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2012-12-17T04:06:30Z

Geoff White: Created page with 'Do Nothing Media (DNM) has been founded in 2012. DNM publishes information [http://michaelten.com/properties on a variety of topics]. DNM sells art, too. ==External links==…'

Do Nothing Media (DNM) has been founded in 2012.

DNM publishes information [http://michaelten.com/properties on a variety of topics].

DNM sells art, too.

==External links==
* [http://michaelten.com Do Nothing Media]

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Directory:Live News Online

2012-11-01T06:19:52Z

Geoff White:

There are many sources of fairly live news online.

==See also==
* [[News]]

[[Category:News]]

Directory:Ideas

2012-07-09T06:30:42Z

Geoff White:

==Good ideas==
* Lobster breakfasts
* Mimosas
* Vertical farming
* Success
* Persistence

==Bad ideas==
* Failure
* Sloth

==See also==
* [[Ideas]]

==External links==
* [http://idea-archive.net An Idea Archive]

[[Category:Ideas]]

Technology

2011-11-27T20:35:24Z

Geoff White:

'''Technology''' is a word with [[Etymology|origin]]s in the [[Greek language|Greek]] word ''technologia'' (τεχνολογία), techne (τέχνη) "craft" and logia (λογία) "saying." It is a broad term dealing with the use and knowledge of humanity's [[tool]]s and [[craft]]s.

== Science, engineering and technology ==
The distinctions between science, engineering and technology are not always clear. Generally, [[science]] is the [[reasoned]] investigation or study of nature, aimed at discovering enduring relationships (principles) among elements of the ([[phenomenal]]) world. It generally employs [[formal]] [[technique]]s, i.e., some set of established rules of procedure, such as the [[scientific method]]. Engineering is the use of scientific principles to achieve a planned result. However, technology broadly involves the use and application of knowledge (e.g., scientific, engineering, mathematical, [[language]], and historical), both formally and informally, to achieve some "practical" result (Roussel, et al.).

For example, science might study the flow of [[electron]]s in [[electrical conductor]]s. This knowledge may then be used by engineers to create artifacts, such as [[semiconductor]]s, [[computer]]s, and other forms of advanced technology. In this sense, scientists and engineers may both be considered technologists, but scientists generally less so.
===Usage===
Naturally, since these fields are so broad, it is difficult to obtain precise definitions. Generally, these distinctions can be made:

''Science'' is the formal process of investigating natural phenomena. ''Scientists'' are researchers who study and document these fundamental principles.

''Engineering'' is the formal process of designing and building tools to exploit natural phenomena for a practical means. ''Engineers'' work within the constraints of natural laws and societal needs to create technology.

''Technology'' is the result of these two processes. It usually embodies the physical result, such as a device or machine which was designed by engineers (and/or scientists).

Typically, a person must hold an academic degree to be called a scientist or engineer (though in exceptional cases, or in some historical cases, this is not always true). Some governments restrict these titles further by licensing [[professional engineer]]s.

==History of technology==
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[[Image:Flint sword and spear.jpg|thumb|Flint spear, circa 100,000BC]]The history of technology is at least as old as [[humanity]]. Some primitive forms of tools have been discovered with almost every find of ancient human remains dating from the time of [http://anthro.palomar.edu/homo/homo_3.htm homo habilis]). Nevertheless, other animals have been found to use tools—and to learned to use and refine tools—so it is incorrect to distinguish humans as the only tool-using or tool-making animal. The history of technology follows a progression from simple [[tool]]s and simple (mostly human) energy sources to complex [[high-technology]] tools and energy sources.

The earliest technologies converted readily occurring natural resources (such as rock, wood and other vegetation, bone and other animal byproducts) into simple tools. [[Processes]] such as carving, chipping, scraping, weaving, knotting, rolling (the wheel), and sun-baking are simple means for the conversion of raw materials into usable products. Anthropologists have uncovered many early human habitations and tools made from natural resources. Birds and other animals often build elaborate nests and some simple tools out of various materials. We normally don't consider them to be performing a technological feat, primarily because such behavior is largely instinctive. There is some evidence of occasional cultural transferrence, especially among the other, nonhuman primates. Nevertheless, there is now considerable evidence of such simple technology among animals other than humans.

The use, and then mastery, of [[fire]] (circa 1,000,000 - 500,000 BC [http://www.historyworld.net/wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=ab10]) was a turning point in the [[technological evolution]] of humankind, affording a simple [[energy]] source with many profound uses. Perhaps the first use of fire beyond providing heat was the preparation of food. This enabled a significant increase in the vegetable and animal sources of food, while greatly reducing perishability.

The use of fire extended the capability for the treatment of natural resources and allowed the use of natural resources that require [[heat]] to be useful. (The oldest projectile found is a wooden spear with fire hardened point, circa 250,000 BC.) [[Wood]] and [[charcoal]] were among the first known materials used as a fuel. Wood, [[clay]], and rock (such as [[limestone]]), were among the earliest materials shaped or treated by fire, for making artifacts such as [[weapons]], [[pottery]], [[bricks]], and [[cement]]. Continuing improvements led to the [[furnace]] and [[bellows]] and provided the ability to [[smelting|smelt]] and [[forge]] native [http://neon.mems.cmu.edu/cramb/Processing/history.html metals] (naturally occurring in relatively pure form). [[Gold]], [[copper]], [[silver]], and [[lead]], were such early metals. The advantages of copper tools over stone, bone, and wooden tools were quickly apparent to early humans, and native copper was probably used from near the beginning of [[Neolithic]] times (about 8000 BCE). Native copper does not naturally occur in large amounts, but copper ores are quite common and some of them produce metal easily when burned in wood or charcoal fires.

[[Image:Wheel Iran.jpg|thumb|200px|The [[wheel]] was invented circa 4000 BCE.]]Eventually, the working of metals led to the discovery of [[alloys]] such as [[bronze]] and [[brass]] (about 4000 BCE). The first uses of iron alloys such as [[steel]] dates to around 1400 BCE.

Meanwhile, humans were learning to harness other forms of energy. The earliest known use of wind power is the sailboat. The earliest record of a ship under sail is shown on an Egyptian pot dating back to 3200 BCE. From prehistoric times, Egyptians probably used "the power of the Nile" annual floods to irrigate their lands, gradually learning to regulate much of it through purposely built irrigation channels and 'catch' basins. Similarly, the early peoples of Mesopotamia, the Sumerians, learned to use the Tigris and Euphrates rivers for much the same purposes. But more extensive use of wind and water (and even human) power required another invention.

It is still a mystery as to who invented the [[wheel]] and when and why it was invented. According to some archaeologists, it was probably originally invented about 8000 B.C. The wheel was almost certainly independently invented in Mesopotamia -— present-day Iraq. Estimates on when this may have occurred range from 5500 to 3000 B.C., with most guesses closer to a 4000 B.C. date. The oldest artifacts with drawings that depict wheeled carts date from about 3000 B.C., though for all anyone knows, the wheel may have been in use for millennia before these drawings were made. But there is also evidence from the same period of time that wheels were used for the production of [[Potter's wheel|pottery]]. (Note that the original potter's wheel was probably not a wheel -— but rather an irregularly shaped slab of flat wood with a small hollowed or pierced area near the center and mounted on a peg driven into the earth. It would have been rotated by repeated tugs by the potter or his assistant.) More recently, the oldest-known wooden wheel in the world was found in the [http://www.angelfire.com/country/veneti/AmerDomoOldestWheel.html Ljubljana marshes of Slovenia].

