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Whispers will not kill fair use

Whispers will not kill fair useDon't discount the power of briberyThe amount of money and influence poured into Congressional coffers by the media cartel is huge. Add to that the fact that both elected officials and bureaucrats suffer from "star worship" as the general populace. Just look at the Hilary...

Tags: Government, GWB, fair use, international law, epitome, indifference

Discussion threads 2008-04-10

High tech shows low ice in Arctic

High tech shows low ice in ArcticI have four kids. I don't know what the future holds for themThis scares the hell out of me. Why won't GWB do something real???This level of global change makes the twin towers pale into insignificance no offence intended. Could this be the extinction...

Tags: High Tech, Arctic

Discussion threads 2007-10-01

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Spammers announce World War III with spam emails packing malicious payloads

Spammers announce World War III with spam emails packing malicious payloadsSorry Nate - have to disagreePlease everyone - do not "spread the word" as Nate says it - I spend more time looking up these e-mails, and then convincing people that the e-mail they got was a hoax than I...

Tags: Spam, ReceiverNet technology, spammer, World War III, spam email, malicious payload, payload

Discussion threads 2008-07-14

Oil hits $100, Wall Street bulls trample American consumers

Oil hits $100, Wall Street bulls trample American consumersAnd last week ...They JUMPED in WITH: "BHUTO was assassinated and it MIGHT de-stablize the Oil-producing countries near Pakistan" bankwagon and got the price going upwards.Would tickle me if oil hit $200 a barrel then someone announces that have a way to...

Tags: Vertical industries, American Consumers, government

Discussion threads 2008-01-02

Global warning on global warming: U.S. must help out

Global warning on global warming: U.S. must help outSo long as it is profitableto pollute and there are no real penalties, the United States will continue it's course as the world leader of pollution. Wow! Something I really want my country to be the leader of, global warming! The reduction...

Tags: global warming, Global Warning

Discussion threads 2007-09-25

Qualcomm cell phone ban to take effect

Qualcomm cell phone ban to take effectPlease clarifyYou report "Under the ban, cell phone manufacturers and mobile operators will not be allowed to import any future models of phones that use this technology."Please clarify that this ban applies to the chipsets which use the novel power saving technique, not to...

Tags: Cellular phones, Web browsers, Manufacturing, Qualcomm Inc., cell phone

Discussion threads 2007-08-07

Do we really hate Apple and the iPhone?

Do we really hate Apple and the iPhone?I for one dont hate apple or the iPhone...However I wont be buying an iPhone, more because Apple chose to use Cingular(AT&T) as the only carrier.Negatives based on pure speculationAll of the posts about the iPhone have been based on pure speculation –...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, M$ Fanboys, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone, reality Distortion Field, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-06-20

Soros doubles stake in Microsoft

Soros doubles stake in MicrosoftSoros doubles stake in MicrosoftThis is a sign that Microsoft will continue to be strong in the IT industry for years to come. I was laughing when the fanboys said this was the end of Microsoft and its doomsday has come. LOL! Between...

Tags: Investment, Microsoft Office, eBay Inc., Microsoft Corp., Soros, stock

Discussion threads 2007-05-16

Amsterdam to evaluate open source

Amsterdam to evaluate open sourcewise move:)PowerPoint is Open Office's Best FriendYears of trying to get budget for Microsoft Office met with surprise just at year end for those dealing with American Bar Association lawyers. Vista users have been trained to save their documents in PowerPoint format because Vista Word format...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Office, open source, Microsoft Windows Vista, OpenOffice, Microsoft PowerPoint, software, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-01-02

U.S. warns of possible Qaida financial cyber attack

U.S. warns of possible Qaida financial cyber attackal qaida cyber attack . . .say what?Sorry folks. Just can't buy that one. They would if they could, but not likely they can. Meanwhile, we know our govt junkyard dogs have practice with this. The banks & all other tenants at...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Hacking, SECURITY, Viruses and worms, computer, cyberattack, 9/11 commission, al-Qaida, financial

Discussion threads 2006-11-30

Cuba: We're forced to 'finance' the Internet

Cuba: We're forced to 'finance' the InternetDon't listen to the man behind the curtains .The man behind the curtains would be George W. Bush , who is using the embargo as a tool to hurt al the people of Cuba for what one man is doing . George is...

