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Cringely doesn't need no stinking facts to push Net Neutrality

Cringely doesn't need no stinking facts to push Net NeutralityNet Neutrality?We don' need no stinkin' Net Neutrality?!!! ;)Tell 'em George! :)Is Microsoft paying off Mr. Cringely?Companies like Microsoft and Google are advocating "net neutrality" to escape paying for the improved service to be provided them. Why not create an...

Tags: AT&T Corp., Net Neutrality, Cringely, extremist

Discussion threads 2007-04-13

Surveillance is Tyranny

Surveillance is TyrannyIf you have done nothing wrongI think the ultimate comment on that line is the list of despots who have used it.If our Government were all that trustworthy, our Constitution would be a whole lot shorter and we could do without the Courts entirely.Yes. You are paranoid.Or...

Tags: Vertical industries, goodwill, extremist, Islamic terrorism, government, WWII

Discussion threads 2006-05-18

SOX, highschool, and assurance

SOX, highschool, and assuranceLiberals vs. ConservativesI know this is an IT forum, but think your characterization of liberals and conservatives is dead wrong.Both wings are "J" types. For every religious fundamentalist convservative who wants to legislate classic Christian morals there's an equally judgmental liberal who thinks expecting someone to...

Tags: Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory compliance, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, extremist, J-type, P-type

Discussion threads 2006-04-04

Polite and Reasoned Discourse

The Linux community is under attack again for the behavior of a few individuals. ZDNet UK talks to Laura DiDio, an analyst for the Yankee Group, who is complaining that she's been ridiculed and harassed by Linux users who don't like what she's had to say. "There's an extremist fringe...

Tags: Laura DiDio, Linux, extremist

Blog posts 2005-04-07

Yankee Group slams 'Linux extremists'

Yankee Group slams 'Linux extremists'its about time someone put these people in placeheck the this forum is full of these linux zealots you can not reason with thes people all that can do is bash MS and everyone that they don't like pretty much every company that is not open...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, extremist, The Yankee Group, Linux, Linux extremist, open source

Discussion threads 2005-04-07

Additional Resources

Google curbs essay-writing service advertisements

Corporations over time gain social responsibility for the products they release: Microsoft and their report abuse features, Facebook and their privacy settings, and now Google are adding more to the list. I spoke some time ago about plagiarism, more on a positive note, considering the use of...

Tags: Google Inc., Essay, Advertisement, Plagiarism, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-06-30

Save the environment: stop eating

Save the environment: stop eatingWe need to extinct to save the worldOnly human extinction can save the world.RE: Save the environment: stop eatingGo veg - save the planet!wow"Save the environment: stop eating"Wow. I really hope that's a joke. That's pretty extremist.I'm fine with saving the planet and all that, but...

Tags: environment

Discussion threads 2008-06-26

diversITy: can being gay hold your career back?

Edit: Just a couple of grammatical tweaks. This series of entries, called diversITy, continues from the previous topic, all concerning the diversity of people within the IT industry. This time, I'd like to put forward: sexual orientation in the workplace, can it set you back? ...

Tags: Workplace, Career, Diversity, U.K., IT Industry, LGBT, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-06-23

diversITy: the lack of women in the IT industry

This series of entries, called diversITy, will cover a number of topics all concerning the diversity of people within the IT industry. Whether we discuss women in industry, sexual orientation in the workplace, religion or ethnic background; these are all topics which will have an effect on students, if not...

Tags: Women, Information Technology, Industry, Gender And Diversity, Human Resources, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-06-21

Plagiarism detection style software identify authors of terrorist propaganda

Universities around the world have been using plagiarism software for a good few years now, to crack down on the amount of copied work. This, after all, is defrauding a university for the purpose of gaining a qualification, which can and has been classed as a criminal offence at...

