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Something Peaceful

Two days had gone by since they had uploaded the contents of the flash drive to the pedophile's computer, but in all honestly, it felt like those two days were actually two weeks' worth of vacation. For once, the three of of them had little to worry about in the sense of having to complete assignments given to them by mysterious handlers, for equally as mysterious reasons. As had been promised, their "funds" have been transferred into each of their accounts the moment Ian stepped one foot into the door of their house.             The amount that had been paid into their accounts was equal to four months of total income for Ian, including Project 8 and his new job at for the Scorpions. In the two days that had gone by, Ed had decided to to spend more time around the Oracle's mansion in hopes that the Red Arrow would return. Ian on the other hand had gone out to a number of car dealerships and started looking for another vehicle...

On Early Adopting

A small study about the different categories of technology adoption There is a significant difference between being able to make use of and taking advantage of new technologies, and attempting to embrace technology a tad bit too early. However, spotting these differences can be quite a chore, and many people have even stopped trying to acknowledge a difference between the two. In a study performed by Everett Rogers which led to the formulation of a theory called Diffusion of Innovations (DoI), it is said that there are 5 different categories of adopters which are: Innovators, Early Adopters, Early Majority, Late Majority, and Laggards. According to the (DoI) theory formulated by Everett Rogers, early adopters make up 13.5 percent of the population . As long as I can remember, I have been an early adopter of new technologies, whether it be hardware based, or software based. I found it fun to be able to tinker and play around with experimental web browsers, or new app features th...