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Howard in Tyler, Texas listening on KTBB asked us: “I have been trying to set up a Facebook page for an organization and stumble across a similar page of an organization that is basically is pornographic and in their mass head they have pictures that shouldn’t be up there. I have tried reporting it to Facebook but the site is still there and although they change the pictures it not getting corrected. I would appreciate your help.”
Howard, If you reported it to Facebook, you might have the option to check the status of the report from the Support Dashboard. To go into the Support Dashboard, log onto Facebook on a computer, at the top right of the page choose settings, and then click Support Dashboard.
Facebook has an image explaining the extremely convoluted process that reports go through, and most reports seem to end in a warning to the reported party. Even if it all ends with Facebook blocking the page, the person blocked may be able to appeal the decision
Between the huge number of complaints they must regularly get, and the fact that you’re not Facebook’s client but their product, it’s very likely that they will take their time to review your report and take any action. After all, it’s not in their best interest to lower the number of users they can report when they pitch themselves to potential advertisers.
Unless what’s happening is illegal or likely to bring with it very bad PR, don’t expect much to happen.
We also need to add that what is considered pornographic varies by audience, and Facebook is a global service. For example, By conservative Muslim standards, the beach pictures from the last vacation showed FAR too much skin and are pornographic.
We’re not suggesting what you saw wasn’t crude, but we are trying to explain that standards for what’s allowed and what isn’t are shifty and hard to control, doubly so when it’s a worldwide product like Facebook. Be patient, continue to send reports, and eventually you will most likely see action…probably. Maybe. almost certainly not impossible for it to happen. We think.
For more information, tune in to Hour 3 of our podcast.
“Into Gaming Update” Weekly Feature with Mark Lautenschlager
Jim in Looneyville, West Virginia asked: “I live in the woods in West Virgina, miles from DSL, cable, and wifi and have no direct shot to satellite. I am searching desperately for a way to connecting to the internet?”
Jim, That’s a tough question, you don’t have many options left! If you get decent cell phone coverage, you can always try to go that route, but we do know people that don’t get strong enough cellphone signal to have decent internet at home, even in more urban settings.
An option that may work for you is WiMax. WiMax internet is typically broadcast from cellphone towers and it can yield fast service, a single node can serve a very large area (over 30 miles), so they’re still a good option for companies looking to provide service to remote areas.
Look into a company called Broadband Blue, they serve your area and may be able to make WiMax available to you, but don’t expect great speeds, you can get as much as 30 mbps if you happen to be close enough to a node but, considering you’re not close enough to anything else, you probably won’t be, and nodes set up for larger distances have slower connections.
WiMax bandwidth is also typically shared, it can be set up to guarantee a specific amount of bandwidth per customer, but odds are it won’t be, at least not beyond a very low threshold.
Exede claims to be serving your area, but they seems to be offering satellite internet, if you’re already sure that satellite is not an option they may not work for you, but you could try calling them just to see what they say.
As hard as it is to admit, there are some times where we need to make a choice between where we live and what kind of Internet access we can find. Unless, of course, you’re a billionaire buying a private island off the coast of the Pacific Northwest and you can afford to have your own fiber optic cable run under the bay. Not that anyone has done that. More than once or twice, anyway.
We’re Sorry to be a downer, but until they figure a way to transmit data through tree leaves, you might be facing a real uphill climb.
For more information, tune in to Hour 3 of our podcast.
Guest Segment:
Jacob Klein, Cofounder and CEO – Motion Math
Fun learning games that let kids play with numbers.
“IFA History Feature” brought to you by Messe-Berlin
The breakthrough for magnetic recording came in 1933 with the invention of the first recorder named “Magnetophon” by the German Eduard Schueller. One year later the chemical company BASF finished the development of the necessary magnetic tape, coating an acrylic tape with iron. In 1935 Schueller’s lab model together with the tape by BASF became reality at the Big German Funkausstellung with the “Magnetophon K1” by AEG. The first tape recorder in the world was a sensation at this show which today, is named IFA.
Glen in Paducah, Kentucky listening via our FREE “Into Tomorrow” App asked: “I’ve been listening live on the radio and you’re talking about transfering files from an old computer to a new one. I’m getting ready to do that. Now I have tons of duplicates on iTunes and was wondering what was the best way to get rid of duplicates on iTunes, Thanks a lot.”
Since your files are on iTunes, finding duplicates is not hard. Under the File menu you should be able to find an option to “Display Exact Duplicates”. From that list, just select the second set of songs with the same titles and delete them as you would any other song.
That’s really it, your music library should be free of duplicates and ready to transfer.
Just make sure you don’t select everything and delete it because that will get rid of the originals as well as the duplicates, only select the duplicate set before deleting.
For more information, tune in to Hour 3 of our podcast.
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