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- Presidential candidates: Take a data integrity and transparency pledge
- Whomever you support for president, I hope you'll consider joining me in asking the candidates for a pledge that they will enforce data integrity policies at least as rigorous as expected of publicly traded companies, and that they'll open their administration to public scrutiny of most public policy. ...
- Tags: Data Integrity, President, Administration, Democracy, E-mail, Workforce Management, Online Communications, Human Resources, Mitch Ratcliffe
- Blog posts 2008-03-03
- 2008: The year of hack the vote?
- 2008: The year of hack the vote?It's only the free world at stakeStep (A) Open source, then step (B) Test, retest, test ongoing, test until the end of time and (C) Use the damn manual ballots until the system is infallable... Not infallable yet? Repeat steps (A) and (B).What about...
- Tags: open source, ballot, democracy
- Discussion threads 2007-12-17
- democracy Now Gadget (gg)
- Keep up to date on the important news. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
- Tags: Democracy
- Software downloads 2007-12-09
- Fear Factor in BitTorrent debate
- Fear Factor in BitTorrent debateAmenDuopolies are a poor substitute for a free market and government has to own up to the anticompetitive consequences of its own actions.This is a republic and not a true...democracy. Therefore the few elected to represent the many are easily bought off by big business...
- Tags: Vertical industries, cynicism, duopoly, government, Comcast Corp., democracy, big business, BitTorrent
- Discussion threads 2007-12-04
- Whole Foods bans execs from online forums
- Whole Foods bans execs from online forumsPosting to Forums Affiliated with Press is Legally AllowedJust to clarify. For US citizens, no policy at Whole Earth or elsewhere can stop one from posting online when the forum is affiliated with a press. The reason for this is perhaps not as obvious...
- Tags: Government, Federal government, Food & Beverage, suspicion, democracy, Whole Earth, Whole Foods
- Discussion threads 2007-11-07
- L.A. professor triggers Myanmar Web shutdown
- L.A. professor triggers Myanmar Web shutdownHere's a country crying for democracy and...Here's a country whose people are starved for democracy and are risking their lives fighting for it, and the same major powers that invaded a sovereign nation to "bring democracy to the people of Iraq" take a hands-off approach...
- Tags: democracy, Myanmar Web, Oh-That
- Discussion threads 2007-10-02
- An anxious wait for EU court ruling on Microsoft
- An anxious wait for EU court ruling on MicrosoftThis will be very interesting to watch. Really though, nothing they do willhave much of an effect in and of itself. The biggest thing here is all of the negative publicity that Microsoft has been getting and that has contributed to a...
- Tags: Digital music, Vertical industries, Digital media, Microsoft Corp., EU Court, big business, democracy, public relations
- Discussion threads 2007-09-14
- Harnessing the Internet to reinvent democracy
- Harnessing the Internet to reinvent democracyWeb 2.0 conference in BerlinAmericans get their news by Blog. This change was recognized by time magazine when it made You (as in YouTube) person of the year. The change means those residing in the USA enjoy the form of democracy the nation's founders envisioned....
- Tags: Homeland security, democracy, KKK, Web 2.0, Internet
- Discussion threads 2007-09-11
- Engineering a new curriculum
- Engineering a new curriculumSome smaller schools are way ahead hereI teach engineering at two schools in CT. One (University of New Haven) has a core (required) course for non-technology students to give them an appreciation and understanding (as well as the necessary vocabulary) of the role that engineering and...
- Tags: Sastry, Cornell University, Cornell, curriculum, new curriculum, social science, democracy, Siemens AG
- Discussion threads 2007-09-10
- Singularity Summit 2007: Open source Singularity
- "If the singularity is in fact near, the fundamental tools of information, collaboration and access will be our best hope for making it happen in a way that spreads its benefits and minimizes its dangers -- in short, making it happen in a way that lets us be good ancestors.,"...
- Tags: Software, Scenario, Open Source, System, Benefit, Google Earth, Technology, Tool, Democracy, Singularity Summit 2007, AR World, Dan Farber
- Blog posts 2007-09-08
- A judicial blessing for vote-swapping sites
- A judicial blessing for vote-swapping sitesVoteSwap - good enough for congress!If mathcing votes is good enough for congress it ought to be good enough for the rest of us. Winner take all, however, should go AWAY. This scheme by Republicans and Democrats to marginalize 3rd parties is not democracy. Remember...
