseminate the material. How is that viral? Well, if this article is published, and then shows up somewhere in Google or wherever, and then the person who sees it comes to the Submission Site, and then he/she too also submits an article…getting the picture?

Some classic viral systems and technologies on the Internet today are:

1. Chatting and IM systems
2. Article Submission Sites
3. Photo, Video Submission Sites
4. RSS (some feeds)
5. Video & PodCasting
6. Some Dating Sites
7. News sites

Viral Sites all have in common:

1. They are ALL FREE. By being free to the user they create an easy way to propagate their wares and/or software all over.

2. They offer a service and do it well. This service meets the needs/desires/wants/wishes of users all over and the users then recommend the site and its services to others they know.

3. They rely on third parties for their income. Advertising, Affiliates, Google Adverts etc. When users get something for free, and they gain from the system, they become “loyal” users. They come back again and again, and thus have every “positive” reaction to any advertisement offered on the viral site. It is actually an advertisers dream come true. A loyal and positive audience who is willing and desirous to “give” something in return for the service they receive. After all, if you buy from X supplier directly, why not buy for the same price through the site? This way the user/member feels they are giving in return for what they receive.

There is a great deal more to be written about the “psychological aspects and effects upon the user” of viral systems, but that is not for this introductory article.

For many years, in Seminars and conferences I have spoken about the “technological and psychological effects” of viral systems on the internet, specifically the explosion of “chat” and “IM” systems. The key to success is illusive. After years of study of these systems, I personally cannot say for sure, what specific factor causes some to succeed while others, seemingly better and more robust, fall into the Internet grave. However, there is no doubt that “viral systems” have been and will continue to be leaders in the Internet game for “hits”, “eyeballs”, “members” and “users”. There is also no doubt that the a successful “viral system” can, with a lot of work and a lot of patience, offer incredible returns on an original investment.

There is an incredible amount more to explain and discuss about these systems, but that will be left for another article on the subject. Suffice it to say for now, that in short, viral systems are a major aspect of the Internet Marketplace. The most hit sites on the Net today, (take a look at Alexa.com if you don’t trust this) are viral systems. Offering a service for free, doing it well, and thus gaining the loyalty of an ever-growing user base.

Copyright © 2006 Ted W. Gross. All rights reserved. (You may publish this article in its entirety with the following author’s information with live links only.)

Ted W. Gross owns Amor Enterprises which operates Jewish Amor, a totally free Jewish Dating Site for Jewish Singles around the world. Despite being free it has all the capabilities of the major sites. Amor Enterprises will soon open other dating sites dedicated to specific niche dating around the world. Ted Gross is also a published author and maintains a web site for his works.

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Do you remember the days? Firing up your 200Mhz turbo PowerPC, dialling up using your 56k modem, waiting an age for your hotmail page to show up, waiting some more to check your e-mails only to have your connection die just as you hit the send button! How times change.

It’s funny, once you’ve used broadband you quickly forget how painful the dial up connection was. I used to run my business on dial up and looking back I managed rather well. But these days there’s no way I could do without my broadband connection.

There’s no doubt about it, broadband is well and truly here to stay. It is of course a logical progression - streaming audio and video demand much higher bandwidth and broadband connections are the only way to achieve anything which is at all usable.

A recent survey revealed that 53% of Americans who use the Internet now use a broadband connection. What they failed to point out is that obviously this means 47% still use a dial up connection. This actually equates to around 60 million people. These kind of statistics are mirrored in other developed countries. When you consider a large chunk of the developing world still uses dial up then you realize that’s an awful lot of people still using a slow Internet connection.

So is it possible to speed up your dial up connection?

Well actually yes it is. There are quite a few services online these days allowing you to “accelerate” your dial up connection. These Internet accelerators claim to be able to boost the speed of your dial up connection by as much as six or seven times.

Before you scream with delight at this prospect I feel I should point out right now that these accelerator services are not high speed broadband Internet services. They use a different kind of technology based on the same idea as things like zip files and mp3 files. These files use a compression algorithm to dramatically reduce the file size.

Internet accelerators work in the same way and most providers have also implemented a caching technology whereby they store local copies of popular web sites. These local copies are pre compressed and can be sent to the user very quickly. The user has a piece of software sitting on their PC which decompresses the data as it comes in. This is how the dramatic speed increases are achieved.

Many people report excellent success with these systems. Some people are even comparing the accelerators with broadband services

So while this is a really good thing for basic web pages, the technology falls down as soon as you start working with large video or audio files etc. Since an mp3 file is already compressed there’s not much more compression that can be done and so the Internet accelerator has little effect. Plus many services have a file size limit meaning they will not even attempt to compress anything as big as a regular pop music mp3 file.

