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Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2013 15:17:07 -0500
From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: The growing culture of impatience, where instant gratification makes us crave more instant gratification
Message-ID: <p0624084ecd3323d1ab80@[10.0.1.10]>
The growing culture of impatience makes us crave more and more
instant gratification
In the time it takes for you to read this ... oh, forget it
By Christopher Muther
Globe Staff / February 1, 2013
Melissa Francis has no patience for waiting - for anything. When the
26-year-old Allston barista talks about slow Internet connections,
she can barely hide her disdain. Waiting a couple of extra seconds
for a page to load feels like an eternity.
"I'm not proud of it, but I yell at my computer when it's slow,"
Francis said.
The demand for instant results is seeping into every corner of our
lives, and not just virtually. Retailers are jumping into same-day
delivery services. Smart phone apps eliminate the wait for a cab, a
date, or a table at a hot restaurant. Movies and TV shows begin
streaming in seconds. But experts caution that instant gratification
comes at a price: it's making us less patient.
The Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project sums up a
recent study about people under the age of 35 and the dangers of
their hyperconnected lives with what sounds like a prescription drug
warning: "Negative effects include a need for instant gratification
and loss of patience."
It's not just Gen Y, of course. Anyone who's growled in frustration
while a website loads or while on hold with a doctor's office knows
tolerance for delay is in short supply. But impatience may be most
pronounced among the young, wired nearly from birth.
...
http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/specials/2013/02/01/the-growing-culture-impatience-where-instant-gratification-makes-crave-more-instant-gratification/eu5SPWCVTmFp9Nm6dUndhP/singlepage.html
***** Moderator's Note *****
One of the satisfactions of my job is that I get to see mainstream
media echoing the concerns I voiced years ago.
Bill Horne
Moderator
Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2013 14:51:15 -0500
From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Cyberbullying And Sexual Shaming
Message-ID: <p06240843cd331e7c6b6b@[10.0.1.10]>
On Point with Tom Ashbrook
Cyberbullying And Sexual Shaming
January 28, 2013
When cyberbullying turns into sexual shaming, with one teen who
decided to tell her peers it's got to stop.
In Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter," the sexually-shamed
woman wore her shame with a capital A. But that three hundred and
fifty years ago. The new scarlet letter is harder to shake.
Digital images, sexual images, taken surreptitiously or otherwise,
and posted and shared online. It's potent tool of teenage bullying,
in particular. Digital, online, sexual shaming.
A teenage New York high school reporter has brought it vividly,
disturbingly, to the public eye. She's with us.
This hour, On Point: teenage cyberbullying and the new scarlet
letter - sexual shaming online.
-Tom Ashbrook
Guests
Temitayo Fagbenle, member of Radio Rookies, a New York Public Radio
initiative that helps teens produce radio stories. Her radio report,
"Sexual Cyberbullying, The Modern Day Letter A" came out earlier this
month.
Danielle Citron, professor of law at the University of Maryland
focusing on information privacy and civil rights. Author of the
upcoming book, "Hate 3.0: The Rise of Online Harassment and How to
Stop It." (@daniellecitron)
http://onpoint.wbur.org/2013/01/28/cyberbullying
***** Moderator's Note *****
Sexual images captured surreptitiosly are evidence of a crime, and
it's both possible and proper that they be destroyed and that those
who have them be punished.
Sexual images captured "otherwise" are proof that children do stupid
things. Sometimes, the stupid things children do make them the subject
of ridicule. In this matter, I support abstinence.
Bill Horne
Moderator
Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2013 14:49:43 -0500
From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: The Pentagon And Cyber Defense, Cyber Warnings
Message-ID: <p06240842cd331e044f3a@[10.0.1.10]>
On Point with Tom Ashbrook
The Pentagon And Cyber Defense, Cyber Warnings
January 30, 2013
New alarms about the risk of cyber attack as the Pentagon calls for
more cyber warriors.
Heads-up remarks from two of America's highest-ranking national
security figures recently on cyber security.
First came Leon Panetta, Secretary of Defense, warning that the
United States in vulnerable to a "cyber Pearl Harbor " - an Internet
attack on infrastructure that could shock and disable the nation.
