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Actions speak louder than words and the message is disheartening

Actions speak louder than words and the message is dishearteningAre we?I think they said that over ten years ago. My relatives in Georgia should be drowning in water by now. Yeah, we're having problems, but I think the extent of the harmful effects is overstated.Extremism is not taking care of...

Tags: Actions Speak, status symbol, Extremism

Discussion threads 2008-08-30

Open source extremism lives

Open source extremism livesNot the same thingI admit there's a continuum of opinion. Those who are advocating ogg aren't advocating defiance of the law, but a format more in keeping with the ideals of FOSS, which is a different thing.Userama decided to laugh at Democrats, but he made an apt...

Tags: ZD Net, F/OSS, extremism, Open source extremism, extremist, open source

Discussion threads 2008-08-26

Firm gets U.S. nod for quick passenger data checks

Firm gets U.S. nod for quick passenger data checksQuick Passenger Data ChecksHas anyone ever heard of fake ids -- or this is a concept I just thought of? I understand what they are trying to do, but it should have been taken care of BEFORE getting on the plane....

Tags: Vertical industries, Islamic, extremism, Islamic extremism, passenger data check, quick passenger data check, anti-American, government

Discussion threads 2008-02-20

Additional Resources

Has Chamber become a Chamber of Horrors for its members?

It's their Right, but it's not ResponsibleGlobal warming alarmists want Americans to believe that humans are killing the planet. But Not Evil Just Wrong, a new documentary by Phelim McAleer and Ann McElhinney, proves that the only threats to America and the rest of the world are the flawed science...

Tags: Chamber

Discussion threads 2009-10-12

Protest of Swedish domain name rules grows

Nice intent, bad ideaWhat happens when someone's personal, or company's name is Bank, Banker, Banks or some variation on the word?What if I'm trying to start an environmental management site for sustainable fishing called, "The Georges Banks"? Or my new bar and grill, "The Iowa River Bank"?Crazy ideaIf only...

Tags: Financial services, bank, domain name

Discussion threads 2009-09-25

Hey, deniers, is hotter oceans not part of global warming? Just another hoax?

hmm...I'd like to see Christian come and spread his 'czarist' nonsense on this page >.>Thanks for pointing out the 1998 flaw by the way =)Another non-researched postYou make claims based solely upon a news report without actually researching the data.Try this and learn something:www.drroyspencer.com/2009/08 and read the article titled "Spurious...

Tags: global warming

Discussion threads 2009-09-20

Controversial counter-terror policy in UK education networks

The UK government in recent weeks has strongly advised colleges and universities to monitor networks for Islamic fundamentalism and extremism. With the release of a "toolkit" by the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills, students are asking questions about their civil liberties. This such move which went...

Tags: Network, Student, Government, Web Site Development, Vertical Industries, Networking, Internet, Enterprise Software, Software, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2009-02-27

Sub-prime and the other seven deadly bubbles . . .

Now that the distraction from the election is gone, I wish there was another distraction out there because we still have a way to go in regards to the financial crisis. There seems to be a widespread perception that the mess caused by the sub-prime bubble has...

Tags: Financial, Derivatives, Bubble, Philanthropia, Financial Services, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2008-11-08

Is open source politically attractive?

Is open source politically attractive?Do you think Canadians are so obsessed with software...... that a reference to open source as software is significant?I suggest the endorsement is a statement of political principle. Though it may not be accurate, open source might be considered an expression of an old principle:...

Tags: open source, Bloc Quebecois, voter

Discussion threads 2008-09-19

News to know: Psystar vs. Apple; WGA; Linux under attack; FAA failure

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: News.com: Psystar responds to Apple suit, will countersue Sam Diaz: Does Psystar have a legit argument in Apple countersuit? Psystar countersues Apple, alleges anticompetitive business practices...

Tags: FAA, Google Inc., Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Attack, Psystar, Linux, Bluetooth, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Operating Systems, Open Source, UNIX, Software, Wireless, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-27

Open source extremism lives

Open source considers itself a business movement, but the wing which created OpenTape is a political movement. Do the two support one another, or sit in opposition? by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: RIAA, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-08-26

Georgia turns to Google's Blogger amid Russia onslaught

Georgia turns to Google's Blogger amid Russia onslaughtwhat a bsis it really journalism when just copy and paste somebody else's BS?RE: Georgia turns to Google's Blogger amid Russia onslaughtRussia is doing an amasing job in protecting the people in he break away regions.RE: Georgia turns to Google's Blogger amid Russia...

Tags: Government, Recruitment & Selection, Blogger, Georgian, extremist, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-08-11

The electric car is here, and your neighbor may be driving it already

The electric car is here, and your neighbor may be driving it alreadyTalk about Polution!!There's is no form of transportation MORE polluting than an electric car. Why people are so thrilled with them....They use power which is produce primarily by COAL!!!The coal-fired electricity has to be transmitted which costs...

Tags: car, electric car

Discussion threads 2008-08-06

diversITy: can being gay hold your career back?

diversITy: can being gay hold your career back?thank uGood article and great research. Somthing different from usual posts. It is very sad that not all people are treated the same at work.Free will...Orientation may or may not exist in terms of genetic factors, but that does not take away the...

Tags: Professional development, career

Discussion threads 2008-06-23

The tyranny of the majority

The tyranny of the majorityHi Paul, too true.What OS you use should be driven by the requirements specification matched to the particular strengths and weaknesses of each potential solution... not dogma.All operating systems have differing capabilities, and until someone produces something akin to HAL-9000 or Star Trek's LCARS no one...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, UNIX, tyranny

Discussion threads 2008-03-17

Pakistan blocks YouTube over cartoons

Pakistan blocks YouTube over cartoonsPeople will stop using the internet?Yeah. Sure. That's what'll happen.Probably best if he's right, though - the internet could do with a few less homicidal maniacs.They're not even particularly good cartoons, and neither are they all that clever...Self-control, people! Murdering random innocent people because someone drew...

Tags: INTERNET, YouTube Inc., cartoon

Discussion threads 2008-02-24

JuicyCampus.com+pushing+the+limits+of+free+speech%3F

JuicyCampus.com+pushing+the+limits+of+free+speech%3FMight be better......to confront the racists, anti-semites, etc, head on... by refuting them instead of by trying to drive them off campus. The latter has been attempted for more than a generation and all it's succeeded in doing is driving the haters underground, and encouraging extremism by creating a...

Tags: Web site development, Web technology, Litigation, JuicyCampus

Discussion threads 2008-02-19

SEC urged not to revive 'terrorist' watch list

SEC urged not to revive 'terrorist' watch listGee, now I wonder why they did that?Could it be because people think they are scum? Yeah, just might be...lolState sponsors of terraism bad.Except when sacred profits are at stake.:o)It's true...The greed of these people knows no bounds.They are busy selling off...

Tags: Homeland security, terrorism, SEC

Discussion threads 2008-01-18

Open source values: openness

Along with transparency and consensus, a third key open source value is openness. (Poetree from the 2005 Labyrinth Guild of New England festival. Click here for the poem.) Openness means the simple availability of the resource. All the resource. When someone violates openness, the rent is obvious....

Tags: Religion, Simple Availability, Open Source, Linux, Operating Systems, Software, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2007-11-29

Ethanol isn't a magic word

Ethanol isn't a magic wordDissapointing articleI was actually hoping the article would delve into the flawed science behind the ethanol craze. Ethanol is a stupid alternative fuel, driven by government edict, pork and artificially created oil shortages brought on by environmentalist extremism.It's inefficient, results in food shortages and is a...

Tags: Food & Beverage, Ethanol, food

Discussion threads 2007-10-04