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Where is the outrage?

Where is the outrage?Conscience and responsibilityYou noted an important issue when you wrote:"I find it remarkable that there was a 'leak' at the nation's most secret agency — that should have been a clue that something was wrong."Yes.If the leak was not accidental, and it's difficult to hypothesize an accident...

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, outrage, leak, Civil Disobedience

Discussion threads 2006-05-18

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NSA and phone sex: Eavesdroppers listened to intimate conversations

Military linguists have come forward to say that the intelligence services routinely listened in on Americans overseas calling home and on the communications of non-suspect groups like the Red Cross. And, they say, they listened in and even transcribed couples' phone sex, The New York Times reports. ...

Tags: Phone, Phone Sex, Telecom & Utilities, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-10-10

Anonymity and the Internet

A case winding its way through a court in Pennsylvania attempts to pierce the veil of anonymity that protects web forum participants' ability to say whatever they want about public figures. Though I don't agree with the conclusions of the judge, I am not fan of anonymity of the...

Tags: Anonymity, Internet, Web Site Development, Web Technology, John Carroll

Blog posts 2008-10-09

$236m judgment against spammer couple

$236m judgment against spammer coupleSadly, it's pointlessSadly, in reality such a judgment is pointless.Let them pay it in jail time$236m is a fair bill to run up. I say let them paying it back in jail time.Let's even be generous and say 1 day in jail will reduce the bill...

Tags: Spam, Email Ads, e-mail, spammer, advertisement

Discussion threads 2008-10-08

Windows Vista Woes or helping my Grandson with homework

Considering my background, it's not at all hard to understand how I've become the tech support helpdesk for family, friends and the neighborhood as a whole. I've done my best to accept my lot in life with grace and courage. This time, my Grandson, Steven, was trying to complete a...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft PowerPoint, Laptop Computer, Steven, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Operating Systems, Microsoft Office, Software, Office Suites, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-10-07

How to read your FBI file

How to read your FBI fileGood well-balanced articleNothing one-sided here. Those evil Bushies will stop at nothing when it comes to knowing everyone's secrets, won't they?Hey, pal, EVERYBODY thought Saddam had WMDs, even your heroes Kerry, Kennedy, and (shudder!) Pelosi. Seems that Saddam went to great lengths to convince...

Tags: Federal government, FBI

Discussion threads 2008-10-01

Recap: Information warfare and the 2008 presidential election

Recap: Information warfare and the 2008 presidential electionInformation warfareThese tactics positively raise the noise level but I'm not sure they're making converts on either side of the political isle. I also believe the internet noise is also contributing to the general lack of civility in our social dialog as...

Tags: Corporate governance, INTERNET, presidential election

Discussion threads 2008-09-29

Go West young IT worker!

Go West young IT worker!Greeley, not SouleNo one disputes that Greeley made the phrase famous:Greeley's editorial in the New York Tribune in 1865 was addressed specifically to young civil servants in Washington, D.C. who were complaining that the government didn't pay them enough, given the high cost of living in...

Tags: Soule, Greeley

Discussion threads 2008-09-26

RIAA loses $222K verdict against Jammy Thomas

RIAA loses $222K verdict against Jammy ThomasHer turn nowI hope she turns around and files a MULTI MILLION dollar suit against the RIAA. If "offering a copyrighted work to the public" is a crime, then we must by definition force the closure of all public libraries. . .This poor...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, RIAA, Jammy Thomas, verdict

Discussion threads 2008-09-25

Hunt for Palin 'hacker': Journalism or mob mentality?

Hunt for Palin 'hacker': Journalism or mob mentality?So what are you advocating, anarchy?So, are you advocating anarchy where there are absolutely no constraints on moral, ethical, fair and legal behaviour?I am so sick of people who say that it's OK for a person to do something illegal, let alone it...

Tags: Blogging, SECURITY, Koman, blogger, mentality, Palin

Discussion threads 2008-09-23

Outside school doesn't equal online carte blanche

We all know that kids are careless with their online doings, paying little attention to privacy, safety, long-term job prospects, copyright infringement, etc. Now, a US District judge has ruled that kids can be specifically disciplined within school for certain online behaviors off school grounds. Ars...

