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William Butler Yeats - Brown Penny Poem

"I WHISPERED, 'I am too young,' And then, 'I am old enough'; Wherefore I threw a penny To find out if I might love. 'Go and love, go and love, young man, If the lady be young and fair.' Ah, penny, brown penny, brown penny, I am looped in the loops of her hair. O love is the crooked thing, There is nobody wise enough To find out all that is in it, For he would be thinking of love.. Till the stars had run away And the shadows eaten the moon. Ah, penny, brown penny, brown penny, One cannot begin it too soon.

The Big Question: Will CIOs Abandon The Internet?

MIS Asia Magazine (Singapore), 07/08/2005 The Big Question: Will Cios Abandon The Internet? By Tissie Adhistia Professor David Farber, considered by many as the grandfather of the Internet, recently delivered a talk in Singapore. He tells Tissie Adhistia that CIOs may not have a choice when it comes to use of the Internet. As the Internet poses many annoyances and threats, CIOs may rebel against using it. What is your view? I think they don't have a choice when it comes to the use of the Internet. It is part of the business fabric. It's like your telephone, it may annoy you but you can't get rid of it because you'll be out of business. So, what CIOs should be doing is putting pressure on vendors to implement the best security measures. Essentially holding their noses to the grindstone, and not agreeing to any exemptions. It is not an easy problem. It's all the cost of doing business. It's a trade-off and companies could actually say they can live with the proble
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