"Computers don't expect you to smile or socially relate to them when you are feeling ill," said psychiatrist and program writer, Dr. Tony Carr.
Dr. Carr of the Maudsley Hospital in London tries to make sure his programs are friendly. For example, if a patient called Anna says that both her parents are dead, the computer will say: "I'm sorry to hear that, Anna."
As well as expressing sympathy like a doctor, the computer can also question patients and remind patients of something. If a patient says he never drinks alcohol, the computer can ask him: "Never? Not even at parties or at Christmas?"
Computers are doing everyday interviews which used to take up a lot of a doctor's time. "And, of course," said Dr. Carr, "it is cheaper to use a computer than a highly-trained person."
Does this direct contact between the patients and the computer mean that we do not need doctors anymore?
It depends. Computers are useful because they do not feel embarrassed. They do not look shocked if you say you drink two bottles of whisky a day. And they do not stop to talk on the phone as doctors often do.
But, as Dr. Mike Pringle, a family doctor in Nottinghamshire, said: "We smile and we give a patient a hankie or put an arm around her shoulder if she is crying. That is why people will always want us."
Vickie Hulvey, 29, in New Jersey, met Steve Barnes, 35, a confirmed bachelor and computer consultant living in Bristol, in a CompuServe chat room in August 1995. Now they're married and have an eight-month-old daughter.
When they first made contact, Vickie had been divorced for about four years. She'd begun using the Net while she was married to her ex-husband. "I am not a good computer user," Vickie said. "I could only use text, so I spent lots of time in the chat room. It was a great way for me to forget about all my problems. Everyone was so friendly. Sort of a Utopia where no one really had any problems."
Four months after Steve and Vickie had first made contact, he flew to New Jersey. "Our first meeting was pretty amazing," she recalls. "Steve and I both realized the IRL (In Real Life) meeting would either cement our future together or end the relationship we'd been dreaming about. I felt awkward during the first 10 minutes, because I kept thinking, 'A sane person wouldn't be doing this!' But Steve said he felt comfortable straightaway. He was exactly what he had said he was, so there weren't any adjustments to make."
They'd started e-mailing each other during August 1995 and had been sending about four messages daily. "We spent a huge amount of time online," Vickie says. They printed all the e-mails, which fill seven large binders. They also crossed the Atlantic to visit each other five times between December 1995 and June 1996.
"I don't think it was a specific thing that attracted me to him; it was the whole package really," Vickie said. "I know it's going to sound sappy, but it was like destiny. We just clicked. We had similar hopes and dreams for the future for what we wanted out of life."
Is their relationship still heavenly? "Life is good, we get on well together, and we work on everything as a team, sharing all of life. Steve sometimes e-mails me when he is at work, but we talk more than type these days," Vickie gushed. "We will be married for two years in July and I can honestly say it was a match made in heaven!"
Are you looking to improve your language skills, but without a chance to go overseas to attend school? More and more universities around the world are offering opportunities for students to obtain degrees online—distance education—from the comfort of their own homes, and many of these institutions社会公共机构are accredited授权, meaning that they have met certain standards of excellence.
If you decide to take language courses online (or any subject for that matter), be sure to evaluate评估,评价the benefits益处of studying online versus与…相比之下 going abroad. The advantages of studying online are that the costs are usually lower, you can study at your own pace, and you have access to the materials 24-hours-a-day from almost any computer in the world. However, you won't get the human interaction of meeting people face to face like you would if you were physically attending a school overseas.
On the other hand, the advantages of going overseas may include day-to-day opportunities机会,时机to learn a new culture, meet new friends with whom you can use and practice the language, and chances to see different parts of the world. However, there may be a number of disadvantages for you, including expense, being away from one's school, family, or work, and the challenge of adapting to a new culture and way of life.
Whatever you do, consider a distance education program that meets your educational needs, is within your budget, and equally important, provides you with opportunities to grow beyond the classroom through cultural and educational activities.
A jobless man applied for the position of "office boy" at Microsoft.
The HR manager interviewed him, and then gave him a test: clean the floor. The man passed the test with flying colors.
"You are hired," the HR manager informed the applicant, "give me your e-mail address, and I'll send you the application for employment, as well as the date you should report for work."
The man replied, "I don't have a computer, or an e-mail!"
"I'm sorry," said the HR manager. "If you don't have an
e-mail, that means you do not exist. And we cannot hire persons who do not exist."
The man was very disappointed.
He didn't know what to do. He had only $10 with him. Once that was spent, he wouldn't have any money to buy any food.
He went to the supermarket and bought a crate篓子of tomatoes with his $10.
He went from door to door and sold the tomatoes in less than two hours. He doubled his money.
He repeated the operation three times, and returned home with $60. He realized that he could survive this way. He started to go early everyday, and return home late.
He doubled or tripled his money every day. Soon, he bought a cart, then a truck. In a very short time, he had his own fleet车队of delivery vehicles.
Five years later, the man became one of the biggest food retailers in the U.S. He started to plan his family's future, and decided to have a life insurance policy.
He called an insurance broker, and chose a protection plan.
At the end of the conversation the broker asked him for his
e-mail address.
The man replied, "I don't have an e-mail."
