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A place for our stuff

A place for our stuffI saw him live in '73,It was the nearest I have got to ROFLOL.RE: A place for our stuffIrony is while people were laughing at his jokes, they were really laughing at their own ignorance. I enjoyed George Carlin's no bullsh!t delivery. Tell the truth and...

Tags: George Carlin, Carlos Mencia

Discussion threads 2008-06-23

Size still matters

Just got back from breakfast with Dave Winer. Dave hasn't been listening to the Gillmor Gang for a while now, but I piqued his interest by disclosing that in the latest, recorded yesterday, he is mentioned. At the end.Actually he is mentioned earlier as well. The conversation, with Jon Udell,...

Tags: Apple iPhone, George Carlin

Blog posts 2005-09-10

Echoes of the past: Technology outpacing laws?

In one of his more famous routines (Confessional, Class Clown), comedian George Carlin claims that thinking about sinning is just as incriminating as committing the sin for itself.  'Wanna was a sin all by itself' said Carlin. 'Thou shalt not wanna. If you woke up in the morning and you said "I'm...

Tags: C. Marc Wagner, George Carlin

Blog posts 2004-10-08

Additional Resources

Green Plug snags heavy hitter for board

Who says green tech isn't rocket science? Starting Sept. 1, green tech start-up Green Plug, which is pushing for the concept of a universal power converter, has appointed former White House advisor George Keyworth as the chairman of its board of directors. Keyworth was Science Advisor to...

Tags: Green Technology, White House, Board, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-08-29

Bloomberg publishes Jobs obit but why?

Bloomberg publishes Jobs obit but why?re: Bloomberg publishes Jobs obit but why?[i]Pre-written obits are nothing new in journalism. There are probably pre-fab obits flying around many newsrooms.[/i]There's another thing I didn't know. And fairly depressing to think people write this stuff up waiting for someone to die.George Burns and...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Bloomberg L.P., job

Discussion threads 2008-08-28

Bubba

Arguably the most infamous product to ever come out of Redmond was Microsoft Bob. Bob was Microsoft's attempt to create an easier to use interface for Windows 3.1 and Windows 95. It was the Edsel of software. Here's a parody of Bob called Bubba. Bubba takes a...

Tags: TechRepublic Inc., Microsoft Windows 3.1, Bubba, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Download resources 2008-08-27

Dems: Broadband policy crucial but so-far nonexistent

John McCain can't get online without his wife's help, but the storyline is that doesn't matter because as former chair of the Commerce Committee, McCain is intimately familiar with tech policy issues. At panels at the Demo Convention today, Democrats assailed that argument, saying that, ""On McCain's...

Tags: Broadband, John McCain, Government, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Networking, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-08-26

Magna Charta: Welcome Back, Ross Perot

So, EDS is gone again, subsumed by HP. But, lo and behold, H. Ross Perot is back, just in time for the presidential elections. Now, you can view his slides about the dangers of the federal deficit and debt online, any time you want. Or, hear him posit...

Tags: Ross Perot, Electronic Data Systems Corp., Productivity, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2008-08-26

News to know: IE 8; Code name of the day; Facebook security; Office 2.0

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Mary Jo Foley: A Microsoft Codename a day: Rouge Dancho Danchev: Hundreds of Dutch web sites hacked by Islamic hackers Twitter's "me too" anti-spam...

Tags: Security, Facebook, Larry Dignan, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Office 2.0

Blog posts 2008-08-26

Joe Biden loves RIAA, DRM; hates encryption, George Bush

Joe Biden loves RIAA, DRM; hates encryption, George BushAre You Ready????To have your privacy taken away? For some joker to place more power with the RIAA and MPAA than your own persons.Anyone to push corporate initiatives to be funded by the tax payers should not be in office. ...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, George W. Bush, Dems, digital-rights management, Joe Biden, RIAA

Discussion threads 2008-08-25

Joe Biden loves RIAA, DRM; hates encryption, George Bush

Does Joe Biden have more in common with Metallica's Lars Ulrich than Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg? CNET colleague Declan McCullagh has a superb analysis of Dem. vice presidential candidate Joe Biden, who has an interesting (read: depressing) voting history when it comes to tech issues. ...

