by Steve Burgess | Jul 6, 2015 | Uncategorized
The stories are true; the names and places have been changed to protect the potentially guilty. A dame, a rich guy, and an email account: what more do you need for a story? I was in my office one fine spring day in Marin studying the benefits of Eastern philosophy,...
by Steve Burgess | Jul 2, 2015 | Uncategorized
Your data is not private! In the privacy of our studies, offices, libraries, or wherever it is we have our computers, it may seem that we are alone, with no one looking over our shoulders. But every document we draft, every step through the Internet we take, is...
by Steve Burgess | Jun 22, 2015 | Uncategorized
Abstract Nearly all documents created in offices these days begin their lives on a computer, as a computer file. Computer files are quite dynamic in nature. They change over time as they are accessed. Computer files are not immortal, but the act of deleting a file...
by Steve Burgess | Jun 15, 2015 | Uncategorized
The computer crashes and what happens? Well, irritation at first. The darn thing is supposed to work, and you’ve got work to do. After fiddling with it for a bit and getting error message this, error message that — and what did I do that was an illegal...
by Steve Burgess | Jun 1, 2015 | Uncategorized
Can you say, “hoax?” With the advent of email, one person can send millions of messages. With the help of willing accomplice friends, a single hoax chain letter can multiply into hundreds of millions. There are any number of hoaxes and well-meaning people...
