PC Games - 24 Hours by Michael Russell
Long before the TV show "24" there was an early PC game, circa 1987, called "24 Hours". The game was made similar to "San Francisco Earthquake - 1906" in that is was programmed in BASIC and Assembler and was designed for the Radio Shack TRS 80. Like Earthquake, it was a text based game with no... Ultimately you find a small one passenger train that you have to figure out how to run yourself. ... It appears the cave is some kind of underground railroad. ... The tracks in the cave seem to go all over the place.

How to Hide Secrets with Both Low and High Tech Tactics by Lance Winslow
Civilizations have always tried to hide secrets from their enemies, allies and even trading partners so they could advance their political will, wealth or power over another, a peoples or an entire world. This should not be all that surprising to people at all. ... And there are ways to do this and with proper training and education this can be overcome, so there is no information, which can ever be hidden, although some humans will not be ready for that, it is still better to move forward and train the human mind to see beyond.

Computer Training - Books vs Hands On by Michael Russell
There has been an ever growing battle among teaching professionals, businesses and even students as to what is more important, being book learned in a subject or having some practical hands on experience. We're not going to try to answer that question in this article, only present both sides and... In spite of this, there are those who argue that these workers will ultimately not be able to keep up with the ever-changing technology because they have not had formal training and don't know how to read and understand a technical training manual.

Human Knowledge Through Social Network Distance Learning to Teach AI to Think by Lance Winslow
Can the human race train the new artificial intelligent super computers of the future to think just like they do? This is a tricky question and it may take a little bit of compromise between the humans and the artificial intelligence supercomputers. In other words the humans will need to modify... If we look at the Quorum Project and the predecessor Pangea, along with the latest in Virtual Reality Avatars (for virtual teachers) and video social networking then we can make the assumption with a little thought that this is indeed where we are taking all this?

Cisco CCNA / CCNP Home Lab Tutorial: The 2503 Router by Chris Bryant
I know from experience that part of the excitement and anxiety of putting together your own CCNA / CCNP home lab is deciding what to buy! While you can make a workable home lab out of almost any combination of Cisco routers and switches, some routers are better suited for home lab work than... There's no better training than training on your own CCNA or CCNP home lab, and you can always sell the equipment later if you like. ... Even though you may not have an ISDN simulator right now, you may choose to add one later.

Why Information System Security Professionals Should Join the ISSA by Rob Elam
I’ve finally stopped procrastinating and joined my local Information System Security Association, Colorado Springs Chapter (ISSA-COS). A few of my co-workers have been encouraging me to join since last year. Over the past year many of the benefits that they’ve enjoyed as member of the ISSA have... For example, we are having a local Security+ training that will be held this Saturday at Colorado Technical University and in May there will is the SANS Rocky Mountain 2005 - Immersion Training which gives a price cut to all members.

More Questions To Ask A Computer Training School Before Paying by Chris Bryant
The decision to attend a computer training school is one of the most important you'll ever make, and even more important is which one to attend. Asking the right questions can give you an idea of whether a given IT school is a good investment. An earlier article I wrote on this subject was so... Another key area is the availability of the computer labs during class and after the class is over. ... If there seems to be quite a bit of turnover at the school, that's not as good a sign. ... Speaking from experience, I can tell you that getting hands-on experience with the various software and...

Computer...Take A Letter... A Speech Recognition Update by Grant Fairley
Most of us are used to just shouting at our computers when they misbehave. We wish that there was an axe included as standard equipment along with our keyboard and mouse. What if you had something nice to say to your computer? Imagine if your computer actually listened to you and did what you... (Tip - Good training resources are available at Crown International http://www.crown1.com including training manuals and DVDs for ViaVoice and Dragon products...) The high degree of speed and accuracy for trained users is a combination of improved software and most important - better hardware.

Mercury Automated Testing by Tom Millichamp
What’s all this test automation about? Since the millennium bug there has been an explosion in test automation. The expansion of automated tools from vendors such as Mercury Interactive, IBM Rational, Segue and others has really delivered automated testing into the heart of just about every... Training, Training, Training. ... Following the training it is well worth getting a consultant in for a few days or weeks to build the basic automated infrastructure, provide on-site training against your application and to develop templates for your team to expand the test automation out from.

Don't Be Afraid Of Microsoft Access by Claire Blinman
During my time as a teacher/trainer of Access, I have noticed that people have tended to shy away from using Access whenever possible. I have also noticed that it tends to be regarded as an inferior package by some developers. This saddens me as it is often the only relational database package... Here are some of the reasons why Access is such a useful package: 1) Part of Microsoft Office so easily available to business users at a reasonable price 2) Uses VBA and will combine easily with Excel and Word to create documents with ease such as mail merges 3) Eliminates data duplication 4)...