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- Flu shot controversy illustrates compliance problem
- I refuse the flu shot every year...and definately will be refusing the H1N1. As a young adult with a healthy immune system I see no point. Sure I may get the sniffles - but diet, exercise, and such take care of most of it. Who knows what is ACTUALLY in...
- Tags: Government, Vertical industries, SECURITY, compliance, flu shot, flu
- Discussion threads 2009-10-08
- Could One Laptop Per Child be a bad thing?
- Or roadsOr how about roads so farmers can get there goods to the markets cheaper? The one laptop per kid is such a scam. Why should kids get cheap laptops overs small business owners. Who would be more productive. Um track sales, write, write e-mail, do books. I am so...
- Tags: One Laptop Per Child project
- Discussion threads 2009-09-10
- Microsoft decides not to push Windows 7E on Europe, after all
- Microsoft decides not to push Windows 7E on Europe, after allI have doubts"Is there anyone who still doubts that Microsoft?s 7E plan was a stroke of diabolical genius, and designed to force the Commission?s hand ? and had nothing to do with Microsoft wanting to do the ?right? thing?" ...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Windows, Opera Software ASA, Web browser, Web Standard, Web Standards, Windows 7E
- Discussion threads 2009-08-03
- McKinsey: Saving energy could have huge economic impact
- McKinsey: Saving energy could have huge economic impactPlease, no more added bureaucracyThere will always be savings that can be extracted, but the crux is at what cost. To take a very simple example, electricity here in the Pacific NW is $0.10/KWH. Suppose tomorrow the price was suddenly $10...
- Tags: Saving Energy, McKinsey & Co.
- Discussion threads 2009-07-31
- Exclusive: Proof that Green Dam ripped off Solid Oak in 2006
- Yesterday, I pointed out that China's Green Dam Youth Escort software purloins a 2006 version of Solid Oak's CyberSitter net-nanny software and that the developer - Jinhui- was involved in drafting specifications for "parental control software" also in 2006. It seems that this software has been around since '06. ...
- Tags: Software, File, Datapth.exe, Datapth06, Tools & Techniques, Management, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-06-30
- Green Dam Watch: Software dates from '06, Sony is shipping, vendors will uninstall.
- Item: Green Dam Youth Escort - the Chinese net nanny software that must be installed on PCs sold in China starting Wednesday - is largely stolen from a 2006 version of Solid Oak's CyberSitter software. For proof, see this post. Item: Rebecca MacKinnon...
- Tags: Software, Sony Corp., McKinnon, Tools & Techniques, Management, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-06-29
- US Embassy joins in the Green Dam fray
- The U.S. government is stepping into the outrage over Green Dam - Youth Escort - China's government-mandated spyware PC makers install on every computer sold in the country. The U.S. Embassy in Beijing released a "concerned" statement: The U.S. Government is...
- Tags: China, Industry, Outrage, Computer, Government, Productivity, Vertical Industries, Strategy, Management, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-06-21
- Google could take a lesson from Bing on porn
- Google could take a lesson from Bing on pornMissed it by THAT much...That's great and all, except it gives a false sense of security. If Microsoft's filters of explicit content was perfect, there'd be no reason to block a "domain"... one would just need to use Microsoft's filtering. ...
- Tags: Bing, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., domain
- Discussion threads 2009-06-13
- US developer: China's Green Dam steals our code
- This Green Dam story just keeps getting weirder. First, China issues this mandate that all new PCs will have to have software called Green Dam-Youth Escort preinstalled. It's claimed the software is just a porn filter, even though China runs the powerful Great Firewall of China, already. ...
- Tags: Software, China, Developer, Solid Oak, Tools & Techniques, Management, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-06-13
- Senators cry
- Senators cry wow that senator is so funny how much do you think that 2 years retention on data is gonna cost ..... tape back up and everything wow intelligence at a pure state wow RE: Senators cry I call total BULLSHYTE! It's...
