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- Straight or gay? U.S. court says Web site can't ask
- Straight or gay? U.S. court says Web site can't asktypical american BSI don't see a problem with asking. I mean, I have absolutely nothing against the gay community. I have gay friends. But I wouldn't like to have a gay roomate, in the same way that I wouldn't like to...
- Tags: Web site development, Web technology, INTERNET, discrimination, Web site, Web
- Discussion threads 2008-04-04
- D5: Senator John McCain's league of extraordinary gentlemen
- D5: Senator John McCain's league of extraordinary gentlemenIndian IYou cannot discriminate in the hiring by race, creed, or NATIONALITY.Making nationality the sole consideration when deciding who can be hired into U.S. job is a case of rampant discrimination and prejudice.When Indian companies only consider h-1b candidates (and then only from...
- Tags: Recruitment & Selection, main question, H-1B, job, prejudice, discrimination, Indian IT company, hiring, John McCain
- Discussion threads 2007-05-30
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- Always-on boosted by British government study
- Always-on boosted by British government studyAlways On ... and the Food PoliceWhat happens when the cops show up at the grocery store and arrest you for purchasing that TwinkieR? Or you get a surcharge bill from your insurance company because your food purchases don't match your prescribed diet?Not likely? Well,...
- Tags: Food & Beverage, Always-On, insurance company, diet, insurance
- Discussion threads 2008-05-07
- News to know: Ubuntu; Microhoo; IT scapegoats; XP; Google
- Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: Microsoft: Pondering the alternatives to Yahoo Microsoft should walk away from Yahoo WSJ: Ballmer's big choice Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Adventures with Ubuntu 8.04 Gallery: A peek at Ubuntu 8.4 Jason Perlow: Ubuntu: I'm...
- Tags: Ubuntu, Google Inc., Information Technology, Apple Inc., SOA, Microsoft Corp., Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Microsoft Windows, Phishing, Help Desk, Podcasts, Web Services, Microsoft Windows XP, Middleware, Call Centers, Enterprise Software, Software, Operating Systems, Security, Spam And Phishing, It Operations, Internet, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-04-28
- Genetic non-discrimination bill will finally become law
- Genetic non-discrimination bill will finally become lawHe may indeed feel that wayRon Paul is an idealist. Another word for that is ideologue.I would suspect......that Mr. Paul is of the opinion that people and corporations have the right to discriminate on whatever basis they choose and would thus be opposed to...
- Tags: ideology
- Discussion threads 2008-04-25
- Genetic non-discrimination bill will finally become law
- The U.S. Senate voted 95-0 yesterday to approve the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act. A similar bill passed the House last year and President Bush is expected to sign it. The vote caps a 13-year battle by Rep. Louise Slaughter, a New York Democrat, and...
- Tags: Bill, Republican, Benefits, Vertical Industries, Recruitment & Selection, Healthcare, Human Resources, Enterprise Software, Software, Workforce Management, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-04-25
- On the (mis-) use of DNA
- Fascinating piece in the Wall Street Journal recently about the English/Welsh DNA database. We'll sneak up on it. The movie GATTACA always bugged me, or rather people's reaction to it did. Whenever I'd mention biometrics, people would say, "Have you seen GATTACA? Isn't that a frightening view...
- Tags: DNA, Analysis, Employee Discrimination, Biotechnology, Ed Gottsman
- Blog posts 2008-04-11
- Comcast promises protocol-agnostic throttling
- Comcast promises protocol-agnostic throttlingComment from FreePressHere's a statement from FreePress's Martin Ammori:"These talks are the direct result of public pressure -- and the threat of FCC action -- against Comcast. But with Comcast's history of broken promises and record of deception, we can't just take their word that the Internet...
- Tags: Federal government, Cable, Comcast Corp., FreePress
- Discussion threads 2008-03-27
- Fixing the unfairness of TCP congestion control
- Bob Briscoe Chief researcher at the BT Network Research Centre is on a mission to tackle one of the biggest problems facing the Internet. He wants the world to know that TCP Transmission Control Protocol congestion control is fundamentally broken and he has a proposal for the IETF to fix...
- Tags: Algorithm, Application, Bandwidth, Network, P2P, TCP, Bob Briscoe, Van Jacobson, Jacobson, AIMD, ECN, Tcp/Ip, Networking, Peer To Peer (P2P), Internet, George Ou
- Blog posts 2008-03-24
- EU to probe US prosecution of gaming firms
- The EU says it's taking a look at US prosecution of European online gaming outfits to see if the Bush Administration is especially targeting non-American firms, Reuters reports. "The U.S. has the right to address legitimate public policy concerns relating to Internet gambling, but discrimination against EU...
