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Wikipedia: Should students trust it?

Wikipedia: Should students trust it?DiscretionIt shouldn't be banned. Students should be informed and reminded that anyone can put anything on Wikipedia, and it is not necessarily a credible source. However, they need to be able to make this choice for themselves.Professors missing the point completely...Colleges shouldn't "ban" Wikipedia, or "the...

Tags: Wiki, Wikipedia, Chinese Wikipedia, administrator

Discussion threads 2007-01-27

Why China censors Wikipedia

The Washington Post today features a fascinating account of citizens building the Chinese Wikipedia and why the government chooses to censor. The trouble centers naturally around Tiananmen Square, but really it's about the trouble that top-down governments have with the grass-roots collaboration that Wikipedia offers. A few excerpts: ...

Tags: Chinese Wikipedia, Wikipedia

Blog posts 2006-02-20

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What's a brick?

CinderblockMany years ago a product called cinderblock was made from coal fire residue. It was similar to standard concrete block. In many cases, over time, it proved far less satisfactory. One big problem was degradation in a wet environment. It would get sort of mushy and...

Tags: ash, fly ash

Discussion threads 2009-10-20

Are we acting like silly fuels?

There is a steady flow of news these days about the drawbacks of our energy "system." The bad news seems to flow like...greenhouse gas, or even coal ash during a downpour. America's natural gas reserves are increasing as more and more deposits are found. The catch: fracking...

Tags: Coal Ash, Telecom & Utilities, Wiki, Online Communications, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-10-06

Don't inhale...those emissions wafting in from China

Two ThingsOne: Please spell check things before you upload them. Expensive is spelled incorrectly on your post.Two: The general problem we have with China is that the investment in disposal does not exist. If they even spent a quarter of what we do on disposal, we would most likely not...

Tags: methane, landfill, greenhouse gas

Discussion threads 2009-08-11

China's Green Dam and the cyberwar implications

Guest editorial by Oliver Day Chinese military leaders have always been aware of the military advantage the US has over the People's Liberation Army.  Reading through their published assessments of Sino-US war possibilities confirm our belief that we would dominate them in the...

Tags: Software, China, Vulnerability, Computer, Chinese Internet, Green Dam, Government, Productivity, Tools & Techniques, Internet, Vertical Industries, Security, Management, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2009-07-23

Amazon uses 1984 to free e-books

Amazon uses 1984 to free e-booksDangerous gambleThey'll get harmonization. But likely to the US level through ACTARE: Amazon uses 1984 to free e-books"In this case the monopoly is copyright, which extends practically to infinity in the U.S., thanks to the Walt Disney Co., but is held to a reasonable length...

Tags: Corporate communications, E-books, probation, e-book, video, Amazon.com Inc., monitor, software

Discussion threads 2009-07-19

Bing's search boost continues, but will the gains hold?

Bing's search boost continues, but will the gains hold?All I can say isThis only bodes well for consumers. No matter which search you use, any search page gaining tracktion over another only forces the ones losing tracktion to do thngs better, or fall to obscurity.I normally use Google myself,...

Tags: Wiki, SEARCH, Bing, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-06-17

GOOG beats MSFT and all other tech firms in profit per employee

GOOG beats MSFT and all other tech firms in profit per employeeProfit is easy.When all you have to do is print more money.Google and MicrosoftMaybe it just takes more people to do what Microsoft does then Google? Microsoft actually make things, Google just sell ads and fool around with some...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Google Inc., tech firm, MSFT

Discussion threads 2009-05-16

China and IP: the piper will get paid

China and IP: the piper will get paidThe poetic justice is this....Our greedy US corporations sent all of their manufacturing to the far east and thus trained them on how to create these knock-offs. When you lay down with dogs....Chinese government is not just looking the other way, they are...

Tags: IP, Federal Reserve Board, intellectual property

Discussion threads 2009-04-28

G.E. discovers how to put 500GB on a disc; eventual Blu-ray killer?

G.E. discovers how to put 500GB on a disc; eventual Blu-ray killer?Double edged swordWith the ISPs boosting fees and limiting monthly usage the "instant media download" scheme will never take off. The "flash" thing is still too expensive and unreliable (what would a 500 gig flash module cost). ...

