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Forbes rewrites the history of open source

Forbes rewrites the history of open sourceI guess it was a political articleYou just convinced me that the purpose of this article in Forbes being written was to score political points. Which makes its rewriting of history doubly-disgusting.Libertarian?I'm pretty sure the GPL is normally associated with socialism, not libertarianism. Libertarians...

Tags: open source, Forbes, libertarian, software

Discussion threads 2008-08-18

57.6% of Libertarians spend more time watching cable stations than broadcast networks

57.6% of Libertarians spend more time watching cable stations than broadcast networksWhat a stupid studySomebody need to waste time and money, so their limited brain came up with the idea of looking at the tv viewing habits of libertarians. So what kind of "scientific" information you can get by...

Tags: Network technology, cable, cable station, Libertarian, cable channel, network

Discussion threads 2008-04-04

37.6% of Libertarians and 26.9% of Democrats blog

37.6% of Libertarians and 26.9% of Democrats blogmalevolent Miss Gnomerwho has time to read all these interags ? Why is it called a blog instead of a bore ? If Kurt Vonnegut or Linus Torvalds(WWW-illiterate), or Madelaine Albright wrote a blog I might waste the pixels to read it. Did...

Tags: Blogging, blog, Libertarian

Discussion threads 2008-04-02

On Web standards, Libertarian candidates win

On Web standards, Libertarian candidates winMessage has been deleted.

Tags: Libertarian, Web Standards

Discussion threads 2006-10-26

Are you a pro- "Open Internet?" Libertarian or Republican? Better read this

Are you a pro- "Open Internet?" Libertarian or Republican? Better read thisGood PointsYou make some good points, but in all reality, you're blowing it a little out of proportion. You call for all libertarian/republican/conservative voters to change their vote because of one issue? People who vote based on...

Tags: Broadband Internet, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Open Internet, Internet, Libertarian

Discussion threads 2006-02-07

Hate spyware? Of course you do: so why are you a Libertarian?

Hate spyware? Of course you do: so why are you a Libertarian?Libertarians - absent coreOh good, a place to point out again the absence of any "there" in libertarianism. It is reactive and opportunistic, absent of any core philosophy. Rep. Paul, from the state that gave us Emperor...

Tags: Vertical industries, Cyberthreats, Spyware, adware & malware, Collateral Damage, Libertarian, government, spyware

Discussion threads 2005-05-25

Hate spyware? Of course you do: so why are you a Libertarian?

A lot of techies I've known have been Libertarians. They would define their ideology as freedom in the boardroom, the boudoir, as well as online.I've always attributed the Libertarian-technologist Nexus to the undeniable fact that the machinations of government work too slow for technologists. Writing code and alpha'ing release 4.08...

Tags: Libertarian

Blog posts 2005-05-25

Spamming for office

Spamming for officeM$ Security Holes Promote Spam!The Linux Users Group that my friend Bernie runs in his parents' basement did a study that found 0% of Linux computers are infected with trojans, and 95.4% of M$ Windows XP Xtra Problems computers are in fact infected with trojans.Did you know that...

Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Spyware, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, trojan horse, spam, Linux, trojan program, Microsoft Corp., spamming, Libertarian

Discussion threads 2004-05-17

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Paying for what does not work remains popular

We are already there, DanaYou said "But at some point your neighbors, who are paying for your excess, whether in the form of insurance or in the form of taxes, are going to start asking these hard questions"We are already there. I agree with you that many of us...

Tags: Insurance, Recruitment & Selection, Financial Planning, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, prostate cancer, job

Discussion threads 2009-11-20

A single national market for health care

health care should wait untill we get rid of the liberals in the governmentonce the Democrats are no longer in power we could start talking about some real healthcare reform based on tax credits and tort reform.Socialist ideeas like single payer or public option are a non starter.Heaven forbid, a...

