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More on dinosaurs and Extinction: More on dinosaurs and extinctionDinosaurs don't understand the joke..and ran away.; Tags: extinction; Discussion threads 2008-03-26
More on dinosaurs and Extinction: Yesterday's post on IT extinction caused quite a ruckus. While preparing my follow-up, fellow Enterprise Irregular and Gartner research director, Thomas Otter, sent this cartoon. Dear reader, please enjoy it as a brief interlude in our discussion. ...; Tags: Extinction, Strategy, Management, Michael Krigsman; Blog posts 2008-03-25
Global warming and mass Extinctions--it's happened before: Global warming and mass extinctions--it's happened beforeHave much in common with Intelligent Design advocates"So we don’t need those old-fashioned volcanoes for a major wave of extinctions, we’re now doing our own dirty work with current technology and increasing greenhouse gas emissions. "About as much scientific evidence supports both this and...; Tags: extinction, global warming; Discussion threads 2008-01-10
Global warming and mass Extinctions--it's happened before: Research in China shows that previous global warming was NOT simply due to an asteroid hitting the earth. If you're an adherent of intelligent design you can suppose that some god decided to wipe out half of creation and to use volcanic dust to do it. Sounds perfectly...; Tags: Earth, Extinction, Global Warming, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-01-10
All things Kyoto, now they tell us: All things Kyoto, now they tell usNo surpriseNot least because Kyoto deliberately left half of the problem off of the table: carbon-fixation reductions. What matters is the whole emission/fixation balance; reducing emissions while also reducing carbon binding by a greater amount isn't going to help.what happens when you have...; Tags: extinction, Kyoto; Discussion threads 2007-10-25

Male Extinction: is this good news for the planet?: Male extinction: is this good news for the planet?PatheticSure, go ahead and kneel for the earth. Worship it and put a dagger in your chest. Get real.We are made to rule the planet. That's different from polluting it. And that's different from worshipping it. And that's different from seeing people...; Tags: Gender and diversity, Male extinction, extinction, wive, pregnancy; Discussion threads 2007-09-22
Can 'friendly' AI save humans from irrelevance or Extinction?: Can 'friendly' AI save humans from irrelevance or extinction?Message has been deleted.IMHO this is distant futureI doubt I'll see this type of intelligence in my lifetime. We're still a long ways off from understanding our own intelligence, much less designing a machine that surpasses it.Sure, we may have machines that...; Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Robots, irrelevance, computer, extinction, mankind; Discussion threads 2007-08-24
Climate change to increase Extinctions: New warnings to come from U.N. climate panelOne member of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has looked closely at what's happening to animals. Terry Root of Stanford University talks with CNET News.com's Zamir Haider about changes that have already begun, and the threat of more extinctions to come.; Tags: extinction; Videos 2007-03-30
Extinction (exe): eXtinction treats gamers with an action-packed arcade experience. Gorgeous graphics and effects accompany classic gameplay for a winning combination. Players advance through 30 levels and defeat six savage bosses as special agent Nick Naster, a space pilot who has had top training in a multitude of modern weaponry. Upon returning...; Tags: Extinction, Modems, Real Estate, Games, Cyberthreats, Hardware, Components, Business Operations, Personal Technology, Security; Software downloads 2006-12-11
Global warming, not asteroid, cause of Extinction?: Global warming, not asteroid, cause of extinction?Timing of this story is dubious at bestWhyzit that these stories of global warming and disasters etc ALWAYS seem to crop up whenever Bush is doing something uber public?I have my (cough, cough) theories. Oh yeah and I liked the nice touch at...; Tags: environmentalism, poverty, global warming, pollution, Permian, extinction; Discussion threads 2005-01-20

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SAP's CTO: Business knows 'what', IT knows 'how': The Naked IT interview series talks with innovators about the evolving relationship between IT and business. Please listen to the audio podcast and enjoy the brief excerpts below. Vishal Sikka is SAP's Chief Technology Officer. Reporting directly to CEO Henning Kagermann, Vishal is responsible for driving...; Tags: CTO, Line Of Business, Information Technology, Packaged Application, SAP AG, Business byDesign, Strategy, Management, Michael Krigsman; Blog posts 2008-04-28