- Tags: child pornography
- Discussion threads 2009-02-23
- U.K. ISP bans Internet Wayback Machine
- U.K. ISP bans Internet Wayback MachineAnd this is why governmental censoring is BAD...Dont get me wrong I'm all for keeping child porn off the net and CERTAINLY off my computer - but is an ISP censor really necessary? One would think in this day in age, we can catch the...
- Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Vertical industries, Internet Wayback Machine, Internet Service Provider, child pornography, Internet
- Discussion threads 2009-01-14
- KY judge gives gambling sites 30 days to block users
- KY judge gives gambling sites 30 days to block usersI doubt this will stand a Supreme court...challenge. This is no less than stealing by the court. It is not the duty of individual site owners to block specific users from their site.I can't see where a state court could have...
- Tags: INTERNET, Web site development, Web technology, sites 30-day
- Discussion threads 2008-10-17
- Water technology sure to become more profitable. Great "Dry" Lakes study released. Our food is consuming our water.
- Water technology sure to become more profitable. Great "Dry" Lakes study released. Our food is consuming our water.Where does the food come from?A million tomatoes or more a day for New York alone?Welcome to FloridaWe have been going through this problem for decades.Government does not care as the...
- Tags: Food & Beverage, Government, Nanny State, lake, food
- Discussion threads 2008-05-23
- To fight Time Warner Cable's download pricing plans, we need a bit of "Nanny State"
- To fight Time Warner Cable's download pricing plans, we need a bit of "Nanny State"i'm with you 100% on this one.Time Warner is pissing me off. I was considering changing services. Now I am doing it for sure.RE: To fight Time Warner Cable's download pricing plans, we need a bit...
- Tags: Pricing, Vertical industries, Nanny State, Time Warner Inc., download pricing plan, pricing plan, pricing strategy
- Discussion threads 2008-01-17
- To fight Time Warner Cable's download pricing plans, we need a bit of "Nanny State"
- Hit the fan earlier today: Time Warner Cable says they will implement a tiered broadband subscription structure in which heavy downloaders will be charged more per month than those who don't download so much. AP reports in part: The company, the second-largest cable provider in the...
- Tags: Time Warner Inc., Broadband, Video, Net Neutrality, Pricing Strategy, Pricing, Marketing Research, Corporate Communications, Internet, Telecommunications, Marketing, Russell Shaw
- Blog posts 2008-01-17
- Libertarianism and its discontents
- Libertarianism and its discontentsCare to explain our Somalia like government in the beginning?Our greatest expansion of economic growth was under a weaker central government during the 19th century. We did not need subsidies back then to implement the infrastructure like we seem to need now. Ron Paul raises some good...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Socialism, Libertarianism, government, discontent
- Discussion threads 2007-10-18
- Employers, be very afraid (or be part of the solution)
- Employers, be very afraid or be part of the solutionIntegrity???Whatever happened to simply teaching school kids that they are ultimately accountable to God Who will judge them for their their honesty, integrity, selflessness, love for others, marriage faithfulness, etc.RE: Employers, be very afraid or be part of the solutionGreat points...
- Tags: Government, INTERNET, Recruitment & Selection, Workforce management, Morality, God
- Discussion threads 2007-10-04
- AT&T censors Pearl Jam, sparking up net neutrality debate
- What does Pearl Jam have to do with net neutrality? After AT&T censored a supposedly live webcast of a Pearl Jam concert, in which Eddie Vedder tossed off a couple of anti-Bush ad libs during a cover of Pink Floyd's "The Wall," the band complained bitterly not...
- Tags: Censorship, Webcast, AT&T Corp., Net Neutrality, ZDNet Government
- Blog posts 2007-09-07
- AT&T censors Pearl Jam, sparking up net neutrality debate
- AT&T censors Pearl Jam, sparking up net neutrality debateWhy can I not post...suddenly?Please STFU!Why is this cry baby running his mouth again. The entire media is Anti-Bush and some people are becoming so infuriated about it that they are boycotting anyone who does it now. Would Pearl Jam like...
- Tags: media, Pearl Jam, Net Neutrality, AT&T Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-08-10
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