The invention of the wheel revolutionized activities as disparate as transportation, war, and the production of pottery (for which it may have been first used). It didn't take long to discover that wheeled wagons could be used to carry heavy loads and fast (rotary) potters' wheels enabled early mass production of pottery. But it was the use of the wheel as a transformer of energy (through water wheels and windmills and even treadmills) that revolutionized the application of nonhuman power sources.

Tools include both [[simple machines]] (such as the [[lever]], the [[screw]], and the [[pulley]]), and more complex machines (such as the [[clock]], the [[engine]], the [[electric generator]] and the [[electric motor]], the [[computer]], [[radio]], and the [[Space Station]], among many others).

[[Image:IC Nanotecnology 2400X.JPG|thumb|200px|[[Integrated circuit]]]]As tools increase in complexity, so does the type of knowledge needed to support them. Complex modern machines require libraries of written technical manuals of collected information that has continually increased and improved -— their designers, builders, maintainers, and users often require the mastery of decades of sophisticated general and specific training. Moreover, these tools have become so complex that a comprehensive infrastructure of technical knowledge-based lesser tools, processes and practices (complex tools in themselves) exist to support them, including [[engineering]], [[medicine]], and [[computer science]]. Complex [[manufacturing]] and [[construction]] techniques and organizations are needed to construct and maintain them. Entire [[industry|industries]] have arisen to support and develop succeeding generations of increasingly more complex tools.

===Electronics===
[[Image:Moore Law diagram (2004).jpg|thumb|250px|Growth of transistor counts for [[Intel]] processors (dots) and Moore's Law (upper line=18 months; lower line=24 months)]]
[[Electronics]] items have grown ever smaller and more sophisticated. Components have progressed from [[vacuum tube]]s, through [[transistor]]s, to [[integrated circuit]]s.

[[Moore's law]] is about the [[empirical]] observation, that at our rate of technological development, the complexity of an [[integrated circuit]], with respect to minimum component cost, will double approximately every 18 months.

It is attributed to [[Gordon Moore|Gordon E. Moore]],<ref>Not to be confused with another ''G.E. Moore'', the [[philosopher]] [[George Edward Moore]], the creator of [[Moore's paradox]].</ref> a co-founder of [[Intel]]. However, Moore had heard [[Douglas Engelbart]]'s similar observation possibly in [[1965]]. Engelbart, a co-[[inventor]] of today's mechanical [[computer mouse]], believed that the ongoing improvement of integrated circuits would eventually make [[interactive computing]] feasible.

The influence of computers has been pervasive in the workplace, radically changing the way people access and buy goods and services, process accounts, store information and communicate with others. The [[personal computer]] has enabled these activities to be commonplace in the home, and electronic technologies have allowed people to receive news and entertainment from all over the world into their homes.

==Economics and technological development==
[[Image:Doel Kerncentrale.JPG|thumb|Nuclear reactor, [[Doel]], [[Belgium]]]][[Economics]] can be said to have arrived on the scene when the occasional, spontaneous exchange of goods and services began to occur on a less occasional, less spontaneous basis. It probably didn't take long for the maker of arrowheads to realize that he could probably do a lot better by concentrating on the making of arrowheads and barter for his other needs. Clearly, regardless of the goods and services bartered, some amount of technology was involved—if no more than in the making of shell and bead jewelry. Even the shaman's potions and sacred objects can be said to have involved some technology. So, from the very beginnings, technology can be said to have spurred the development of more elaborate economies.

In the modern world, superior technologies, resources, geography, and history give rise to robust economies; and in a well-functioning, robust economy, economic excess naturally flows into greater use of technology. Moreover, because technology is such an inseparable part of human society, especially in its economic aspects, funding sources for (new) technological endeavors are virtually illimitable. However, while in the beginning, technological investment involved little more than the time, efforts, and skills of one or a few men, today, such investment may involve the collective labor and skills of many millions.

===Funding===
Consequently, the sources of funding for large technological efforts have dramatically narrowed, since few have ready access to the collective labor of a whole society, or even a large part. It is conventional to divide up funding sources into governmental (involving whole, or nearly whole, social [[Organization|enterprise]]s) and private (involving more limited, but generally more sharply focused) business or individual enterprises.

The government is a major contributor to the development of new technology in many ways. In the United States alone, many government agencies specifically invest billions of dollars in new technology.

[In 1980, the UK government invested just over 6 million pounds in a four-year programme, later extended to six years, called the [[Microelectronics Education Programme]] (MEP), which was intended to give every school in Britain at least one computer, microprocessor training materials and software, and extensive teacher training. Similar programmes have been instituted by governments around the world.]

Technology has frequently been driven by the military, with many modern applications being developed for the military before being adapted for civilian use. However, this has always been a two-way flow, with industry often taking the lead in developing and adopting a technology which is only later adopted by the military.

Entire government agencies are specifically dedicated to research, such as America's [[National Science Foundation]], the United Kingdom's [[List of UK government scientific research institutes|scientific research institutes]],
America's [[Small Business Innovative Research]] effort. Many other government agencies dedicate a major portion of their budget to research and development.

====Private funding====
[[Research and development]] is one of the biggest areas of investments made by corporations toward new and innovative technology.


Many foundations and other nonprofit organizations contribute to the development of technology. In the [[OECD]], about two-thirds of [[research and development]] in scientific and technical fields is carried out by industry, and 20 percent and 10 percent respectively by [[universities]] and government. But in poorer countries such as [[Portugal]] and [[Mexico]] the industry contribution is significantly less. The U.S. government spends more than other countries on military research and development, although the proportion has fallen from about 30 percent in the 1980s to less than 20 percent.[http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/49/45/24236156.pdf]

===Other economic considerations===
* [[Intermediate technology]], more of [[list of economics articles|an economics concern]], refers to compromises between central and expensive technologies of [[developed nation]]s and those which [[developing nation]]s find most effective to deploy given an excess of labour and scarcity of cash. In general, a so-called "appropriate" technology will also be "intermediate".
* [[Persuasion technology]]: In [[economics]], definitions or assumptions of [[progress]] or [[economic growth|growth]] are often related to one or more assumptions about technology's economic influence. Challenging prevailing assumptions about technology and its usefulness has led to alternative ideas like [[uneconomic growth]] or [[measuring well-being]]. These, and economics itself, can often be described as technologies, specifically, as [[persuasion technology]].
* [[Technocapitalism]]
* [[Diffusion (business)|Technological diffusion]]
* [[Technology acceptance model]]
* [[Technology lifecycle]]
* [[Technology transfer]]

Public schools have attempted to introduce varied concepts of technology on the junior high level to better prepare youngsters for subsequent schooling, as well as entrance into the workforce.

==Sociological factors and effects==
[[Image:Crowd Tokyo.jpg|thumb|280px|Downtown [[Tokyo]] (2005)]]The use of technology has a great many effects; these may be separated into intended effects and unintended effects. Unintended effects are usually also unanticipated, and often unknown before the arrival of a new technology. Nevertheless, they are often as important as the intended effect.

The most subtle side effects of technology are often sociological. They are subtle because the side effects may go unnoticed unless carefully observed and studied. These may involve gradually occurring changes in the behavior of individuals, groups, institutions, and even entire societies.

