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Data-mining for terrorists sparks U.S. privacy fears

Data-mining for terrorists sparks U.S. privacy fearsFoolish..It's scary that not only are people not outraged by this, many support it.What good is security or the perception thereof if we must give-up our freedom and privacy. We used to honor quotes such as "Give me liberty or give me death". It...

Tags: American Morality, liberty, data mining

Discussion threads 2004-05-21

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Facebook, Wrong Again!

There was a book and movieabout assassinating Bushmaybe the secret service has a pointbut both sides of the aisle should have more respect for the presidency Come on....I don't care for the guy myself, but all you need is the results to be over 50% and some whack job will...

Tags: Free-speech, Facebook, Obama

Discussion threads 2009-09-29

The American Textbook Accessibility Act

The American Textbook Accessibility ActChris, you're dreamingThe only way this is going to get a Federal charter is if someone with enough muscle gets to skim rents.None of the players have enough concentrated political pull to overcome the others who would gang up to block the monopoly play, so it's...

Tags: Vertical industries, American Textbook Accessibility Act, government

Discussion threads 2009-07-29

Yahoo's China "police informant" role sparked a $47.5 billion slide in market value

Yahoo's China "police informant" role sparked a $47.5 billion slide in market value45 billion slideA moral American corporation is an oxymoron.I don't buy itIf moral values did a 45 billion hole in yahoo in 3 years, the same moral values would have wiped out evil M$ a long time ago.It...

Tags: Morality, Yahoo! Inc., moral value, Yahoo China

Discussion threads 2009-06-03

Survey: 37% of employees would become insiders given the right incentive

Survey: 37% of employees would become insiders given the right incentive37% of tech employees are corrupt?Not at all good. If you'd sell out your employer for any price, you're just as corrupt as a public official who accepts bribes. The only issue remaining is whether you're worth your...

Tags: Sales force management, Very few people, right incentive, survey, incentive

Discussion threads 2009-04-29

Students sue over "sexting" case

Students sue over "sexting" caseAmster, Amster, d@m-d@m-d@mCould it be that puritanical American society is becoming closer to European society? Every new generation seems to be less conservative and more willing to explore/experiment. The "free love" of the 1960's is a good example of this behavior.Kids today are realizing just how...

Tags: pornography law, R@PE, nudity

Discussion threads 2009-03-26

Here's one view of a green future: more jobs and healthier planet

Here's one view of a green future: more jobs and healthier planetThe luddite denialists will do everything to prevent it from happeningThey will deny it, they will call it a hoax, they'll claim they have "scientific" evidence on the contrary, etc."The report sees nearly eight million green energy jobs by...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, job, healthier planet, green future, SQC, cleaner energy, hoax

Discussion threads 2009-03-12

Microsoft to laid-off workers: Give us back our money

Microsoft to laid-off workers: Give us back our moneyEthics are personalEthics are a personal matter. The fact that there are many people who don't have them can be frustrating, annoying, and a major PITA. BUT, their lack NEVER gives me an excuse to behave the same. I choose to keep...

Tags: Business ethics, Personal finance, Operational accounting, Litigation, Microsoft Corp., Borg, worker, ethics

Discussion threads 2009-02-22

Are White House computers a crime scene?

Are White House computers a crime scene?Really pointless attention huntingI am surprised that it takes some news author to bring up the issue of proper care and archiving of official communication and proper treatment of electronic information carriers.For one, it would take real numskulls in the president's entourage to leave...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Whitehouse, crime scene, White House, Bush-bashing, computer, Bush

Discussion threads 2009-01-07

Witnesses set for MySpace suicide trial

Witnesses set for MySpace suicide trialnot criminal?Why would this not be criminal? Any lawyers on here who can explain the limits of such abuse under state and federal statutes? Surely I can't stalk somebody by phone or snail mail in that manner without violating some criminal law? ...

Tags: INTERNET, suicide trial, MySpace

Discussion threads 2008-11-20

Cut the crap. Stop the off-gassing of the cows. Sure, but how?

Cut the crap. Stop the off-gassing of the cows. Sure, but how?SimpleStop eating meat and then all that money, time resources and effort that's spent in producing meat for the meat addicts can be put to better use.Less bowel cancer, heart and circulatory disease and hopefully a better attitude towards...

Tags: cow, meat

Discussion threads 2008-11-12

Would you give the Feds your computers?

Would you give the Feds your computers?knee-jerkI completely agree. It's nice to see some sane responses, rather than knee-jerk reactions only.Why should a government entity require a warrant?Why should the library have any desire or need to protect it's users' privacy? I'd bet they have signs at the computer...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Real estate, Advertising & Promotion, warrant, computer

Discussion threads 2008-08-04

Works of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. Includes Das Kapital and Communist Manifesto. (Mobile)

Navigate easily to any novel from Table of Contents or search for the words or phrases. FREE Authors' biographies and essays in the trial version.Features Navigate from Table of Contents or search for words or phrases Make bookmarks, notes, highlights Searchable and interlinked. Access the e-book anytime, anywhere - at...

Tags: Mobile, Biology

Software downloads 2008-08-01

Works of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. Includes Das Kapital and Communist Manifesto. (Mobile)

Navigate easily to any novel from Table of Contents or search for the words or phrases. FREE Authors' biographies and essays in the trial version.Features Navigate from Table of Contents or search for words or phrases Make bookmarks, notes, highlights Searchable and interlinked. Access the e-book anytime, anywhere - at...

Tags: Mobile, Biology, MobileReference

Software downloads 2008-08-01

The running scandal of long-term care insurance

The running scandal of long-term care insuranceLong-term Care Insurance"With 79 million of us now headed past our warrantee expirations, the cost of caring for us is about to explode. It's a ticking bomb under the economy, and the free market does not have an answer for it."Here's the answer: Plan...

Tags: Vertical industries, long-term care, long-term care insurance

Discussion threads 2008-07-21

First scientist to warn Congress on Global Warming: It's certain and we're certainly out of time.

First scientist to warn Congress on Global Warming: It's certain and we're certainly out of time.It's the sun, stupid.The earth has been cooling for the last 10 years. If the current low solar activity keeps up, we could be in deep doodoo.RE: First scientist to warn Congress on Global...

Tags: U.S. Congress, Hansen, data set, global warming

Discussion threads 2008-06-23

How healthy is John McCain?

How healthy is John McCain?Doesn't matter anyway.The question you should ask is how cranky are his policies and the viewpoints of his vice president. After all that person will step in if John keels over. Besides you should have blogged on his viewpoints on tech to make it related.The problem...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Obama, John McCain

Discussion threads 2008-05-30

The AT

The ATA T & TThe dirty little secret of the "new at&t" earnings is how they boughtA T & T and Bell So0uth and proceeded to raid the trusts set up for retiree benefits, pay their mediocre CEO millions in retirement and slash benefits for the people who built the...

Tags: American Corporate

Discussion threads 2008-01-24

Morality and health care

Is there a moral duty to provide health care? Doctors think so. Most interpret the Hippocratic Oath as meaning you first provide care. You don't let someone die because they're indigent, or you think their lifestyle caused their illness. It's a caring profession. This...

Tags: Health Care, Surgery, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-01-14

Hollywood unions and the digital revolution

Hollywood unions and the digital revolutionMovies by 12 year oldsSeveral years ago I had to to some final quick edits of a short movie.Nothing spectacular there - except for the fact that the movie had been made and edited by a bunch of 12 year old kids in an everyday...

Tags: job, movie

Discussion threads 2008-01-07