The broker经纪人was dumbfounded. "You don't have an e-mail, and yet have succeeded in building an empire. Can you imagine what you could have been if you had an e-mail?" he exclaimed.
The man thought for a while, and replied, "An office boy at Microsoft!"
Statements:
| 1. | The HR manager wanted to send the man the application for employment. |
| 2. | At Microsoft, those who didn't have a computer were assigned the task of floor cleaning. |
| 3. | The man bought a cart with the $60 he earned in less than two hours. |
| 4. | The man worked hard and that was the reason for his success. |
| 5. | The man decided to protect his money earned from being stolen. |
| 6. | The man could have been an office boy at Microsoft if he had an e-mail. |
Have you heard of online movie rentals? If not, there might be an option for you to improve your language skills and enjoy some entertainment at the same time. Some people have grown tired of going down to the video rental store to rent movies. Now, more and more companies are offering customers the service of online movie rentals.
Here's how it works for most of these companies like Netflix, Blockbuster, and Qwikfliks:
| 1. | Select and sign up for a payment program, which will determine how many movies you can rent and hold at any one time. | |
| 2. | Choose the movies you want to watch (generally 1—3 at a time). | |
| 3. | Movies (usually DVDs) are sent to you within 1—3 days, and shipping is covered by the company. | |
| 4. | Watch the movies, often with no late fees. | |
| 5. | Return the movies in a prepaid return envelope. |
Once you receive the movies, how can you improve your language skills with them? Well, just sitting in front of the TV with a drink in one hand and popcorn in the other isn't a bad way to relax and passively enjoy movies, but you won't learn much doing it. Rather, one idea to improve your listening skills is to watch the movies with the captions turned on and pause the movie when you see and hear new expressions. Write down these words and look them up in a good English-English dictionary to understand their possible meanings. Then, think of some sample sentences for each word. In other words, learning vocabulary has little meaning if you don't know how to use them in context. Good luck.
Video game consoles and software will gross $30 billion this year, more than twice the revenue税收of the National Football League, the National Basketball Association, and Major League Baseball combined. With millions of people playing, it's no wonder that it has given rise to professional video game competition.
The No. 1 video game player, Johnathan Wendel, who lives in Kansas City, Missouri, and has the professional name of "Fatality", is the outstanding cyber-athlete in the world. At the age of 25 he has been a professional for six years, has won 46 tournaments and has earned more than $300,000. He has won world championships in four different video games and is working on a fifth game. Nobody else has done that, but, when asked if he is the best cyber-athlete in the world, he answers, "If you say so, I'm trying to be modest..., but, yes, I'm pretty good."
When he was 18, he wanted to become a professional video game athlete, but his parents both thought it was a bad idea. Johnathan said, "Dad, just let me go to this one tournament. If I don't win... any significant money, I'll just quit, and go to school full-time." He won $4,000, came home and said, "Dad, I won $4,000 playing a video game... It was so insane! 疯狂的" At the 2004 World Cyber Games in San Francisco, the total prizes were more than $400,000, and the games were broadcast live over the Internet, complete with play-by-play commentary实况报道, coaches, and both individual and team competitions.
"Fatality致命性" said, "It's all about hand-eye coordination, reflexes, timing, strategy and thinking fast." Like all cyber-athletes he practices 8—10 hours a day at the video screen, but he is not a geek杂技团表演者,反常人,电脑迷. He is an excellent athlete, a star on his high school tennis team, and works out a lot to stay physically fit, making sure his neurotransmitters are working well and are ready to go. He calls his physical training "neuro-fitness". It has been compared to playing chess, using the controls to collect weapons and ammunition while making precision moves to evade, trap and kill one's opponent. He doesn't think this "killing" is a bad thing, but compares it to scoring in football or baseball.
Video game competition drew 100,000 fans to a tournament in South Korea in 2005, and it is now a big enough community社区,社会;团体,界around the world to attract吸引prize money, advertising revenue and merchandising deals from computing companies, video games and soft drinks.
| (Ms. Johnson, a bank manager and Mr. Kantor, the assistant manager, are discussing the problem of senior citizens not making use of the bank's computerized services. Many senior年长的customers are complaining抱怨that doing banking chores杂务,日常工作;令人讨厌的工作is becoming less convenient and more time-consuming.) | |
| Johnson: | Many of our senior customers are not using our computerized banking services. How do you explain this phenomenon? |
| Kantor: | Well, it could be that they might not know how to use them and that they might feel uncomfortable about asking for help. Perhaps we should develop programs to show these customers just how easy it is to use bank computers such as automated teller machines. |
| Johnson: | We could do that. More senior citizens might use these services if they also knew how much easier it would be for them to do their banking tasks by computer at any time of the day rather than having to wait for a teller during regular banking hours. What other ideas do you have? |
| Kantor: | We could also have our staff全体人员,同事take note of注意,留意 any customers waiting in line who could be saving time doing the same thing by computer. |
| Johnson: | How about a Seniors' Day? We could invite our senior customers to an open house to demonstrate论证;说明;显示how to use the computers and how these machines can make their banking faster and more convenient. |
| Kantor: | We could also advertise that by using a computerized banking machine, they would avoid the cost of service charges. |
| Johnson: | Let's get working on this right away. I want our customers to know just how much computers can change their lives. |
"Just when you think you've seen the basest means by which strangers try to steal from the innocent无辜的;无害的;天真的,无知的, a new low is reached," said Elly Harkins of Vallejo, California. The 77-year-old said the latest attempt to cheat her came in the form of an e-mail appealing to her sense of compassion. "What bothers me is that it appeals to people's goodwill and their desire to help someone in trouble," said Harkins. "My concern is that some of the elderly people might send this cheat money, not so much for the money it promises, but because they want to help this woman with such a sad story."
