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For business uses, Second Life is a fad and a crock: For business uses, Second Life is a fad and a crock2nd Life HarbingerIt's not that 2nd Life can't sell these products, its that these manufacturers can't figure out what products to sell to the new Web 2.0 generation.Russ, you're speaking out of your arseNormally I appreciate your articles, but I...; Tags: NOAA, Autodesk Inc., American Apparel, Virtual Environments, Second Life, fad, crock, business use; Discussion threads 2007-07-15
Airport security exceptions and subjectivity: What a crock: Airport security exceptions and subjectivity: What a crockSome airports give baggies outI recently flew out of Seattle and Oakland and not only did that pre-screening guy check your baggie, he had baggies to give you if you didn't have one.Regarding Holiday Inns, you've stumbled upon something there. I remember...; Tags: Vertical industries, Holiday Inns, crock, Transportation Security Administration, security, government, airport security, homeland security; Discussion threads 2006-10-20

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Jobs back in the hot seat over options: Jobs back in the hot seat over optionsOne of these suitsis going to make it through the court system and then Jobs will really be on the hot seat.I doubt it nt.In your dreams.Only an ignorant ass of a investment fund would sue a company enjoying 35% growth.so things are...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, hot seat, job; Discussion threads 2008-04-24
Open letter to Steve Jobs: Apple should have a first adopter network program and give discounts to loyal customers: Open letter to Steve Jobs: Apple should have a first adopter network program and give discounts to loyal customersWhat a crock of S$#&Do you want some cheese with that whine? If you have owned apple products for so long and still cant figure out there will eventually be...; Tags: Leading Edge, first adopter network, Open Letter, Apple Inc., Steve Jobs; Discussion threads 2008-04-21
Better the Windows Vista devil you know than the Windows 7 one you don't?: Better the Windows Vista devil you know than the Windows 7 one you don't?you're rightThe cutoff means nothing to an enterprise that will be "rolling out" a new OS. It only matters to SMB. I've even got a few sub-100 user clients considering volume licensing business.That is a...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Corp.; Discussion threads 2008-04-16

Australian senator demands open source against US "lock-in": Australian senator demands open source against US "lock-in"Australian Senator Kate Lundy is on target about softwareSenator Kate Lundy is very well placed to make the comments she made - and to be heard where it matters. She is a Senator for the Australian Capital Territory ACT which was created as...; Tags: Tools & Techniques, software, open source; Discussion threads 2008-04-09
China becoming gold medalist in CO2 emissions: China becoming gold medalist in CO2 emissionsSo far, their predictions have been anything but reliable . . .[quote]If you believe global warming’s a crock, this blog’s worth another good belly laugh.[/quote]Let's see, a chemical vital to plant survival should be killing us, our ocean should be about a mile higher...; Tags: carbon dioxide; Discussion threads 2008-03-23
China becoming gold medalist in CO2 emissions: If you believe global warming's a crock, this blog's worth another good belly laugh. If you suspect that CO2 and other greenhouse gases could be altering the climate, then this there's more evidence that the U.S. and China are plunging us into a climatic sauna. A...; Tags: China, Emission, Carbon Dioxide, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-03-22
Microsoft inches toward public beta of 'Stirling' security suite: Microsoft inches toward public beta of 'Stirling' security suiteBug Fender scheduled for 2010Following the success of getting people to buy security software enabling Microsoft to profit from poor programming practices, Microsoft have now extended this philosophy into dealing with all of their other software bugs."This is great news" said a...; Tags: Microsoft Corp., security, OneCare; Discussion threads 2008-03-20
Who benefits from data center centralization?: Who benefits from data center centralization?The difference is in control/managementCentralized processing with decentralized control works - centralizing both does not.But notice that Wintel/data processing essentially force the centralization of both, and Unix does not. You can centralize control with Unix, but you don't have to. Instead you put everything...; Tags: Data centers, Strategic planning, Regulations, benefit, data center, centralization, money organization, data center centralization, server; Discussion threads 2008-03-19
