Printing Development For Best Outputs by Marlon D. Ludovice
Printing, name used for several processes by which words, pictures, or designs are reproduced on paper, fabrics, metal, or other suitable materials. These processes, sometimes called the graphic arts, consist essentially of making numerous identical reproductions of an original by mechanical... Training is no longer a craft apprenticeship but may involve computer simulation systems, which create and duplicate all the operations of a real printing machine using special dedicated software. ... The modern printer is now a computer technician, not only requiring printing skills but also the...

The Ten Common Myths of I.T. by Tim Bryce
"A company runs on information, not data." - Bryce's Law INTRODUCTION You've heard them all before. They particularly arise whenever quality work is required or when organization and management control is imposed. Of course, I'm talking about the ten common myths of I.T. ... The belief that technology, not management, will solve problems is just as prevalent today as it was when the computer was first introduced. ... But it must be realized that data is used throughout an entire organization, in manual and computer applications, in a variety of files (manual, tape, microfiche, disk,...

eLearning Course Development: A How To Guide by Quintus Joubert
Developing a Successful eLearning Course OVERVIEW This eLearning White Paper provides an overview of the steps involved in the development of an eLearning course. It is intended as a guide to avoiding common pitfalls that frequently occur during the development of a new eLearning course. ... You will also most likely need to add content based on feedback. ... Generally the second version of the course will require additional functionality based on end user’s input and feedback. ... Defining and documenting the business case/need for the training course.

Linux for Home Users by Pawan Bangar
Hey Guys! Don’t raise your eyebrows or fear by hearing the word Linux. It is as user friendly as windows. Just take a look at the articles below and all myths about Linux in your mind will disappear. Introduction to Linux: It’s a free operating system available to download but you have to pay a... Linux is very difficult and based on text command Linux has come a long way from being the system of brilliant computer users. ... And a company bundles Linux and applications based on it with a computer, quite a bit of the PC cost comes down.

Laying Smart Dust With Smart Munitions by Lance Winslow
We believe that we need to make the Smart Munitions even smarter and incorporate their decent to the target to include the release of smart dust. We believe this is important as more often than not the battlespace includes urban areas where non-combatants and citizens not involved in the... Dropping a single smart weapon counting Fuel (fuel to run the aircraft carrier divided by the number of total bombs dropped), training (divided by the number of sorties the pilots will fly in their career to fulfill their flight contract), Aircraft (divided by the number of total hours flown in it’s...

Huntsville, AL Offers Municipal WiFi Offering That Makes Sense by Kurt Uhlir
For the past several years, municipalities across the country have talked about and even begun implementing free WiFi offering. Many critics of these plans have claimed that cities have no business offering free high-speed wireless access as it competes with local telephone companies, cable... A better program would include a program for providing refurbished computers, training and fixed line broadband at no cost. ... Even with free internet access, the cost for a computer and wireless card are still a large barrier for many low-income households, but the “digital divide” is one that does...

Guns Don't Kill People - Videogames Do! by Daniel Robson
“Ban these evil games”, “Videogame violence corrupting our nation’s youth”, “video games stole my husband”. It seems everyday that the media are making more and more claims about the evils of videogames. But are these claims based on fact, or is it merely that there is a juicy new scapegoat out... When a game player unglues him (or her) self from the computer monitor and doesn’t find a machine gun lying at their feet, the suspension of disbelief is broken. ... It takes planning and training to carry out acts like these.

Will Computers Ever Meet the Expectations Of Small Businesses? by Keith Tyson
Old School Vision of Computers As a child of the 60’s, I grew up watching Hollywood’s vision of the computer of the future. I use to watch in amazement as TV character would feed a question into a computer and an obscure answer would immediately be spit out. ... Based on these reports, he is able to sell his customers more accurate services and products based on their individual needs. ... The Second Coming of Computers Over the last four or five years, there has been another “computer revolution”, and unlike the “computer revolution” of the mid to late 90’s, that mostly affected...

What's Happened to My Computer? by Vernon Stent
As you get older your bodily functions and your brain start to slow down. I guess it's a way of preparing for retirement! Just as Einstein might have confirmed, this drop off in pace is relative. As the body slows, so all around it seems faster. Children run around like sparrows flitting from... Back in the last millennium, I used to have a Dos-based personal computer. ... This problem is not just confined to my computer. ... Admittedly I have a PC for home use on which I play music or watch DVDs, but I was perfectly able to listen to music on CDs before my all-singing and dancing PC came...

ITIL: Understanding and Using IT Service Management by Alan Calder
‘ITIL’ is a term that is fast gaining currency around the IT world. It is often wrongly described as ‘IT governance’ – in fact, on its own, it certainly isn’t this. ITIL is a collection of best practices that helps companies implement an IT Service Management culture. ... These organisations ensure that personal certification is fair, honest and independent of the organisations that provide the training, and accredit training suppliers to bring about a consistent quality of course delivery. ... ITIL was originally developed during the 1980s by the UK’s Central Computer and Technology...