====Values====
The implementation of technology influences the [[Values#Personal and cultural values|values]] of a society by changing expectations and realities. The implementation of technology is also influenced by values. There are (at least) three major, interrelated values that inform, and are informed by, technological innovations:
*[[Mechanism (philosophy)|Mechanistic world view]]: Viewing the universe as a collection of parts, (like a machine), that can be individually analyzed and understood (McGinn). This is a form of [[reductionism]] that is rare nowadays. However, the "neo-mechanistic world view" holds that nothing in the universe cannot be understood by the human intellect. Also, while all things are greater than the sum of their parts (e.g., even if we consider nothing more than the information involved in their combination), in principle, even this excess must eventually be understood by human intelligence. That is, no [[Divinity|divine]] or [[Vitalism|vital]] principle or essence is involved.

*[[Efficiency (economics)|Efficiency]]: A value, originally applied only to machines, but now applied to all aspects of society, so that each element is expected to attain a higher and higher percentage of its maximal possible performance, output, or ability. (McGinn)
*[[Social progress]]: The belief that there is such a thing as social progress, and that, in the main, it is beneficent. Before the [[Industrial Revolution]], and the subsequent explosion of technology, almost all societies believed in a cyclical theory of social movement and, indeed, of all history and the universe. This was, obviously, based on the cyclicity of the seasons, and an agricultural economy's and society's strong ties to that cyclicity. Since much of the world (i.e., everyone but the hyperindustrialized West) is closer to their agricultural roots, they are still much more amenable to cyclicity than progress in history. This may be seen, for example, in [http://www.metafuture.org/sarkar/prabhat.htm Prabhat rainjan sarkar's modern social cycles theory]. For a more westernized version of social cyclicity, see ''Generations : The History of America's Future, 1584 to 2069'' (Paperback) by Neil Howe and William Strauss; Harper Perennial; Reprint edition (September 30, 1992); ISBN 0688119123, and subsequent books by these authors.

====Ethics====
Winston provides an excellent summary of the ethical implications of technological development and deployment. He states there are four major ethical implications:
*Challenges traditional ethical norms.
*Creates an aggregation of effects.
*Changes the distribution of justice.
*Provides great power.
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But the most important contribution of technology is making life of common people much easier and helping them achieve what was previously not possible.

====Lifestyle====
Technology, throughout history, has allowed people to complete more tasks in less time and with less energy. Many herald this as a way of making life easier. However, work has continued to be proportional to the amount of energy expended, rather than the quanitiative amount of information or material processed. Technology has had profound effects on lifestyle throughout human history, and as the rate of progress increases, society must deal with both the good and bad implications.
In many ways, technology simplifies life.
*The rise of a leisure class
*A more informed society can make quicker responses to events and trends
*Sets the stage for more complex learning tasks
*Increases multi-tasking
*Global Networking
*Creates denser social circles
*Cheap price

In other ways, technology complicates life.
*Sweatshops and harsher forms of [[slavery]] are more likely to be found in technologically advanced societies, relative to primitive societies.
*The increasing oppression of technologically advanced societies over those which are not.
*More people are starving now, in this most technologically advanced age, than at any point in history or [[pre-history]].
*The increase in transportation technology has brought congestion in some areas.
*Technicism
*New forms of danger existing as a consequence of new forms of technology, new types of nuclear reactors, unforeseen genetic mutations as the result of genetic engineering, or perhaps something more subtle which destroys the ozone or warms the planet.
*New forms of entertainment, such as video games and internet access could have possible social effects on areas such as academic performance.
*Creates new diseases and disorders such as obesity, laziness and a loss of personality.
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====Institutions and groups====
Technology often enables organizational and bureaucratic group structures that otherwise and heretofore were simply not possible. Example of this might include:
*The rise of very large organizations: e.g., governments, the military, health and social welfare institutions, supranational corporations.
*The commercialization of leisure: sports events, products, etc. (McGinn)
*The almost instantaneous dispersal of information (especially news) and entertainment around the world.
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====Future Technology====
Technology has grown at a lighting speed, it has given us cool gadgets that we never thought of and [http://thetechmagnet.net future technology] promises more electronic gadgets in the future. Apart from gizmos, what all does it have for us? Can be work from home and still make the same amount of money?
It is nearly impossible to predict the future. There are some estimates about technology that we did 50 years ago, some are still unfulfilled while some have been delivered beyond expectations. There are tech enthusiasts trying to guess what future technology holds for us. Does it have some more cool electronic gadgets?

===International===
Technology enables greater knowledge of international issues, values, and cultures. Due mostly to mass transportation and mass media, the world seems to be a much smaller place, due to the following, among others:
*Globalization of ideas
*Embeddedness of values
*Population growth and control
*Others
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==Environment==


Most modern technological processes produce unwanted byproducts in addition to the desired products, which is known as industrial waste and pollution. While most material waste is re-used in the industrial process, many forms are released into the environment, with negative environmental side effects, such as pollution and lack of sustainability. Different social and political systems establish different balances between the value they place on additional goods versus the disvalues of waste products and pollution. Some technologies are designed specifically with the environment in mind, but most are designed first for economic or ergonomic effects. Historically, the value of a clean environment and more efficient productive processes has been the result of an increase in the wealth of society, because once people are able to provide for their basic needs, they are able to focus on less-tangible goods such as clean air and water.

The effects of technology on the environment are both obvious and subtle. The more obvious effects include the depletion of nonrenewable natural resources (such as petroleum, coal, ores), and the added [[pollution]] of air, water, and land.
The more subtle effects include debates over long-term effects (e.g., global warming, deforestation, natural habitat destruction, coastal wetland loss.)

Each wave of technology creates a set of waste previously unknown by humans: [[toxic waste]], [[radioactive waste]], [[ewaste|electronic waste]].

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==Control==
===Autonomous technology===
In one line of thought, technology develops autonomously, in other words, technology seems to feed on itself, moving forward with a force irresistible by humans. To these individuals, technology is "inherently dynamic and self-augmenting." (McGinn, p. 73)

[[Jacques Ellul]] is one proponent of the irresistibleness of technology to humans. He espouses the idea that humanity cannot resist the temptation of expanding our knowledge and our technological abilities. However, he does not believe that this seeming autonomy of technology is inherent. But the perceived autonomy is due to the fact that humans do not adequately consider the responsibility that is inherent in technological processes.

Another proponent of these ideas is [[Langdon Winner]] who believes that [[Radovan Richta|technological evolution]] is essentially beyond the control of individuals or society.

===Government===
Individuals rely on governmental assistance to control the side effects and negative consequences of technology.
*Supposed independence of government. An assumption commonly made about the government is that their governance role is neutral or independent. However some argue that governing is a political process, so government will be influenced by political winds of influence. In addition, because government provides much of the funding for technological research and development, it has a vested interest in certain outcomes. Other point out that the world's biggest ecological disasters, such as the [[Aral Sea]], [[Chernobyl]], and [[Lake Karachay]] have been caused by government projects, which are not accountable to consumers, so governments should stay out of industry entirely.
*Liability. One means for controlling technology is to place responsibility for the harm with the agent causing the harm. Government can allow more or less legal liability to fall to the organizations or individuals responsibile for damages.
*Legislation. A source of controversy is the role of industry versus that of government in maintaining a clean environment. While it is generally agreed that industry needs to be held responsible when pollution harms other people, there is disagreement over whether this should be prevented by legislation or civil courts, and whether ecological systems as such should be protected from harm by governments.
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===Choice===
Society also controls technology through the choices it makes. These choices not only include consumer demands; they also include:
*the channels of distribution, how do products go from raw materials to consumption to disposal;
*the cultural beliefs regarding style, freedom of choice, consumerism, materialism, etc.;
*the economic values we place on the environment, individual wealth, government control, capitalism, etc.
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==Technology and philosophy==
===Technicism===
Generally, [[technicism]] is an over reliance or overconfidence in technology as a benefactor of society.

