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- Amanda Chapel, aka "Strumpette," needs some tough love
- I had a strange Twitter back-and-forth with "Amanda Chapel," the pseudonymous authors of a PR blog called "Strumpette," about the nature of the hacker ethic. I personally don't think the hacker ethic is very effective as a counterpoint to the system of intellectual property it decries, because hackers seem intent...
- Tags: Hacker, Twitter, Amanda Chapel, Hacking, Security, Mitch Ratcliffe
- Blog posts 2008-07-14
- FCC wants no-porn, free broadband wireless auction
- FCC wants no-porn, free broadband wireless auctionHmmm....Is Porn illegal? If not is this not a governmental nose-snubbing at freedom of speech, making it highly illegal ?Do we really WANT this sort of action by our government?Do we want to become China?I dunno. I'm just askin'...The moral crusaders :)Ok,...
- Tags: Federal government, Broadband Internet, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Government, WIRELESS, broadband wireless auction, broadband wireless, FCC, broadband
- Discussion threads 2008-06-23
- Got science?
- Got science?Great article!I'd love to believe that a political regime change (that we'll hopefully see in November) can bring us some progress in this area. Hopefully not more business as usual if the Dems can be believed. We'll see.Chris DawsonLeading Nuclear Research is now done in...India.Remember when the...
- Tags: Nuclear Research, ozone, Thomas Jefferson
- Discussion threads 2008-05-30
- The power of open spectrum
- The power of open source isn't moral or ethical. It's practical. Open source delivers better value to consumers of software, and thus to all of us. It creates economic arrangements which not only lead to profit, but to greater use of the resource. Open...
- Tags: Spectrum, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-05-23
- Does open source mandate change in copyright law?
- Does open source mandate change in copyright law?I don't see where open source fitsOpen source is just being able to see the source which is protected by copyright and sometimes patents as well. What license one uses to authorized use of the software really is irrelevant. It might be a...
- Tags: open source world, open source, patent, copyright law
- Discussion threads 2008-05-21
- Universal coverage changes the debate
- Universal coverage changes the debateJust one point"Questions of how much money is spent on drugs cease being academic. Government can freely decide what people can and can’t take."This is quite right. You can take what ever your doctors prescribes. You have to pay for it after all. The visit to...
- Tags: Financial Planning, Vertical industries, HEALTHCARE, Benefits, insurance, health care
- Discussion threads 2008-05-16
- Move to increase H1B visas
- Move to increase H1B visasThis is like congress getting a pay raise...Unless they vote AGAINST it."The Republicans asked for movement on HB 1930, which would increase the H1B cap from 65,000 to 115,000 and calls for a 20% increase every year that the cap is met."If you are a US...
- Tags: Government, Vertical industries, Recruitment & Selection, H1B Visas
- Discussion threads 2008-04-21
- Backed by Intel, Ubuntu, Google, mobile linux is poised for commercial takeoff in 2008
- Backed by Intel, Ubuntu, Google, mobile linux is poised for commercial takeoff in 2008Yup, iiiitttttt'sssss showtime !!!!Even Labour and the Conservatives in the UK are fighting for the moral high ground on who "gets" FOSS the most !!!!!Could it be the end of multi-billion failed backhander driven American Corp based...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Advertising & Promotion, Google Mobile, Ubuntu, Intel Corp., Linux, Google Inc., mobile
- Discussion threads 2008-04-04
- Rocker Lou Reed takes aim at new technology
- Rocker Lou Reed takes aim at new technologyGive me a breakMaybe if he was a symphony conductor I could take his rantings seriously.Sure MP3 is not perfect, but it's better than Am radio and pretty much on-par or slightly better than FM.We have better formats... Its called MP4 AACThe iTunes...
- Tags: Digital media, Digital music, Rocker Lou Reed, AAC
- Discussion threads 2008-03-14
- Daylight Savings--A Time Whose Time Has Passed?
- Daylight Savings--A Time Whose Time Has Passed?Or just have DST all the timeI would much rather it be dark in the morning when I get up than in the afternoon when I leave work to go home. Though I agree it doesn't make things cheaper, but than it doesn't...
- Tags: DST
- Discussion threads 2008-03-14
- Medical lawsuits may soon be a thing of the past
- Whenever I discuss rising medical costs here, at least one commenter often several will chime in and blame the lawyers. If we just didn't have all those nasty lawsuits... Well you may get your wish. In a case called Riegel vs. Medtronic,...
- Tags: Wyeth, Lawsuit, FDA, Federal Government, Government, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-03-09
- What price disclosures deliver is transparency
- A new think tank study dismisses a proposal from Iowa Republican Charles Grassley to require disclosure of medical device pricing. (Picture from the PiperReport.) The hit piece was commissioned by AdvaMed, the device industry trade group, and claimed that there is little market competition, that search costs are...
- Tags: Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-02-29
- The Grady tragedy and what it means
- While candidates are fretting about the plight of the middle class in health care, the safety net of the poor is unraveling. For decades that net consisted of a string of public "charity" hospitals in major cities around the country, funded by local taxpayers. Many doubled as...
- Tags: Hospital, Trauma, Charity Hospital, Healthcare, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-02-20
- FDA fast track is slowing down
- The fast track on FDA drug approvals is slowing and will slow further. Conservatives are already starting to complain but the trend seems clear. A House Democrat has called for the current commissioner, Andrew von Eschenbach, to resign and the head of Health and Human...
- Tags: FDA, Slowdown, Federal Government, Government, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-02-15
- Health care or health insurance?
- The political debate over guaranteeing health care or health insurance was put in sharp relief today by a story out of California. The Los Angeles Times broke the story, of Wellpoint asking doctors to seek out pre-existing conditions in all new employees so coverage could be cancelled...
- Tags: Health Insurance, Health Care, Times, Benefits, Healthcare, Vertical Industries, Insurance, Human Resources, Enterprise Software, Software, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-02-13
- %22Follow+the+Money%22
- %22Follow+the+Money%22conservative voters need to know thisYou know.. all conservative voters would need to see in order to get them to vote Green or at least Democrat - is the actual budget.Conservative mouthpieces are always going on about big government, federal spending, hits to your pocketbook.. bla bla blah; when the...
- Tags: Vertical industries, irony, government
- Discussion threads 2008-02-06
- NSA coordinates cyberattack response
- NSA coordinates cyberattack responseThe NSA bungled the intel on Iraq...and historically have been a lot less than accurate. What makes anyone think they will do a better job trying to police the entire internet?Set aside their incompetence, and you still have a worldwide spying organization with no regard for...
- Tags: Hacking, Vertical industries, SECURITY, Viruses and worms, Washington Post Co., NSA, cyberattack response, cyberattack, monitoring, government, Internet
- Discussion threads 2008-01-28
- FBI takes biometrics database proposal to U.K.
- FBI takes biometrics database proposal to U.K.Great for US tourismEveryone will flock there.RE: FBI takes biometrics database proposal to U.K.http://www.securenet.bc.ca/NewsReleases/Press%20Releases%202008/jan142008pr.htm'nuff saidRE: FBI takes biometrics: More BS!What can't be done in the U.S. Due to that pesky constitution and stupid Americans and their freedoms can be done in Britain, out of...
- Tags: Federal government, FBI, biometrics database proposal, US-VISIT Program
- Discussion threads 2008-01-16
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