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Bill Gates - the science guy

Bill Gates - the science guyMust be nice, spending other people's money.And feeling "good" because of it.Well Gates, in the grander scheme of things, you're a thief. And giving away what you took from others is not going to change that.Funny how all this philanthropy... comes with strings attached to...

Tags: Corporate communications, Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp., science guy

Discussion threads 2009-07-17

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What's the hurry? You can still see Miami from the plane.

Add another choiceHarry, you need to add another choice on your survey."If the climate [b]IS[/b] warming, it is part of a natural cycle and has very little to do with mankind's actions, and there is very little that we can do to affect it."another choice being added--Harry FullerFuller, why the...

Tags: launch-pad, global warming

Discussion threads 2009-10-31

Don't tase me in the chest, bro

Seems like a legal memo to me...It seems to me that when a person receives an electric shock, it doesn't matter where it enters the body, chest, legs, shoulder, neck etc. All the same.Taser is starting to cover it's behind, now that a Canadian judicial enquiry has determined that in...

Tags: What-if IT, NOW IT, TASER, aspirin, chest, cop, risk

Discussion threads 2009-10-21

What do you believe, your eyes or somebody's numbers?

There is no disagreementThere really never was. Scientists are in agreement that global climate change is happening you may have noticed the conferences.We will always have idiots. It's just that some of them happen to own media and political parties or are making way too much money with...

Tags: climate change, mankind

Discussion threads 2009-10-15

The Windows 7 judge and jury: Your mom

Win 7 and the below average userI have quite a change up ahead with my co workers. We are a small financial institution and run XP currently. I am sure some of my co workers have vista at home however they have no idea what they are doing if a...

Tags: Gender and diversity, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, women, Microsoft Windows Vista, Win7, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP

Discussion threads 2009-10-08

Open source is sold and FOSS is not

I'm confusedAre you advocating breaking the GPL license by selling GPL based products by 'open source' companies?We know NT Selling software is not a violation of the GPLSelling softare is not a violation of the GPL. Not in any way, shape or form. In the words of the...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, F/OSS, GPL, software, open source

Discussion threads 2009-10-02

Missing what open source cannot afford

FOSS needs some town hallsto get free air time on the news and to educate the users on the perils of closed source.I have to disagree ...I'm not sure how isolated you are, but my experience with open source through OpenNMS has been quite different.Sure, companies like mine that are...

Tags: open source, OpenNMS

Discussion threads 2009-09-30

The problem with health care is costs and you

I think my head is going to explode.Is anyone else confused and frustrated about this topic??? Some people are crying "Social Medicine Go Away but don't touch Medicare or Medicaid" Some people are saying "Capitalism should dominate Health care" Other people are blaming the patients for being sick. Other people...

Tags: Vertical industries, HEALTHCARE, Benefits, New Taxes, Ins, Compassion, health care, insurance

Discussion threads 2009-09-23

Companies to offer free foreign travel for their sick

Wow, a great way to force our overpaid doctors to compete. Doctors should have a comfortable life, but, they do not need to earn 100x what they do in other countries.and if there are complications?If a US citizen travels abroad for a procedure and returns home, who will treat any...

Tags: Financial Planning, insurance

Discussion threads 2009-09-17

Global warming, bring it on

more moronic poll choicesAt what point could the people who create these polls pick 5 choices that are meaningful instead of parodies of any rational opinion?Targeted to it's marketRational opinion no longer required.RE: Global warming, bring it onI think that a severe ocean-raising global warming has the potential to adversely...

Tags: global warming

Discussion threads 2009-09-10

Dell joins in on Microsoft's appeal of Word injunction

Good, maybe these three companies will show that i4i cannot just bully people around however they please. There should have never been an injunction on Word anyway.I wouldn't take anything from groklaw too seriously. Especially since PJ is not a lawyer.RE: Dell joins in on Microsoft's appeal of...