Taken to extreme, some argue that technicism is the belief that humanity will ultimately be able to control the entirety of existence using technology. In other words, human beings will eventually be able to master all problems, supply all wants and needs, possibly even control the future. (For a more complete treatment of the topic, see the work of Egbert Schuurman, for example at [http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/SPT/v3n1/schuurman.html].) Some, such as Monsma, et al., connect these ideas to the abdication of God as a higher moral authority.

More commonly, technicism is a criticism of the commonly held belief that newer, more recently-developed technology is "better." For example, more recently-developed computers are faster than older computers, and more recently-developed cars have greater gas efficiency and more features than older cars. Because current technologies are generally accepted as good, future technological developments are not considered circumspectly, resulting in what seems to be a blind acceptance of technological developments.

===Optimism, pessimism and appropriate technology===
====Pessimism====
On the somewhat pessimistic side are certain philosophers like [[Herbert Marcuse]], [[Jacques Ellul]], and [[John Zerzan]], who believe that technological societies are inherently flawed ''a priori''. They suggest that the result of such a society is to become evermore technological at the cost of freedom and psychological health (and probably physical health in general, as pollution from technological products is dispersed).

Perhaps the most poignant criticisms of technology are found in what are now considered to be dystopian literary classics, for example [[Aldous Huxley]]'s ''[[Brave New World]]'' and other writings, [[Anthony Burgess]]'s ''[[A Clockwork Orange]]'', and [[George Orwell]]'s ''[[Nineteen Eighty-Four]]''.

====Optimism====
On the other hand, the optimistic assumptions are made by proponents of views or ideologies such as [[transhumanism]] and [[singularitarianism]], that view [[technological evolution|technological development]] as generally having beneficial effects for the society and the human condition. In these ideologies, technological development is morally good. Some critics see these ideologies as examples of [[scientism]] or [[techno-utopianism]] and fear the idea of [[technological singularity]] which they support. Some technological optimists are [[Karl Marx]] and [[James Hughes]].

====Attitude towards technology====
The difference in a persons attitude towards technology is dependent on that persons exposure to it rather than the notion that it is age that determines positivity/negativity.

====Appropriate technology====
The notion of [[appropriate technology]], however, was developed in the [[20th century]] to describe situations where it was not desirable to use very new technologies or those that required access to some centralized [[infrastructure]] or parts or skills imported from elsewhere. The [[eco-village]] movement emerged in part due to this concern.

Medicine

2011-11-27T20:34:42Z

Geoff White:

'''{{PAGENAME}}''' involves health. It seeks to prolong life. After studying for many years, one may be able to become a doctor.

==Related directory listings==
* [[Directory:Pre Med Requirements]]

==See also==
* [[Health]]
* [[Technology]]
* [[Anti-aging]]
* [[Life extension]]

==External links==
* [http://premedrequirements.com/ Pre Med Requirements] - These are often required if you want to become a doctor.
* [http://life-expectancy.org/ Increase The Human Life Expectancy] - Information about life expectancy.

[[Category:Medicine]]

Medicine

2011-11-27T20:33:54Z

Geoff White:

Medicine

2011-11-27T20:33:40Z

Geoff White:

'''{{PAGENAME}}''' involves health. It seeks to prolong life. After studying for many years, one may be able to become a doctor.

==Related directory listings==
* [[Directory:Pre Med Requirements]]

==See also==
* [[Health]]
* [[Technology]]
* [[Anti-aging]]

==External links==
* [http://premedrequirements.com/ Pre Med Requirements] - These are often required if you want to become a doctor.

[[Category:Medicine]]

Directory:Ideas

2011-10-02T01:45:07Z

Geoff White: Created page with '==Good ideas== * Lobster breakfasts * Mimosas * Vertical farming ==Bad ideas== * Failure * Sloth ==See also== * Ideas ==External links== * [http://idea-archive.info An Ide…'

==Good ideas==
* Lobster breakfasts
* Mimosas
* Vertical farming

==Bad ideas==
* Failure
* Sloth

==See also==
* [[Ideas]]

==External links==
* [http://idea-archive.info An Idea Archive]

[[Category:Ideas]]

Entertainment

2011-07-02T18:49:55Z

Geoff White:

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* [http://mentalbreakdown.net Mental Breakdown!] - A site meant to poke kindly at human silliness in an entertaining way.

[[Category:Entertainment]]

Sir Isaac Newton

2011-07-02T18:38:40Z

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| reference = [[Latitude]]: [[Latitude:=33.465644|33°27′56.32″N]] [[Longitude]]: [[Longitude:=-111.913843|111°54′49.83″W]] 
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'''Isaac Newton''' was the greatest English [[mathematician]] of his generation. He laid the foundation for differential and integral [[calculus]]. His work on optics and [[gravitation]] make him one of the greatest scientists the world has known.

[[Category:Humans]]

Directory:Psychology

2011-07-02T18:32:39Z

Geoff White:

'''Psychology''' involves the study of the mind. Education and college are great ways to study psychology. You might want to even get a graduate degree in psychology. However, you will probably need to get a psychology undergraduate degree first. Doing this is possible, but it might take some work.

* [http://psychologymajor.info All about being a psychology major]

==See also==

* [http://premedrequirements.com Pre Med Requirements] Should become a doctor???

[[Category:Psychology]]

Medicine

2011-07-02T18:31:41Z

Geoff White:

'''{{PAGENAME}}''' involves health. It seeks to prolong life.

* [http://premedrequirements.com/ Pre Med Requirements] - These are often required if you want to become a doctor.

==Related directory listings==
* [[Directory:Pre Med Requirements]]

==See also==
* [[Health]]
* [[Technology]]
* [[Anti-aging]]

[[Category:Medicine]]

Medicine

2011-07-02T18:31:13Z

Geoff White:

'''{{PAGENAME}}''' involves health. It seeks to prolong life.

* [http://premedrequirements.com/ Pre Med Requirements] - These are often required if you want to become a doctor.

==See also==
* [[Directory:Pre Med Requirements]]
* [[Health]]
* [[Technology]]
* [[Anti-aging]]

[[Category:Medicine]]

Directory:Latest Technology News

2011-07-02T18:27:27Z

Geoff White: Created page with 'Technology impacts human in many ways. Technology has a significant impact on society and how humans interact and live their lives. [http://latesttechnologynews.org Latest Techn…'

Technology impacts human in many ways. Technology has a significant impact on society and how humans interact and live their lives.

[http://latesttechnologynews.org Latest Technology News]

==See also==
* [[Technology]]
* [[News]]

[[Category:News]]
[[Category:Technology]]

Medicine

2011-07-02T18:25:33Z

Geoff White:

'''{{PAGENAME}}''' involves health. It seeks to prolong life.

* [http://premedrequirements.com/ Pre Med Requirements] - These are often required if you want to become a doctor.

