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- Taxpayers are NOT bailing out Ford Motor, or are we?
- Taxpayers are NOT bailing out Ford Motor, or are we?Not quite the sameSo, Ford presents a plan to develop and implement new technology in their vehicles to improve efficiency and competitiveness, thereby securing a loan from the DOE.GM goes to Washington, along with the UAW, and begs for money to...
- Tags: Government, Personal finance, taxpayer, Socialists, TAXPAYERS, Ford Motor Co., General Motors Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-06-23
- EU slams Intel with record $1.45 billion fine
- EU slams Intel with record $1.45 billion fineGood ruling, now we need to focus on M$Inhell got what it deserved, no it's time to another round of fines for M$.Competition is good, rackettering is bad ntntWorldwide socialist jihadNot only the usual European socialists but also Chairman MAObama are jumping out...
- Tags: Socialists, Cluck, Intel Corp., capitalism
- Discussion threads 2009-05-13
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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
- Treece and truth
- Treece, KSYes, Treece is pretty much a toxic wasteland. But instead of ranting about the blowing off of mountaintops, clear-cutting forests, plowing up the prairie, and providing a link to an informationless NYT blurb, why don't you actually *talk* about Treece?Why not tell some of the story of *why*...
- Tags: Treece
- Discussion threads 2009-10-29
- Diabetes can be kept at bay
- move your ass, lazy americanswalk, run, practice sports and you won't get diabetes.except type I that is geneticThey don't have the incentives ...when they keep getting free handouts that progressives love so much from the big fat@ss government. Free health care, free lunch, free everything and then of course they...
- Tags: diabetes, Wall St., progressive, Obama
- Discussion threads 2009-10-29
- FCC unanimously approves next steps toward Net Neutrality
- Gov't fix, oh joyUh yeah, the internet is undecidely broken. This has a strong possibility of leading to usage limits. Comcast already has walked that line because they are behind the curve on their backbone upgrades. Why would a company who is being paid not provide better...
- Tags: INTERNET, FCC, Net Neutrality, socialist, Nazi, Godwin, leader, Microsoft Windows NT, government
- Discussion threads 2009-10-22
- Ubuntu, SUSE, Fedora Linux updates prepped as Win7 release nears
- another nail in M$ coffinThe upcomming failure of windoze 7 and M$ going under will not leave the users exposed.Linux is here to save the day!Wrong Answerhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/21/windows-7-breaks-amazon-uk-pre-order-volume-record-ousts-harry/DesperationGuess it shows how desperate Vista users are to get onto Win7Windows 7 a failure?Didn't it already surpass Linux's market share? BEFORE it's GA?Failure...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, SuSE, Linux, Fedora Project, Microsoft Corp., Ubuntu, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-10-21
- Big carbon emitters fighting two wars simultaneously in America
- ZDNet is a tech site.nt.To be more specific:this is a computer tech site. This is not a political forum for non-computer related rants by treehuggers and tax-increasing socialists. I am pointing out that Fuller's Gaia-licking & definitely political blogs are out of place here.And, tech will be a big part...
- Tags: carbon, carbon emitter
- Discussion threads 2009-10-03
- Now the fun starts on health reform
- Tyranny wrapped up in compassionand you're a willing advocate. News flash for you. You won't get to be one of the rulers. Your life will wind up sucking just as badly as everyone else under the new system.A move to Canada is looking better and better every day. nt:-(Health Care...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, health care, province, federal government, insurance
- Discussion threads 2009-10-02
- Let's blame addictive oil
- The blame game is getting grimmer as the global warming warnings get more strident. Now comes a book pointing to petroleum as "the devil's excrement." Damn, wish I thought of that epithet. This book is Crude World: The Violent Twilight of Oil. Says Knopf's marketing text,...
- Tags: Oil, Iran, Consumption, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-09-28
- Open source loves profit
- with M$ on the brink....OSS is the only way to make money from software.nah, socialism doesn't workIt doesn't at national level. It ain't in software industry as well.RE: Open source loves profitThe brink of what?re: aboveDo you even know what socialism is? It's not driven by money it must be...
