My World - Your World

A brief history of email

Tue Jan 1, 2008 9:36 PM EST

Although this essay is just under 5 years old it already seems dated at the conclusion. I think it will be of some use to a few nonetheless. It is from my first year HND while I was studying for my foundation degree. Enjoy.

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technology, computers, pcs, arpanet, digital-mailing, e-mail-history-of-email

Deacon Blue at the Manchester Apollo Theatre.

Mon Dec 31, 2007 7:46 AM EST

Perhaps it's just because I played in a band in the eighties.

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entertainment, dignity, entertainment-gateway, apollo-theatre-manchester, deacon-blue, lorraine-mcintosh, raintown, ricky-ross, when-the-world-knows-your-name

Mars Impact ? - Hopefully!

Sun Dec 30, 2007 10:18 AM EST

On 30th January 2008 asteroid 2007 WD5 has a reasonable chance of impacting the Martian Surface.

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science, nasa, mars, 2007-wd5, mars-impact, 30th-january, asteroid-collision, mars-asteroid, where-is-2007-wd5-now

Introducing: New Horizons - A Newsvine Group Concerned with the Expansion of the Human Race Beyond Earth.

Sun Dec 30, 2007 9:14 AM EST

Over 100,000 years ago a group of early Humans pushed out northwards from the area of the globe we now know as Eastern Africa, possibly around the Ethiopian Region. The reasons for the exodus are not entirely known, but we can infer possible cause for their desire to expand beyon …

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science, mars, saturn, survival, space-exploration, titan, planet-earth, new-horizons, new-group, earths-carrying-capacity

When is it My Turn? - Our Dis-Engaged Youth

Sun Dec 23, 2007 12:18 PM EST

In 1968 Andy Warhol coined the phrase 'In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes'. It does appear that today's pre-teens have taken Mr. Warhol's words to heart.

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education, big-brother, lifestyle, reality-tv, 15-minutes-of-fame, andy-warhole

What? - Dinosaurs are not Real!

Sun Dec 23, 2007 6:32 AM EST

When I was a child I had a collection of rubber like plastic dinosaurs. I learned the names of each of these fabulous beasts by heart. There is something about dinosaurs and kids that just gels, it seems it's always been like that.

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education, kids, reality, cgi, jurassic-park, walking-with-dinosaurs, dinosuars

The Demise of the Peppered Moth - A Creationist Triumph. An even Stronger Comeback!

Wed Dec 19, 2007 5:14 PM EST

When creationists in the US succeeded in getting one of the best examples of evolution in action removed from the standard school text book 'Biology' in 2000, they failed to predict the veracity of the response of science. The objections that the creationists had against the incl …

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science, evolution, biology, creationism, evolution-in-action, creationism-v-evolution, industrial-melanism, peppered-moth, school-text-books, science-in-schools

From Mule Skinner to Father of Cosmology - An Inspirational Story

Mon Dec 17, 2007 1:51 PM EST

Humason, Milton Lasell (1891–1972)

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science, california, astronomy, expanding-universe, edwin-hubble, red-shift, allan-sandage, milton-humason, mount-wilson, mule-skinner

Vote for Newsvine - It's a matter of pride!

Wed Dec 12, 2007 5:03 PM EST

You have to go here to jdiller82's column to get the link to the voting page. (And it's his seed so do him the courtesy of going through that way please.) We need all Newsviners to get over there and vote in the Open web Awards thingy. Go on then!

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poll, digg, social-network-sites, redditt

What If? - The Dark Side of the Moon.

Wed Dec 12, 2007 12:25 PM EST

I've been having some fun with some of the fantastic images I have on my PC lately. I found this one of the Dark Side of the Moon today and it got me to thinking about how the Moon has influenced our civilization down the centuries. The moon is locked in a gravitational phase w …

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religion, the-moon, lunar-myths, the-dark-side-of-the-moon, the-eye-of-the-moon, the-man-in-the-moon, the-orientale-basin

Probably the Most Amazing picture you'll see - Out of this World

Tue Dec 11, 2007 9:51 PM EST

A couple of years ago I was an avid explorer of the NASA site as those amazing pictures came streaming across the heavens every day from Spirit and Opportunity.

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science, nasa, mars, opportunity, spirit, mars-rovers, human-skull, mars-pictures, mars-rocks, martian-skull

My LopSided Vine: A lifetime Achievement Bud!

Tue Dec 11, 2007 7:35 AM EST

Well, I didn't get my RAV. I did get a Lifetime Achievement award though. I think that's pretty good for a few weeks on the Vine. Mind you, I have been busy, then again I do have a lot to say.

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newsvine, vineacity, lifetime-achievement-award

Is this the best they've got? - A shopping nightmare.

Mon Dec 10, 2007 8:01 PM EST

I had occasion to walk into a mobile (cell) phone shop today, although I have always had a personal phone, I have never actually bought one directly from a store. I am sorry to say that the experience confirmed my worst fears about the texting generation. I went in to pick up my …

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technology, shopping, cell-phones, youth, mobile-phones, texts, phone-contracts, shop-staff, staff-training

Net Nostalgia - Three Floppies that changed your Life

Sun Dec 9, 2007 3:23 PM EST

It's just a week before Christmas 1994. It's cold, the rain not quite making it to snow. The wind cuts deep but you don't care, you are rushing home with the disks clutched tightly in your palm, safely wrapped in a small plastic bag.

