Pause before RIP(ping)

Many years ago, when I first learned how to copy music from CDs on to my laptop, I learned atechnological usage ofthe term ‘Rip’ – to ‘rip’ music off the CD and to save it on the computer hard drive.

Then came my first brush with online social interaction via yahoo groups. I learned a few more online terms and their usages.BTW, IMHO were the two terms that ended up in my vocabulary and came handywhen presenting arguments and discussing issues.

But it was only when I joined Facebook a few year...