- Tags: European Socialists, socialism, socialist, Microsoft Corp., brink, OSS, open source
- Discussion threads 2009-09-14
- OTOY's Jules Urbach: Cloud computing 'threatens' game consoles, Blu-ray, PCs [interview]
- Great in theory, not so great in the real worldThe problem allways comes down to the simple fact that even though something can be done with hardware and software, the user is the component not fully addressed.an XBox or Playstation hooked to a 32 inch television in the den or...
- Tags: Games, Virtualization, Game players, cloud computing, console, game, OTOY, Blu-ray disc, game console
- Discussion threads 2009-09-11
- EFF, ACLU says Google Books will chill reading, speech
- Better that it is entirely unavailablethan to make it available to anyone who cares to search for it. I have seen nowhere that the Google project will prevent any other source from digitizing books, or from keeping them in print. This is quite possibly THE stupidest argument I have heard...
- Tags: Google Inc., American Civil Liberties Union, privacy, Google Book, Vegas, Electronic Frontier Foundation
- Discussion threads 2009-09-08
- Court upholds RealDVD injunction; supports outdated laws and Hollywood business model
- RE: Court upholds RealDVD injunction; supports outdated laws and Hollywood Just shows you who the government actually works for.So what's new? [NT].broken systemWe have a broken judicial system that repeatedly favors the rich and the powerful at the expense of the citizens.Judge acknowledges system is brokenNo mavericks in the court,....
- Tags: Strategy, Digital Millenium Copyright Act, business model, agreement, MPAA, DVD
- Discussion threads 2009-08-12
- One more voice AGAINST geo-engineering to combat global warming
- Fuller, you are spamming ZDNet.Every day your alarmist short blurbs, without any intelligent analysis, becomes boring.Have you ever considered taking a real job?Oh, btw, what happened to your standard 'disclaimer'? Wrong on that also?And what is it, global warming or climate change? You keep on flip flopping.Seriously, get an honorable...
- Tags: geo-engineering, global warming, everyday live, green technology, too-often
- Discussion threads 2009-08-09
- Google, Microsoft demand place at medical stimulus table
- No, of course notNo, Obama doesn't want to kill your grandma. But he DOES want her to wait in the back of the line for that hip transplant while other, younger, patients get higher priority. If she dies while waiting, well, that's a shame, but there's limits to...
- Tags: HEALTHCARE, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., liar, Medicare
- Discussion threads 2009-08-08
- Obesity is the health reform fault line
- Obesity is the health reform fault lineThe naivete is astoundingThe entire point of a universal healthcare system is to FORCE everyone to take care of everyone else. So that the state then has the moral authority to TELL you how to live.Period.A system that ALLOWS everyone to care for everyone...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Healthcare reform, obesity, Obesity, naivete, health care, insurance, universal healthcare
- Discussion threads 2009-07-28
- Report: Microsoft trying to settle EC antitrust matters
- Report: Microsoft trying to settle EC antitrust mattersSilly Boy.Protectionism helps no-one. Your "sissy socialist" message is offensive.What is US government doing meanwhile?They just let these European sissy socialists get away w/ screwing American companies on all sorts of sorrow butt excuses at every turn? Giving in now, there's no end...
- Tags: Web browsers, PRODUCTIVITY, CLI, Microsoft Corp., ballot screen, EC antitrust matter, EC antitrust, Microsoft Trying
- Discussion threads 2009-07-07
- Modern threats to American liberty
- Modern threats to American libertyFreedom ain't free after all...That is why it is important to defend all of our freedoms, from the first to the last. Remember, the second amendment is the one that gives you the freedom to keep the others. It is all part of a pattern...Alexander Hamilton...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Taxes, government, socialist society, tax
- Discussion threads 2009-07-04
- Genachowski will look into iPhone, Pre deals
- Genachowski will look into iPhone, Pre dealsTry looking into Constitution firstWhy are socialists even allowed to meddle w/ private business to begin w/?And why not make Apple......sell Dell's at Apple Stores.Why stop at cell phones?Why not move onto Walmart next, with their exclusive deals with rock bands, then next to...
- Tags: Pre-Deal, Genachowski, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone
- Discussion threads 2009-06-18
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