Harkins' e-mail was reportedly据报道,据传闻from a dying woman who wants to send Harkins two million dollars to care for her children after she dies. All Harkins is supposed to do is call or e-mail a priest in Africa, and send him all sorts of personal information. She got a second such e-mail from a different woman directing her to the same "priest".
Harkins said she was immediately suspicious when she saw the e-mail, but some recipients are likely to fall for it, according to a new Consumer Reports survey. The survey shows that U.S. consumers have lost more than eight billion dollars to online schemes阴谋and computer viruses in the past two years.
Vallejo Police Department Chief Detective Lt. Ron Becker said that while he's never heard of Harkins' particular cheat, he agrees that it sounds like a new variation of the Internet crimes. "All these cheating and tricking prey either on people's generosity or greed," Becker said. He continued, "Real people in trouble don't often send out blanket e-mails. If you get an e-mail requesting money or personal information, it's best just to delete it."
Jeff Fox, Consumer Reports Technology Editor, advises accessing bank or other official websites from one's own browser and never from an e-mail link. He says, "Scarier still is a new breed of fraud from e-mailers pretending to be from the Internal Revenue Service or other government agency." He continued, "The best way to stay safe from computer/Internet crime is to use anti-virus and spyware-blocking software, but many people still don't."
Statements:
| 1. | According to Harkins most people now have very low moral standards. |
| 2. | The two e-mails she received were aimed at getting her personal information and stealing money from her. |
| 3. | U.S. consumers have lost 80 billion dollars to online schemes and computer viruses in the past two years. |
| 4. | If you get an e-mail requesting money, it's best to delete it. |
| 5. | An e-mail link is as reliable as one's own browser. |
Some people think of the Internet as a huge video game in which millions of "surfers" spend time skipping from one entertaining website to another with the flick of a mouse. While it is true that high technology provides unlimited opportunity for aimless没有目标;无目的的entertainment, interactive technology also offers amazing new possibilities for serious learning认真学习. People can use the Internet for gaining knowledge, managing their money, pursuing special interests, and taking courses课程.
One such use is information retrieval信息检索. Online access to reference material is becoming an unparalleled无比的, 无双的, 空前的resource that will grow enormously巨大的,庞大的in the next decade. Most standard reference提供参考works, such as dictionaries, encyclopedias百科全书, almanacs历书;年鉴, thesauruses (分类词典), telephone directories, and atlases are already available on the Internet, and more are being made available every month. Instead of having to make a trip to the library to find out information, you can look up encyclopedia entries, legal and political documents, word definitions定义, and telephone numbers in other cities without leaving your computer.
Another use for the Internet is money management. Many banks now have connections for customers to do much of their banking at home, looking up their balances, paying bills by computer, transferring money between accounts, and paying off credit cards. Investors can get large amounts of information regarding stocks, mutual funds, and bond markets through a variety of services on the Internet as well. Prices on stocks are available almost up to the minute, and many conversation groups allow users to exchange financial advice. Computers are bringing us near a "cashless无现款的,无现金的,无钱的" world of spending, saving, and investing.
For those who want to pursue a special interest, whether as part of their profession or as a hobby, the Internet offers access to a rapidly expanding number of special interest groups. These enable you to exchange opinions and information with others who share your interest. Electronic bulletin boards display the most recent announcements of events related to the subject and may provide more current information on recent developments in the field than you are likely to find anywhere else. Hypertext materials available on the World Wide Web combine sound, graphics, and written text in a way that a book cannot.
If you want to take courses for credit学分on the Internet, a number of colleges already offer that possibility, and many more are certain to follow. For people who find it inconvenient to live on a college campus or travel to one, courses by computer provide distance learning opportunities. Online courses allow for electronic communication between student and teacher, with virtual实质上的,事实上的,实际上的classrooms beginning to serve nearly the same function功能as actual classrooms. Furthermore而且,此外, multimedia materials多媒体资料make the experience far more interesting and lifelike than any academic学术的,学院的,理论的experience other than the classroom itself.
