In a day when it seems that the entire world has access to all of our personal information, Newsweek arrives with a blasting cover "Beating Big Brother," and as a techie-lite, I'm always interested in how big brother is peeking into my business. After reading the article, it seems there is a whole world of cyber-snoops out there, and even if it's just for kicks, these folks care about our online communications.
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Ahhh yes, life’s pretty sweet with that high speed DSL
line. But there is a glitch. The normal ISP dial up
account can’t be used from any computer in the world. A
DSL line connects to only one computer.
The obvious solution would be to install a network to
carry the line to every computer in the house. I've
steered clear of a having network in my home office. I
once spent several days trying to hook up 2 computers
using Windows 95, and finally gave up after only
intermittently being able to make the computers
communicate. I swore that my days on the floor with my
computers were over and I ran my own "network" by
transferring Zip disks from one computer to another.
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