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- ZEROlab to measure carbon footprints
- RE: ZEROlab to measure carbon footprintsJust a company that is more then willing to take away your rights and freedoms. Last time I looked CO2 is a needed ingredient in the process of life, for without it we have no life no plants, no food. CO2 is a much needed...
- Tags: Blogging, ZEROlab, carbon footprint, CEC, Al Gore
- Discussion threads 2009-11-08
- Scalia gets a schooling in online privacy
- Scalia gets a schooling in online privacyI agree with ScaliaI've been saying for years now how the idea of "privacy" through anonymity on the Internet is incredibly ignorant. It's like saying that anytime I leave my house I can put on a costume and take off my car's license...
- Tags: NOW IT, Scalia, schooling, online privacy
- Discussion threads 2009-05-18
- When Windows beats Linux: a cautionary tale
- When Windows beats Linux: a cautionary taleIt's the ticket booking traffic, st...!What they don't tell you, is that the 10 CMS servers were handling the business-critical ticket booking traffic - incl. peaks during special-offer newsletter blasts.RE: When Windows beats Linux: a cautionary taleThis article is clearly biased against Linux."The general...
- Tags: Operating systems, Content management, Groupware, UNIX, Collaboration, OPEN SOURCE, SharePoint Solutions, Linux, Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-01-17
- Georgia flu scandal
- Georgia flu scandalBS not supported by factsStudies made by the big pharma will never convice me to not trust studies made by independent groups.How effective are flu vaccines?According to the Lancet Medical Journal, has found that the flu vaccine has not prevented flu related deaths in people over the age...
- Tags: HEALTHCARE, Vertical industries, Benefits, Blog author, flu shot, flu, flu scandal, strain
- Discussion threads 2008-10-26
- Apple market capitalization tops Google
- Apple market capitalization tops Googleit means nothingEasy comes, easy goes, that number is just that, a number; prosperity doesn't always last forever...This news comes as great relief to manyThis will totally make up for the fact that MobileMe doesn't work, the iPhone 3G doesn't work, Mac video cards don't work,...
- Tags: Investment, Apple Inc., market capitalization, Apple market capitalization, Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-08-14
- In lean times, a tale of two IT contractors
- In lean times, a tale of two IT contractorsCognitive dissonanceContractors are both hurt and helped by a slowdown; companies both get rid of contractors and hire them. What to make of this?Perhaps calculus would help - do companies increase or decrease the rate of this churn during a slowdown? What...
- Tags: IT Contractors, information technology
- Discussion threads 2008-07-02
- Distributed decision making in IT
- Distributed decision making in ITMoving the SPOF rearrainging deckchairs.Lets make something clear - that the central SRSS/DumbRay server IS a SPARC. x86 just doesn't cut it for hosting so many users. SO please don't do the same thing as big blue and pull the old bait and switch - OF...
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, information technology, server, decision-making
- Discussion threads 2008-07-01
- Sticking with XP / Upgrading to Vista / Waiting for Windows 7 / Switching to Mac or Linux - There's no single right answer
- Sticking with XP / Upgrading to Vista / Waiting for Windows 7 / Switching to Mac or Linux - There's no single right answerI respect your opinion, but...I also don't feel you've articulated why we should move to Vista, should we have the horsepower.If, after all the tweaking, it's only...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Desktops, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Windows Vista, Adrian, Microsoft Windows 7, Upgrading, openSUSE, Microsoft Windows XP, Linux, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2008-06-26
- Breaking the dialogues of the deaf
- How do you talk to people who just don't want to hear it? Every time I get into a conversation comparing Windows to any Unix option I discover the same thing: the people who will listen to rational argument already know the right answers,...
- Tags: Belief, Believer, Festinger, Dissonance, Security, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2008-06-10
- How+hard+is+it+to+violate+the+GPL%3F
- How+hard+is+it+to+violate+the+GPL%3FThat's a better way of looking at it.Compared to yesterday's piece, this is a much more informed look at the supposed issue.I agree that changes that are made to a GPL code base should, in the spirit of the license all of them, be given back. Your use of...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, GPL
- Discussion threads 2008-02-19
- The telephone blame game gone gonzo
- The telephone blame game gone gonzoWitchhunts the only way?Surely anyone honest enough to evaluate their own behaviour sufficiently to recognise this kind of problem is almost certainly not going to have the problem in the first place? You're suggesting that people actively go against the very human tendency to self-justify...
- Tags: Games, game, phone
- Discussion threads 2007-11-27
- Amazon to debut Kindle e-book reader Monday
- Amazon to debut Kindle e-book reader MondayPrice PointAfter reading about Sony's attempt bust at an even lower price point, I wouldn't expect this to be successful either. At $399, you can get a fully functioning laptop and read all the eBooks and other media you want there.I don't think...
- Tags: E-books, PDA, e-book Reader, e-book, Amazon.com Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-11-16
- Why Apple doesn't get more of my cash
- One question that I get asked on almost a daily basis is why I don’t abandon the Windows platform and shift over to using Mac. When I posted my “30 things I’ve learned from using Linux …†post, the point that raised the most discussion was #27:The more I use...
- Tags: Security, Linux, Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., Microsoft Windows, Hardware, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2007-08-16
- Exploding heads in the open source community
- Exploding heads in the open source communityIt would be better if MS would just use the BSD or MIT license, they aresimple, and very friendly to proprietary software, you can even make proprietary extensions that you do not need to release.But, all eyes are on Microsoft here. It is more...
- Tags: Quality, open-source community, Microsoft Corp., open source
- Discussion threads 2007-08-02
- Exploding heads in the open source community
- Late last week, Tim O'Reilly announced at his company's open source convention that Microsoft would submit its shared source licenses to the Open Source Initiative OSI to be certified as true open source licenses. It's a curious notion, but makes a lot of sense. Microsoft probably wants to find a...
- Tags: Open Source, Microsoft
- Blog posts 2007-08-02
- Securing Safari: How to run Apple's Web browser securely
- Securing Safari: How to run Apple's Web browser securelyThe the cognitive dissonance continues30 million Macs is too small a blip for malware writers, but 1 million Safari downloads is a significant target.I have a far easier solutionControl Panel -> Add/Remove Programs -> Uninstall Safari.That is the best way to secure...
- Tags: Web browsers, Cyberthreats, Operating systems, Apple Safari, security, Apple Inc., Microsoft Windows, Web browser
- Discussion threads 2007-06-15
- Fear and loathing in the Internet echo chamber
- Ever since Leon Festinger first formulated his theory of cognitive dissonance people have, usually reluctantly, accepted the reality that we seek out information confirming our beliefs while actively avoiding contrary information. The obvious lesson for people who are aware of this is...
- Tags: Unanswered questions, General
- Blog posts 2007-05-07
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