- Tags: U.S., European Union, Games, Internet, Free Trade, Personal Technology, Finance, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-03-11
- Human Rights: An Inconvenient Truth
- The debate on business and human rights is set to heat up this year with the 60th anniversary of the UN General Assembly resolution adopting the Universal Declaration of Human Rights UDHR. The Beijing Olympics and a sharpened focus on the potential winners and losers in the climate change crisis...
- Tags: James Farrar
- Blog posts 2008-02-25
- Judge+on+privacy%3A+Computer+code+trumps+the+law
- Judge+on+privacy%3A+Computer+code+trumps+the+lawWhat does Google and Yahoo have to do with the issue?So according to another IDIOT judge, the messenger is at fault for the illegal dealings of a crook. Not to mention that neither Yahoo or Google have anything to do with the mod of PS3 chips in Australia.Since when...
- Tags: Government, Vertical industries, Insurance, Yahoo! Inc., Google Inc., Sony Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-02-22
- Google on Markey net neutrality bill:let's stop the "gatekeepers"
- Without mentioning Comcast's broadband Internet throttling by name, Google's Public Policy analyst and blogger Derek Slater has just made a post resoundingly in favor of the net neutrality legislation introduced this week by Congressmen Ed Markey and Chip Pickering: Today, Rep. Ed Markey and Chip...
- Tags: Google Inc., Broadband, Net Neutrality, Broadband Policy, Internet, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Networking, Russell Shaw
- Blog posts 2008-02-14
- New+majority+loses+nerve+on+net+neutrality
- New+majority+loses+nerve+on+net+neutralityI think this should be handled through ICANNThey say.. if you try to impose restriction on websites that you do not host, we terminate your name associations and IP blocks.Problem solved.In its current form.. net neutraility does more harm than good. Any restrictions other than the ones blocking monopolies...
- Tags: Web site development, INTERNET, Net Neutrality, Web site, e-mail
- Discussion threads 2008-02-13
- Comcast traffic management issue before FCC
- Today is the deadline for the FCC call for comments on the Comcast traffic management case brought about by a formal complaint from the Free Press and Public Knowledge. As a former network engineer who designed networks and servers and as someone who has written extensively on these matters, I...
- Tags: FCC, Bandwidth, Packet, Electronic Frontier Foundation, BitTorrent, Network, Comcast Corp., P2P, Problem, Verizon Communications Inc., Broadband, DOCSIS, Network Management, BitTorrent Seeder, Networking, Cable, Broadband Internet, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, George Ou
- Blog posts 2008-02-13
- Techcentric anti-Scientology "raids" were nothing but religious bigotry
- Techcentric anti-Scientology "raids" were nothing but religious bigotrybigotrySeveral protesters wore demonic masks and held signs with phrases such as "Hubbard is the Devil" and "Honk if you hate Scientology." It had a striking resemblance to the disinformation beginnings of the German persecution of Jews or the kkk persecution of...
- Tags: Scientologists, religion, anti-Scientology, Scientology
- Discussion threads 2008-02-12
- One more sign we're doing something wrong
- One more sign we're doing something wrongYou stated the issue.First the kids learn the math and then they try to apply it your physics class. That's backwardsAll through high school any math beyond 2+2 just lost me. Then in college (against all my advisors recomendations.) I decided to...
- Tags: grammar school
- Discussion threads 2008-02-01
- Gates misses the point on 'creative capitalism'
- Gates misses the point on 'creative capitalism'It is not quite so black and whiteI believe in Capitalism, but it is in the interest of companies not to abuse their employees, and to try and provide a good environment for them. This does not mean providing foreign aid, but just...
- Tags: U.S. Department of Defense, NASA, capitalism, creative capitalism, Charity Comes
- Discussion threads 2008-01-25
- FCC starts inquity into Comcast P2P blocking
- FCC starts inquity into Comcast P2P blockingHeads UpTypo: 'inquity'IllegalWhat ComCast is doing is simply illegal and they should be a huge fine to discourage crooked company for doing it.RE: FCC starts inquity into Comcast P2P blockingNotice the keyword in the sentence quoted from David L. Cohen is BLOCK. This does...
- Tags: Peer to peer (P2P), Federal government, Telecom & Utilities, inquity, Comcast P2P, Comcast Corp., P2P, FCC
- Discussion threads 2008-01-16
- FCC starts inquiry into Comcast P2P blocking
- After months of newspaper reports, customer complaints and numerous petitions, the FCC has initiated an inquiry into Comcast's throttling of P2P traffic. Comcast has until Jan. 25 to respond in writing to some questions from the FCC. And on Monday the agency opened the public comment period on a petition...
- Tags: FCC, Petition, Comcast Corp., P2P, Vuze Petition, Federal Government, Government, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-01-16
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