==See also==
* [[Directory:Pre Med Requirements]]

[[Category:Medicine]]

Directory:Pre Med Requirements

2011-07-02T18:24:25Z

Geoff White: Created page with 'Medicine is a great area of study. It can provide a comfortable income, and one can help others in the profession. * [http://premedrequirements.com/ About Pre Med Requirements] …'

Medicine is a great area of study. It can provide a comfortable income, and one can help others in the profession.

* [http://premedrequirements.com/ About Pre Med Requirements]

[[Category:Education]]
[[Category:Medicine]]

Medicine

2011-04-24T02:32:53Z

Geoff White:

'''{{PAGENAME}}''' involves health.

* [http://premedrequirements.com/ Pre Med Requirements] - These are often required if you want to become a doctor.

[[Category:Medicine]]

Directory:Psychology

2011-04-24T02:29:26Z

Geoff White: Created page with ''''Psychology''' involves the study of the mind. Education and college are great ways to study psychology. You might want to even get a graduate degree in psychology. However, yo…'

Directory:Cool Inventions

2011-04-24T02:26:38Z

Geoff White: Created page with ''''Cool inventions''' are good because they improve the conditions of humanity. There have been many cool inventions throughout history. Perhaps they all started with fire and th…'

'''Cool inventions''' are good because they improve the conditions of humanity. There have been many cool inventions throughout history. Perhaps they all started with fire and the wheel. Now, we have things like airplanes that can fly at mach 3.

* [http://cool-inventions.net Cool Inventions]

[[Category:Innovation]]
[[Category:Inventions]]

User talk:MyWikiBiz

2011-03-07T04:59:00Z

Geoff White: /* Do You Know Of Other Sites Like MyWikiBiz? */ new section

'''Past discussions are archived here''':

*[[User talk:MyWikiBiz/Archive 1|Archive 1]] ''(Oct 2006 - Mar 2007)''
*[[User talk:MyWikiBiz/Archive 2|Archive 2]] ''(Mar 2007 - May 2007)''
*[[User talk:MyWikiBiz/Archive 3|Archive 3]] ''(June 2007 - June 2008)''
*[[User talk:MyWikiBiz/Archive 4|Archive 4]] ''(July 2008 - January 2009)''
*[[User talk:MyWikiBiz/Archive 5|Archive 5]] ''(January 2009 - December 2009)''

==Aricle not doing well in google==

this article [[Sarey Savy]] is number 15 on google i need to make it number one! Help! please?! ([[User:Michael Chen|Michael Chen]] 21:06, 11 February 2010 (PST))
: You just created it. It may take some time to get to #1. Also, it will help if you go to other websites (Facebook, MySpace, Wikia, etc.) and try to get an external link placed FROM there TO this article here. I will look at the [[Sarey Savy]] page and see if I can help matters with the semantic tagging in the article. -- [[User:MyWikiBiz|MyWikiBiz]] 06:00, 12 February 2010 (PST)

Thanks man this is WAY better than Wikipedia =] If i could give away awards for best wikis i would give you millions and you'd win all the time =] ([[User:Michael Chen|Michael Chen]] 08:42, 12 February 2010 (PST))

Oh it's decreasing it's rank on google. ([[User:Michael Chen|Michael Chen]] 09:08, 12 February 2010 (PST))

Why is it decreasing? ([[User:Michael Chen|Michael Chen]] 09:47, 12 February 2010 (PST))

:It probably senses your panic. Seriously, calm down -- these things take time. And there's no saying that this page is going to go to #1 -- there's already a page on MySpace and on Facebook. They tend to perform stronger than MyWikiBiz. Have you set up any inbound, "dofollow" links on other sites? -- [[User:MyWikiBiz|MyWikiBiz]] 12:52, 12 February 2010 (PST)

Yes it is linked on myspace facebook etc. ([[User:Michael Chen|Michael Chen]] 14:03, 12 February 2010 (PST))

What can i do to improve the google ranking? ([[User:Michael Chen|Michael Chen]] 21:40, 12 February 2010 (PST))

:Mr. Chen, may I ask how old are you? Please [http://www.slideshare.net/bencrothers/10-tips-to-boost-your-google-ranking read this] and follow what you learn there. These are basic tips for boosting the Google ranking of a site or page you wish to optimize. Good luck! -- [[User:MyWikiBiz|MyWikiBiz]] 06:51, 13 February 2010 (PST)

Thanks! It's number 3 on google ranking! Can't you take the Directory talk out? ([[User:Michael Chen|Michael Chen]] 10:37, 13 February 2010 (PST))

Okay it fell down it's not even on google!!! I just deleted my history and everything then the next thing you know Sarey Savy-Mywikibiz is GONE! ([[User:Michael Chen|Michael Chen]] 16:01, 14 February 2010 (PST))

The directory doesn't show up but, yet when i take the directory out it does at number 3. ([[User:Michael Chen|Michael Chen]] 09:39, 15 February 2010 (PST))

== Problems With SVG Images ==

Hi, Greg, there's some kind of problem with SVG images. Maybe we're a couple of MediaWiki updates behind?

* Here's my test page: http://mywikibiz.com/User:Jon_Awbrey/SVG

* Here's what it should look like: http://oeis.org/wiki/User:Jon_Awbrey/SVG

[[User:Jon Awbrey|Jon Awbrey]] 10:50, 16 February 2010 (PST)

:We will look into it and [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Image_Administration#SVG seek a repair]. -- [[User:MyWikiBiz|MyWikiBiz]] 13:42, 16 February 2010 (PST)

==Can you please explain to me what your site is for?==
I don't want to break any rules here. I really don't want to be banned from here. They banned me at wikipedia review and it just hurt my feelings even more. I would like to help out here, but I don't want any more bans because it makes me feel bad. I guess I have a very big problem with following or understanding site rules, so if you could please help me out with what you expect here and what this is for - before I do anything wrong and get banned I would appreciate it.[[User:Wiki Greek Basketball|Wiki Greek Basketball]] 12:45, 19 February 2010 (PST)
:[http://www.mywikibiz.com/Help:Introduction This page] should answer most of your questions. I'm happy that you're here. Not looking to ban you. In fact, three of the four top contributors to MyWikiBiz.com are blocked on Wikipedia. You basically have a lot of options here, but the first thing you need to square away is whether you are going to try to make a little bit of money here (more effort and slightly more rules to obey), or whether money is not of interest to you (easier, and fewer rules to stay on top of). -- [[User:MyWikiBiz|MyWikiBiz]] 17:10, 19 February 2010 (PST)

== Wikia ==

Do you suppose Wikia would be profitable by now, or ever if Wikipedia did not tag Wikia links with the "nofollow" tag for however long? Do you know for how long they were not tagged with "nofollow"?

