http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/online/ en-us Wed, 8 Oct 2008 02:58:03 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2100109/posts (IsraelNN.com) The Islamist Hamas terrorist organization has initiated an online course in explosives, military weapons and The sophisticated course includes highly detailed practical and theoretical lessons. tactics for would-be jihad fighters. Aimed at the population of the Palestinian Authority, the course is called "Get Ready" and is designed to prepare the population for war with Israel. First exposed outside Palestinian Authority and jihadist circles on Monday by Israel's Channel 10 TV, the sophisticated course includes highly detailed practical and theoretical lessons, as well as sample videos of jihadist attacks. All manner of weapons are described, analyzed and their proper use... Arutz 7 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2100109/posts#comment Wed, 8 Oct 2008 02:58:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2094435/posts PHOENIX — Starting Thursday, voters who are registered in Arizona but live overseas will be able to vote online through a unique Web-based system offered by the Secretary of State. Sierra Vista Herald/Bisbee Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2094435/posts#comment Wed, 1 Oct 2008 00:26:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2086019/posts Some stuck without power powerless to fight bank fees Friday, September 19, 2008 By Margaret Harding THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH When his power returned without Internet service Monday, Tom Perry had a bit of a financial freakout. "It was kind of a panic-stricken moment there: 'Oh, no, what am I going to do?' " said Perry, whose credit-card and mortgage payment were both due that day. Perry, like many others, pays his bills online. Online banking and bill payment are pushed as the easiest and most efficient ways to handle such transactions, but a power outage such as the one central... The Columbus Dispatch http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2086019/posts#comment Fri, 19 Sep 2008 18:21:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2081393/posts Welcome to Pollcode.com! Now you can add free polls to your website, blog, Myspace, Piczo, or nearly anywhere online in just minutes. You won't believe how easy we've made it! Our site is free of charge. You can create free polls without signing up, or sign up for free access to advanced features. To get started, simply type in a poll question and up to 30 possible answers. You'll then be able to start customizing your poll with your own colors and font, all right here, without even leaving this page! When you're finished, we'll provide you an HTML code... Pollcode http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2081393/posts#comment Sat, 13 Sep 2008 04:57:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2062135/posts Looks like things are tied up for the Pearce Who do you support for President? Sen. John McCain Sen. Barack Obama Other http://www.peopleforpearce.com/ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2062135/posts#comment Fri, 15 Aug 2008 01:18:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2061696/posts Sen. Barack Obama 765 56.2% Sen. John McCain 563 41.3% http://peopleforpearce.com/index.php?option=com_poll&task=results&id=21 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2061696/posts#comment Thu, 14 Aug 2008 12:32:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2060085/posts Wikipedia Ate My Homework by: Deborah Lambert, August 11, 2008 Wikipedia, the much-ballyhooed online information source, was recently blamed, along with other online research sites, “for Scotland’s falling exam pass rates,” according to Martyn McLaughlin in the NewsScotsman.com. To the dismay of students, this cut-and-paste info source has also caught the attention of eagle-eyed American professors. Some have decided to eliminate it from their classes altogether. Wikipedia itself reported that “Neil Walters, a history professor at Middlebury College in Vermont,” claimed that “vandalism of Wikipedia was used as a source in reports submitted to him.” Walters’ department adopted a policy... Campus Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2060085/posts#comment Mon, 11 Aug 2008 19:29:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051007/posts ...Educators who supplement or replace their day jobs with online teaching for local public schools are discovering that the perks of working at home come with hurdles: grappling with awkward or confusing lines of communication with their pupils; gauging student performance without seeing facial expressions; and struggling to withstand the urge to check e-mails from students during weekends. Online courses, mostly in high schools, have proliferated in recent years despite debate about their effectiveness compared with face-to-face instruction. The number of times students enrolled in distance education courses connected with public schools (using Internet, two-way video or other technologies) rose... The Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051007/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 05:45:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050130/posts BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese police have arrested a prominent Internet dissident for violating his probation terms, a rights group said, as the country steps up a pre-Olympic crackdown on dissent to ensure the Games go smoothly. Du Daobin, from the central province of Hebei, was given a suspended sentence for subversion in 2004 having been detained by police in Wuhan for posting online essays in support of fellow dissident, Liu Di. Du was then released into house arrest, Reporters Without Borders said in an emailed statement, but was arrested this