Word: virtualization
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...Cometa was going to work, Brilliant knew, it had to think big. Despite the expense, it had to build 20,000 access points across America. These access points have to be as secure as Fort Knox and support Virtual Private Networks, or VPNs (think of a VPN as a solid, encrypted tunnel of data in the middle of any signal). Free Wi-Fi rapidly loses its appeal when you realize those home users could potentially take a peek at the data on your laptop as part of the bargain...
...Sheikh neared his conclusion, the Marine patrol rounded a corner and walked right into hundreds of people praying on the street and listening to the sermon, even approaching the separate section for women. Dozens of men rose and put their shoes on, forming a virtual wall to block the armed Marines, who appeared unaware of the danger. The U.S. soldiers did not understand Arabic, but they did not need to - the enraged faces, the shouting and the fierce gesticulations were sufficient signal that they were not wanted. "Irjau!" "Go Back!" the demonstrators screamed, as they were restrained...
Most high school counselors and college admissions officers insist there is no substitute for strolling a campus, but if that is not possible, a virtual visit may give you some sense of what a school is like. Chris Carson, director of CampusTours.com a website with links to more than 800 schools, says students can actually draw conclusions from these tours that they might not on a guided tour. "Students we survey say they look at these things as a sign of an institution's commitment to technology," he says. "If you've got an old picture-and-text tour...
Almost all colleges and universities now offer virtual tours, but the degree of sophistication varies significantly. Northeastern simply offers a slide show of still photographs with explanatory text, while Duke allows users to position their cursors in a spot representing a location on campus and, using the arrow keys, see views from every direction. Other schools offer multimedia extravaganzas. The University of Miami has streaming video of classes in session, student testimonials and rousing orchestral background music...
Collegiate Choice Walking Tours, based in Bergen County, N.J., aims to give virtual visitors a more true-to-life experience. Cliff Kramon, an independent college counselor, has been videotaping college tours since 1987. He has a library of 350 schools, which he updates about every five years; the tapes are $15 each. Though colleges send out their own videotapes, Kramon's videos, most of which last about an hour, have no background music or slick editing. "It's like your father took a tour and videotaped it," he says, which is why the camera tends to wobble as he follows...