I saw that you posted this link, I think on WR:

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:LinkSearch&limit=5000&offset=20000&target=http://*.wikia.com

So there are like 22,000 Wikia links? Wow. [[User:Wikademia|Wikademia]]

:Considering that Wikia is only barely profitable at this time (and with $14 million sunk into it, and likely very little of that recuperated), I would honestly suggest that Wikia would not be profitable by now if they hadn't had the early and ongoing boost(s) from Wikipedia-based link relevance and traffic. If you add to this how often Jimmy Wales has traveled on purportedly a Wikimedia Foundation "mission", but manages to talk about Wikia even briefly to large audiences, then I am absolutely certain Wikia would be well underwater without that self-promotional boost. -- [[User:MyWikiBiz|MyWikiBiz]] 09:18, 18 March 2010 (PDT)

:: But it is probably legal to do things like that I suppose? I am not a lawyer. I have no idea. [[User:Wikademia|Wikademia]]

::: Oh, I'm sure it's legal... up until the point the IRS decides to conduct an audit of either your personal or your corporation's taxes. But, regardless; the real point is when you consider how Wales speaks so glowingly of his free (and freewill) contributions to the Wikimedia Foundation mission (with no mention of how he's appropriated that mission to almost entirely drive his personal fortunes), his character is revealed to be that of a hypocrite when he speaks with revulsion about those who would "exploit" Wikipedia for profit. You're smart enough to see through that phony baloney, right? -- [[User:MyWikiBiz|MyWikiBiz]] 14:15, 18 March 2010 (PDT)
:::: Self deception maybe? Or maybe just the way capitalism has to work? [[User:Wikademia|Wikademia]]

== Wikademia and Wikieducator ==

I'm sure you'd be welcome to edit on both of those. [[User:Wikademia|Wikademia]]

:Have you seen the Alexa ratings of WikiEducator? They are a bit lower than MyWikiBiz. I'd reach more people working here. As for Wikademia, let me know when it reaches the top million on Alexa. -- [[User:MyWikiBiz|MyWikiBiz]] 21:50, 21 March 2010 (PDT)

== Hi MyWikiBiz ==

I would like to edit the article 'Greg James Sculpture Studio Gallery' but it appears to be locked. The article was created by Peter Z. who doesn't seem to have any problems in editing it. My menu bar displays on the article 'View Source'. Can you please help? [[User:Greg James Sculpture|Greg James Sculpture]] 21:11, 31 March 2010 (PDT)
:It is open now to your being able to edit it. However, be advised, once you make an edit, you will become the "owner" of the article (because it's in Directory space), and others (including Peter) will not have access to edit. That's how our Directory space is set up at MyWikiBiz -- it's intended to be one-editor-only. If the two of you are both equally interested in editing it, I would suggest creating a joint account between you and share the password. -- [[User:MyWikiBiz|MyWikiBiz]] 21:30, 31 March 2010 (PDT)
:: Thank you [[User:Greg James Sculpture|Greg James Sculpture]] 21:47, 31 March 2010 (PDT)

== Title Help ==
Hi MyWikiBiz! Could you please help me. I've created a new article & left a dot at the end of the title: [[Directory:Robert Dawkins-The Silver Gallery.]] Is their a way of removing the dot, because I can't figure out how to do it? Regards:) [[User:Peter Z.|Peter Z.]] 19:34, 7 April 2010 (PDT)
: I have moved it to [[Directory:Robert_Dawkins-The_Silver_Gallery|a new location]], sans period. -- [[User:MyWikiBiz|MyWikiBiz]] 04:55, 8 April 2010 (PDT)
:: Thanks. [[User:Peter Z.|Peter Z.]] 05:38, 8 April 2010 (PDT)

== Help:SMW ==

There is a note on one of my pages which says that ASK is no longer supported but to use 'SMW'. Is there any documentation on this pls? (Couldn't find any). [[User:Ockham|Ockham]] 19:50, 5 May 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Does [http://semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Inline_queries this] have anything to do with it? If I can figure this out I will add some help files. [[User:Ockham|Ockham]] 19:52, 5 May 2010 (UTC)

:Yes, that is exactly the page I was going to point you to, Ockham. This was one of the most frustrating aspects of our transfer to a new server host and a complete upgrade/update to both the most current Mediawiki core software, but also the most current Semantic Mediawiki extension that used to run all of our Attributes and Relations. Now, both Attributes and Relations are lumped into a new field called "Properties". And instead of using a := for Attributes, all Properties now need a :: instruction. I'm going to be hiring a coder to try to make some of these universal, global changes to try to make things a bit more polished around here. -- [[User:MyWikiBiz|MyWikiBiz]] 02:21, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
:: Hi thanks. I [http://www.mywikibiz.com/index.php?title=List_of_medieval_philosophers&oldid=116947 tested] the medieval philosophers query with the SMW syntax but still doesn't work. I think it needs a professional to set us on the right road and then we can take it from there. [[User:Ockham|Ockham]] 07:07, 6 May 2010 (UTC)

[edit] ah my mistake. It does work (see [http://www.mywikibiz.com/index.php?title=List_of_medieval_philosophers this version] of the page). [[User:Ockham|Ockham]] 07:23, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
{edit] The key is to remember that it doesn't support the '=<' sign. '<' in SMW means 'less or equal to'. Otherwise you get the bug. [[User:Ockham|Ockham]] 07:40, 6 May 2010 (UTC)

===How about this===

I think SMW is going to be more powerful than ASK. I have created a new version of [[List_of_Scholastic_Texts]], which as you can see now supports links to the authors, which the old version never did.

I am going to experiment with catalogues of medieval manuscripts. I have a digitised version of M.R.James catologue of manuscripts held in Gonville and Caius' library. This has details of condition, production date or century, lists of Authors and so on. There are currently projects to take catalogues like these and use professional software developers in the old-fahshioned and expensive way, to build large and difficult-to-maintain databases that only professional developers (rather than users) can understand. Using environments like this, you hardly need developers. A team of users and experts working together can quickly build a database that is far easier to use and far more transparent than any expensive database developed in the traditional IT-led way.

The problem is to get the users (i.e. medievalists or whoever) to understand how powerful this can be, and how easy to use. I will make some experiments with the James catalogue and if this works I will publish something in 'Digital Medievalist'. [[User:Ockham|Ockham]] 08:27, 6 May 2010 (UTC)

:I agree that while this was a painful upgrade, the opportunities for even better uses of the Semantic architecture are worth it. I am very, very pleased (you don't know how much) that a "regular user" figured this out and will be setting an example for others. I'm going to be hiring the coder later today or tomorrow, and I hope that he'll do quite a lot to help "clean up" the old messes left behind by the upgrade. -- [[User:MyWikiBiz|MyWikiBiz]] 16:35, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
::Thanks, it's no problem. I also succeeded in setting up [[List_of_medieval_manuscripts]] as mentioned above. This points to pages like [[Directory:Logic_Museum/Caius_344/540]] which are a much better way of structuring information than in the old [[Directory:Logic_Museum/Manuscripts]], which is the old Wikipedia-style of hard-coding a list of things that cannot be sorted or filtered or categorised. If I have time I will write a little 1-2-3 tutorial that will take someone used to the old ways and show them the new way. [[User:Ockham|Ockham]] 17:09, 6 May 2010 (UTC)

== Access to The_Wikipedia_Point_of_View ==

Hi Greg I have lost edit rights to [[Directory:The_Wikipedia_Point_of_View|The_Wikipedia_Point_of_View]]. I can edit subdirectories of it, and other directories I own, but not this. Oddly, Peter Z seems able to edit it. How strange. I was going to start a subdirectory on terrible economics articles. [[User:Ockham|Ockham]] 17:24, 2 June 2010 (UTC)

:Try again. We're working on this issue. -- [[User:MyWikiBiz|MyWikiBiz]] 17:49, 2 June 2010 (UTC)
:: No. Still 'View source' only.[[User:Ockham|Ockham]] 18:01, 2 June 2010 (UTC)
==Problems with my articles==

Hi MyWikiBiz! There are problems with my articles. What do you think is going on? [http://www.mywikibiz.com/Titoism_and_Totalitarianism link] [[User:Peter Z.|Peter Z.]] 00:56, 12 June 2010 (UTC)

