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Are we headed for Idiocracy?

Are we headed for Idiocracy?Quick Friday afternoon answer.Who's this We?Oppressive action is often undertaken in the name of a community, with individuals compelled to follow.A "community" can be defined by those to whom people are subject and by the rules with which people must comply.If goods move from items in...

Tags: Idiocracy

Discussion threads 2007-01-12

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First Look: Ubuntu 9.10 beta "Karmic Koala"

wow... seriously?NOTE: This was supposed to be in response to the "good for poor people" comment, but I screwed up:Do you have any basis for your claims? Have you even used Linux, let alone this version of Ubuntu which is still just a Beta? Why does cost/money...

Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, Microsoft Office, Ubuntu

Discussion threads 2009-10-02

Apple plugs gaping QuickTime security holes

Apple plugs gaping QuickTime security holesThis is clearly Microsofts problemThey should never have bailed out Apple.Good thing....OSX is not Susceptible. Only Windows users should update. No one in the world could ever use these against a Mac, its just impossible. RE: Apple plugs gaping QuickTime security holesWhere's...

Tags: Apple Mac OS X, Digital music, Digital media, Java, security, OSX, Apple Inc., Apple QuickTime

Discussion threads 2009-06-01

Craigslist CEO demands apology

Craigslist CEO demands apologyAnd he desrvers it...NTWe must constantly be vigilant.Whenever a politician or anyone looking to gain power holds up a vile affront to our moral foundation and proposes a means to control or eliminate it, it's just ruse to rid our society of some of its freedoms.No one...

Tags: Craigslist, child pornography

Discussion threads 2009-05-18

Everybody needs...water. But there's optimism.

Everybody needs...water. But there's optimism.Of all the forces aligned to destroy the American Way of Lifenature is the meanest of them all.Not terrorism, or environmentalism, or the credit crunch. Nature is today, by far, the most devious threat to the American Way of Life. Like Stephen Colbert "I've never...

Tags: GreenTech Pastures, American Way, Stupid People

Discussion threads 2009-02-26

Storm Worm says the U.S have invaded Iran

Storm Worm says the U.S have invaded IranA little more convincing....Maybe if the storm worm article didn't sound as such a blatantly obvious fabrication some idiot who didn't know how far a was from z on a keyboard would have fallen for it. With all the things the storm worm...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Broadband Internet, Network technology, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Storm Worm, U.S, storm worm

Discussion threads 2008-07-09

When did people forget how to spell? Or complete sentences? Or form thoughts?

When did people forget how to spell? Or complete sentences? Or form thoughts?I think you need some electrolytes.http://www.brawndo.com/;-)Just more proof......that the movie "Idiocracy" is the future of our country.Regression?You fail to take into account that this is just a more accurate reflection of our general population, with a...

Tags: INTERNET, Cellular phones, grammar, English Language

Discussion threads 2008-05-20

Fun with business intelligence

Fun with business intelligenceAnd @UBS......those managers from hell are cutting the IT project budget because of the subprime crisis....http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/newstex/AFX-0013-22219057.htmMonkiesRemember those monkies...err...expert analysts I was talking about yesterday?In this case they are called "mortgage brokers."The sub-prime collapse is an example of what happens when you create an elaborate system that depends...

Tags: Mortgages, Pricing, Tools & Techniques, information technology, business intelligence, mortgage

Discussion threads 2008-01-15

Google: Does it have to be all FUD all the time?

Google: Does it have to be all FUD all the time?UNA: FUDWhat's a FUD? Acronyms are frequently encountered for the first time in an unpredictable way. People who use acronyms and expect to be understood should define them on first use. Or, perhaps ZDNet should keep a...

Tags: FUD, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-11-06

A meritless lawsuit that's not worth the ink (real or electronic) used to report it

A meritless lawsuit that's not worth the ink real or electronic used to report itBarratry?From the sounds of the quote, isn't this barratry? IANALThis case is a keeperIf I were Matt Graves, I would have said: "You're trying to sue us into being your customers? Not even Sony was that...

Tags: Now Let, lawsuit

Discussion threads 2007-05-11

YouTube presents awards to its first stars

YouTube presents awards to its first starsYawn...Just proves that some people will watch anything for entertainment.IdoacracyThen you need to see the movie Idiocracy. It relates well to what you are saying.Are you not confident with your video production skills?While much of what is on YouTube is crap, do you...

Tags: Corporate communications, Advertising & Promotion, YouTube Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-03-27

Google Television engineering targets mass TV personalization

Google Television engineering targets mass TV personalizationgoogle rulesThis is exactly what I'm been planing with some friends who works on the TV and Radio industry ......but without having any money yet ...heyYou should consider if you are reading Eric my cover letter and cv I've submited to the Zurich Google...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Google Inc., tournament, TV

Discussion threads 2007-03-10

Vista's UAC needs an overhaul. Ideas?

Vista's UAC needs an overhaul. Ideas?It's the user who needs the overhaul, not UACPeople need to get it through to their thick heads that you shouldn't install every free or pirated program you stumble across. And if the PITA that UAC is helps accomplish that goal, then keep it the...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), SECURITY, Microsoft Windows Vista, UAC

Discussion threads 2007-02-21

MySpace developing parental-notification software

MySpace developing parental-notification softwareZephyr - Hahaha!This piece of software will be useless when it comes to stopping your teen from doing whatever they want on MySpace. The company needs to tighten up their security and not allow anyone under the age of 18 to have an account unless it is...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, MySpace, Zephyr, software

Discussion threads 2007-01-17

Are we headed for Idiocracy?

Jeff Chester, executive director for the Center for Digital Democracy fears for our digital destiny. Writing in Advertising Age this week, Chester wonders about the "dark side of interactive marketing:" I fear that such a powerful psychosocial stealth-marketing machine, backed by the yearly expenditure of many billions of marketing dollars,...

Tags: Business &, Technology, marketing

Blog posts 2007-01-12