As the number and variety of its services will increase rapidly over the next few decades, serious applications of the Internet for reference purposes, money management, education, and research on special interests can only expand greatly.
| Scene 1: | In the studio |
| (The Program "News Review" is on. Garman is interviewing Tiffany Zorn, the NotComGuy.) | |
| Garman: | This is Terry Garman. Welcome to "News Review". With me today is Ms. Tiffany Zorn, from The Chicago Tribune. Welcome. |
| Zorn: | Hi. |
| Garman: | Tiffany, your series of reports in the Tribune on your experiment have become well-known nationwide. Would you please briefly introduce it to the audience? |
| Zorn: | Well, I made a public announcement that I would go cold turkey for one week and then report on my discoveries. |
| Garman: | What do you mean by going cold turkey? |
| Zorn: | We human beings are addicted to electronic equipment, such as cell phones, fax machines, and of course, the computer and the Internet. |
| Garman: | And you want to go without them? |
| Zorn: | You're right. I wanted to know if I could survive in a world without them. |
| Garman: | That's why you've got a nickname—NotComGuy. Now I'm curious about the results of your experiment. Did you actually do that? |
| Zorn: | Well, to tell the truth, I gave up my attempt four days after I began. |
| Garman: | Your experiment only lasted four days and then you gave up? |
| Zorn: | Yep. |
| Garman: | What do you think was the reason for the failure of your experiment? |
| Zorn: | For one thing, I have to admit that I don't have enough willpower. At the beginning, I thought it would be difficult for me to quit after I made a public commitment in the newspapers, but things turned out otherwise. |
| Garman: | What made you change your mind? |
| Zorn: | When I set out to give up my computer and other electronic equipment, I felt sort of living in a different environment. I was cut off from my e-mail and felt lonely. I knew I could exist without it. But I still really missed my e-mail. You know, as a columnist, I always have to keep in contact with my correspondents. |
| Garman: | Yes, I see. |
| Zorn: | But that's only part of the story. Worse still, I learned that I wasn't able to write coherent sentences without the use of my word processor. |
| Garman: | That's amazing. |
| Zorn: | On second thought, it is quite understandable. With access to computers everywhere you go, you've probably lost some sort of ability to spell. |
| Garman: | That's right. Do you mean that you just couldn't go without a computer? |
| Zorn: | I was kind of adrift for those four days. It was partly due to the absence of the computer and the Internet. Yet of course, the cell phone and the fax machine were likewise indispensable. Think of the inconvenience and frustration it caused when I deliberately ignored them! They were so handy and tempting! |
| Garman: | The results of this experiment are not encouraging at all for those who want to return to simpler times. |
| Zorn: | I suppose so. I intended to give up my dependence on electronics, but as it turned out, I failed. Things are easier said than done. |
| Garman: | Tiffany, you tried to withdraw from your computer, your cell phone and your fax machine, and fit into human society. Someone I know is trying to do the exact opposite. He's withdrawing from human society into his computer. His name is Eric Maddox. |
| Scene 2: | In Eric Maddox's home |
| (Terry Garman is interviewing Eric Maddox, the DotComGuy, in Eric Maddox's home, where he has been doing the opposite of Tiffany Zorn's experiment.) | |
| Maddox: | Hi, everyone! |
| Garman: | Hi, Eric! How's everything going? |
| Maddox: | Fine. Everything's fine. |
| Garman: | Eric, or should I call you DotComGuy? |
| Maddox: | Go ahead. |
| Garman: | Eric, what prompted you to spend a whole year at home ordering everything you need to live over the Internet? |
| Maddox: | I got the idea two months ago when I found myself growing restless while I was shopping with my parents. They were walking back and forth in the aisle, making a fuss over what to buy. The whole trip took three hours. I was fed up with it. |
| Garman: | So you turned to e-commerce? |
| Maddox: | Yeah. It saves me a lot of trouble. Time is one thing, and price is another. What's more, I hope people can learn from my experience and know that the age of e-commerce is here and it's good. |
| Garman: | Well, you've certainly shown that it's possible. Your name is a household item because you've been observed by round-the-clock video cameras hooked up to computers around the world. |
| Maddox: | Computer and the Internet are here as well, you see? |
| Garman: | Since you are not allowed to leave your home, do you feel that you are separated from the outside world? |
| Maddox: | To some extent, my life is more isolated. But the Internet is a virtual world in itself. It offers a wide variety of things to buy, information to learn, and people of different backgrounds, professions and interests to chat with. |
| Garman: | That's for sure. Do you have any other leisure activities? |
| Maddox: | Uh, an aerobics instructor comes once a week to make sure I don't merge with my couch physically. |
| Garman: | And your couch was bought online too? |
| Maddox: | Yeah, of course. Um... I enjoy my lifestyle. Last night I went shopping for my bed. |
| Garman: | Besides, your life as a professional electronics consumer is apparently a financial success. |
| Maddox: | My website, which features videos of nearly every move I make, receives millions of hits a day and is using advertisements as well. I estimate I will earn nearly $90,000 this year. |
| Scene 3: | In the studio |
| (Terry Garman and Tiffany Zorn are in the studio for the "News Review" program again.) | |
| Garman: | We're back in the studio. Tiffany, what do you think are the differences between you and DotComGuy? |
| Zorn: | Well, I think my experiment is 50 times harder than his. And what he's doing is not very difficult. And I have the impression that what he's doing is almost like a job. He's now profiting from it. The problem is how long people will be willing to log on and watch him click his mouse. It's questionable whether that will go on for very long. |
| Garman: | You may have a point. The true test of DotComGuy's character will be 10 months from now, when he has to face the outside world again, no longer safely protected by the Web and his e-comforts. |
“电脑不指望你在微笑或社会有关他们当你不舒服,说:”心理医生和方案作家托尼博士卡尔。
博士在伦敦莫兹利医院卡尔试图确保他的方案是友好的。例如,如果一个病人叫安娜说,她的父母都死了,电脑会说:“我很抱歉听到这个消息,安娜。”
除了像一个医生表示同情,也可以在计算机上的问题,并提醒患者患者的东西。如果病人说,他从来没有饮酒,计算机可以问他:“即使是在聚会或在圣诞节不要??”
