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Should Sugar be put out to pasture?

Should Sugar be put out to pasture?Does someone wanna . . .tell me how, if you have a grand total of "2" people voting, you can get 150%???? . . . .Methinks that the survey script isn't working right (yet/again . . .) . . .RE: Should Sugar be put...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Operating systems, Sugar, pasture

Discussion threads 2008-05-19

Being green does not mean being vegan

So vegetarians may NOT be the best friends of planet Earth. That's the conclusion of a Cornell researcher into food and agriculture. His work shows that dairy products and a little bit of meat is actually a more efficient way to use the earth to feed...

Tags: Earth, Researcher, Pasture, Food & Beverage, Manufacturing, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2007-10-04

Photos: Where airplanes go to recoup

At the Roswell International Air Center, airplanes rest during slow business periods, or wait to be repaired or put to pasture.

Tags: pasture, photograph

Image galleries 2007-08-03

Microsoft updates Vista test build

Microsoft updates Vista test buildPissta .... a day late and a dollar short!So many core technologies dropped that this is really just XP sp3!when will they master their own domaini just blame the whole tragedy on consumer ignorancepeople keep spending money on crap to support their lack of self esteem...

Tags: Food & Beverage, Microsoft Windows XP, PRODUCTIVITY, Uncle Billy, herd, goat, Microsoft updates Vista, Sheep, pasture, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2006-04-24

Additional Resources

It's official gasoline now over $4 per gallon average in U.S.

It's official gasoline now over $4 per gallon average in U.S.Enron Loophole ...the biggest problem IMHO is the Enron Loophole Clinton signed into law that allowed Oil to be traded on the Mercantile Exchange ... aka Commodities Market .. so instead of oil just being sold as a consumable for...

Tags: gasoline, official gasoline

Discussion threads 2008-06-09

Taking on Excel, and Winning, Sort Of.

Taking on Excel, and Winning, Sort Of.Pass the mustard gas and dog food please ...... "even as they arguably offer functionality – and a user experience - that excels over anything that Excel could offer."Such as? I'd like to see that argument ...... for it seems to me there is...

Tags: Microsoft Office, Microsoft Excel, iron

Discussion threads 2008-06-03

Should Sugar be put out to pasture?

A reader of the blog I posted yesterday ("Who decides which OS makes it onto an OLPC?") raised some interesting objections to the Sugar user interface originally developed for the OLPC XO laptop. While I'm not sure I entirely agree with him, it does give some food...

Tags: Operating System, Computer, One Laptop Per Child Project, Microsoft Windows, Productivity, Operating Systems, Software, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-05-20

News to know: Netflix; Google Health; Storm Worm; Fixing Vista

Notable headlines: Dancho Danchev: The Storm Worm would love to infect you Mary Jo Foley: Windows 7: The information lockdown continues Microsoft releases Virtual PC 2007 SP1 Microsoft: Half of Exchange inboxes to be Microsoft-hosted in five years...

Tags: NetFlix Inc., Google Inc., Facebook, Microsoft Windows Vista, Health Care, Microsoft Corp., Worm, Vertical Industries, Microsoft Windows, Benefits, Healthcare, Open Source, Enterprise Software, Software, Operating Systems, Human Resources, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-05-20

Green Land (exe)

Freewaresonline.com presents new 3D great screensaver that reflects horse pasture. Sunny day, the flies are buzzing, the birds are singing, the horses are grazing, the butterflies are fluttering - nothing breaks this happy harmony cozy atmosphere. The screensaver is absolutely free. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.

Tags: Screensaver, FreewaresOnline.com

Software downloads 2008-04-21

Microsoft's OOXML gets ISO approval ... maybe

Microsoft's OOXML gets ISO approval ... maybeFraud and corruption is the new International standard.Congratulations Microsoft for absolutely nothing of value, and enjoy the backlash ;-)Interesting language"[i]Microsoft maintains that Office dominates on the desktop worldwide and that OOXML is a de facto standard anyway[/i]"In other words, MS thinks that whatever they...

Tags: ISO standards, Process improvement, German Standard, OOXML, Microsoft Corp., ISO, Microsoft Office, irregularity, Microsoft OOXML

Discussion threads 2008-03-31

Router Backdoors: Hacked by Chinese Part 2?

Router Backdoors: Hacked by Chinese Part 2?Typo AlertCite, not Site.Typo Alert: "They site no cases of any backdoors in any current routers sold from China."Correction: "They cite no cases of any backdoors in any current routers sold from China."Sorry to be nitpicking about typos, but this is probably because bloggers...