Tags: finance, Castro, Internet, Cuba, embargo

Discussion threads 2006-11-02

Police Blotter: Laptop border searches OK'd

Police Blotter: Laptop border searches OK'dThat or the PGP versionPGP Pro 9 also has whole disk encryption and it's available now. The Vista version is months away. If you must have the protection now, it is available today.Experience has shown that, when it works, it's pretty well transparent. Experience has...

Tags: SECURITY, Vista Version, TrueCrypt, child pornography, privacy, OK'd, Wrong!, password, Sounds like Vista, laptop computer

Discussion threads 2006-07-26

Bush shows support for tech industry

Bush shows support for tech industryWell since some of you hate George so muchyou'll give up technolgy now?Bush "has advocated" education improvementsSeems like Mr. Bush could have done more by taking more consistent action to improve technical education in the US, and by avoiding policy that actively dimishes or stops...

Tags: Outsourcing, Benefits, H1B, salary, offshoring

Discussion threads 2006-04-21

Images: Terrafugia's flying car

Images: Terrafugia's flying carPah!Flying cars are all well and good BUT WHERE'S MY DAMNED JETPACK? I was PROMISED that jetpacks would be common in the 21st century.Now I'm going to have to get the theme song from the Jetsons out of my head.can i have one with floats, pleaseand while...

Tags: Flying Car

Discussion threads 2006-02-16

New Macs--Intel inside, but not outside

New Macs--Intel inside, but not outsideThe reason why... That will NOT be told.Well, after campaining for years on a dead horse about how great the G4 chips were andthey were registered as supercomputers, basically ran intel down.But on the other hand, they should just put thelogo on there and...

Tags: Processors, Semiconductors, Network technology, PPC, Intel Core chip, chip, Intel Corp., IBM PowerPC, IBM POWER5, Apple Inc., IBM Corp., Nintendo Co. Ltd.

Discussion threads 2006-01-10

President defends secret wiretapping

President defends secret wiretappingHe is proud to point out his lack of interest in reading.Then there is the whole comprehension issue "IF" you can get him to read in the first place.Pagan jimNeither did his predecessorscause Clinton and Carter did it too...http://dontgetstuck.blogspot.com/2005/12/dont-do-as-we-do-do-as-we-say.htmlIf the President were seeking to destroy ...... the...

Tags: Carter, Constitution

Discussion threads 2005-12-19

Hawking's cosmological riff

Hawking's cosmological riffLook out, Stephen.NOW, You REALLY are in hot water:- You evidently didn't include any mention of Intelligent Design in your talk.- You seem to want to kill babies just so they could find a cure for your condition.- You called an idea of Dubya's "stupid."Tsk, tsk, tsk, and...

Tags: Intelligent Design, cosmological riff, riff

Discussion threads 2005-11-11

Who owns the air?

Who owns the air?What has open source to do with it?Or is that just a silly attempt to get the words "open source" into every blog/article?We the PeopleBy virtue of the Interstate Commerce Clause and the Federal Communication Act 0f 1934 et Al. A) Unlicensed is wrong since all of...

Tags: Government, Continental, open source

Discussion threads 2005-08-05

Is technology making us safer?

Is technology making us safer?since we're exploringI heard no mention of the alien threat. (you know, little green men)What consensus? Scientist are overwhelmingly against Kyoto"Joy countered that his take on global warming wasn't based on "faith" but on consensus among the scientific community."There is no consensus. In fact, most scientists...

Tags: global warming

Discussion threads 2005-07-23

The Death of Podcasting

The Death of PodcastingLook OutwardYou guys pay way to much attention to yourselves.???Do you know what you are talking about?? "Apple Computer, the Beatles' record label"If you knew anything you would know that Apple Corps and Apple Computer are two entirely separate companies who are still involved in an intense...

Tags: Podcasts, Apple Inc., podcast, podcasting

Discussion threads 2005-07-18