Tags: George W. Bush, Declan McCullagh, Digital-rights Management, Presidential Candidate, RIAA, Vice, Encryption, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Federal Government, Professional Development, Peer To Peer (P2P), Security, Government, Career, Internet, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2008-08-25

Web archiving enterprises: keep trying

Web archiving enterprises: keep tryingMSN VistaDrive is Coming!VistaDrive and the MS Cloud will radically change all computing! Steve talks about it:http://fakesteveballmer.blogspot.comNot nice to dis your mom in public...[i]Normally when saving a page like this, it’ll come out as an array of absolute mess and formatting turns out looking like my...

Tags: Business intelligence, Web archiving enterprise, archiving enterprise, archiving, Web

Discussion threads 2008-08-24

Fastest-growing search terms in June 2008

Rank Search Term Volume 1. george carlin 0.04% 2. summer vacation 0.01% 3. where is my rebate check 0.01% 4. transformers 2 0.01% 5. spinning skyscraper 0.01% 6. camp rock lyrics 0.01% 7. perceptions of tattoos...

Tags: NB

Blog posts 2008-08-22

Episode 61 - The Smelly Laptop

Episode 61 - The Smelly LaptopIt is obvious as to why you where not hiredto do these ads. ;)RE: Episode 61 - The Smelly LaptopOK, you have WAYYYYYY too much time on your hand. You really didn't have to go through all that to say you didn't like Vista....

Tags: Keyboards, Notebooks, smelly Laptop, Smelly Laptop, Episode 61, laptop computer

Discussion threads 2008-08-22

Episode 61 - The Smelly Laptop

If you haven't heard the news, Jerry Seinfeld has recently been hired to do an entire campaign of advertisements for Microsoft. When I learned of this, I thought of a classic Seinfeld episode that could be re-enacted, with only a few minor dialogue changes to bring it up to date....

Tags: Operating System, Microsoft Windows Vista, Laptop Computer, Computer, Elaine, GEORGE, Susan, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Notebooks, Productivity, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-08-22

Visa, banks to test real-time fraud alerts

Visa, banks to test real-time fraud alertsVISA, banks to test real-time fraud alertsSt.George Bank in Australia (stgeorge.com.au)has been offering this service for some 4 years now. Customers set their own trigger points and receive an SMS and/or email. SMS messages are delievered before cash is delivered from an...

Tags: Financial services, SMS Message, Real-Time Alerts, real-time fraud alert, VISA bank, Visa Inc., bank, fraud alert

Discussion threads 2008-08-20

Our educational system needs an overhaul (and how can Intel help?)

Fellow ZDNet blogger, Sam Diaz, wrote an interesting piece yesterday highlighting a vital message from Intel Chairman, Craig Barrett, during his keynote at the Intel Developers' Forum. Quoting both Barrett and Sam's paraphrasing, "Nations are as strong as their educational systems," he said, noting that in...

Tags: Craig Barrett, Intel Corp., Kid, Productivity, Blogging, Internet, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-08-20

MIT students ungagged: Judge vacates gag order

Great way to end a Tuesday! Federal Judge George O'Toole ungagged the three MIT students who had planned to speak at Defcon on weaknesses in the Boston T's CharlieCard system. The T's operator, the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority, had sought a five-month extension on the ban -- until their vendors...

Tags: Massachusetts Institute Of Technology, Student, T, MBTA, Productivity, Security, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-08-19

Limelight Networks: Why the Olympics didn't 'Melt' the Internet

Limelight Networks: Why the Olympics didn't 'Melt' the InternetWe agree about content providers...But in my fantasy world you would not necessarily need a DVR you could pay extra for a download and you could get a stream anywhere with net access.It didn't melt but I think it got hot. ntntRE:...

Tags: DVR, Digital video, Corporate communications, digital video recorder, Olympic Games, Limelight Networks, video, Internet

Discussion threads 2008-08-17

McCain's copyright problem: oh, the hypocrisy

McCain's copyright problem: oh, the hypocrisyAnother hit job on McCainLooks like another leftist hit job on McCain to me. Too bad McCain is going to win anyway! :-)RE: McCain's copyright problem: oh, the hypocrisyThis is just petty politics on Browne's part. This bleeding heart liberal would not have said a...

Tags: hypocrisy, copyright problem, John McCain

Discussion threads 2008-08-15