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Do we have moral obligations towards tech education?

Do we have moral obligations towards tech education?Do we?No.There is only one way to make it equitableWe must never stray from the old saying "they that shall not work shall not eat." That idea was worthwhile 2000 years ago, and it'll be relevant in another 2000 years. The only way...

Tags: tech education, moral obligation

Discussion threads 2009-07-06

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Why prefer open source

"Mandates...are perceived as threatening"This is way off topic, but as the primary ZDNet health care writer you will recognize the problem here. It's the "buy insurance or else" mandate in most of the legislation being proposed and which certainly will be anything that gets passed. This may be...

Tags: GPL, un-American, open source

Discussion threads 2009-10-15

Now I Know Why I Can't Stand the Washington Redskins

U.S. businesses seem to abuse their customers moreThis may seem unrelated, but reading this post made several parallels pop up in my mind. The RedSkins are suing fans who were obviously previously supporting them financially but ran into hardships. The RIAA sues grandmothers who spent a LIFETIME buying recordings for...

Tags: Team management, Packer, Washington Redskin, Redskins, team

Discussion threads 2009-09-04

What really happened to Wikipedia

Well, not quite.:-) Nice piece.I'd question that the influx of money (which is still trivial - a few million dollars is NOTHING to run a top 10 website) has anything much to do with the processes such as the living people's bio policy. One is the Foundation, the other is...

Tags: Wiki, Wikipedia, Wikimedia

Discussion threads 2009-08-25

Microhoo lessons for open source

Microhoo lessons for open sourceThe truth is UGLY!... and it hurts!Sob, sniffle, wimper, wimper ....LOL....I think you summed it all up when you mentioned..."corporate open source backers"IMO thats NOT open source. Those are the companies striving to make money from the concept. Now you'll have all the NBM'er Microbrains running...

Tags: F/OSS, open source

Discussion threads 2009-07-30

Do we have moral obligations towards global tech education?

[I'm in London and Cambridge this week with the Traveling Geeks.] Monday morning we met with Tristan Wilkinson, director for public sector for Intel UK Capital. His main interest is how technology can be used to improve countries' economies and improve the quality of life for people through work...

Tags: Education, Job, Technology, Intel Corp., Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2009-07-06

Gauging the return on R&D: Do tech giants spend too much?

Gauging the return on R&D: Do tech giants spend too much?Microsoft spend too much on R&D for the return, IBM spend right amountIBM has always been a set of collective businesses with a management that is without technology bias. This is a powerful formula for long term success.Microsoft by comparison...

Tags: Research & Development, R&D, Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-05-14

Where cheaper is not better

Where cheaper is not better$2,500 -v- $40,000The cost of an PET/CT or MRI scan was about $2,500 when I had mine and a round of radiation or chemo is going to be at least $40,000. Identifying the efficacy of a treatment early can save some major dollars when the...

Tags: Financial Planning, HEALTHCARE, PET/CT, insurance

Discussion threads 2009-03-06

Should open source boycott Cisco's contest?

Should open source boycott Cisco's contest?Its open source!If it is open source code, why shouldn't a company try to use it and integrate it into their solutions? A contest like this is perfect for a company to be paid for their open source applications and try to get their...

Tags: Cisco Systems Inc., open source, boycott

Discussion threads 2009-01-07

Will Virgin Killer be a Wikipedia killer?

Will Virgin Killer be a Wikipedia killer?please take your bigotry elsewhere, kthxbaiIt is bad that anyone can see what a naked 2yr old boy looks like? You will see a lot more going through the park on a hot day, and a google image search for boy will get you...

Tags: Wiki, Wikipedia, encyclopedia, Virgin Killer, Virgin

Discussion threads 2008-12-09

Green IT in Enterprise Practices: The Essential Role of the State CIO

Moral Imperative. Ethical Obligation. Global Duty. These and similar phrases are increasingly utilized to describe what the international community is currently facing in regards to climate change and other environmental issues. They serve to illustrate the growing sense of urgency that citizens, organizations, and governments around the world are displaying...