This one too. [http://www.mywikibiz.com/Criticism_of_Jimmy_Wales link] [[User:Peter Z.|Peter Z.]] 01:34, 12 June 2010 (UTC)

==Hello Greg==
How are you doing? Would it be ok if i posted some pages here that i made elsewhere? [[User:Raf|Raf]] 19:11, 22 October 2010 (UTC)
:I also noticed your paid wiki-gnome thread, but how do you send money to people online, and is it valid for people who live outside the USA? [[User:Raf|Raf]] 19:13, 22 October 2010 (UTC)
I think it's okay to post pages that you made elsewhere, as long as you have rights to do so, and that the pages don't violate our own [[Help:General_disclaimer|terms of service]]. Payment for wiki-gnoming can be via PayPal.com, or via a mailed commercial check drawn in US dollars on a US bank. If neither of those options work, then I'm not sure how to transact. -- [[User:MyWikiBiz|MyWikiBiz]] 19:25, 22 October 2010 (UTC)
::So in theory, i just have to set up a pre-paid card with PayPal and then it's all good for transferring money, from any country to any country? [[User:Raf|Raf]] 20:27, 22 October 2010 (UTC)
:::I'm sure certain limitations and restrictions apply, so see PayPal.com for details. However, I know that I have transacted payments internationally on PayPal, multiple times. As for this particular wiki-gnoming project, though... I believe I have another taker working on it now. For a $15 ''Om nom nom nom'' payment to the Wikimedia Foundation. Ugh. -- [[User:MyWikiBiz|MyWikiBiz]] 14:41, 23 October 2010 (UTC)
::::''Om nom nom nom''? ... Well for my part give 1 dollar to the WMF with a comment like "Wikipedia keeps being [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underwear_fetishism child] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urolagnia friendly] with appropriate pictures for an encyclopedia" or something like that. The other 14 dollars could go to [http://scoobysworkshop.com/support.htm this], he puts a lot of time for his non-profit hobby to give advice on how to fight obesity and sedentary lifestiles. Also, if you donate 200 $ or more to him, he will give you a t-shirt. [[User:Raf|Raf]] 19:55, 23 October 2010 (UTC)

:::::Regarding the possible pages i can import here, they're mostly not business related and are quite obscure topics, to which i have no relation at all. Since there are pages like [[Directory:Quasi Brands]], would they be fine here? [[User:Raf|Raf]] 21:26, 23 October 2010 (UTC)

::::::Raf, did you read the [[Help:General_disclaimer|terms of service]]? Here, we seek to fashion this site as a safe, pleasant environment for gentle people of ages 13 and older. The management reserves the right to delete the following sorts of content at any time: pornography, adult or mature content, pedophilia or the advocacy of pedophilia, illegal gambling or wagering, gratuitous violence, hate speech, fraudulent information, and business scams. Editors who self-identify as proponents or behave in a way that strongly suggests they are proponents of any of these topics will be blocked indefinitely. These types of content are also restricted by Google AdSense, and because AdSense currently displays on many editors' content pages on MyWikiBiz, we cannot jeopardize AdSense account(s) with such prohibited content. If your obscure content doesn't seem to ruffle these terms, you should be fine. -- [[User:MyWikiBiz|MyWikiBiz]] 03:13, 24 October 2010 (UTC)

== The Letter ==

Title: '''The Letter''' 
Artist: '''Greg Kohs''' 
Composer: '''Wayne Carson Thompson and Barsoom Tork Associates''' 
YouTube: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lIxvIUz4aY '''The Letter'''] — The Box Tops (1967) 
 
Gimme a tax break for a donation, 
My column's more fun than Sony PlayStation. 
Boring days are gone, I'm a-goin' strong, 
'Cause Jimbo just wrote me a letter. 
 
I don't care how much money he's gotta spend, 
Getting back to New York again 
Boring days are gone, my column's going strong, 
'Cause Jimbo just wrote me a letter. 
 
Well, he wrote me a letter 
Said he couldn't fly without some more dough. 
Listen friends, can't you see he's got to get back 
To New York once more --anyway... 
 
Gimme a tax break for a donation, 
My column's more fun than Sony PlayStation. 
Boring days are gone, I'm a-goin' strong, 
'Cause Jimbo just wrote me a letter. 
 
Well, he wrote me a letter 
Said he couldn't fly without some more dough. 
Listen critics, can't you see we got to get back 
To Wikimania once more --anyway... 
 
Gimme a tax break for a donation, 
My column's more fun than Sony PlayStation. 
Boring days are gone, my column's going strong, 
'Cause Jimbo just wrote me a letter. 
Because Jimbo just wrote me a letter. 
 
 
''CopyClef 2010 Wayne Carson Thompson and Barsoom Tork Associates.'' 
''Resurrection Hackware. All songs abused.'' 

== e-mail ==

I sent you an e-mail. Did you receive it? [[User:Jonas Rand|Jonas Rand]] 02:35, 21 January 2011 (UTC)
:I did. -- [[User:MyWikiBiz|MyWikiBiz]] 19:43, 21 January 2011 (UTC)

== Delete "Sarey Savy" ==

Hi may i ask you to delete "Sarey Savy". The article has been created on a wikipedia. Thanks! ([[User:Michael Chen|Michael Chen]] 04:06, 27 January 2011 (UTC))
:Are you [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Sarey_Savy sure about that]? Let me know. -- [[User:MyWikiBiz|MyWikiBiz]] 20:40, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

Oops i mean on Wikinfo he is featured. [http://www.wikinfo.org/ Sarey featured]
:Michael, I'll be happy to delete any page that you created, but I'm really confused why you'd want to delete something here, just because it now also appears on another web site (and one that gets less than one-third of our traffic reach). -- [[User:MyWikiBiz|MyWikiBiz]] 05:00, 28 January 2011 (UTC)

Ok well at least til' the article stays may we just take the semantic rankings tag for now than add it again later? ([[User:Michael Chen|Michael Chen]] 08:49, 28 January 2011 (UTC))

== Recent Edited ==
Thanks for the recent [http://www.mywikibiz.com/index.php?title=Titoism_and_Totalitarianism&diff=0&oldid=133346 edited] [[User:Peter Z.|Peter Z.]] 02:32, 26 February 2011 (UTC)

== Do You Know Of Other Sites Like MyWikiBiz? ==

Do You Know Of Other Sites Like MyWikiBiz? That is my question. Thank you. [[User:Geoff White|Geoff White]] 04:59, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

Directory:Science In The News

2011-03-07T04:56:35Z

Geoff White:

Science In The News strives to have the best science and technology news headlines fresh to you!

* [http://scienceinthenews.net Science In The News] You might wonder what science in the news there is.

==See also==

* [[Directory:Quotes To Live By|Quotes To Live By]]
* [[Directory:Live News Online|Live News Online]]
* [[Directory:Latest Technology News|Latest Technology News]]
* [[Directory:Pre Med Requirements|Pre Med Requirements]]
* [[Directory:Camouflage Patterns|Camouflage Patterns]]

==External links==
* [http://latesttechnologynews.org Latest Technology News] What is the latest technology news?
* [http://livenewsonline.org/ Live News Online] You might wonder about live news online.

[[Category:Science]]
[[Category:News]]
[[Category:Technology]]

Directory:Science In The News

2011-03-07T04:55:47Z

Geoff White: Created page with 'Science In The News strives to have the best science and technology news headlines fresh to you! * [http://scienceinthenews.net Science In The News] You might wonder what scienc…'

Science In The News strives to have the best science and technology news headlines fresh to you!