Then came Homeland Security chief Janet Napolitano, just last week,
saying a "cyber 9.11" could happen "imminently." Then news that the
Pentagon is looking to sharply expand its force of cyber warriors.
This hour, On Point: cyber warnings, cyber force, and cyber security now.
-Tom Ashbrook
Guests
Ellen Nakashima, national security reporter for the Washington Post.
(@nakashimae)
Herbert Thompson, program chair of the RAS Conference, the world's
biggest information security conference. Senior vice president and
chief security strategist at Blue Coat, a web security company based
out of Silicon Valley.
James Lewis, senior fellow and director of the Technology and Public
Policy Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
(@james_a_lewis)
http://onpoint.wbur.org/2013/01/30/the-pentagon-boosts-its-cyber-force
***** Moderator's Note *****
Let's see:
1. Sky-is-falling warnings concerning a subject that few
voters are aware of, let alone competent to evaluate.
2. The Pentagon wants more and more money to address the
"threat".
3. Yawn.
Bill Horne
Moderator
Date: 3 Feb 2013 08:01:06 -0500
From: kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey)
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: Macmillan will sell e-books to libraries in pilot program at $25 per title
Message-ID: <keln2i$lq4$1@panix2.panix.com>
Wes Leatherock <wleathus@yahoo.com> wrote:
>--- On Mon, 1/28/13, Harold Hallikainen <harold@hallikainen.org> wrote:
>> With the quoted $25 cost for 52 checkouts, it's about 50 cents a
>> checkout. For paper books, how many checkkouts do they typically
>> get before the book needs replacement? What are the costs involved
>> in handling paper books for each checkout (such as employee costs
>> for reshelving, storage costs, etc.)? At 50 cents a checkout,
>> libraries may be better off than they were with paper. But, as
>> mentioned earlier, I don't think the licenses should expire based on
>> time, just the number of checkouts.
>
>I would suggest that many paper books do not get checked out 52 times,
>and if the same thing is true pf e-books the price per checkout goes
>up quickly.
This is true, but other books get checked out far more than 52 times,
so it's (like purchasing physical books) a gamble on the part of the
library.
What worries me is that physical books can last a long, long time.
A local college library has books they purchased 200 years ago, still
available for reading (though not checkout). Presumably they have
more than paid for themselves in that time. How can we arrange that
the same thing can be possible for e-books?
--scott
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"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."
Date: Sun, 3 Feb 2013 15:31:14 -0500
From: tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: Macmillan will sell e-books to libraries in pilot program at $25 per title
Message-ID: <1kgjfthc310us.jczxt591k9po$.dlg@40tude.net>
On Mon, 28 Jan 2013 07:30:28 -0800, Harold Hallikainen wrote:
> For paper books, how many checkkouts do they typically get before the book
> needs replacement?
When I was a kid borrowing books from the local public library, the newest
date due was always stamped on a little glued-in form under the back cover.
Those forms generally had room for four columns of about two dozen lines
each, hence could hold nearly 100 due-date stampings; often, a book I was
checking out had no free due-date space left, and MY next due-date had to
be stamped on a freshly glued-in, new, virgin, due-date form.
None of the books I borrowed was ever anywhere near being in need of
replacement, so I'd infer that a book could easily go through hundreds of
checkouts before reaching that sad state. But what do I know? I never
scribbled in margins, or dog-eared any pages, either :-) .
Cheers, -- tlvp
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Avant de repondre, jeter la poubelle, SVP.
Date: Sun, 03 Feb 2013 16:23:32 -0500
From: bernieS <bernies@netaxs.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Free or low-cost inter-NPA forwarding?
Message-ID: <1DT39C.A.CPH.sbtDRB@telecom>
Perhaps telecom list subscribers could offer some suggested solutions
for a listener-supported radio broadcast station in with a telecom
problem. Their local (212) pledge call-in number (for on-air fund
drives) was just outsourced to an outfit in nearby (516), but they'd
like to continue using their well-known (212) pledge call-in number if
feasible. What free or low-cost options exist for forwarding
thousands of listener calls without incurring per-call charges, or for
inexpensively porting the (212) number to the nearby (516) location?
Thanks in advance,
-bernieS
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