电脑是用来做它占用了医生的时间,每天大量的采访。 “当然,”卡尔博士说,“这是便宜比使用一个训练有素的人一台电脑。”
这是否与患者之间的计算机表示我们再也不需要医生的直接接触?
这取决于。电脑是有用的,因为他们不觉得尴尬。他们不看大吃一惊,如果你说你喝威士忌,1天2瓶。他们不停止对医生的电话谈话常常做的事。
但是,正如麦克博士普林格尔,在诺丁汉郡一个家庭医生:“我们微笑,我们给病人开一颈巾或搂着她的肩膀手臂,如果她是哭了。这就是为什么人们总是希望我们。”
维基哈维,29日在新泽西州,会见了在1995年8月的CompuServe史蒂夫巴恩斯聊天室,35岁,已确认的学士和计算机在布里斯托尔生活顾问。现在,他们结了婚,并有8个月大的女儿。
当他们第一次取得联系,维基已离婚了约4年。她会开始使用网络的同时,她嫁给了她的前夫。 “我不是一个良好的计算机用户,”维基说。 “我只能用文字,所以我花了在聊天室很多时间。这是一个很好的方式,我会忘记我所有的问题。每个人都那么友善。一个乌托邦,没有人真有什么问题排序。”
4个月后,史蒂夫和维基先是取得了联系,他飞到新泽西。 “我们的第一次会议是相当惊人的,”她回忆说。 “史蒂夫和我都实现了印(在现实生活)会议要么巩固我们的明天或结束的关系,我们会一直梦想着。我感到很尴尬,在头10分钟,因为我一直在想,'一个理智的人也不愿意't是这样!但史蒂夫说,他立刻感到舒服。他正是他所说的他,所以并没有作出任何调整。“
他们会开始发送电子邮件在1995年8月,并一直相互发送邮件每天约四。 “我们花了大量时间上网,”维基说。他们印制的所有电子邮件,填补7大粘合剂。他们还越过大西洋访问对方5 1995年12月至1996年6月时间。
“我不认为这是一个具体的东西吸引我他,这是整套真的,”维基说。 “我知道这将声音sappy,但它像命运。我们刚按下。我们有相同的希望和对未来的梦想就是我们想要的完美的生活。”
他们的关系仍然是天上? “生活好,我们在一起相处得很好,我们的一切工作,作为一个团队,分享人生的全部。史蒂夫有时电子邮件我,当他在工作,但我们比打字更谈这些天,”维基涌出。 “我们将在7月结婚2年,我可以诚实地说这是在天堂做的比赛!”
你希望提高你的语言能力,但没有机会去国外上学?世界各地越来越多的大学提供机会让学生获得网上远程教育,从自己家的舒适,其中许多机构认可度,这意味着他们已经达到一定标准的优秀。
如果您决定参加语文课程,在网上(或任何就此主题),一定要学习评价与出国在线的好处。网上学习的好处是成本通常较低,你可以研究自己的步调,你必须从在世界上几乎任何电脑使用的材料24小时,1天。但是,您将得不到满足人的面对面交流的人会喜欢你,如果你身体海外就读的学校。
在另一方面,出国可能包括日常的日常机会学习新的文化优势,结识新朋友,可以与他们使用的语言和做法,并机会看到世界各地。但是,有可能是你若干缺点,包括费用,正在从自己的学校,家庭,或上班,并适应挑战,一种新的文化和生活方式。
不管你做什么,考虑远程教育课程,以满足您的教育需求,是您的预算之内,而且同样重要的是,提供了机会,增长超过通过文化和教育活动课堂你。
一个失业的人对“微软办公室男孩”职位的申请。
人力资源经理面试他,然后给他一个测试:擦地板。该名男子以优异的成绩通过了测试。
“你被录用,”人力资源管理人员通知申请人,“给我你的电子邮件地址,我给你的就业申请,以及报告的日期应为你工作。”
该名男子回答说:“我没有电脑,或电子邮件!”
“我很抱歉,”人事经理说。 “如果你没有一
电子邮件,这意味着你不存在。同时,我们不能雇用人谁不存在。“
这个人很失望。
他不知道该怎么做。他只与他10元。一旦这是花了,他不会有任何金钱购买任何食物。
他去超市买了他的10元一箱的西红柿。
他从门到门和出售在不到两个小时的西红柿。他一倍的钱。
他又做了3次,与60美元,回到家里。他意识到,他能躲过这一方式。去年初,他开始每天回家晚了。
他一倍或两倍的钱每天。不久,他买了个手推车,然后卡车。在很短的时间内,他有他自己的车队运载工具。
五年后,该名男子成为在美国最大的食品零售商之一,他开始计划他家庭的未来,并决定有寿险保单。
他打电话给保险经纪,并选择了一个保护计划。
在谈话结束时问他的经纪人为他
电子邮件地址。
该名男子回答说:“我没有一封邮件。”
该券商是目瞪口呆。 “你没有一个电子邮件,但在建立一个帝国的成功。你能想像你可以如果你有一封邮件?”他喊道。
该名男子想了一会儿,回答说:“在微软的办公室男孩!”
