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ASQ (A Simple Quoter) 1.1 (Windows)

This program is a simple yet effective random quote generator. You simply choose your customisable ASCII quote file, then press 'Generate Random Quote,' and a quote will be randomly selected for you. It comes with 2 pre-built quote files; famous quotes, and James Bond quotes, and can be configured to...

Tags: American Society For Quality, Computer, Tank Software, Productivity, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2001-10-21

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Don't cry for me Joe Lieberman

the patriots are rising against the socialist billThe Obamacare is gasping for air while the liberals are preparing to be booted out of the congress in 2010.The real Americans have risen again and upheld the values of the founding fathers against dangerous foreign socialist ideeas.End Socialism Now!Enough with the Commissar's...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Insurance, Obamacare, patriot, socialist, socialism, reconciliation, Joe Lieberman

Discussion threads 2009-11-02

Snowe and enemies push health reform forward

Of course . . ."But the story is not yet told, and the trolls below will have their day."Of course. Your way is so right and everybody else is so wrong.at this point If they SO against the health reform let them have it there way since they...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, health care

Discussion threads 2009-10-14

Uncle Sam: less wasteful?

At first thought, the idea of ......disconnecting elevators to the first six floors sounds like a great idea, but what about the handicapped - there would have to be a way to let them use the elevator ... universal access to all places and all that jazz ...LudoThis blog is...

Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Personal finance, tax, Uncle Sam, dictator

Discussion threads 2009-10-07

U.S. willing to let go of Icann

Obama is selling us outonly a peace monger like Obama could cede US sovereignty to UN.It's time to elect a real American in 2012!Huge MistakeThis is a very bad idea. Whenever we cede control to the 'world,' the worlds tin horn disctators make a mess of it.This should have...

Tags: Benefits, payroll solutions, Personal finance, Obama, salary, ICANN, job

Discussion threads 2009-09-29

Open source can save your life

Quick, if your life depended on it, which health care information system would you rather your hospital used: A proprietary system developed by software engineers based on marketing input, bug reports and customer requests? An open source system developed by thousands of health care practitioners including...

Tags: Hospital, Open Source, Health Care, VA, Healthcare, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Human Resources, Robin Harris

Blog posts 2009-08-23

REDI-REFERENCE CLINICAL GUIDELINES FOR PC READER (Mobile)

REDI-REFERENCE CLINICAL GUIDELINES (MARCH2003) gives concise yet complete summaries of the most important national clinical guidelines at your fingertips, and updates those guidelines regularly as new information comes out. ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE BOOKREVIEW: "Redi-Reference Clinical Guidelines Handbook is a powerful tool for bringing evidence-based medicine to the point of...

Tags: Mobile, Guideline, PC, Desktops, Handhelds, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-07-10

REDI-REFERENCE CLINICAL GUIDELINES 5.1 (Mobile)

REDI-REFERENCE CLINICAL GUIDELINES (January 2005) gives concise yet complete summaries of the most important national clinical guidelines at your fingertips, and updates those guidelines regularly as new information comes out. ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE BOOKREVIEW: "Redi-Reference Clinical Guidelines Handbook is a powerful tool for bringing evidence-based medicine to the point...

Tags: Mobile, Guideline, Desktops, Handhelds, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-07-08

China demands new PCs carry spyware

China demands new PCs carry spywareI don't think that anyone thinks that China's government has changed its position on freedom of speech.RE: China demands new PCs carry spywareWait for something like this to come our way in the US. Except under the guise of protection against software piracy.RE: China demands...

Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, COMPANIES, spyware, government

Discussion threads 2009-06-08

Should broadband connectivity be a right?

Should broadband connectivity be a right?Not at all.Yes, it is going to be a necessity but it will never be a right. In my opinion, this goes along with the whole "Is health care a right" ordeal. Neither of these are rights. They are both almost absolutely necessary but no...