- Tags: Web site development, Web technology, vote-swapping site, judicial, democracy
- Discussion threads 2007-09-05
- Briton held over wireless broadband 'theft'
- Briton held over wireless broadband 'theft'My response to "Signs" was mis-postedFrank,I tried to yell at you for what you posted, but it did not wind up under your post as I thought it would. Look below for the message "Ill-Informed and Narcissistic — posted by ProfessorJim 08/23/07" This was...
- Tags: Wireless LANs, Broadband Internet, Free Access, wireless, democracy, Wi-Fi, wireless broadband, network, broadband
- Discussion threads 2007-08-23
- Feds consider lowering passenger data requirements
- Feds consider lowering passenger data requirementsPublic Comment on Privitizing TSAThe US is just so different than lesser democracies. Lets remind ourselves of the public out cry when the Bush administration attempted to form TSA as a private outsourced operation. Then lets remind ourselves of the public outcry when the Bush...
- Tags: Taxes, Government, Free trade, democracy, tax
- Discussion threads 2007-08-10
- Britain begins ID card procurement process
- Britain begins ID card procurement processexperts like Microsoft?????It comes down to this. Either the citizenry pays attention and reports suspicious activity to authorities and each other or that form of democracy fails. The problem in England is monarchical. The citizenry trusts government to identify the wrong doers and can not...
- Tags: Government, Purchasing & Procurement, democracy, ID card procurement, ID card, procurement
- Discussion threads 2007-08-10
- Congress yields to pass Bush spying bill
- Congress yields to pass Bush spying billAnd the fascist dictatorship grows ...... because I sure as hell don't call unwarranted surveillence with "secret court" approval OR "you will stay here UNTIL YOU PASS THIS LEGISLATION" democracy.If that's what you Americans call democracy these days, the terrorists not only WON the...
- Tags: Social Security, Operational accounting, Protecting America, democracy, U.S. Congress
- Discussion threads 2007-08-06
- FCC opts for open access -- not just that open
- FCC opts for open access -- not just that openTraitors ; The War of Multinational Corporations against the USAThis sale is on its surface unconstitutional. The constitution requires the federal government to keep this spectrum public. It was set aside 4 decades ago for consumers and voters so that we...
- Tags: Web 2.0, Government, Federal government, TVs, TV & Home Theater, interactive TV, constitution, democracy, FCC
- Discussion threads 2007-08-01
- Republicans' YouTube debate date in limbo
- Republicans' YouTube debate date in limboGood!Then make them MISS an important event... It would be their loss, not CNN's.Oh! besides, no one is watching these GOP clowns except for Ron Paul... the rest are neo-conservative and the only one watching them is the neo-conservative base...Digital Democracy and Traitors; universal...
- Tags: Web 2.0, Government, Vertical industries, Universal Access, democracy, YouTube Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-07-31
- Lawmakers fret over digital TV transition
- Lawmakers fret over digital TV transitionTrain Wreck ???Thats stupid! people aren't going to die if they can't watch tv. This change doesn't effect cable subscribers anyway.Rise AARP; Save the dot commonsMaria Cantwell is the former Real networks executive now senator. She is likely well aware of the real issue with...
- Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Wi-Fi, WIRELESS, Maria Cantwell, Patriots, TV, digital TV transition, MHz Spectrum, digital television, AARP, universal access, spectrum, commons, democracy, WiMAX, Web 2.0
- Discussion threads 2007-07-27
- Index ranks IT industries by nation
- Index ranks IT industries by nationcompetitiveness enablersInteresting article. Recent discussions on Zdnet involving the HP identity theft, WiMax, Iphone and Abramoff have identified competitiveness enablers which if allowed to proceed will ensure US dominance economically for quite some time, possibly 1000 years.The first enabler is the unique form of democracy...
- Tags: information technology, Web 2.0, democracy, younger democracy, Web, enabler
- Discussion threads 2007-07-12
- If everyone had a BlackBerry, that might not be a good thing
- Jeffrey Roy, who is an associate professor in the School of Public Administration at Canada's Dalhousie University, muses on what a democracy would be like if almost every citizen (and by implication, voter) had a BlackBerry.In fact, Roy seems to be wondering if BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion might not...
- Tags: News
- Blog posts 2007-06-04
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