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Using selfishness to put crowds to work for you

Using selfishness to put crowds to work for youGood griefHave we become this ignorant where the concept of Adam Smith's invisible hand is counter-intuitive and surprising?No wonder we've elected a freaking marxist as president.Code without good documentation has difficulty reaching critical massWhile some simple utilities can get by without documentation,...

Tags: Wiki, Investment, Self-Interest, good documentation, selfishness

Discussion threads 2009-05-07

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Oracle giving EU a hard time over Sun buy

Oh my, must not up set the crazy EU.Pfttt....A small question why EU can stop or affect a deal inside usa ..... or is the deal is global ....Also we EU dont fork MYSQL into something purely EU ... and tell Oracle to go to hell. If the...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Databases, Oracle Corp., MySQL, Sun Microsystems Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-04

Google: Books deal is good for everyone

Tell me how you really feel.Considering you didn't really add anything to their bullet points, am I to assume you are Google's press secretary? Would it have not been better to Twitter the URL to the original statements if you aren't the benevolent dictator's press secretary?Press secretary? Hardly.Read the...

Tags: Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-09-10

Downloading content illegally vs. getting away with it

Downloading content illegally vs. getting away with itBasically, student don't appreciate the effort going into music/videosTheir world is focussed on their own wants and desires, rather those those with whom they do not share much thinking-wise.It is only after having to appreciate the value of their own efforts that values...

Tags: Operational accounting, Overall IT, Downloading Content, music

Discussion threads 2009-08-03

Palm Pre returned, Sprint coverage and Android main factors

Palm Pre returned, Sprint coverage and Android main factorsdont return what you buyso much i hate the people who buy things, use them and then return them?what the hell are wrong with those people?so selfishnessBUY is not equal to RENT-FREEwhere is your ethical ???????The Pre will be on Verizon by...

Tags: 3G, Wireless and Mobility, Palm Inc., AT&T 3G coverage, Pre, Sprint Communications, Verizon Communications Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-06-17

News to know: Real Q1, Wolfram Alpha, Vonage, Psystar netbook, Google cloud

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: Real misses for Q1, swings to loss; mentions "Facet" Garett Rogers: Wolfram Alpha has Google's attention ...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Vonage Holdings Corp., Sam Diaz, Netbook, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Home Entertainment, Digital Cameras, Digital Photography, Tv & Home Theater, Hardware, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics

Blog posts 2009-05-08

Using selfishness to put crowds to work for you

How do you enable "the wisdom of crowds"? Part of the power of community is that a group of people can solve problems much more easily than individuals, but only if you can provide tools that make it possible for them to do so and appeal to their own interests....

Tags: Stock, Documentation, Derek Powazek, Open Source, Investment, Finance, Joe Brockmeier

Blog posts 2009-05-07

The U.S. electrical grid: How big of a cyber target is it?

The U.S. electrical grid: How big of a cyber target is it?So, in the future......"Live Free or Die Hard" could end up being a prophetic sort of documentary. That blows.There's only one solution. FIX IT!RE: The U.S. electrical grid: How big of a cyber target is it?All this while Obama...

Tags: obama, electrical grid, grid, critical asset, Hillary

Discussion threads 2009-04-08

What Microsoft still does not understand

What Microsoft still does not understandCan we please End this zero cost distribution myth already. Bits are electricity. It takes money to make them. It takes money to move them. It takes money to store them. I wouldn't compare IBM and Microsoft. Because...1. MS doesn't manufacture computerts2. MS is not...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, OPEN SOURCE, F/OSS, Microsoft Corp., software, IBM Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-02-10

Let 'Em Go Cold Turkey on DTV, President Obama

Let 'Em Go Cold Turkey on DTV, President ObamaAgreedThis digital TV thing should be the absolute lowest thing on Obama's list of priorities. C'mon already!RE: Let 'Em Go Cold Turkey on DTV, President ObamaYeah like explaining to me how Social Security differs from the Madorf Ponzi scheme, other than...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, digital television, Cold Turkey, coupon, Barack Obama, TV

Discussion threads 2009-01-08

Chilling data from the Arctic

Chilling data from the ArcticSo much hyperbole, so little factPolar bear populations are on the rise. It's stupid to think that the polar bear is so unadaptable that it can't handle a decrease in ice floes. They'll just hunt from shore. Life adapts.BTW, the sea ice is the SECOND lowest...