Tags: Profile, School, Productivity, Social Networking, Recruitment & Selection, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-09-22

Sarah Palin's Yahoo account hijacked, e-mails posted online

Sarah Palin's Yahoo account hijacked, e-mails posted onlineWatSo you point out an unlikely scenario by putting forward an idea that is FAR MORE unlikely.Nice.Because a crime was committed...Because a crime was committed... Thats how you know when a Demoncrat is at work. Very simple.Devilcrats Strike againThe Demoncrats know they are...

Tags: Sarah Palin, Yahoo! Inc., e-mail

Discussion threads 2008-09-17

BPA story gets all political

BPA story gets all politicalWhat a shock!And you are surprised by this? You can't be that naive.Big business, and even small business, has been bed with politicians forever...on both sides. It’s just more pronounced with this current bunch of Nazis in Washington for the past seven plus years. You know...

Tags: BPA, Nazi, TWAIN, BPA story, first study

Discussion threads 2008-09-17

Hollywood preps new copyright bills

Hollywood preps new copyright billsMy favorite part... is the civil forfeiture. This gets completely around the whole business of proving that a user actually committed copyright infringement and goes straight for the router, computer, etc. presumptively involved.Our County Sheriff and Prosecutor have been funding a lot of their operations...

Tags: Taxes, Free trade, civil forfeiture, tax, forfeiture, taxpayer

Discussion threads 2008-09-12

Hollywood preps new copyright bills

Declan McCullagh reports over at News.com that Hollywood is gearing up for another copyright expansion attack. Two major bills this time: No. 1 is the Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights Act, sponsored by Leahy and Specter, the ranking members of the Senate Judiciary Committee. It...

Tags: American Library Association, Hollywood, Intellectual Property, Piracy, Federal Government, Tv & Home Theater, Purchasing & Procurement, Research & Development, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Government, Personal Technology, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-09-12

Reviewing an IRS web services report

Reviewing an IRS web services reportWhere's Anton?This is a great example of his "empower the users" by letting them run whatever M$ software they "need" on their PCs. To hell with those big bad IT admins - we'll just do it ourselves! Unfortunately now the security of the entire IRS...

Tags: Web servers, Servers, Web service, server, Web server, Murph, Internal Revenue Service

Discussion threads 2008-09-10

Should political postings stay or go? A survey.

I've been blogging for ZD Net for several years, writing for ZD publications for almost 20 years. I've always found readers to be intelligent and thoughtful, which is why I continue to do this while doing other things as "work." My posting, A virus in your genes, think about that,...

Tags: U.S., R&D, Discovery, Blog, Politics, Survey, Creationism, Rational Rants, Research & Development, Blogging, Business Operations, Internet, Mitch Ratcliffe

Blog posts 2008-09-04

Slash to album poster: 'Rot in jail'

Slash to album poster: 'Rot in jail'Very strong words...RE: Slash to album poster: 'Rot in jail'how did this music get to the web? everything that gets to the web should be free! go after the persons who do the uploading not the down loaders. it got there some how. how...

Tags: Piracy, album poster, Rot, RIAA, Cogill

Discussion threads 2008-09-03

Hybrids v. Pickensplan? You do the pickin'

Some of the folks touting hybrid cars--standard fuel plus electric--think their favored technology runs against the plans of T. Boone Pickens. I recently blogged Pickens' pick of CNG as a great new transit fuel for American drivers. Over at Hybridowners they're saying electric hybrids and eventually plug-ins will...

Tags: Car, Hybrid, Folk, Hybridowners Site, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-09-03

Photos: Ron Paul's RNC alternative

As the Republican convention took place just miles away, a crowd rallied for the former presidential candidate and his message of limited government, ensured civil liberties, lower taxes, and peace. by CNET News.com

Tags: Photograph, Taxes, Free Trade, Financial Planning, Finance, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2008-09-03