* [http://scienceinthenews.net Science In The News] You might wonder what science in the news there is.

==See also==

* [[Directory:Quotes To Live By]]
* [[Directory:Live News Online]]
* [[Directory:Science In The News]]
* [[Directory:Latest Technology News]]
* [[Directory:Pre Med Requirements]]
* [[Directory:Camouflage Patterns]]

==External links==
* [http://latesttechnologynews.org Latest Technology News] What is the latest technology news?
* [http://livenewsonline.org/ Live News Online] You might wonder about live news online.

[[Category:Science]]
[[Category:News]]
[[Category:Technology]]

Directory:Camouflage Patterns

2010-12-14T09:33:41Z

Geoff White:

'''Camouflage patterns''' are repeating series of colors that help whatever is camouflaged to blend into its surroundings.

[http://camouflagepatterns.net Camouflage Patterns] Hide Some From Sight!!!!!!!

==Related listings==
[[Directory:Quotes To Live By]]

[[Directory:Live News Online]]

Directory:Camouflage Patterns

2010-12-14T09:32:29Z

Geoff White: Created page with ''''Camouflage patterns''' are repeating series of colors that help whatever is camouflaged to blend into its surroundings. [http://camouflagepatterns.net Camouflage Patterns] H…'

Directory:Quotes To Live By

2010-11-27T05:16:29Z

Geoff White: Created page with ''''Quotes To Live By''' has quotes that are good, if not some of the best, that exist. ==Link== * [http://quotes-to-live-by.org/ Quotes To Live By] Category:Quotes [[Categ…'

'''Quotes To Live By''' has quotes that are good, if not some of the best, that exist.

==Link==
* [http://quotes-to-live-by.org/ Quotes To Live By]

[[Category:Quotes]]
[[Category:Websites]]

Directory:1-800-Charity Cars

2010-11-20T12:55:43Z

Geoff White: Created page with 'http://www.800charitycars.org/'

http://www.800charitycars.org/

Portal talk:List

2010-11-19T20:14:04Z

Geoff White:

I believe that the Portals and NAICS titles should match -- exactly -- the official NAICS [http://www.census.gov/epcd/naics02/naicod02.htm titles]. If Centiare shortens them to more "convenient" titles, it should only be in shorthand, with "pipe" linking to the actual full title. What I don't want to encourage among users is "creative license" of how they name their NAICS title. (As we've discussed, this only hurts them in search opportunities.) --[[User:MyWikiBiz|MyWikiBiz]] 09:39, 15 November 2006 (PST)

Is there a convenient, well indexed page that I can easily add my directory listing to ([[Directory:Live News Online]]) to make sure the listing gets picked up and indexed by search engines? Thank you. [[User:Geoff White|Geoff White]] 20:13, 19 November 2010 (UTC)

Portal talk:List

2010-11-19T20:13:18Z

Geoff White:

I believe that the Portals and NAICS titles should match -- exactly -- the official NAICS [http://www.census.gov/epcd/naics02/naicod02.htm titles]. If Centiare shortens them to more "convenient" titles, it should only be in shorthand, with "pipe" linking to the actual full title. What I don't want to encourage among users is "creative license" of how they name their NAICS title. (As we've discussed, this only hurts them in search opportunities.) --[[User:MyWikiBiz|MyWikiBiz]] 09:39, 15 November 2006 (PST)

Is there a convenient page that I can easily add my directory listing to ([[Directory:Live News Online]]) to make sure it gets picked up and indexed by search engines? Thank you. [[User:Geoff White|Geoff White]] 20:13, 19 November 2010 (UTC)

Directory:Live News Online

2010-11-19T20:05:44Z

Geoff White:

[http://livenewsonline.org/ Live News Online] is a source of [[news]].

==See also==
* [[News]]

[[Category:News]]

Directory:Live News Online

2010-11-19T20:01:15Z

Geoff White:

[http://livenewsonline.org/ Live News Online] is a source of [[news]].

[[Category:News]]

Directory:Israel News Agency

2010-11-19T19:49:31Z

Geoff White:

=== Israel News Agency ===

The Israel News Agency (INA) is an online news agency created by Joel Leyden in 1995 which distributes direct news feeds from the Israel Government Press Office in addition to local news and editorials from Israel to a wider audience.

The [http://www.israelnewsagency.com/inaabout.html INA] is fully accredited by the Israel Government Press Office. The agency has been a news source for Google News since 2002.

The [http://www.israelnewsagency.com Israel News Agency] was responsible for reporting and creating Web sites regarding the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and the IDF Shear Yishuv disaster, as well as terrorist attacks against Israel's civilian population. Links to INA stories have been used by the Israel Ministry for Foreign Affairs, CNN, Associated Press, Reuters, Washington Post, Jerusalem Post, Yediot, Maariv and others on-line, broadcast and print news media outlets.

The Israel News Agency recently promoted a news political contest called SEO (Search Engine Optimization) in response to the Holocaust cartoon contest sponsored by Iran's daily newspaper Hamshahri.

The Israel News Agency operates in English, and does not have a Hebrew counterpart.

=== Criticism of Wikipedia ===

The news agency has recently engaged in a feud with both the management and some administrators of the Wikipedia community over deletions of this article and articles about Israel News Agency contributors from the Wikipedia website. Two writers: Joel Leyden and Debbie Lahav, have accused a few wikipedia administrators of "anti-semitism".

=== References ===

* Israel News Agency Website
* United Jewish Communities
* Philadelphia Inquirer Editorial

Directory:Israel News Agency

2010-11-19T19:49:19Z

Geoff White:

=== Israel News Agency ===

The Israel News Agency (INA) is an online [[news]] agency created by Joel Leyden in 1995 which distributes direct news feeds from the Israel Government Press Office in addition to local news and editorials from Israel to a wider audience.

The [http://www.israelnewsagency.com/inaabout.html INA] is fully accredited by the Israel Government Press Office. The agency has been a news source for Google News since 2002.

The [http://www.israelnewsagency.com Israel News Agency] was responsible for reporting and creating Web sites regarding the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and the IDF Shear Yishuv disaster, as well as terrorist attacks against Israel's civilian population. Links to INA stories have been used by the Israel Ministry for Foreign Affairs, CNN, Associated Press, Reuters, Washington Post, Jerusalem Post, Yediot, Maariv and others on-line, broadcast and print news media outlets.

The Israel News Agency recently promoted a news political contest called SEO (Search Engine Optimization) in response to the Holocaust cartoon contest sponsored by Iran's daily newspaper Hamshahri.

The Israel News Agency operates in English, and does not have a Hebrew counterpart.

=== Criticism of Wikipedia ===

The news agency has recently engaged in a feud with both the management and some administrators of the Wikipedia community over deletions of this article and articles about Israel News Agency contributors from the Wikipedia website. Two writers: Joel Leyden and Debbie Lahav, have accused a few wikipedia administrators of "anti-semitism".

=== References ===

* Israel News Agency Website
* United Jewish Communities
* Philadelphia Inquirer Editorial

Directory:Live News Online

2010-11-19T19:40:23Z

Geoff White: Created page with '[http://livenewsonline.org/ Live News Online] is a source of news.'

[http://livenewsonline.org/ Live News Online] is a source of [[news]].