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61% of Brits and 54% of Americans think the economy will get worse

Large majorities of the public in Great Britain (61%), Italy (57%), France (55%), the United States (54%), and Spain (54%) believe the economy in their respective countries will be worse in 2008 than it was in 2007. Germany is the country where attitudes are slightly different as just one-third (33%)...

Tags: Great Britain, Italy, Germans, Financial Accounting, Finance, AM

Blog posts 2008-02-27

90% of Germans turn off their cell phones in the movies

The survey by the Usama polling institute showed that 59% of Germans leave their cellphones on while visiting a restaurant, 37% while at work, and 34% while driving. 90% of Germans turn their mobile phones off in the cinema or while at a concert.

Tags: Germans

Blog posts 2005-02-08

90% of Germans turn off their cell phones in the movies

The survey by the Usama polling institute showed that 59% of Germans leave their cellphones on while visiting a restaurant, 37% while at work, and 34% while driving. 90% of Germans turn their mobile phones off in the cinema or while at a concert.

Tags: Germans

Blog posts 2005-02-08

Additional Resources

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

Wiretapping: This was no time for a compromise

Wiretapping: This was no time for a compromiseThis was not a compromise...it was a SELL-OUT.RE: Wiretapping: This was no time for a compromiseHardly a compromise. And hardly adequate. You admit it yourself -- seven years with no attack, and just because the White House didn't invite you personally to...

Tags: Republic, 9/11 commission

Discussion threads 2008-06-19

America Last: the official marketing policy of the auto industry?

America Last: the official marketing policy of the auto industry?A one year waiting listsounds like a business failure to me. Or another government-induced shortage.Oh, and drop the stupid "unfortunately Americans are known..." crap. Your practice of feeling morally superior through self-loathing is getting old.American imageTry living in another country for...

Tags: Government, marketing, industry, efficient car

Discussion threads 2008-06-02

A personal denial of service attack

A personal denial of service attackNot that easyMost email spam comes from zombie bots - computers taken over through nefarious means. I'm sure that your D.O.S. email could be traced back to one of these bots - and THEN who would you fine/cut off? It was probably 10 years ago...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, personal denial of service attack, Linux Expert, denial of service

Discussion threads 2008-05-01

Recent CNN Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack explained

Recent CNN Distributed Denial of Service DDoS attack explainedyou are racist, period.>> but am I concerned at the apparently large number of pro-China-Americans? You’re damn right I am.>> they also own so many investments in the US, it poses a real threat to our economy.So are you too scared...

Tags: SECURITY, distributed denial of service, CNN Distributed Denial of Service, attack, CNN, denial of service

Discussion threads 2008-04-23

Germany uses n-word to describe American policies

Wow, when you get blasted by a German government minister, they get...well, anthropomorphic in their insults. The German official in question called American policies on global warming "Neanderthal." And Germans know their Neanderthals, that country was host of the first-known Neanderthal bones ever found. I...

Tags: Germany, Emission, Carbon Dioxide, Government, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-04-19

Microsoft's OOXML gets ISO approval ... maybe

Microsoft's OOXML gets ISO approval ... maybeFraud and corruption is the new International standard.Congratulations Microsoft for absolutely nothing of value, and enjoy the backlash ;-)Interesting language"[i]Microsoft maintains that Office dominates on the desktop worldwide and that OOXML is a de facto standard anyway[/i]"In other words, MS thinks that whatever they...

Tags: ISO standards, Process improvement, German Standard, OOXML, Microsoft Corp., ISO, Microsoft Office, irregularity, Microsoft OOXML

Discussion threads 2008-03-31

Skepticism and Mary Jo Foley

Mary Jo Foley recently wrote a piece explaining why her Microsoft skepticism is warranted given the "suspicious coincidence" that these moves toward "transparency, standards and interoperability" fell so close to important signposts in Microsoft's tangled road through the legal and regulatory minefield. The much ballyooed interoperability announcement took place close to...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Skepticism, Corporate Law, Quality, Security, Business Operations, John Carroll

Blog posts 2008-03-12

Researcher: forgot those solar panels, get back into the lab

Researcher: forgot those solar panels, get back into the labBorenstein's report is focused on financials only, out-of-contextProf. Borenstein does make sense in strictly financial terms.Yet, he forgets that the oil and gas industries still are gettinghuge incentives, i.e. every tax-payer is subsidizing them!We could become ahead in R&D, but, we...