Tags: Polar Bear population, Arctic, bear, lake, ice

Discussion threads 2008-09-23

Feds bust P2P-based kiddie porn ring

Feds bust P2P-based kiddie porn ringI have many waysthere are many ways of dealing with these peoplewithout death being the punishment, they'd wish they were dead.RE: Feds bust P2P-based kiddie porn ringThey should take everyone of them out and hang them. Don't let their neck snap but let them down...

Tags: Peer to peer (P2P), P2P

Discussion threads 2008-08-20

Stem cell debate to continue regardless

Stem cell debate to continue regardlessThe staunch fight againststem cell research is so typical of the religious right. Always trying to inhibit progress. I say move forward with stem cell research and to hell with the religious nuts. At least science is doing something about the illnesses and ailments! ]:)By...

Tags: stem-cell, God, human life, scientific fact, circulatory system, scripture

Discussion threads 2008-01-11

Is success ruining open source?

Is success ruining open source?Hard-wired for selfishnessCommunal systems can flourish for a time, but people eventually revert to self-centeredness. After all, there is not a mortgage company around that accepts open source software in lieu of cash.There are many motivationsThe most efficient business models harness all types of motivations, not...

Tags: Leadership, greed, open source

Discussion threads 2007-11-12

The Life of Buddha and Its Lessons 1.0 (Mobile)

A Coal From The Altar, To Kindle The Holy Fire of ZealeThe Life of Buddha and Its Lessonsby Henry Steel OlcottExcerpt:The thoughtful student, in scanning the religious history of the race, has one fact continually forced upon his notice, viz., that there is an invariable tendency to deify whomsoever shows...

Tags: Men, Mobile, Blackberrybooks, Handhelds, E-books, Advertising & Promotion, Smart Phones, Hardware, Personal Technology, Marketing, Consumer Electronics

Software downloads 2007-11-06

The Life of Buddha and Its Lessons (Mobile)

A Coal From The Altar, To Kindle The Holy Fire of ZealeThe Life of Buddha and Its Lessonsby Henry Steel OlcottExcerpt:The thoughtful student, in scanning the religious history of the race, has one fact continually forced upon his notice, viz., that there is an invariable tendency to deify whomsoever shows...

Tags: Mobile, Blackberrybooks, Handhelds, E-books, Advertising & Promotion, Smart Phones, Hardware, Personal Technology, Marketing, Consumer Electronics

Software downloads 2007-11-01

Interview with a Game Master (conclusion)

Interview with a Game Master conclusionTrue characterIt's ironic that while the Internet is used by many people to hide their identity for both good and bad reasons, multiplayer gaming is a good way to judge a person's true character.While I've never tried Flyff (and yes, the cute characters are why...

Tags: Games, true character, game

Discussion threads 2007-10-11

Same old - Same old - and we're not learning from it

Same old - Same old - and we're not learning from itOf course there is no need to "process" data at allThe data processing approach is based on the idea that you take some input from a file or files, transform it somehow, and write the output to other files.As...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, inference

Discussion threads 2007-09-17

Cell phone security has at least one flaw: people

Cell phone security has at least one flaw: peopleSeems that lacksidasical attitude is invadingevery aspect of life now. Ignore warnings on the PC, the phone oh and that red light! That's for the other guy! Yeah, people are the problem. We need a population reduction, or at least stop the...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Cellular phones, security, Cell phone security, Moto, phone, cell phone, red light, F***ing

Discussion threads 2007-07-13

Three motherboards for Intel and AMD CPUs: June 2007

Three motherboards for Intel and AMD CPUs: June 2007AMD board featured LAST!Heh, just kidding. :-D (Never say people don't have anything to complain about.)Such Vibrant ColorsThose motherboards sure are colorful.Is the AMD motherbord ready..for the Barcelona processor? You talked about Intell's penryn processors in your article, but not about...

Tags: .NET, Application servers, CPU, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Microsoft .NET, motherboard, MSI

Discussion threads 2007-06-12