Tags: Word processors, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Dell Computer Corp., Microsoft Word, Word injunction

Discussion threads 2009-08-27

Colbert heats up global warming

Too funnySo, 350ppm means certain environmental disaster? And we're already above that? Hmmm...Back to the drawing board...I really REALLY resent the Chicken Littles running around screaming their heads off, and I'm gradually getting the feeling that, even if originally well-intentioned, they can't see the forest for the trees.What...

Tags: disclamer, Colbert, global warming, scientific community, carbon dioxide

Discussion threads 2009-08-25

Media divides politically on Gardasil

Hold on there, tigerTo come out as questionable as to whether Gardisil significantly reduces the cancer risk and is worthwhile, you label such opinions as fear-mongering. But a not-so ringing endorsement of "seems to work", the equivalent of an literary shrug, should be taken as bible? Followed up...

Tags: Gender and diversity, HEALTHCARE, Gardasil, vaccine, HPV, women

Discussion threads 2009-08-19

Greentech may not escsape the town hall screamers

What a befoon!Anti-government? I didn't see MSNBC on your resume. Hey....wait a minute...Chris Matthews? Is that you...you kidder you. Hey, great job on cloning yourself. Too bad they haven't worked out the whole personality missing thing yet.RE: Greentech may not escsape the town hall screamersAhh! People might want to see...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Minute Maid Park, Minute Maid, Astros, lunatic

Discussion threads 2009-08-14

Is Web image theft a problem? Solution providers say yes

Screw it!Let's just pull the friggin' plug.I'm so tired of this crap. Really, I am.I kinda feel the same way.By the time the lawyers, big corporations, and the politicians get down with the Internet, it won't be worth the powder to blow it to Hell. It was originally designed...

Tags: Channel management, INTERNET, Web

Discussion threads 2009-08-07

Tenenbaum admits all, while judge's ruling opens the door to a massive damages award

Tenenbaum admits all, while judge's ruling opens the door to a massive damages awardlucky for us not all the world have the american rules and court systemntDifficult to judge ...... who is the most stupid in this and other piracy 'debates':1. The defendent.2. The defendent's lawyers.3. The plaintiffs copyright hoders.4....

Tags: Intellectual property, Tenenbaum

Discussion threads 2009-07-31

News to know: Amazon; Yahoo-Microsoft; Wireless carrier exclusivity; YouTube; Oracle; HP-IBRIX

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: Amazon gets bullied, pulls purchased e-books from Kindles Dana Blankenhorn: Amazon uses 1984 to free e-books...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Larry Dignan, Oracle Corp., Yahoo! Inc., Andrew Nusca, Mary Jo Foley, YouTube Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp., Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Sam Diaz, Wireless, Brammo, GlassHouse Service, Microsoft Windows 7, FireWire, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Smart Phones, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware

Blog posts 2009-07-20

America's #1 global warmer

America's #1 global warmerThe Biggest Global CoolerBack in the late 1970's, Hansen was also the father of the Global Cooling scare. Nobody seems to want to talk about how he was wrong back then too.Science of Fear = Government FundingWhat else needs to be said? Even a third grader...

Tags: Hansen

Discussion threads 2009-06-22

Most impressive demo ever: Sony 3D controller

Most impressive demo ever: Sony 3D controllerSince you mentioned Project NatalI thought your readers could get a glimpse at what [b]real[/b] innovation looks like:http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2009-06-03-n56.htmlThey might not recognize it after being used to lapping up what Apple passes off as "innovation". :)MotionPlus?Apparently you haven't seen MotionPlus in action. It does...

Tags: Leadership, 3D, Sony Corp., Microsoft Corp., Project Natal, innovation, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-06-03

Money, at the root of all roots

Money, at the root of all rootsIf, Maybe, What If?Does Mr Fuller [i]ever[/i] have a story with facts, instead of "If's, Maybe's and What if's?"I hereby volunteer you to lead by exampleif the world has too many people to feed, off yourself. After all, Dear Leader has said that we...

Tags: mankind, greenhouse gas

Discussion threads 2009-05-14