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U.S. unemployment rate highest in 26 years, at 10.2%

Misinterpreted numbers..."In October, the number of unemployed persons increased by 558,000 to 15.7 million."That's not 190,000. The 190,000 is non-farm payroll decrease, which doesn't include farm workers or self-employed persons who have hung it up.Maybe we need a NEW "New Deal?"Remember the 3 R's of Franklin Roosevelt's "New Deal?"...

Tags: Operational accounting, Personal finance, FDR, Common-sense, unemployment rate, New Deal, Obama, Reagan

Discussion threads 2009-11-06

The Groundswell of Social Media Backlash

The Groundswell of Social Media BacklashReagan ReduxI wrote a goodly chunk of The Cluetrain Manifesto and I hate seeing it invoked to hawk the same old crap the same old way. But the reason I'm commenting is that cigarette ad featuring Ronald Reagan. I used it myself recently -- with...

Tags: Social Media Backlash, Groundswell, social media

Discussion threads 2009-05-23

What's wrong with fed IT? Lack of training

What exactly is the problem with government IT? Why are so many millions of dollars wasted? Why do so many projects fail to see the light of day? The answer: inadequate training of federal project managers, according to a survey of 104 federal IT leaders conducted by Price...

Tags: training, baseline, IT Management, Government technology

Blog posts 2006-12-07

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60 Minutes: We're not ready for a cyber war

Just like 9/11 thousands will have to die Before we give a damn. It's really a shame.and everything workshow's that possible?Unfortuantely, it will take a disasterIn the US, until disater strikes no one will do anything. Once it does happen then there will be screaming for heads to role....

Tags: Hacking, SECURITY, Regulations, FERC, Obama, hacker, Bush

Discussion threads 2009-11-09

VA now loves its VistA software

In a VA hospital recently and watched VistA at workThe VA hospital in Omaha Nebraska handles about ten times the load of a normal hospital and every single bit of the load is possible because of their software. My sister had a big glitch show up in her medical...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), HEALTHCARE, Vista Software, Yes Vista, VA Hospital, MUMPS, hospital, Microsoft Windows Vista

Discussion threads 2009-10-15

On the future of Open Source thought leadership

It's time we recognized the advantages of bothIMHO it's time to recognize the advantages in both, and not to do silly things like pretend that somehow software is a moral agent.I can certainly see the advantage of software being open source. It helps the educational community, and gives tools to...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Free Software, leadership, Microsoft Windows Rights Management Services, open source, proprietary software, Microsoft Corp., hardware, software

Discussion threads 2009-10-08

Head cracking time on health care reform

"And I can get back to writing about tech."NO - get to writing about TECH now - and stop using this site for your liberal soapboxing!the only head that will crack wil be Obama'sReal Americans are concerned about deficit, death panels and the slippery slope to socialism.This 'reform' will fail...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Insurance, health care, soapboxing, healthcare reform

Discussion threads 2009-10-08

Uncle Sam: less wasteful?

President Obama has just solidified his lasting credentials...as being hopeful. He actually is trying to push energy efficiency inside the federal government, America's largest energy consumer. Solar Humvees in Iraq? Fewer limos with their motors running at Dulles Airport? Shut down Washington D.C. in August and...

Tags: President, Barack Obama, Real Estate, Construction, Business Operations, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-10-07

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

AMD predicts more Intel revelations

AMD is what we runAMD processors in blades are more efficient and more cost effective...We are 100% AMD as well.It has saved our company a lot of money and has cost it nothing. Unless pure performance is the goal, I can't find one reason to run Intel. And that is...

Tags: Processors, Regulations, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., revelation

Discussion threads 2009-09-22

HP Software CTO: Virtualization and cloud sourcing sprawl likely

IT and Cloud/Virtualization SecurityRemember Ronald Reagan?"Trust, but Verify."Losing productivity for the sake of security spells trouble, since any blanked, high-level security protocols unnecessarily inhibit the 99% of regular access needed for day-to-day activity which doesn't involve a security risk at a high level.Too many security hurdles, and Users find "shortcuts"...