Tags: Borenstein, solar panel

Discussion threads 2008-02-24

WikiLeaks Not Shut Down

WikiLeaks has not been shut down. It's more available than ever. I had not intended on commenting about this story. I have seen it and seen it, ever since the Web was spun. Local government tries to suppress something, data gets routed offshore. Chinese...

Tags: Censorship, Judge, News, WikiLeaks, Web Site Development, Government, Web Technology, Channel Management, Internet, Marketing, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-02-20

(Images: High-speed hopes for the hypersonic A2)

(Images: High-speed hopes for the hypersonic A2)Emergency landing...I bet it needs an extra long runway so where will it land in an emergency ???RE: (Images: High-speed hopes for the hypersonic A2)The concord failed why will this be profitable?RE: (Images: High-speed hopes for the hypersonic A2)Cool concept, hard to imagine foreigners...

Tags: Aerospace & Defense, Best Cars, aviation, foreigner, aircraft, Cool Concept, Airbus

Discussion threads 2008-02-06

Top-growing Web categories in Germany in December 2007

Online retail factored prominently into the top-gaining site category rankings for December 2007, including Flowers/Gifts/Greetings (up 33% to 3 mln visitors), Tickets (up 30% to 2.9 mln visitors), and Fragrances/Cosmetics (up 16% to 2.7 mln visitors), according to comScore. The holiday season also drove traffic to several other categories, including...

Tags: Visitor, Food & Beverage, Manufacturing, NB

Blog posts 2008-02-05

Farewell, Bill. Yo, Ballmer, now it's your turn!

Farewell, Bill. Yo, Ballmer, now it's your turn!So Robin, what are you trying to say? kiddingBeware of 'flying chairs'.RE: Farewell, Bill. Yo, Ballmer, now it's your turn!What I would do...Buy into Apple; stock is low and ups are massive a good time to get in. Buy into Google they are...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Business structures, Game players, current Windows kernel, Microsoft Corp., Steve Ballmer, Farewell

Discussion threads 2008-01-29

The shrinking planet and YouTube

The shrinking planet and YouTubeGermans.If only the did listen to hip-hop from New York, but sadly even the internet has not managed to erode their bizarre fixation with David Hasselhof's musical outpourings.Maybe its becuase he single handedly tore down the Berlin Wall.John you are mixing too many concept in one...

Tags: Vertical industries, YouTube Inc., territorial Sovereignity, Sovereignity, sovereignity

Discussion threads 2008-01-16

The shrinking planet and YouTube

Some kid in Australia is getting the kind of press that major movie studios would pay millions to acquire, all because he threw a party while his parents were out of town that got a "bit" out of hand. As a teenager, I threw parties when my parents were out...

Tags: Barrier, Australia, Movie, YouTube Inc., Party, Sovereignity, Globalization, Strategy, Management, John Carroll

Blog posts 2008-01-16

EU launches new probe against Microsoft

EU launches new probe against MicrosoftAfter watching Firefox report to Google...with every page I went to, I'm not so sure having other browsers on my system is all that great. Of course Microsoft is lacking "well documentation" again as usual. And I'm sure we'll be seeing this issue again...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, Web browsers, Microsoft Corp., EU Launch, new probe, payoff, MS Operating system

Discussion threads 2008-01-14

Snuffing out Goofy's cigarette

Snuffing out Goofy's cigaretteRE: Snuffing out Goofy's cigaretteConnie Willis' brilliant 1996 Remake deals with a Hollywood culture that obliterates its past.http://www.amazon.com/Remake-Connie-Willis/dp/0553574418/ref=pd_bbs_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1199976027&sr=1-1JJBI love it when politically-correct zombies make it possible......for me to make a buck. I'm gonna start collecting the pre-expunged videos. Those are going to be worth a...

Tags: Connie Willis, cigarette, Goofy, Disney Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-01-10