Hillary nomination would unleash Obama's Net-driven third-party run: Hillary nomination would unleash Obama's Net-driven third-party runNon-issueThis church stuff is a politics of racial fear-mongering. I don't see it as more than a one-day story. Any impact was diluted by Ferraro's racist statements. And note -- (via News for Real -- In 1988, she said: "If Jesse Jackson were...; Tags: Ferraro, Obama, third-party run, Net-driven, nomination, Hillary nomination; Discussion threads 2008-03-18
Gibson: Activision's 'Guitar Hero' violates patent: Gibson: Activision's 'Guitar Hero' violates patentTotally BogusNot only did Gibson wait three *YEARS* to file this, but they also licensed the guitar design to begin with, so its not like it was a secret. One can assume that they will soon file a lawsuit against the makers of Rock Band...; Tags: Games, Gibson, Guitar Hero, Activision Inc.; Discussion threads 2008-03-13
Global Warming (GW)? The spin cycle is on high.: The only thing more controversial in the U.S. these days than GW George W is the other GW Global Warming. And that's the GW this blog is interested in. A report from the National Climatic Data Center is being spun dry right now. To one recent blog...; Tags: U.S., Temperature, Global Warming, NCDC, January, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-03-02
Sir Tim Berners-Lee: Semantic Web is open for business: Sir Tim Berners-Lee: Semantic Web is open for businessInventor of the WWW?Tim "...inventor of the World Wide Web..."Not really, in simple terms all Tim did was come up with the DNS system, the rest already existed and there were already other schemes in place which may well have been better...; Tags: Engineering, JUST LIKE, Tim Berners-Lee, Semantic Web, Ontological, G Wells, Tim, inventor, natural language processing, algorithm; Discussion threads 2008-02-27
So long Time Warner Cable, hello DIRECTTV: So long Time Warner Cable, hello DIRECTTVCorrection[i]I couldn’t imagine life without NY1, a local all-news station that’s exclusively on Time Warner Cable[/u]Cablevision also carries NY1, and you are right, it blows all other news networks out of the water, if you ask me.RE: So long Time Warner Cable, hello DIRECTTVcommentaryVerizon...; Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Corporate communications, INTERNET, Network technology, Cable, Time Warner Inc., DirecTV, DirectTV, GolTV, video; Discussion threads 2008-01-29
US Government seeks to invest $6 Billion in security by obscurity: US Government seeks to invest $6 Billion in security by obscurityI am sure almost $500M will go to securityYou stress too much. Almost 8.5% will end up going into actual security products and processes. This after the 10% goes to a bunch of "admin" companies, and then 60%...; Tags: U.S. Government, Security Products, security; Discussion threads 2008-01-28
Attention IT managers: Two green PCs from HP that won't get you laughed out of the office: Attention IT managers: Two green PCs from HP that won't get you laughed out of the officegreen is goodHaving low power consumption PC is good for the organization and also to mother earthFor IT dept, having a management software built into the PC is even betterGreen is a marketing ployand...; Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., global warming, PC, Sun Microsystems Inc., pollution; Discussion threads 2008-01-24
OLPC responds to Intel breakup: OLPC responds to Intel breakupSounds like Intel was only in it to see if they could distract them andslow them down. Intel shames themselves with this behavior.RE: OLPC responds to Intel breakupGET REAL to quote this site "The emerging market is big enough for multiple players and it's not clear...; Tags: Negroponte, Personality Conflict, Intel Corp., One Laptop Per Child project; Discussion threads 2008-01-04
Close call: U.S. NOT the world's worst polluter: Close call: U.S. NOT the world's worst polluterNo you don't[B]"Hah, I have a god-given right as an American to drive an SUV that gets 12 MPG and keep my house at 68-degrees even when its a 110-degrees outside by my swimming pool. I even live in a house built in...; Tags: carbon dioxide, pollution, polluter, global warming; Discussion threads 2007-12-09
Crocodiles Screensaver2 (EXE): Massive crock body with huge jaws and razor sharp teeth, on your desktop with Crocodiles Screensaver2. The Crocodiles Screensaver2 will allow you to watch these water animals in action. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.; Tags: Razor, Desktops, Hardware; Software downloads 2007-12-05