Tags: Software, Web, Analysis, Tools & Techniques, Management, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-06-19

Google holds firm against Lieberman's call to take down Islamist videos

Google holds firm against Lieberman's call to take down Islamist videosShocking??Why is it "Shocking" that Google seeks to protect free speech??Sorry, some Americans still believe in the constitution and the bill of rights.Sorry you are not one of us."Shocking"? Indeed!!RE: Google holds firm against Lieberman's call to take down Islamist...

Tags: Corporate communications, Lieberman Software Corp, Islamist video, video, Google Inc., Islamist

Discussion threads 2008-05-20

Google holds firm against Lieberman's call to take down Islamist videos

Sen. Joe Lieberman wants Google to take down terrorist videos from YouTube. In a letter to Google CEO Eric Schmidt, Lieberman wrote: Many of the videos produced by one of the production arms of al-Qaeda show attacks on U.S. forces in which American soldiers are injured and, in some...

Tags: Google Inc., Lieberman Software Corp, YouTube Inc., Video, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-05-20

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

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

Why+a+Yahoo-News+Corp.+deal+makes+sense

Why+a+Yahoo-News+Corp.+deal+makes+senseSounds good, but, if MS is persistent, 60B trumps everything.Having these talks IS a great strategy to make MS pay more, but, MS could still do a hostile takeover after the News Corp deal, it would just be a lot harder and more expensive with Rupert Murdoch owning 20%, and...

Tags: Strategy, Microsoft Corp., Yahoo! Inc., News Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-02-13

Italy+takes+Jewish+teachers+%27blacklist%27+off+Net

Italy+takes+Jewish+teachers+%27blacklist%27+off+NetThe Italians are paranoic ... but I agree with them on this oneI'm all for freedom of speech ... but there is a huge difference between speech and the creation of a "Jewish kill list".Posting a list of people of a particular ethical group w/ personal information, it is nothing...

Tags: pro-Zionist, Jewish

Discussion threads 2008-02-08

Net Neutrality outrage: reports of T-Mobile blocking Twitter

Net Neutrality outrage: reports of T-Mobile blocking TwitterGeorge Ou is completely wrong about "Net Neutrality".This is a GREAT example about why there is a need for regulation that outlaws the telcos from interfering with the content they are delivering. Unless they are stopped, they will do it more, and more,...

Tags: T-Mobile, Net Neutrality, Twitter, Marianne Maestas, George Ou

Discussion threads 2007-12-14

Big Telco wants to ream you with "deep packet inspection"

You may experience mild discomfort The extremist "free market" crowd wants to toss hundreds of years of common and public law in the toilet so a few near-monopolies can maximize their profits and minimize your choices. Should you care? Only if you use the Internet. "We...

Tags: Network, Comcast Corp., Telecommunications Company, Cell Phone, Information, Nothing, Internet, Telecom & Utilities, Corporate Governance, Cellular Phones, Federal Government, Telecommunications, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Government, Robin Harris

Blog posts 2007-12-06

EFF wants to saddle you with metered Internet service

Updated 12/8/2007 - The EFF Electronic Frontier Foundation last week publicly joined Free Press and Public Knowledge in recommending a metered Internet service as the alternative to Comcast's BitTorrent throttling.  The extremist "Net Neutrality" crowd that wants to regulate the Internet with bans on per-user charges/contracts for Enhanced QoS are...

Tags: Electronic Frontier Foundation, BitTorrent, Network, Comcast Corp., Problem, Internet Service Provider, DOCSIS, Internet Service, ACL, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Networking, Cable, Broadband Internet, Internet, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, George Ou

Blog posts 2007-12-03

A rational debate on Comcast traffic management

Updated 8:00 PM The discussion on Comcast actively resetting BitTorrent connections to manage its network for its cable broadband service has gotten hot in recent weeks and there hasn't been a whole lot of accurate reporting on the subject because of the complexity of the issue. The subject of...

Tags: Cable Broadband, Cable Modem, BitTorrent, Network, Comcast Corp., User, Modem, Free Press, RTS, Cable, Network Technology, Modems, Networking, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Hardware, Components, George Ou

Blog posts 2007-11-06