声明:
1。人力资源经理要发送人的就业申请。
2。在微软,这些谁没有一台计算机被分配的地板清洁工作。
3。该名男子买了60美元,他与在不到两年的时间内赚取车。
4。该名男子努力工作,这是他成功的原因。
5。该名男子决定来保护他的血汗钱被偷走。
6。该名男子本来可以成为微软的办公室男孩,如果他有一封邮件。
你听过的线上电影出租?如果没有,可能有一个选项为您提高您的语言技能和享受的同时,一些娱乐。有些人讨厌下降到录影带出租店租电影。现在,越来越多的公司正在为客户提供了在线电影租赁服务。
下面是它如何为如Netflix,Blockbuster公司,这些公司大多和Qwikfliks作品:
1。选择并注册一个支付方案,该方案将确定有多少电影可以租,并在任何时候成立的。
2。选择您想要观看的电影一般在1-3时()。
3。电影(通常DVD光盘)1-3天之内发送给你,航运是受公司。
4。看电影,经常没有滞纳金。
5。返回电影在预付回邮信封。
新公司及服务条件不断变化,所以请具体,直至最新的细节这些网站。
一旦你收到电影,你怎么能提高他们的语言能力?嗯,刚刚在电视机前坐了,一手拿爆米花,其他饮料是个不错的放松方式和被动地欣赏电影,但你不会学得这样做。相反,一个想法,以提高你的听力是观察与开启字幕的电影和电影暂停当你看到和听到新的表达。这些话写下来,看看他们在一个良好的英英字典,了解他们可能的意义。然后,想想每个字的一些例句。换言之,学习词汇就没有什么意义,如果你不知道如何使用的范围内。祝你好运。
游戏机及软件总值300亿美元将在今年的两倍多,全国足球联赛的收入,国家篮球协会和美国职棒大联盟结合起来。随着玩千百万人,这已经不是什么,它已经引起了专业视频游戏比赛的奇迹。
排名第一的视频游戏播放器,乔纳森文德尔,谁在密苏里州堪萨斯城的生活,并具有专业名称“天命”,是优秀的网络在世界上的运动员。在25岁的他已是一个专业为六年,赢得了46场比赛,并获得了超过30万美元。他曾先后在四个不同的视频游戏世界锦标赛,并在第五局的工作。没有其他人已经这样做了,但是,当被问到他是否是最好的网络在世界上的运动员,他回答,“如果你这么说,我试着要谦虚...,但是,是的,我很好的。“
当他是18岁,他想成为一名专业的视频游戏的运动员,但他的父母都认为这是一个坏主意。乔纳森说:“爸爸,只是让我去这个比赛。如果我不赢...任何重大的钱,我就退出,上学全时间。”他赢得了4000美元,回家说:“爸爸,我赢了4,000元玩视频游戏...就这样疯狂!”在2004年世界网络游戏在旧金山,总奖金超过40万美元,而且这些游戏是通过互联网现场直播,并播放由扮演评完成后,教练和个人和团体比赛。
“天命”说,“这是所有关于手眼协调,反应能力,时机,策略和思维快。”像所有网络选手,他的做法在8-10小时的视频屏幕,但他不是一个怪胎。他是一个出色的运动员,在他的高中网球队的明星,并制定出许多保持身体健康,并确保他的神经递质是运作良好,并已准备好去。他称他的身体训练“神经健身”。它比作下棋,使用控制,收缴武器和弹药而作出精确动作逃避,诱杀自己的对手。他不认为这种“”是一件坏事,但它比较在足球或棒球得分。
视频游戏比赛吸引10万球迷在韩国比赛于2005年,它现在是一个足够大的社区,以吸引世界各地的奖金,由电脑公司,视频游戏和饮料广告收入和商品销售。
(Johnson女士,银行经理和坎特先生,经理助理,现正讨论在不使银行的电脑化服务的使用高龄问题。许多资深的客户投诉,做好银行琐事变得如此方便和更多的时间,消费。)
约翰逊:我们的资深许多客户没有使用我们的电脑化银行服务。你如何解释这一现象?
坎特:嗯,这可能是因为他们可能不知道如何使用它们以及有关要求帮助,他们可能会感到不舒服。也许我们应该制订方案,显示这些客户是多么容易使用,如银行的自动取款机的电脑。
约翰逊:我们可以做到这一点。更高级的市民可能会使用这些服务,如果他们也知道如何将它更容易为他们做的计算机上的任何一天,而不必等待一个小时,在正常的银行取款的银行工作时间。你有什么其他想法呢?