Tags: Routers & switches, Network technology, NETWORKING, router, Chinese Part 2, Router Backdoors

Discussion threads 2008-03-06

Tempering+the+EC%27s+antitrust+enthusiasm

Tempering+the+EC%27s+antitrust+enthusiasmCompetition vs. consumersYour second pre-condition for evaluating the appropriateness of anti-trust regulation was "Whether the regulations actually result in better systems that benefit consumers."Worth noting that "better" is a subjective decision, and an ambitious regulator would in effect be asked to judge whether his power grab made the world a...

Tags: Web browsers, Regulations, Litigation, Netscape Communications Corp., Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-02-25

Microsoft runs its datacenters on 'Autopilot'

Microsoft runs its datacenters on 'Autopilot'yes, MS should leave Yahoo infrasture as isA waste of time, money, stability to port to Windows. Will even further alienate the few Yahoo engineers who will remain after the acquisition.No way will they leave it LinuxAnd there simply is no reason to. Everyone...

Tags: Data centers, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, Microsoft Windows, 64-bit, Microsoft Corp., Yahoo! Inc., SERVER 2008 64-BIT, AutoPilot, Microsoft-run, Server 2008, Unix, data center, virtualization, Microsoft Windows Server

Discussion threads 2008-02-06

Microsoft shake-up: The e-mails on President Raikes' depature

Microsoft shake-up: The e-mails on President Raikes' depatureIf you're so smart..then why don't you go get a job there.Microsoft emoloyees: Google is hiring.NTWhy to move out of Servers & ToolsMarry, I think the move out of Server & Tools from MBD is to more fit Stephen's profile of past experinces,...

Tags: Game players, e-mail, MBD, server, Microsoft Zune, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-01-11

Cache poisoning flaw is death knell for BIND 8

The Internet Software Consortium has pulled the plug on support for Version 8 of the BIND Berkeley Internet Name Domain DNS implementation after the discovery of a serious vulnerability that could lead to cache poisoning attacks. The flaw, publicly discussed in a paper by Trustee's Amit...

Tags: BIND, Internet Software Consortium, Flaw, ISC, BIND 9, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2007-09-04

Quality products are to blame for Linux/Mac popularity

Quality products are to blame for Linux/Mac popularityGood companion piece ...And a good point about the fact that MacOS X wasn't mature in 2001. It's strengths and Linux strengths come from UNIX underpinnings.Thanks, Chris!Those that resist changedie or fall behind the pack to be picked off by other predators....

Tags: Desktops, Linux, Operating systems, UNIX, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows, software

Discussion threads 2007-07-18

Still no cure for what ails Yahoo

Still no cure for what ails YahooTime For Another Round of Microhoo'sI think Yahoo has some outstanding properties: flickr, answers, delicious and a great search engine. Unfortunately they can't seem to sell ads, so may indeed be swallowed up by microsoft.Sign of the TimesIt might be a sign of the...

Tags: E-mail, Spam, Financial accounting, investment community, Only good thing, investor, Yahoo! Inc., Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-07-17

Oracle puts some Veritas meat on 'Unbreakable Linux'

To date Oracle's Unbreakable Linux effort has been pretty quiet aside from a few conference call mentions. It certainly hasn't put Red Hat out to pasture. But the company is putting some meat on Unbreakable Linux. Exhibit A is Tuesday's announcement that Oracle and Symantec will certify Veritas data center...

Tags: Oracle, Red Hat, Open Source, Linux, General

Blog posts 2007-07-17

Cory Doctorow on taming the trolls

Cory Doctorow on taming the trollsAttracting the trollsFirst let's define what a troll is. Basically it's someone who disagrees with you - they may be foaming at the mouth and raving about Win$ucks or Eunuchs (guilty ;-)) or be incapable of logical argument see Paul Murphy but essentially they...

Tags: Blogging, ZDNet Bloggers, Cory Doctorow, troll, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-05-15

Can rich Americans save newspapers?

Can rich Americans save newspapers?HYPOCRITEObviously you don't read or listen to the newspapers you are talking about. I'm sure none of them have ever exaggerated the truth or gone so far as to publish distasteful columns or ads.Please GET a life and instead of sitting in front of your...

Tags: Investment, Advertising & Promotion, Financial accounting, classifieds, Craigslist

Discussion threads 2007-04-06