But if you’re just loading up normal web pages without too much flash animation and all the other bells and whistles, then I highly recommend you get yourself an accelerated service. If your ISP doesn’t offer it there are plenty that do so vote with your feet and check out some of these excellent services.

For more information simply search Google or Yahoo! for the term “dial up accelerator” or something like “speed up my dial up connection”. You’ll find lots of providers ready to supply you with service.

Some popular services in the USA are NetZero and Earthlink. In the UK you want to be taking a look at someone like Mistral or Onspeed.com

Fabio writes for many niches and is an experienced researcher. He has written articles covering a wide range of subjects and enjoys plying his trade especially on the Internet. He is currently sponsoring Ambient Modem News and Blogs and can be reached on fabio@linkz-and.info

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Planning the Perfect Slideshow Production

Planning is the perfect slideshow takes time and effort. But with the help of a professional slideshow creation company the value of your time and effort will be priceless. Whether you’re creating a wedding slideshow, reception slideshow, anniversary slideshow, graduation slideshow, birthday slideshow, Mother’s Day or Father’s Day Slideshow, Valentine’s Day Slideshow, Christmas slideshow, memorial slideshow, or a slide show for any occasion here is a planning checklist you can follow to ensure a priceless slideshow production keepsake.

1. Choose the length of your slideshow production.

__10 minute slideshow

__15 minute slideshow

__20 minute slideshow

__25 minute slideshow

__30 minute slideshow

__40 minute slideshow

____minute slideshow (you fill in the blank)

__It doesn’t matter how long

2. Choose your timeframe.

__ Lifespan of main character/s in slideshow.

__Specific timeframe for each year. For example: Piano recitals for the last ten years.

__Is there more than one person’s life who is going to be featured in this slideshow?

__Do you want their lives shown __separately __simultaneously

__Is the timeframe very specific such as this years summer vacation?

___________________________________ fill in the blank for what the timeframe is.

__________ - __________ Fill in the blanks with the specific years or timeframes you want covered in your slideshow.

3. Questions to ask before choosing the photographs for your slideshow.

__Is the photograph clear and not blurry? Blurry photographs are hard to correct and the larger the image, the more blurry the photo appears.

__Is the photograph too bright or too dark? Although some corrections can be made here, if the photograph is too bright or too dark, you may loose quality in the photograph.

__Is someone or something blocking the main focus of the photograph? Unwanted objects or big heads in the way of the main focus of the photograph detract from the photo and does not give you the best quality slideshow.

__Is the photograph in focus? What you see is what you get - magnified.

__ Is the photo too grainy? Grainy photos do not scan well.

__Has the photograph been cut up to use in a photograph memory book? Cut up photos look great when done properly for memory albums, but they work poorly for slideshows.

4. __ Organize your photos by year or by timeframe. For example if your slideshow is going to span the lifetime of a person, organize your photos by year. Make separate piles for each year.

5. The pictures are now organized, but I have too many. Which of the best pictures do I choose? If the slideshow is personal and mainly for one person you can have as many pictures as you want and not worry about boring anyone since everyone loves to see photographs of themselves, but if the slideshow is going to be seen by an audience ask yourself these questions:

__ Do I have more than 2 photos of a specific category? Example: 2 photos of little Emily in her favorite Easter dress in 1987 is more than enough.

__Are the pictures similar enough that one can be put aside? You do not want to bore your audience, the more variety in the photographs, the more entertaining the slideshow will be.

__ Do you have 12 photos taken in 1987 and 4 taken in 1988? Try to keep the years as close to even as possible.

__Are there a variety of photographs of others? If you really want to entertain your audience, try to include pictures of them in the slideshow. Everyone loves to see themselves light up on the big screen! It will make them feel a part of your special event and keep their interest peaked to see who will be showing up next. In addition, include credits in the slide show when applicable. Give credit to mothers, fathers, grandparents, brothers, sisters, friends, bridal party, and anyone else to whom credit is due.

If you still have trouble cutting down the amount of photographs, ask for help. A mom choosing pictures of her child tends to think every picture is worth showing - I know because I’m a mom - but if you ask dad for help, or a close friend you’ll be amazed at how much they can cut down the amount of photos to go in your slideshow!

6. __After choosing the photos look at them carefully and decide whether or not you want captions with the photograph. Captions can add to the appeal of the picture for the audience to help them understand what is happening in that particular photo. They can also add to the humor or sentimental value of the video. Not every picture should have a caption; for the most part the photos should be able to speak for themselves. Your audience may not enjoy the slideshow as much with too many captions. However, in certain circumstances, such as creating a slideshow for a loved one who is away serving in the military captions can be quite effective.

7.__ Now it’s time to choose your music. Hollywood producers will tell you that the right or wrong music can make or break a movie production. Choose the music according to the feeling you want to give your audience. Happy, sentimental, funny, nostalgic…. it’s all in the music. Choose music that means something to you or the person you are creating the slideshow for. Check the length of the music to the number of photos you want to use and the type of slideshow you are choosing. Write down your choices of songs, the artist and album below.