Tags: sourcing, software, Hewlett-Packard Co., virtualization, security, Quantum Crypto

Discussion threads 2009-09-17

Judge's idea to outlaw links won't save newspapers

Judge's idea to outlaw links won't save newspapersPerhaps a kindle like device?Get rid of paper, and sell a yearly subscription with a Kindle like reader. The yearly subscription would help offset the hardware costs.Get rid of the paper, or charge extra for it like cellular companies do for optionsTo...

Tags: news industry

Discussion threads 2009-07-02

Oil shortages are over, we're gonna squeeze it from diatoms

Oil shortages are over, we're gonna squeeze it from diatomsI won't gripe about the lawyer crack.You can even throw in used car salesmen an politicians.Interesting thing about diatoms. They live in water. The article you linked to neglected to mention whether or not the diatoms in question live in ocean...

Tags: carbon, carbon dioxide, pollution

Discussion threads 2009-06-23

Assassination of Neda, played and replayed on the Web, marks turning point for Iran

Assassination of Neda, played and replayed on the Web, marks turning point for IranIranians should demand an American invasionIf some Iranians would petition us, we should folow through with the operation Iran's freedom.This operation will be a lot cheaper and more successfull than the Iraq's freedom in 2003.But Obama is...

Tags: Leadership, Neda, Obama, Web

Discussion threads 2009-06-23

Famous Speeches 1.4.1 (Mobile)

Enjoy the most influential speeches known to man with this application. Contains speeches made by Susan B. Anthony, Mark Antony, St. Francis of Assisi, Napoleon Bonaparte, Winston Churchill, Marie Curie, King Edward VIII, Dwight Eisenhower, Queen Elizabeth I, Mahatma Gandhi, Lou Gehrig, Patrick Henry, Adolph Hitler, Victor Hugo, Harold Ickes,...

Tags: Mobile, Speech, SwampBits, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-06-23

Genachowski sails through FCC confirmation hearings

The FCC is broken, Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) informed Julius Genachowski, the nominee to head the agency. Fix this agency. Or we will fix it for you. Really. I'm not sure Congress has ever fixed an executive agency. Legislative oversight just...

Tags: FCC, Agency, Federal Government, Advertising & Promotion, Government, Marketing, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-06-17

Geo-engineering can save this planet

Geo-engineering can save this planetToo funnyI love it, socialism and government control of your daily life.Nothing like United Socialist States of Amerika....Population control is a better targetIf that kind of money was spent educating people about overpopulation - and how the earth can only support a finite number of humans...

Tags: Contraception, Wood, Geo-engineering

Discussion threads 2009-06-12

Can the Man Who Re-Assembled AT&T Change His Tune For GM?

Can the Man Who Re-Assembled AT&T Change His Tune For GM?King ObomaGood luck, Obama and his printing presses....RE: Can the Man Who Re-Assembled AT&T Change His Tune For GM?It's not like he just put together a corporate unbrella/holding company with many largely independent but coexisting brand names underneath with redundant...

Tags: Branding, Document management, General Motors Corp., AT&T Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-06-09

Ballmer calls Obama taxes a moving issue

Ballmer calls Obama taxes a moving issueThe real problem...Is income taxes in general. Where did we get the idea that they are acceptable? The solution is to go to solely consumptive taxation -- thereby eliminating the entire income tax code -- and DO SEVERE CUTS TO SIZE OF...

Tags: Taxes, Personal finance, Operational accounting, payroll solutions, Outsourcing, Steve Ballmer, Obama tax, Microsoft Corp., income tax, income

Discussion threads 2009-06-05

Apple Faithful: Arrogance Is Not a Virtue, and Why I Will Never Buy a Mac

I've often been asked why I don't own a Mac. The answer is simple, and yet complex, and requires a trip down memory lane artwork by Spidermonkey David Morgenstern’s column last week about Psystar’s imminent demise and his accompanying “Good Riddance”...

Tags: Software, Steve Jobs, Apple Macintosh, PC, Apple Inc., Next Computer, Canon Inc., Fanboy Template Let, Andrew, NeXTStep, Desktops, Hardware, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-06-02