Without lying to people, and giving false information, what would make the below experiment work better (more people taking part?). Aside from increasing the number each person sends the message too? Suggestions are welcome and your internet insights are also going to be looked at by my class. This was the experiment, the below e-mail was sent by my students to 2 people by each student only: The Social Network Explosion and Distributed Network Information Possibilities, how can...

As many of you know I have my own YouTube channel where I post videos from the military that most people will never get a chance to see because the mainstream media refuses to show any good news video from the war front. So back in March of 2007 I started a YouTube channel and dedicated it to posting videos I thought that the general public and military families might find interesting, yet not otherwise be able to find or see. With the popularity of YouTube I thought it was the perfect...

Iraqis enjoy new freedom of expression on Web journals   A year ago, few Iraqis had ever had access to a computer, much less used it to communicate to the outside world. Now, Internet cafes seemingly dot every block in Baghdad, and new ones open often. That has led to a new phenomenon here: bloggers. Gee just think, you can actually read what the Iraqi People themselves are thinking! How cool! "We suffered for years under Saddam Hussein, not being able to speak out," says Omar Fadhil,...

Last night my work came to a crashing halt. I was at work, and we got hit by lighting. I mean the building I work in. I was getting ready to go teach (I teach at a police academy) and was looking some references up on the internet when BOO OMMM!!! the building was hit by a bolt of lighting. The power went of for about 20 seconds. Not even long enough for the generator we have to kick on. All of the computers of course rebooted, but when they did, NO INTERNET! Well I didn't think much of ...