week having been accused of posting articles on overseas websites... Reuters on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050130/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:42:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2049184/posts BERLIN - More than 1,600 years after it was written in Greek, one of the oldest copies of the Bible will become globally accessible online for the first time this week. From Thursday, sections of the Codex Sinaiticus, which contains the oldest complete New Testament, will be available on the Internet, said the University of Leipzig, one of the four curators of the ancient text worldwide. High resolution images of the Gospel of Mark, several Old Testament books, and notes on the work made over centuries will appear on www.codex-sinaiticus.net as a first step towards publishing the entire manuscript online... Reuters via MSNBC.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2049184/posts#comment Tue, 22 Jul 2008 03:45:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047486/posts I think we're all aware of the fact that the looney-left liberals have out done us in using the internet to their political advantage. Just about every time I go to my Yahoo homepage, I see an online ad linking to Barack Obama's website. Well, finally, the "Right" is coming around. The WAPO ran a story today re: RightOnline. Anyone interested in being a player in the Conservative online effort might want to check out their website: http://www.rightonline.com/ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047486/posts#comment Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:12:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046055/posts Get online and check it out. Illinois House Republicans Online Town Hall http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046055/posts#comment Tue, 15 Jul 2008 23:54:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2044298/posts Welcome to the most grassroots-driven platform development effort in the history of American politics! The Republican Party is seeking your input as we develop the policies and principles upon which we should stand for the next four years. On this website, you can share your thoughts, participate in polls, and communicate directly with the policymakers who will be shaping the party's agenda. All comments and feedback will be reviewed and taken into full consideration as we prepare for our convention in Minneapolis-St. Paul. We hope that this process will guarantee the greatest amount of public input into any platform in... GOP Platform 2008.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2044298/posts#comment Sat, 12 Jul 2008 04:30:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2026148/posts Britons can trace Australian ancestors online Last Updated: 11:18AM BST 04/06/2008 Sixteen million Britons related to free settlers who colonised Australia will be able to trace their ancestors online from today.AP Records list the Irish ancestors of Nicole Kidman Although often portrayed as a nation of convicts, Australia's early population was largely based on immigrants who voluntarily sailed from Britain in search of a better life. The details of 9 million people who arrived in New South Wales between 1826 and 1922 are to be made available. More than 2 million of them were free settlers from Britain leaving behind... The Telegraph (UK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2026148/posts#comment Wed, 4 Jun 2008 23:54:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2024305/posts A 14-year-old Boise, Idaho, girl has disappeared and is believed to be in danger after meeting a 27-year-old man on the Internet. Police say the girl may be in the Seattle area with the man, who is wanted on a kidnapping warrant. The girl, Saddie "Elaine" Julian, was last seen Wednesday morning. Authorities are asking for the public's help in locating her. She is described as 5 feet tall, weighing 90 pounds, with pale skin, long red hair and a thin build. According to police, Saddie developed an online relationship with Morgan Douglas Jones, 27, of Birmingham, Ala., while playing... KOMO News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2024305/posts#comment Sun, 1 Jun 2008 08:48:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2017525/posts I have been checking out various on-line IT courses for my college age home schooled son. I found this site for $149.00 that features a full menu of options for a flat one year membership, SECURITY+ CERTIFICATION A+ CERTIFICATION ACCOUNTANCY ADOBE CISCO CLAIT CONTACT MANAGEMENT COREL DATABASES DESKTOP DTP ECDL E-QUALS GRAPHICS I-NET+ CERTIFICATION INTERNET LOTUS MCSE MICROSOFT MOS NETWORK+ CERTIFICATION NOVELL PROGRAMMING SERVER+ CERTIFICATION SOFT SKILLS UNIX WEB DEVELOPMENT and the other one in the link--whose typos on their web page do not inspire me with confidence.(My typos I attribute to my Saturday ration od Sam Adams) Bottom Line:... various online options http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2017525/posts#comment Sun, 18 May 2008 01:18:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2016553/posts About a year ago in my first visit to Second Life, the popular online virtual world, I spent half an hour trying to make my avatar, or online character, look like a hotter version of myself — which isn't easy when you don't know how to use the tools. When I finally made it onto Money Island to mingle, a stranger approached me and said, "Hello there, Devon." I froze. Then I tried to run. I was desperately searching for the teleport tool when my sister walked into the room, peered over my shoulder at the computer screen and said,... Time http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2016553/posts#comment Thu, 15 May 2008 22:44:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1967649/posts If you buy books, movies or other items from Amazon.com, be prepared to pay more soon. The online retail giant isn't raising prices. Gov. Eliot Spitzer is raising taxes - at least he hopes to. Spitzer has proposed closing a loophole in state tax law that allows out-of-state Internet retailers - Amazon.com being the biggest by far - to avoid charging sales tax to New Yorkers for online purchases. Rather than pay tax when they buy online, New York residents are supposed to account for the sales tax on their personal income tax returns. Few do, and the state loses... © 2008 The Post-Standard. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1967649/posts#comment Sat, 9 Feb 2008 15:55:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1965845/posts The security of the online computer system used by more than three million people to file tax returns is in doubt after HM Revenue and Customs admitted it was not secure enough to be used by MPs, celebrities and the Royal Family. Thousands of "high profile" people have been secretly barred from using the online tax return system amid concerns that their confidential details would be put at risk. This provoked anger from consumer groups and accountants who said the same levels of security should be offered to all taxpayers regardless of their perceived fame. HMRC was responsible for losing... Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1965845/posts#comment Wed, 6 Feb 2008 15:28:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1933018/posts WASHINGTON, Nov. 30, 2007 – A nonprofit group is using a treasure hunt to get people interested in helping military families. “We hope treasure hunters, individuals and corporations will generously donate to the scholarship fund for the families of our brave men and women in uniform who protect our freedoms each and every day,” said Gayle Osterberg, a spokeswoman for the group, ThanksUSA. “More than 1,300 scholarships have been awarded to the kids and spouses of active-duty military personnel in all branches of the service, … including those in the Guard and reserves.” ThanksUSA is a supporter of America... America Supports You http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1933018/posts#comment Sat, 1 Dec 2007 00:10:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1926801/posts If you want to be a savvy shopper on Black Friday, you may want to do your buying the day before.This year, many retailers will offer deals traditionally reserved for the day after Thanksgiving on Turkey Day via their Web sites, consumer experts say."I will be on the computer shopping on Thanksgiving Day," said Edgar Dworsky, founder of ConsumerWorld.org, a leading consumer Web site. "Last year, I sat at home on Black Friday and felt so smug not having to go out and fight the crowds."You will, indeed, find crowds if you venture out the day after Thanksgiving to shop.... Star-Telegram http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1926801/posts#comment Fri, 16 Nov 2007 18:24:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1917255/posts Dozens of FReepers undoubtedly know this, but, sadly, yr hmbl srvnt does not. Seems to me that I recall an online site, perhaps ESPN or ABC, where one can ''watch'' a graphical play-by-play of virtually any football game. The game one is ''watching'' features a display of a field, where the ball is spotted and where it moves on each play, with a description of the play just run. Many thanks in advance for any and all help, and FReegards! self http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1917255/posts#comment Sat, 27 Oct 2007 17:50:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1912990/posts A few weeks back I blogged about allegations of cheating at an online poker site called Absolute Poker. While things looked awfully suspicious, there wasn’t quite a smoking gun, and it was unclear exactly how the cheater might have cheated. A combination of some incredible detective work by some poker players and an accidental (?) data leak by Absolute Poker have blown the scandal wide open. Some opponents became suspicious of how a certain player was playing. He seemed to know what the opponents’ hole cards were. The suspicious players provided examples of these hands, which were so outrageous that... NY Times Freakonomics Blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1912990/posts#comment Thu, 18 Oct 2007 13:58:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1910197/posts A CANDIDATE for the US presidency is being buoyed by a huge online campaign that may be a fake a grassroots movement organised by party staff. YouTube footage of Texan Republican Senator Ron Paul, whose candidacy has been overshadowed in the media by competitors Rudi Giuliani, Fred Thompson and John McCain, has been viewed by tens of thousands of people in the last week. As of 11am AEST today, a compilation of different clips of Senator Paul was the top rated video of the past 24 hours. The clip had been viewed nearly 60,000 times since it was uploaded yesterday.... Herald Sun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1910197/posts#comment Fri, 12 Oct 2007 11:27:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1905007/posts SEATTLE - Microsoft Corp. is unveiling a Web component for its desktop-based Office programs that lets computer users store, share and comment on documents, but the software maker did not go so far as to let people create new files from scratch online. Microsoft Office Live Workspace, as the free Web site is called, isn't quite live. Starting Monday, users can sign up to be part of an early "beta" test of the service. A number of those users will be able to start using the service at some point this year, Microsoft said. Office Live Workspace will give users... Yahoo! News! http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1905007/posts#comment Mon, 1 Oct 2007 18:56:00 GMT