Tags: Practice, Green IT, NASCIO, Government, Vertical Industries, Enterprise Software, Software

White papers 2008-05-27

Senate hearing refocuses on China

Well it's not nice to pick on China these days, what with the earthquake and all. But that didn't stop Dick Durbin from picking on Google, Cisco and Yahoo about their business dealings in China, as Anne Broache reports on News.com. In interesting part, the hearing focused...

Tags: China, Cisco Systems Inc., U.S. Senate, Government, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-05-21

How artificial is the crude oil price? Have we passed peak oil?

How artificial is the crude oil price? Have we passed peak oil?What's wrong with walking to workAlthough I accept that "nobody wants to sit in the dark" the notion that "nobody wants to walk to work" is ridiculous.It is the car addiction of countries like USA that has led...

Tags: Self-Interest, Oil Prices, oil

Discussion threads 2008-05-12

Mozilla warns of Flash and Silverlight 'agenda'

Mozilla warns of Flash and Silverlight 'agenda'The "may"...?Please, just close your mouth and only open it again when you have actual proof of anything. [i]They "may" have an agenda...[/i]Nothing other than just more endless anti-MS crying. but Give me a break...motivationWhat's the motivation for Adobe to provide current versions...

Tags: Government, Tools & Techniques, Web browsers, Mozilla Corp., Open Software, Microsoft Silverlight, government control, Adobe Systems Inc., open source, software, Proprietary Software, Socialism

Discussion threads 2008-04-30

I don't know the answer, but I DO KNOW THE QUESTION: Is there a limit to economic growth?

It's considered unfair, racist, unimaginative, luddite or worse to question how many millions of people this planet can support at the average GDP of Europe, or more resource-costly, the U.S. Here's a column from Australia that delves into this morally frought territory, pointing out the rapid economic rise of...

Tags: Planet, Population, Writer, Government, Food & Beverage, Vertical Industries, Manufacturing, Enterprise Software, Software, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-04-08

With doughnut policies who fills the hole?

With doughnut policies who fills the hole?But look at the main advantage...and motivation......it provides value for shareholders.I'm sorry about your blood pressurebut that still doesn't give you the moral right to demand your neighbor pay for your problem.Your neighbor may have a moral obligation to do so, but you have...

Tags: HEALTHCARE, Vertical industries, Benefits, Little Brother, health care

Discussion threads 2008-03-13

FCC to investigate Comcast

FCC to investigate ComcastIt's about time!I think Comcast is going to have a really hard time explaining why they're basically [b]impersonating users via forged reset packets[/b]. The "den of thieves" defense fails on legit users who get blocked, as does "managing the network" when they're performing an illegal act as...

Tags: Federal government, NETWORKING, Comcast Corp., network, bandwidth, FCC

Discussion threads 2008-01-09

Green tech resources galore

Because I am completely aware that I am nowhere near the be-all-end-all authority on matters green, today’s blog is simply a reference to three other compelling Web sites that will provide you with material for your personal or professional greening. The first is one of those corporate-sponsored...

Tags: Proponent, Facebook, Green Technology, Site, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2007-12-19

Opera: Setting the record straight on Microsoft and Web standards

Opera: Setting the record straight on Microsoft and Web standardsThey're doing no such thing.Don't think for a minute they're doing this for us. Microsoft is under no obligation to pass Acid2.Message has been deleted.There are no such things as "community standards"The writer is clearly not informed as to what a...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Opera Software ASA, standards, W3C, Yes IE

Discussion threads 2007-12-14

Bill makes home WiFi users track child porn

Bill makes home WiFi users track child pornLogsdoes this mean we have to go thru our logs every minute to see what is going on?RE: Bill makes home WiFi users track child pornI think if you SEE it, while logged in or while looking through logs you are required to...

Tags: Wireless LANs, ONLINE COMMUNICATIONS, WIRELESS, home WiFi user, Wi-Fi, child pornography, network

Discussion threads 2007-12-07