| Transcribing in Linux: Easy As 1, 2, 3...
I'm fairly sure that this is not open source software. My reasoning for stating this, since I have yet to see anything even close to Express Scribe, in the open source world as of yet. Much like MainActor is to those who want entry level software for decent video editing, I see Express Scribe as filling this same need, and perhaps even hitting a more important piece of the Linux puzzle.
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iTALC promotes learning on a classroom network
iTALC, or Intelligent Teaching and Learning with Computers, is a didactical tool designed to assist teachers. Despite its name, the tool itself isn't a learning environment. It's meant to let teachers control their students' computers in a computer-driven classroom setting. Thanks to its powerful remote desktop control features, simple setup, and lack of cost, it's a potential remote assistance tool for any type of network.
ResNet moves to Burge Union
Think of it as the trek of the tech: student technology services move into the Burge Union. ResNet, which provides Internet service for student housing, moved to the Burge from McCollum Hall over winter break. Last Monday, an information technology desk opened. The technology services moved to the Burge Union this semester in hopes that the Burge's location near the Anschutz sports complex will make the services more accessible for students. Next fall, students will see a Pulse coffee shop, new furniture and 10 to 15 high-end-computer workstations, in addition to the help desk. The workstations will feature software for photo and video editing. A large screen plasma or LCD TV will be added to a conference room. Students also will be able to check out laptops, digital cameras and digital camcorders.
Broadband for Brookfield?
Standing room only at Brookfield Elementary School as people packed the cafeteria for Town Meeting Day. "This is a yearly spring vacation to come out and see what's going on in the town," said resident George Buck. Among the usual questions of tax rates, road construction and purchasing a new fire truck a question never before considered. Should these voters support an effort to bring broadband Internet service to their town? A non-profit group called EC Fiber wants to model the effort of two year-old Burlington Telecom. Two dozen communities in east central Vermont are considering that question this Town Meeting Day. "From a personal standpoint I would be thrilled to have broadband because dial up is just not doing it for us anymore," said Linda Runnion.
They're back from Boot Hill Local director Wiest’s genre-blending ...
After two years of work, Andrew Wiest was satisfied with his final cut of Dead Noon, a zombie Western movie made on a budget of $4,000. But then Hollywood got involved.Once Barnholtz Entertainment saw Wiests 85-minute version of Dead Noon, the company predicted it could be more than a minor independent film from an unknown director from Montana. .
How many nonbelievers?
The 2006 study from the University of Minnesota does not examine the question of how many non- believers there are but rather makes clear the troubling depth of Americans' distrust of them. Asked whether they would disapprove of a child's wish to marry an atheist, 47.6% of the 2,000 randomly selected people interviewed said yes. When asked the same question about Muslims and African Americans, the respondents' "yes" responses fell to 33.5% and 27.2%, respectively, and the responses dealing with Asian Americans, Latinos and other groups were lower.
When asked which groups did not share their vision of society, 39.5% of those interviewed mentioned atheists -- again, a level of distrust far in excess of that shown to other groups. Sociologist Penny Edgell, the study's lead researcher, called the results "a glaring exception to the rule of increasing tolerance over the last 30 years."
The recent study by the Pew Forum reports on the religious affiliations of Americans.
'E911' Turns Cell Phones into Tracking Devices
Cell phones will be taking on a new role in 1998, beginning a slow transition to becoming user tracking devices. The outcome of this shift reassures some, but has others calling for restrictions on how cell-locating information can be used. The impending first phase of the FCC's rules is aimed at enabling emergency services personnel to quickly get information on the location of a cell phone user in the event of a 911 call. By April, all cellular and personal communications services providers will have to transmit to 911 operators and other "public safety answering points" the telephone number and cell site location of any cell phone making a 911 call. The aim of the law is to bring to cell phone users the same automatic-locating capability that now exists with wireline phones.
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