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Category Archives: Internet
11 Unspoken Rules Of MySpace
I found this on MySpace from the Kosher Goddess: 1. If you’re ugly, stop acting like you don’t know it. The caption under your picture that says "Me Being Sexy" doesn’t convince anyone. 2. To the people who have like … Continue reading
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Google Search Engine Myths Exposed
Google is like the Holy Grail of marketing on the web. Rank well in Google and your profits are pretty much set. On January 9th, 2008, Jonathan Leger is releasing a new free report that completely obliterates the following myths … Continue reading
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Applauding Troubled Minds
Michael Booth writes: Critics of the Craigslist-style forums say the sites act not as healthy outlets for inevitable sentiment but as encouragement to troubled minds. "I don’t see how that belongs on Craigslist," said Shari Julian, a Texas psychologist and … Continue reading
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After a teen girl falls victim to a Web hoax, angry neighbors take matters into their own hands
P.J. Hufstutter writes: DARDENNE PRAIRIE, MO. — For nearly a year, the families who live along Waterford Crystal Drive in this bedroom community northwest of St. Louis have kept the secret about the boy Megan Meier met last September on … Continue reading
Law lags as taunts ruin lives
From the St. Louis Post Dispatch: In Florida, Jeff Johnston, 15, hanged himself by his book-bag strap in 2005 after three years of cyberspace bullying. His mother and principal had tried to stop the threats but couldn’t. In Vermont, Ryan … Continue reading
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Dateline NBC Investigates Cyber-Terrorists
A source emails: "There is a story working up on Dateline NBC about cyber terrorists. It points to and exposes obsessed and in may cases mentally deranged people who’s purpose in life is to create havoc for people and torment … Continue reading
‘My Space’ hoax ends with suicide of Dardenne Prairie teen
Steve Pokin writes: His name was Josh Evans. He was 16 years old. And he was hot. "Mom! Mom! Mom! Look at him!" Tina Meier recalls her daughter saying. Josh had contacted Megan Meier through her MySpace page and wanted … Continue reading
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‘On the internet, can you become a celebrity for doing pretty much nothing at all.’
Link. As opposed to the real world which only rewards merit. I had a psychiatrist in Brisbane, Australia who told my family it was too bad that the internet allowed me to play out my dramas on a big stage. … Continue reading
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Chabad Online Since 1988
I first heard about the wonders of the online world in 1985 from talkshow Rush Limbaugh in Sacramento. But I didn’t send my first email until 1993, and didn’t buy my first real computer until July 1997 (an hour after … Continue reading
Internet, Intermarriage And Pornography
Rabbi Gil Student provides the following links and discussion: R. Mordechai Willig in this week’s TorahWeb, invoking R. Eliyahu Dessler’s concept of nekudas ha-bechirah — a point of choice (link): Many rabbonim, including myself, have dealt with marriages threatened by … Continue reading
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