Tags: Consumer electronics, Flash Media, DVD archive, killer, G.E., disc, DVD, disk, Flash Movie

Discussion threads 2009-04-27

Digital storm of protests for New York Times defense of AIG bonuses

Andrew Ross Sorkin, a reporter at the New York Times, took a contrarian position on Tuesday, writing an opinion piece that defended the multi-million dollar bonus payments by AIG. . . . If government officials were to break the contracts, they would be “breaking a...

Tags: China, Journalist, Journalism, Yahoo! Inc., American International Group Inc., New York Times Co., Taxes, Free Trade, Wiki, Personal Finance, Recruitment & Selection, Financial Planning, Finance, Online Communications, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2009-03-18

Microsoft's Kumo: It's a little early for the obit isn't it?

Microsoft's Kumo: It's a little early for the obit isn't it?It's results that matterSometimes I actually use the built in help for Windows or Word or Excel. But I usually regret it.I don't know how Google does it, but somehow, Google always seems to find just what I'm looking...

Tags: SEARCH, Google Inc., obit, Kumo, search engine, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-03-03

Google: Go tell Apple to shove it.

I was surprised to hear of recent confirmed reports that Apple confronted Google management and insisted that they refrain from implementing a similar "Multi-Touch" UI feature in their Android device OS -- or else. Not wanting to harm their relationship with the company, Google relented, and...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Multi-touch, Apple Inc., Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-02-11

What’s a wealthy nation spend its money on?

What’s a wealthy nation spend its money on?NOT a clue about China....I guess the author of the story has not read that China has been spending BILLIONS on its massive Military...http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/mar/03/china-speeds-pace-of-military-buildup/http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2009/01/20/china_fears_containment_as_defense_spending_rises_1232443538/Another case of slighted biased media against the United States.In a free country people can buy what they want, when...

Tags: wealthy nation

Discussion threads 2009-01-25

Obama and Ed Tech

Obama and Ed TechNice one Chris...Handing out an Acer Aspire One connected to Wi-Fi broadband to every child is not going to solve education problems. What about inept teachers? What about poorly designed curriculums? The problem with you Chris is that you think your current fad is the ubiqutious solution...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, INTERNET, obama, Obama, computer

Discussion threads 2009-01-19

Hackers exploiting (unpatched) IE 7 flaw to launch drive-by attacks

Hackers exploiting unpatched IE 7 flaw to launch drive-by attacksCmon Loverock, Comment On This One!That's right, you selectively avoid stories like this. If it's anti-Linux, you pounce right on it.IE7 is a joke.So this doesn't affect XP SP3 or Vista?[i]The Web attacks, first reported by Bob McMillan, takes aim...

Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, SECURITY, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, exploit, Microsoft Windows XP

Discussion threads 2008-12-09

British ISPs block Wikipedia over album cover

British ISPs block Wikipedia over album coverIt IS indecent.Any ethical business person or artist would not have placed that photo on a public album cover.Too bad. "Ethical" is an adjective that has less and less use in today's world. "Greedy" is very popular, though.No question: obsceneI'm surprised the album was...

Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Wiki, album cover, Wikipedia, Internet Service Provider, image

Discussion threads 2008-12-08

Microsoft aiming to deliver Vista SP2 before Windows 7

Microsoft aiming to deliver Vista SP2 before Windows 7You must be new around here.Providing details, specifics, or examples is not the way anti-Vista people work. They'll just re-word their vague "examples" and then start up with the personal attacks if you don't accept them.I sometimes get similar issueswhen I change...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, Vista SP2, Service Pack 2

Discussion threads 2008-10-15

China cuts off iTunes, likely over 'Songs of Tibet'

China cuts off iTunes, likely over 'Songs of Tibet'Learn from M$, Google and YahooThey cooperated with the local bully, they were allowed to run business over there. Don't p*ss of their government, that's the key in China. Yahoo went so far they handed in evidence to China government to help...

Tags: Tibetan family, Han, census, Apple iTunes

Discussion threads 2008-08-22