1.__________________________________________________________ 2.__________________________________________________________ 3.__________________________________________________________ 4.__________________________________________________________ 5.__________________________________________________________

8. __Choose Video Clips - Adding a couple of short video clips to your slideshow can help break up and enhance your slideshow. Keep your video clips short if possible. 30 seconds - 2 minutes. Once you find the video clips you want to use, copy exactly what you want included onto a separate video tape. Do not send the originals in the mail.

9. __Consider using Voiceovers - This can add a sentimental touch to any slideshow. This can be done using a video camera, or with some digital cameras that take video. Just be sure to tell your slideshow company that you just want to use the voice, not the video.

10. __ View Samples, Choose Your Slideshow Company, and Place Your Order-There are many slideshow companies to choose from, so how do you know which one is right for you? Always view the online samples. To narrow your search look for unique and creative slideshows. Your memories are special and unique and should be treated as such. Stay away from the cookie-cutter picture after picture slideshows. Creativity and uniqueness are key elements to any truly stunning slideshow.

11. __Back up your photos. Make sure you have copies of your photos or the negatives. Slideshow companies are not responsible for what happens to your photos while in the mail. And unless you have a back-up, photos are irreplaceable.

12. __Pack your photos with care. Use proper packaging material. Always place 5×7’s or 8×10’s between pieces of cardboard. Make sure the photos and other material is packed tightly to avoid moving around inside the box. When packaging your photos place them in Ziploc baggies. This will protect them from any possible water damage and also works great for separating your photos chronologically. You should also place your discs or videos in Ziploc baggies. And always insure your package. Although lost or damaged mail is a rare occurrence, it’s always best to be prepared. And always opt for priority mailing services. The less time in the mail - the better.

Your time and effort is now finished. Your slideshow company will take care of you from here. They should be in constant communication with you and you should have a good idea when to expect your slideshow to be finished. Sands of Time Multimedia Creations creates unique and creative slideshows for every occasion. Creative anniversary slideshows, graduation slideshows, birthday slideshows, Mother’s Day or Father’s Day Slideshows, Valentine’s Day Slideshows, Christmas slideshows, memorial slideshows, the list goes on and with Sands of Time Multimedia Creations your satisfaction is guaranteed. So visit us today and experience the difference!

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A researcher studying future trends once said that our society is transforming from Atoms into Electrons. What he meant to say by that is we are moving from the physical substance like a real brick & mortar business (The Atoms) to the virtual stores and business on the Internet (The Electrons).

From paper books to ebooks, from paper manuals to CDs, from a human teachers to virtual presentations and video clips. From film cameras to digital cameras, from drawing by hand to designing on computer screens and it goes on and on.

So what is it exactly “Web Conference Call”, web conferencing is when two or more users who are all connected to the Internet share information.

Web Conference Call is in-line with this trend of digital, virtual, electronic world
we are all living in the western world.

My father came to visit us and saw my five years old son playing with my laptop, he smiled and said, well, first they minimized the computers now I see they started
to minimize the users as well…

This amazing technology of web conference calls is taking a huge leap towards the creation of the world as a one small village that is very efficient and saving much time, money and energy.

These technological advances have tremendous impact on our economy, environment and our lives. The Web Conference Calls technology is strengthening the tendency to allow employees to work from home, and in the future to cut on commuting, save time and money, reduce the amount of cars on the roads, to lower the death rates on the roads, to cut on pollution, gasoline consumption, amount of flights etc’.

One CEO of large corporation estimated that Web Conference Calls technology is
saving his organization more than 40 million dollars per year on travel and accommodations alone.

Web Conference Calls is taking advantage of the Internet’s two most notable qualities of sharing information and connecting people from around the globe.

Imagine, ten people need to meet at an office in NY at 9:30 am sharp. Each one of them is driving his own car or fighting to find a cab, they drive during rush hour
surrounded by many nervous drivers around them, they arrive to the building area and there is no free parking around.

They park at the first free parking lot they can find and they pay anywhere from $25 - $75 an hour. They walk ten minutes by foot during the humid summer or rainy winter.

Then there is a delay because not every body made it on time. They drink coffee and chat and the meeting that was supposes to be 90 minutes is becoming two and a half hours. When it finally ends, each participant need to drive back to his office and waste some more time…

Now compare all that to a Web Conferencing virtual meeting!

Whether it’s joining an online training session, initiating an online brainstorming session, or reviewing a meeting that was missed, conferencing and “meeting” online has never been easier.

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Amit Laufer is a writer and Internet Marketer.
MBA - International Trade & Finance.
Bsc. Computers and Information Systems.
Owner Editor of: Web Conference Call

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