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internet, history, e-mail, netscape, nostalgia, net-nostalgia, 386-x-66, cu-c-me, edura-lite, floppy-discs

Fiction: A Christmas Story - Happy Christmas Pete.

Sun Dec 9, 2007 8:33 AM EST

Three shots rang out in the still night air. I gripped my rifle a little tighter and looked through the slit in the corrugated steel wall in front of me. It could have been beautiful out there, anywhere else in the world it would have been.

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soldier, northern-ireland, ira, vets, christmas-eve, belfast, irish-republican-army, the-troubles, 1-kings, britishsoldier

Warfighters and Laptops - Modern Dispatches from the Front

Fri Dec 7, 2007 6:50 PM EST

Edit: Title changed - Sat.08 Dec. 13:55

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world-news, journalism, northern-ireland, laptops, communications, world-wide-web, british-army, rav, belfast, citizen-journalists

Fake Moon Picture? - Or Coincidence?

Wed Dec 5, 2007 12:50 PM EST

This is the result of my comparison of the Chinese picture of the moon and the original NASA shot. In the white square at the bottom right is a section of the Chinese picture superimposed next to identical features on the NASA shot. I have not manipulated these shots except to eq …

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world-news, china, nasa, moon-pictures, china-cheats-on-moon-pics, luna-pictures, nasa-moon-pictures

Should the West call for the Head of the Person who Reported Gillian Gibbons? Here's the logic behind it.

Tue Dec 4, 2007 4:54 PM EST

In one of the many articles about the British School Teacher, Gillian Gibbons, I wrote this comment in response to a previous comment. After I posted the comment I thought deeply about what I had written and decided that I should post it as a news opinion to a wider audience.

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world-news, sudan, muhammad, teddy-bear, sharia-law, islamic-law, gillian-gibbons, khartoum, teddy, the-prophet

One War too many - The Strain is Plain to See.

Tue Dec 4, 2007 2:25 PM EST

The plain truth is there to see. The ever increasing reliance on the bravery and ingenuity of the boots on the ground to 'Get the job done' is becoming more obvious as time passes.

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world-news, afghanistan, british-army, british-troops, victoria-cross, helmand-province, parachute-regiment, cas, british-army-in-afghanistan, 3-para

NAFF. is open for new members :- OldFogey - Please Step Up. It Couldn't be NAFF without You

Sat Dec 1, 2007 9:53 AM EST

As a direct result of the recent poll some of us have identified a need for a new group to cater for the many varied needs of the ...ahem...more experienced citizen journalists who frequent this wonderful virtual community which is newsvine. To that end I have created NAFF.

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newsvine-community, newsvine-groups, new-groups, naff, newsvine-association-for-old-fogeys

Sudanese President Whipped up Anti-Western fervour which led to School Teachers Jailing.

Thu Nov 29, 2007 4:42 PM EST

President Omar al-Bashir of Sudan set the scene for the arrest and detention of Gillian Gibbons when on the 17th November he raised the specter of the Scandinavian cartoonist who 'Insulted' the Prophet with a series of cartoons which were considered inflammatory to all Muslims.

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world-news, sudan, sweden, norway, blasphemy, sharia-law, islamic-law, gillian-gibbons, danish-cartoons, cartoonist

I want a RAV - Give me a RAV - Now.

Wed Nov 28, 2007 11:19 AM EST

I want my RAV for being the most prolific newcomer to the Newsvine Community of Citizen Journalists. Since joining in October I have written 62 intelligent, insightful, thoughtful, topical, entertaining and plain brilliant articles. I have seeded almost 400 of the most interestin …

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newsvine, community, rav, give-me-a-rav, my-rav, rav-for-me

British Schoolteacher Charged with Inciting Hatred and Insulting The Prophet! - Khartoum

Wed Nov 28, 2007 10:43 AM EST

British schoolteacher Gillian Gibbons has been charged with inciting hatred and insulting the prophet Muhammad. She has been held in a police cell in Khartoum, Sudan for days and has had access to British consulate officials. Gillian Gibbons held a contest in her school class for …

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world-news, muslim, sudan, hate-crimes, muhammed, islamic-law, gillian-gibbons, khartoum, the-prophet, british-schoolteacher

Net Nostalgia ? Never - Or could there be such a thing?

Wed Nov 28, 2007 10:18 AM EST

Net nostalgia? How can something as new as the World Wide Web suddenly develop that magical quality which tugs at the heart with a reminiscent fondness for things past? Well, first we have to define the parameters for nostalgia.

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technology, internet, nostalgia, pcs, atari, retro-games, amstrad, net-nostalgia

Conservative supporter denies knowledge of labour party donation given in her Name.

Tue Nov 27, 2007 2:47 PM EST

It just keeps getting worse for Gordon Brown's Labour Government. First it was the fiasco of the will he - won't he snap general election silence, and that was probably his best month in Government.

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