hope you all had a happy thanksgiving!  I have a lot to be thankul for–especially the people who are important to me in my life.  i hope you take a second and reach out to those important in your life.  We have more to appreciate and less to covet.

have  a great week!  Christmas is almost here!

Tyde

Some students use iPod-compatible voice recorders to record test answers in advance and them play them back, said 16-year-old Mountain View junior Damir Bazdar.

Others download crib notes onto the music players and hide them in the “lyrics” text files. Even an audio clip of the old “Schoolhouse Rock” take on how a bill makes it through Congress can come in handy during some American government exams.

Kelsey Nelson, a 17-year-old senior at the school, said she used to listen to music after completing her tests — something she can no longer do since the ban. Still, she said, the ban has not stopped some students from using the devices.

“You can just thread the earbud up your sleeve and then hold it to your ear like you’re resting your head on your hand,” Nelson said. “I think you should still be able to use iPods. People who are going to cheat are still going to cheat, with or without them.”

Still, schools around the world are hoping bans will at least stave off some cheaters.

A teacher at San Gabriel High School in San Gabriel, Calif., confiscated a student’s iPod during a class and found the answers to a test, crib notes and a definition list hidd

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The practice of managing the flow of Internet data is known as “traffic shaping,” and is already widespread among Internet service providers.

It usually involves slowing down some forms of traffic, like file-sharing, while giving others priority.

Other ISPs have attempted to block some file-sharing application by so-called “port filtering,” but that method is easily circumvented and now largely ineffective.

Comcast’s approach to traffic shaping is different because of the drastic effect it has on one type of traffic — in some cases blocking it rather than slowing it down — and the method used, which is difficult to circumvent and involves the company falsifying network traffic.

The “net neutrality” debate erupted in 2005, when AT&T Inc. suggested it would like to charge some Web companies more for preferential treatment of their traffic.

Consumer advocates and Web heavyweights like Google Inc. and Amazon Inc. cried foul, saying it’s a bedrock principle of the Internet that all traffic be treated equally.

To get its acquisition of BellSouth Corp. approved by the Federal Communications Commission, AT&T agreed in late 2006 not to implement such plans or prioritize traffic based on its origin for two and a half years.

“Well if that’s not the biggest bag over the head, punch in the face I’ve ever got!”  –..Chevy Chase.. Christmas Vacation….

I think that’s a great line by ..Chevy Chase..… I can relate to that statement, too because I got hit by the biggest bunch of bull you’ve ever seen.  You may be reading because you noticed my name is dragged in the mud online.  Let me explain.  The posts made are the actions of a single person using fake identities.   Sadly, in this day people still lie just as much online as they do in person.  In fact, it’s easier to lie online too.  So if you ever met a liar, or had a lie made on you, or met someone who had the audacity to lie to your face, then you know what I’m going through.

Let me explain.  A few years ago I got into a heated argument with someone who owed me money for work I did but he never paid up. I’m not going to name this person, (because just the sound of his name makes my stomach turn) and he may just write another fake attack on me.  But after nine months of watching this worm squirm and lie to me about where the money was I finally resorted to taking him to court to collect.  Ultimately, I did collect as we settled via a court appointed mediator and the arbitration process.   If you’d like to see a copy of the court appointed mediator’s resolution, I have the original.

My friends and family obviously know these “fake reports” are made up, unwarranted and libelous.  That’s not me.  But if you would like to hear the threatening voice mails which have been left on my phone, let me know.  If you’d like to see the email which admits this person made up these posts, let me know.  If you’d like to see the anonymous and petty attempt at blackmail I received, let me know.  I have saved every bit of communication since our court date.

The website which hosts these fake and trumped up stories is actually quite a piece of work as well.  They have an “F” rating from the Better Business Bureau.  http://www.bbb.org/central-northern-western-arizona/business-reviews/information-bureaus/bad-business-bureau-llc-in-tempe-az-3008667/ They have been investigated by tv journalists and private investigators.  Click here.  http://www.wfaa.com/news/local/64764562.html They have been sued for libel and defamation.  Click here.   http://ripoffreportisgoingdown.com/ They have ruined some people’s lives.  Click here.  http://www.ezripofflawsuit.com/ Unfortunately as of now they have even teamed up with Google which, unwarranted, ranks them highly.  But Yahoo, MSN, Bing and other search engines wise enough to this scam, all refuse to allow them much credence.  http://blog.usaseopros.com/2009/04/14/scamming-as-an-art-form-ed-magedson-rip-off-report/ Their website is allowed to exist because of a loophole in a law called the Communications Decency Act.  It’s a bunch of lawyers who demand free speech to the “Nth degree”.  Their lawyers fight tooth and nail to allow abusive freedom of speech no matter what the cost.  Hopefully soon the truth will be revealed behind this website, its owner, and the true identities of the authors who post ridiculous lies.  These bogus writings and fake posts are the rants of an unstable person.  They are a testament to one’s real colors– the true nature and character of the author himself.  His lies say more about him, than the people he’s lying about.   I, along with the thousands of other business owners and individuals who have been unfairly attacked and duped by cowards, liars and thieves will someday have our redemption and our justice.   ….

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Comcast’s interference, on the other hand, appears to be an aggressive way of managing its network to keep file-sharing traffic from swallowing too much bandwidth and affecting the Internet speeds of other subscribers.

Comcast, the nation’s largest cable TV operator and No. 2 Internet provider, would not specifically address the practice, but spokesman Charlie Douglas confirmed that it uses sophisticated methods to keep Net connections running smoothly.

“Comcast does not block access to any applications, including BitTorrent,” he said.

Douglas would not specify what the company means by “access” — Comcast subscribers can download BitTorrent files without hindrance.

Only uploads of complete files are blocked or delayed by the company, as indicated by AP tests.

But with “peer-to-peer” technology, users exchange files with each other, and one person’s upload is another’s download. That means Comcast’s blocking of certain uploads has repercussions in the global network of file sharers.

Comcast’s technology kicks in, though not consistently, when one BitTorrent user attempts to share a complete file with another user.

Each PC gets a message invisible to the user that looks like it comes from the other computer, telling it to stop communicating.

But neither message originated from the other computer — it comes from Comcast.

If it were a telephone conversation, it would be like the operator breaking into the conversation, telling each talker in the voice of the other: “Sorry, I have to hang up. Good bye.”

Matthew Elvey, a Comcast subscriber in the San Francisco area who has noticed BitTorrent uploads being stifled, acknowledged that the company has the right to manage its network, but disapproves of the method, saying it appears to be deceptive.

“There’s the wrong way of going about that and the right way,” said Elvey, who is a computer consultant.

Comcast’s interference affects all types of content, meaning that, for instance, an independent movie producer who wanted to distribute his work using BitTorrent and his Comcast connection could find that difficult or impossible — as would someone pirating music.