Doing the Microsoft patent math: Doing the Microsoft patent mathI fail to see your point?Is it that MS is doing like IBM and Sun (open source "supporters") has done for years?How Many Are good?I wonder how many of these patents would stand up to a concerted effort to challenge them?As long as the U.S. patent...; Tags: Microosft, Microsoft Corp., patent, IBM Corp.; Discussion threads 2008-04-22
I don't know the answer, but I DO KNOW THE QUESTION: Is there a limit to economic growth?: It's considered unfair, racist, unimaginative, luddite or worse to question how many millions of people this planet can support at the average GDP of Europe, or more resource-costly, the U.S. Here's a column from Australia that delves into this morally frought territory, pointing out the rapid economic rise of...; Tags: Planet, Population, Writer, Government, Food & Beverage, Vertical Industries, Manufacturing, Enterprise Software, Software, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-04-08
Are IT malpractice suits around the corner?: Does Waste Management's lawsuit against SAP indicate the beginning of a bevy of IT malpractice suits? TechRepublic's Justin James makes that argument and it's worth noting. Earlier this week I detailed and posted Waste Management's case against SAP. Much of it revolves around promises made by SAP...; Tags: Lawsuit, Information Technology, SAP AG, Programming, Strategy, Management, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-04-03
Microsoft claims victory in ISO struggle over OOXML: Microsoft claims victory in ISO struggle over OOXMLApril Fools?[i]My problem here is not with Microsoft. I know for certain that Steve Ballmer is a great and good man.[/i]I'm sorry, but if a corporation corrupts a standards process the way they did, the person at the helm of that corporation is...; Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), ISO standards, Microsoft Corp., OOXML, OpenDocument Format, ISO; Discussion threads 2008-04-01
A fresh Firefox install: drastic but cathartic: Following last weekend's mea culpa I thought I'd make amends this weekend with a post about how I nearly ditched Firefox but decided instead to do some housecleaning with a fresh install on my MacBookPro. The results were astonishing. Note: some of what I say only applies to Apple kit...; Tags: Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, Web Browser, Web Browsers, Internet, Dennis Howlett; Blog posts 2008-03-29
News to know: AMD; Google; Oracle worries; Eluma; Nuospace: Notable headlines: Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: AMD releases Quad and Triple core Phenom processors Larry Dignan: Google paid click growth sluggish in February; More worries emerge. Techmeme. Oracle new license revenue raises IT spending worries Dennis Howlett: Nuospace: enterprise collaboration for the rest...; Tags: Google Inc., Oracle Corp., Microsoft Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Data Centers, Open Source, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-03-27
5 tips to prevent IT Extinction: 5 tips to prevent IT extinctionJargon - useful, concise, natural extension of vocabularyIT personnel should be reasonable in their use of jargon just as much as professionals in other disciplines - Medicine, for instance. A user who needs to be spoken in language devoid of any technical terms might...; Tags: Strategy, information technology; Discussion threads 2008-03-26
5 tips to prevent IT Extinction: Here are 5 tips to help IT avoid extinction. I pose this question to IT departments everywhere: "Is your department evolving upwards or fading away on a seemingly-inevitable tide of outsourcing?" If the latter, I suggest you study these points carefully. ...; Tags: Information Technology, Blogger Kate Carruthers, Commenter, Blogger Kelly Shaw, Strategy, Management, Michael Krigsman; Blog posts 2008-03-26
News to know: Linux galore; Black Hat Europe; Vista reliability; Google and censorship: Notable headlines: Paula Rooney: Microsoft partners with open source Jaspersoft, Sourcesense Ubuntu's Shuttleworth: Linux server, client will be big in the cloud and mobile sectors Red Hat CEO: We haven't done a good enough job as an industry leader, or project leader ...; Tags: Black Hat, Google Inc., Mobile, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Semantic Web, Linux, Advertising & Promotion, Open Source, Internet, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-03-26