Tags: Broadband Internet, Network technology, INTERNET, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, broadband, broadband connectivity

Discussion threads 2009-05-31

How to make technology conferences suck less

How to make technology conferences suck lessNice postJoe,Thanks for sharing this information. I attended ClueCon last year and it was great- for some of the very reasons you mention. I enjoyed it so much that I'm volunteering this year to help out. I think community-organized is important. I also think...

Tags: NETWORKING, Network technology, ClueCon, network, IBM Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-04-02

(Tesla S electric sedan unveiled--photos)

(Tesla S electric sedan unveiled--photos)Agreed!!I work with Real Estate people and some of the bankers that 'made it all possible.' Most of these people are just straight retarded. Bailout implies that someone fucked up and needs help. Stop giving them private coporate jets and $150,000 lunch buffets and start...

Tags: Tesla S, car, electric sedan, Tesla, sedan, photograph

Discussion threads 2009-03-27

A sad day for newspapers; Is it too late for them to change?

Today marks a sad day for newspapers. First, today's print edition of the Rocky Mountain News was its last. After 150 years in business, the newspaper is closing, a victim of the Internet and the economy. Then, the American Society of Newspaper Editors, a pretty influential group of the nation's...

Tags: Games, Leadership, Management, Newspaper, Personal Technology, Sam Diaz, Strategy

Blog posts 2009-02-27

Newegg, Amazon, Netflix lead e-tail customer satisfaction; eBay hits all-time low

Consumers report more customer satisfaction with goods and services, but e-commerce results were mixed as e-tailers like Amazon and Newegg remained strong but online broker scores dropped.  The American Customer Satisfaction Index ACSI ticked up to 75.7 in the fourth quarter, up 0.9 percent from a year...

Tags: NetFlix Inc., Newegg.com, Customer Satisfaction, Amazon.com Inc., eBay Inc., American Customer Satisfaction Index, E-tail, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-02-17

Are you ready to pay for news stories?

Last year I wrote that quality news cannot continue to be free. This year, a lot of people seem to agree. News is not a commodity, it just seems that way because it has been offered for free. News releases press releases or social media releases are...

Tags: New York Times Co., Business Model, News, Internet, Strategy, Management, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2009-02-11

US gains in math and science ed...Really?

US gains in math and science ed...Really?RE: US gains in math and science ed...Really?cepedajoe: "History is being rewritten to match politically correct liberal ideals; science is rewritten to ignore facts and evidence and to base itself on theories. Math, well, you ask a high school graduate to complete a basic...

Tags: Web site development, Web technology, achievement test, Web site

Discussion threads 2008-12-11

Sony to layoff 16,000 employees, loses charm among consumers

Sony to layoff 16,000 employees, loses charm among consumers"... loses charm among consumers"Although I have loved every Sony product I ever bought and had an extremely good experience with Sony depot repair recently when, after fifteen years of trouble-free service, a stereo I have needed work, I quit buying Sony...

Tags: Workforce management, Sony Corp., layoff

Discussion threads 2008-12-09

Why C wins: the cold realities of abstraction

Why C wins: the cold realities of abstractionPoints of inflectionMy guess is that if we had a valid means of quantifying "abstractiveness" versus effectiveness we'd find a curve with clear points of inflection - and C on one of those.POSIX itself surprised it was not named SOSIX is an abstraction....

Tags: C/C++, Programming languages, Machine Language, C, abstraction

Discussion threads 2008-11-29

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

Al Gore's 'Unified Smart Grid' vision for repowering the USA - will it happen?

This week's Web 2.0 Summit was characterized by some very big picture ideas culminating in final keynote speaker former US vice president Al Gore laying out his vision for a 'Unified National Smart Grid': a new, state of the art integrated electrical infrastructure for the...

Tags: Web, Vision, Al Gore, Grid, Web 2.0 Summit, Michael Wesch, Web 2.0, Transportation, Internet, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2008-11-08