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MS Access Video Playlist

ByWalter Wimberly March 1, 2024March 1, 2024

Explore the essentials of MS Access as a relational database through a video playlist designed to teach building and managing tables, relationships, and queries. Start with the basics of database design, learn to edit existing tables, understand various data types, and handle data updates efficiently. Discover the use of MS Access Relationship Window, master query creation to retrieve and organize data, and import or export it seamlessly. Perfect for both beginners and those enhancing their database skills, the guide covers every aspect to achieve proficiency in Microsoft Access.

Ethics and Technology

Is (Social) Media Not Ethical

ByWalter Wimberly December 5, 2023December 5, 2023

The question is there an ethical use of media? A lot of traditional media has followed the ideas of social media. There are a lot of pushing of agendas and viewpoints instead of unbiased news. Here is an interesting take, (takes a couple of minutes to get into it) about how people are not generally…

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The Ethical Promise Of Social Media

ByWalter Wimberly December 4, 2023December 4, 2023

For our purposes, social media is the idea of an online place where people can communicate with one another through chat, online forums, comments, etc. This can be online forums such as Reddit, Comment Sections in YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, and X. We are not looking at a specific platform, but the concept in general. We…

Ethics and Technology

The Ethics of Cyber Warfare

ByWalter Wimberly December 3, 2023December 3, 2023

As we talked about earlier, there are actually rules to war. The question is what constitutes war at this time? Can we easily define who our enemy is? This is a clip from an old(er) TV show – The West Wing. An interesting idea of who is at war, and how do we know. This…

Ethics and Technology

The Ethics of Drones and AI on the Battlefield

ByWalter Wimberly December 3, 2023November 21, 2024

If you remember, one of the things we discussed was how the military’s job is to save as many of their soldiers as possible. We do that by creating long-range weapons (sometimes referred to as standoff weapons), better armor, stealth, maneuverability, and more. So, what if we completely remove our own soldiers, sailors, and airmen?…

Ethics and Technology

Weapon Size vs Accuracy

ByWalter Wimberly December 3, 2023December 3, 2023

We often think that bigger is what the military wants. After all, the military often holds the records for the biggest aircraft, fastest plane, highest flying plane, etc. While some of these, like the C-5 Galaxy is a transport plane, it is used by the US Military and allies. Sometimes a specialized civilian aircraft such…

Ethics and Technology

Military Tech – Stealth & Speed

ByWalter Wimberly December 2, 2023December 2, 2023

One of the tech areas that the military likes to focus on is survivability. That is making sure their troops, planes, ships, tanks, and even munitions can survive encounters with the enemy. Understand that different countries take different approached based upon preferred tactics, technology know how, manufacturing capabilities, etc. Some countries are even better at…

Ethics and Technology

War – What is it Good For

ByWalter Wimberly November 27, 2023November 18, 2024

OK, if you’re going to talk about the military and technology, you cannot not talk about War. And it’s been asked, “What is it Good for” – Now you can get philosophical about this and say it is not good for anything. Or you can be like Carl von Clausewitz in his book On War….