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- BIT: From Chapter one: Data Processing and the IBM Mainframe
- BIT: From Chapter one: Data Processing and the IBM MainframeThe function, then the how.A discussion beginning: State population totals were derived from individual census tract results by... would create a context. As a narrative strategy, reaching a goal is more organized, satisfying, than describing a process and giving...
- Discussion threads 2008-05-30
- Orwell denied: Bill to stop employers from sticking RFIDs under workers' skin
- Orwell denied: Bill to stop employers from sticking RFIDs under workers' skinRFIDSo you tell me my info is safe, But.. laptops and personal info is stolen constantly with folks personnal info on it. You tell me that You're not "watching me" But you want RFIDS. You tell me that...
- Discussion threads 2007-06-20
- Zimbabwe army says cell phones danger to security
- Zimbabwe army says cell phones danger to securityOrwell in ZimbabweLet's see now, the cops want to protect the country from crooks by listening in on all conversations. Not that those cops are the minions of their chief nut case ... Orwell's three slogans: War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, Ignorance...
- Discussion threads 2006-11-28
- Scary IT: Ministry of suspicious walks
- Scary IT: Ministry of suspicious walksJust a few years......that's all Orwell was off by. Everything else seems to be falling right into place.The suspicious walks algorhythm is a minor worry.Apparently the cameras also have software to determine whether they are obtruding on people in the privacy of their bedrooms,...
- Discussion threads 2006-11-02
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- New camera detects objects under clothes
- New camera detects objects under clothesWhy should law enforcement not be allowed to use it.?I can fully understand not allowing thermal imaging cameras pointed at your house: they could detail what you are doing in the privacy of your own home (ex: having sex, ect). But what does this camera...
- Discussion threads 2008-03-11
- At FCC, change must be the mantra
- At FCC, change must be the mantraUniversal service is a worthy goal? In the USA it is a birthrightThe mantra is that the air is a public commons. There is no privatization opportunity here. We can not have trans national big businesses mucking up the greatest public commons of all...
- Discussion threads 2008-02-25
- Surveillance society needs privacy safeguards
- Surveillance society needs privacy safeguardsMessage has been deleted.How can people expect privacy on a public street?This whole hullabaloo must be coming from city dwellers. Country and small-town people don't expect to go out on the street and not be recognized.Anonymity, perhaps, is a better term for what they're trying to...
- Discussion threads 2008-02-12
- Microsoft-Yahoo! combination could yield an Orwellian Web world
- About 10 years ago, we used to ask Jim Barksdale, then head of Netscape, a stock question during news conferences. Did you bag any "default browser" deals lately? Inevitably Jim would demur and say they were still trying. Those were the days when the light was swiftly...
- Blog posts 2008-02-04
- EFF wants to saddle you with metered Internet service
- Updated 12/8/2007 - The EFF Electronic Frontier Foundation last week publicly joined Free Press and Public Knowledge in recommending a metered Internet service as the alternative to Comcast's BitTorrent throttling. The extremist "Net Neutrality" crowd that wants to regulate the Internet with bans on per-user charges/contracts for Enhanced QoS are...
- Blog posts 2007-12-03
- Anti-P2P college bill advances in House
- Anti-P2P college bill advances in HouseI should hope that intelligence and logicprevail in this... oh wait, you have politicians and greedy fat cats in hollystupid, logic, intelligence, both removed via rectal extraction upon hire. ]:)Piracy is if you sell it, otherwise it's a gift = it's legal.Have doubts?Take a look...
- Discussion threads 2007-11-15
- Should students be allowed to tape and post videos of their teachers?
- Should students be allowed to tape and post videos of their teachers?video would still worka device that disrupts cell phone service would not prevent the camera from working. I have two kids in public high school, and the school they go to does have a no cell phone policy...
- Discussion threads 2007-11-13
- Facebook's Orwellian customer service
- It's well known that corporate culture and tone are set by top management. Many of my colleagues enjoy riffing on Oracle as being the embodiment of CEO Larry Ellison's variation of the Art of War. But I think even Larry would be appalled at the way Facebook behaves. ...
- Blog posts 2007-11-01
- Open source parties like it's 1999
- Like 1984, 1999 is a once unimaginable future which now evokes a specific nostalgia. For the former, blame George Orwell. For the latter, blame open source hero Prince Rogers Nelson. Remember that kerfluffle about Prince changing his name to this ridiculous symbol in 1993,...
- Blog posts 2007-10-19
- China virtual police to patrol for online porn
- China virtual police to patrol for online pornBoycot China!The USA and Europe should block internet access to China and every other country that doesn't support freedom of speech. Problem solved.George Orwell's "1984"If you've ever read the book "1984" by George Orwell, you'll know what i'm thinking. I am not defendign...
- Discussion threads 2007-08-29
- DirectX 10 debate
- DirectX 10 debateI suspect someone still using Windows 2000 ....... is not spending a lot on software upgrades and is of little concern to Microsoft to begin with.Let he who is without sin ....... cast the first stone! Your post was nothing more then a cheap shot over an...
- Discussion threads 2007-08-28
- RIAA law strategy may be undercut
- RIAA law strategy may be undercutHm..Seems to me that the presence of a file in a publicly accessible directory would indicate intent to distribute.The RIAA can't be wrong all of the time.Using their logic would mean that anyone who doesn't secure their computerUsing their logic would mean that anyone who...
- Discussion threads 2007-08-22
- Thoughts on Web 2.0, etc.
- Thoughts on Web 2.0, etc.what are you babbling about?Your incoherent article is the worst PR M$ put forward in a long time.Stick to the hard facts: it's about OSS versus proprietary software!Pitty the "community"?John,Must you always go on with your "Daddy knows best" routine?I find it laughable how you always...
- Discussion threads 2007-08-15
- Google already winner in Clinton presidential bid
- Google already winner in Clinton presidential bidGo Ron Paul! Go Ron PAul!GO RON PAUL! GO RON PAUL! GOD BLESS RON PAUL! RON PAUL FOR PRESIDENT 2008!Ron Paul in CNN debate on June 5, 2007!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwJKGfAWQUo"A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannotsurvive treason from within. An...
- Discussion threads 2007-06-29
- Orwell denied: Bill to stop employers from sticking RFIDs under workers' skin
- In an attempt to forestall the arrival of 1984, a California state senator has introduced a bill to ban employers from inserting identification devices under the skin of employees, reports the Associated Press.Democratic Sen. Joe Simitian has several proposals to ban employers or anyone else from requiring a person to...
- Blog posts 2007-06-18
- Is Vista helping boost PC sales?
- Is Vista helping boost PC sales?Is Vista helping boost PC sales?The simple answer: YesPeople are very interested in Vista and are planning to upgrade their current out of date PC's anyway. I know I am.Depends on who you ask the question to.I would imagine that many a Windows users...
- Discussion threads 2007-05-23
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