Tags: Vertical industries, HEALTHCARE, Benefits, Healthcare reform, health care

Discussion threads 2009-10-07

U.S. willing to let go of Icann

Obama is selling us outonly a peace monger like Obama could cede US sovereignty to UN.It's time to elect a real American in 2012!Huge MistakeThis is a very bad idea. Whenever we cede control to the 'world,' the worlds tin horn disctators make a mess of it.This should have...

Tags: Benefits, payroll solutions, Personal finance, Obama, salary, ICANN, job

Discussion threads 2009-09-29

The earth: it's always blowing hot and cold

One of the frequent comments I hear from informed folk who've gone to the trouble to look at what we know about past climate cycles on earth: the hot and then the ice age, they come and go. That's true. Here's what I replied to one such reasonable...

Tags: Earth, Pollution, Ozone, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-09-24

Intel's Light Peak to cut the cables

ExceptThe hardware to interface to this would be the same for all devices. The cost to connect a lower end communication device would be as high as the higher end devices. This will be cost prohibitive.I don't think my mouse needs 10 Gb/s communication... well, okay maybe during some of...

Tags: Network technology, Light Peak, cable, Intel Corp., cell phone

Discussion threads 2009-09-24

Rocky dreams

Sounds reasonableRock development was so far along, I believe it was down to the fab yields for the go/no-go decision. But Sun has always prided itself on having production products ready when they show it off publicly. This always avoided the obvious "vaporware" negative publicity. So if Sun does what...

Tags: Government, Vertical industries, fab, right-wing

Discussion threads 2009-09-19

The Dixie Chicks of the health reform debate

On the other hand...While he might have messed with the heads of the Birkenstock set, he also might have more than compensated by drawing in other people. Personally, I've been turned off by stores touting "natural" foods as the answer to every question, but after hearing the boss speak...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Advertising & Promotion, Whole Foods, Mackey, health care, Singer Natalie Maines

Discussion threads 2009-08-14

Repubs say the Waxman-Markey bill is DOA in Senate

There was not a kind word to heard be from the Republican Party today about the House-passed Waxman-Markey bill. Obama calls the bill "bold and necessary." The Republicans called it names. Waxman-Markey would change many aspects of federal law on energy, air pollution and global warming. Amazingly...

Tags: Green Technology, U.S. Senate, Obama, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-06-28

Geo-engineering can save this planet

An article in the next issue of "Atlantic" puts geo-engineering front and center for stopping the ill effects of global warming. Faster and cheaper than the more political proposals like cap and trade or efficient cars. It's written by Graeme Wood, called "Moving Heaven and Earth." When they...

Tags: Atmosphere, Blade, Radiation, Wood, Blade Servers, Utility Computing, Servers, Hardware, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-06-12

Feds to probe tech hiring practices; Good luck with that one

Feds to probe tech hiring practices; Good luck with that oneThis is the same justice departmentThat just ordered charges dropped against the New Black Panthers for voter intimidation despite police reports and video showing them wandering in uniforms and carrying clubs.This administration just nationalized another auto industry.If you think this...

Tags: tech hiring practice, U.S. Department of Justice, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-06-03

Is Steve Jobs too frail for even a Town Hall fight?

Is Steve Jobs too frail for even a Town Hall fight?Hell, I wouldn't want to be be there till 1am either,regardless of my health.Balanced article. Couple of thoughts...I think this article is quite balanced.----Steve Jobs could be too ill or there might be gawkers or even press there and the...

Tags: Stock options, Benefits, Investment, Personal finance, Steve Jobs, Apple Inc., STEVE JOBS IS

Discussion threads 2009-04-29

Obama health agenda takes shape

Obama health agenda takes shapeAnd hisSocialist agenda rolls forth... with a 39% tax rate on the rich (coming soon from your friend with hope...) those that have earned their way up will be further punished for success. This of course will drive many to move their money off shore as...

Tags: HEALTHCARE, Vertical industries, Benefits, Comparative Effectiveness, health care, Medicare, hospital

Discussion threads 2009-02-26