Friday, December 06, 2002

Regarding my recent post on 12 roles of Knowledge Management (KM) workers, [Matthew Eberle Library Techlog] prefers Knowledge Renegade, but I fail to see the definition, while [Patrick O'Beirne] points me to "A knowledge worker is anyone who knows more about their work than their boss.", without volunteering which kind of KM worker this is, from [Monster Learning KM Quiz] so I may as well use Patrick's definition for Matthew's role. 1:14:41 PM

Thursday, November 21, 2002

Humor forwarded via e-mail from my old friend David Waller. A bum, who obviously has seen more than his share of hard times, approaches a well-dressed gentleman on the street. "Hey, Buddy, can you spare two dollars?" The well-dressed gentleman responds, "You're not going to spend it on liquor are you?" "No, sir, I don't drink," retorts the bum. "You are not going to throw it away on some fishing gear, are you?" asks the gentleman. "No way, I don't fish," answers the bum. "You wouldn't waste the money on a hunting rifle, would you?" asks the  man. "Never," says the bum, "I don't hunt." "You wouldn't waste the money on racing, would you?", he asks. "No way," says the bum."I don't race." The man asks the bum if he would like to come home with him for a home cooked meal. The bum accepts eagerly. While they are heading for the man's house, the bum's curiosity gets the better of him. "Isn't your wife going to be angry when she sees a guy like me at your table?" "Probably," says the man, "but it will be worth it. I want her to see what happens to a guy who doesn't drink, fish, hunt, or race." 10:14:05 PM

Sunday, October 13, 2002

What we have here are some links inspired by me visiting places that are visited by people who also visit my site, showing some interests that we have in common. Christian stories that never happened. I'd like to see something similar on other Religions, because those of us who are not believers can sometimes have a hard time distinguishing truth vs. distortion. Computer Virus Myths - how to spot them. Warning - that site disables the back button. Darwin Awards for people who have found incredible ways to remove themselves from the gene pool.  These are true stories, that someone could easily think were made up. Discuss Urban Legends. Electronic tour of artistic renditions of Urban Legends. I was not impressed with what I sampled, but different strokes for different folks. Hoax Identification Education Hoax Kill Service Once you find out if a message is a hoax you can send it to a designated email address and their software will then extract the addresses of all previous recipients from the message and inform them all that the message is a hoax. Humor about Hoaxes. Latest Urban Legends. Net Lore and Urban Legends. Norton Symantec Security Response Directory of e-mail Hoaxes. Researching Urban Legends.  This might be where my sister got the idea that the volume of visitors to a website, translated into extra charges for bandwidth.  Oh! that Is a true story for this site. Scam Busters list e-mail chain nonsense and other scams, tips on fighting spam, lots of good links, also including links to info on real computer viruses. Scope of Urban Legends. Many people think something is a hoax when it is not. See my  Sep 20 post about the plight of a Nigerian woman, sentenced to be stoned to death for the crime of being jilted by the husband of her child, in which I got a flood of referers due to people searching Gooble and other engines for information on the hoax details on this story, so their only hits were on sites that both talked about this real life situation, and some unrelated hoaxes. 3:07:23 PM

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