坎特:我们也有我们的工作人员采取的任何行谁可以节省时间,由电脑做同样的事情等着顾客注意。
约翰逊:如何对一个老人节?我们可以邀请我们的高级客户建立一个开放的房子来演示如何使用电脑,以及如何使他们的这些机器能够更快,更方便的银行。
坎特:我们还可以宣传,通过使用一个计算机化的银行机,他们会尽量避免对服务收费的成本。
约翰逊:让我们这方面的工作的时候了。我希望我们的客户知道有多少计算机可以改变他们的生活。
“就在你认为你已经看到了卑鄙手段,陌生人试图窃取无辜的,达到一个新低点,说:”益利的瓦列霍,加州哈金斯。现年77岁说,最新的企图欺骗她的E -呼吁她的同情心邮件的形式来了。 “让我困扰的是,它呼吁人们的善意,他们希望帮助有困难的人,”哈金斯说。 “我担心的是,有些老人可能会发送这个作弊的钱,不是为了钱的承诺多,而是因为他们想帮助这个女人这样一个悲伤的故事。”
哈金斯的电子邮件据说来自一个垂死的女人谁愿意送哈金斯200万美元对她照顾孩子,她死了。所有哈金斯是应该做的是电话或电子邮件在非洲牧师,给他的各种个人信息。她从一个不同的指导她相同的“祭司”妇女第二次这样的电子邮件。
哈金斯说,她立即被当她看到可疑的电子邮件,但一些受助人可能下降的话,根据一项新的消费者调查报告。调查显示,美国消费者已经失去了超过80亿美元,在线过去两年计划和计算机病毒。
瓦列霍署总侦探中将罗恩贝克尔表示,虽然他从未听说过哈金斯的特定欺骗,他同意它像一个网络犯罪新变化的声音。 “所有这些作弊和欺骗或者对人民的慷慨或贪婪的猎物,”贝克说。他接着说:“真正麻烦的人并不经常发送毯子电子邮件。如果你收到一封电子邮件,要求金钱或个人信息,最好只将其删除。”
杰夫福克斯,科技编辑的消费者报告,建议从一进入自己的银行或其他浏览器官方网站,从来没有从一个电子邮件链接。他说,“传导效应仍然是一个新的欺诈品种从电子邮件发送假装从国内税务局或其他机构。”他继续说,“最好的办法远离电脑/网路犯罪的安全是使用反病毒和间谍软件拦截软件,但许多人仍然不知道。”
声明:
1。据哈金斯现在大多数人都非常低道德标准。
2。这两个电子邮件收到了她在获得她的个人资料和偷她的钱的目的。
3。美国消费者已经失去了80亿美元的在线过去两年计划和计算机病毒。
4。如果你收到一封电子邮件,要求钱,最好将其删除。
5。电子邮件链接是作为自己的浏览器可靠。
有些人认为,作为一个巨大的视频游戏中的“网民”百万跳花时间从一个娱乐网站,鼠标轻打了一个到另一个互联网。诚然,高技术为漫无目的的娱乐,互动技术也提供了无限的机会认真学习惊人的新的可能性。人们可以用获得的知识,管理自己的钱上网,追求特殊利益,并考虑课程。
一个这样的使用是信息检索。在线访问参考材料正在成为一个无与伦比的资源,将在未来10年增长巨大。最标准的参考书籍,如字典,百科全书,年鉴,辞典(分类词典),电话簿,和地图集已经在互联网上提供,并正在提供更多的每个月。而不必作出的图书馆之旅,了解信息,您可以查询百科全书的条目,法律和政治文件,文字定义,以及在其他城市的电话号码,而不必离开您的计算机。
另一个是利用因特网的资金管理。现在有许多银行为客户连接到家里做他们的银行很多,查找自己的余额,支付账单的计算机,帐户之间转移资金,并支付了信用卡。投资者可以得到关于股票信息,相互大量资金,并通过互联网上的服务品种的债券市场。股票价格可高达每分钟差不多,许多谈话组允许用户交换财务意见。计算机正在把附近一个“无现金”的消费世界的我们,储蓄和投资。
对于那些谁想要从事特殊利益,无论是作为其部分专业或业余爱好,互联网接入提供了一个特殊利益集团的数目迅速增加。这使您能够与其他人交流意见和谁分享您感兴趣的信息。电子公告牌显示相关的主题活动的最新公告,并可能在这一领域提供最近的事态发展比你可能会发现其他地方更多的最新信息。超材料可在万维网上结合声音,图形和文字的方式写一本书不能。
如果你想利用在互联网上,一个学分课程的院校数目已经提供了这种可能性,而且有很多一定会跟进。人们谁觉得不方便住在一个大学校园或旅行到一个由计算机课程提供远程学习的机会。在线课程让学生和老师之间的电子沟通,开始作为实际教室几乎相同的功能虚拟教室。此外,多媒体资料作出更有趣的经验远远比任何学术经验以外的其他课堂本身栩栩如生。
作为其服务的数量和种类迅速增加将在未来数十年中,供参考的,资金管理,教育,互联网严格的应用程序,并可以在特殊interests research only expand greatly。
场景1:在工作室
(程序“新闻评论”上。加曼的是采访蒂法尼佐恩的NotComGuy。)
加曼:这是特里加曼。欢迎来到“新闻评论”。由于我今天是佐恩蒂法尼女士,从芝加哥论坛报。欢迎光临。
佐恩:你好。
加曼:蒂芙尼,你在论坛报告中对实验系列,已成为驰名全国。请您简要地介绍给观众?
佐恩:嗯,我犯了一个公开宣布,我会去一个星期冷火鸡,然后报告我的发现。
加曼:你是什么意思要戒掉?
佐恩:我们人类正沉迷于电子设备,如手机,传真机,当然,计算机和互联网。
加曼:你希望自己继续前进?
佐恩:你说得对。我想知道如果我能在世界上生存没有他们。
加曼:这就是为什么你已经有了一个昵称,NotComGuy。现在我对你的实验结果感到好奇。难道你真的这样做?
佐恩:嗯,说实话,我放弃了我4天之后我就开始尝试。
加曼:您的实验只持续了4天,然后你放弃了?
佐恩:是的。
加曼:你认为什么是对您的实验失败的原因?
佐恩:首先,我必须承认我没有足够的毅力。在开始的时候,我认为这将是我很难退出后,我在报纸上作出公开承诺,但事情的发展并非如此。
加曼:是什么让你改变主意?
佐恩:当我开始放弃我的电脑和其他电子设备,我觉得在不同的环境中生活排序。我被切断我的e - mail和感到孤独。我知道我可能存在没有它。但我仍然很想念我的电子邮件。你知道,作为一个专栏作家,我总要在我的记者保持联络。
加曼:是的,我明白了。
佐恩:但是,这只是故事的一部分。更糟的是,我知道我无法不写我的文字处理器使用连贯的句子。
加曼:这是惊人的。
佐恩:关于第二个想法,这是可以理解的。随着你使用电脑到处走,你可能已经失去了一些拼写能力的排序。
加曼:这是正确的。你的意思,你就不能继续没有一台电脑?
佐恩:我是为那些漂泊4天类。这部分是由于计算机和国际互联网的情况下。然而,当然,手机和传真机同样是必不可少的。想想它造成的不便和沮丧时,我故意忽略了他们!他们是如此得心应手,诱人!
加曼:本实验的结果并不鼓励在所有那些谁想要回到简单的时代。
佐恩:我想是这样。我打算放弃我对电子产品的依赖,但事实证明,我失败了。事情说起来容易做。
加曼:蒂芙尼,你尝试从您的计算机,你的手机和您的传真机,并融入人类社会。我知道是有人试图做正好相反。他的退出人类社会进入他的电脑。他的名字是Eric马多克斯。
场景二:在埃里克马多克斯的家
(特里加曼是采访中埃里克马多克斯的家中,已对他做了蒂芙尼佐恩实验对面埃里克马多克斯,在com先生。)
马多克斯:嗨,大家好!
加曼:你好,埃里克!怎么都去?
马多克斯:好的。一切都很好。
加曼:埃里克,或者我应该叫你com先生?
马多克斯:来吧。
加曼:埃里克,是什么促使你度过订购你需要的一切生活在互联网在家整整一年?
马多克斯:两个月前我有这个想法时,我发现自己越来越焦躁不安,而我和我的父母购物。他们走来走去,在走道,使多买什么大惊小怪。整个行程花了3小时。我受够了它。
加曼:那么你转向电子商务?
马多克斯:是啊。它为我节省了很多麻烦。时间是一个东西,价格是另一回事。更重要的是,我希望人们能从我的经验,知道该年龄
电子商务是在这里和它的好。
加曼:嗯,你肯定表明它是可能的。你的名字是个家喻户晓的项目,因为你已经被全日24小时视频挂接世界各地的电脑摄像头观察。
马多克斯:计算机和互联网在这里为好,你明白吗?
加曼:既然你不能离开你的家,你觉得你是从外面的世界隔开?
马多克斯:在一定程度上,我的生命更加孤立。但是,互联网本身就是一个虚拟世界。它提供了各种各样的东西买,信息学,不同背景,职业和兴趣的人聊天。
加曼:这是肯定的。你有什么其他休闲活动吗?
马多克斯:嗯,是健美操指导员每周来一次,以确保我不会与我的沙发上合并身体。
加曼:你的沙发是在网上购买吗?
马多克斯:是啊,当然。嗯...我喜欢我的生活方式。昨晚我去我的床上购物。
加曼:此外,你作为一个专业的电子消费显然是一个财务上的成功生活。
马多克斯:我的网站,其特点是几乎每一个举动我做的影片,接受每天数百万的点击率和广告,以及使用。我估计我将获得近9万美元,今年。
场景3:在录音室
(特里加曼和Tiffany佐恩在为“新闻评论”节目录音室了。)
加曼:我们回到演播室。蒂凡尼,你觉得你和com先生之间的差别?
佐恩:嗯,我觉得我的实验是50倍,比他更难。而他在做什么,是不是很困难。而我得到的印象是,他在做什么工作,几乎是像。他现在从中获利。问题是多久人会愿意登录,看他的鼠标点击。它的问题是否会去很长时间。
加曼:您可能有一个点。对com先生的性格的真正考验将是从现在10个月,当他面对外部世界再次,不再由Web安全和他的电子舒适的保护。下载本文