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Gerontologists see something worse than death

Gerontologists see something worse than deaththe worst of allis being poor and unable to work for a decent wage.When the retirement age is raised to the highest in the world, who would hire some cripple and sick men or women on a decent wage.It appears that in order to 'manage'...

Tags: Gender and diversity, Benefits, payroll solutions, Vertical industries, HEALTHCARE, Strom Thurmond, decent wage, retirement age, Gerontologists, salary, John Glenn

Discussion threads 2008-06-17

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ATSomething for a journalist to investigate...or maybe you already know.Is it possible that your esteemed landlord is getting a discount/kickback for making AT&T the exclusive provider of broadband in your complex?I must say Mr. Ou I sympathize with you..You are well aware im NOT a proponet of Comcast in ANYWAY...

Tags: Broadband Internet, DSL, Network technology, Fios TV, Comcast Corp., Mbps, Kbps, SBC

Discussion threads 2008-03-05

Should students be allowed to tape and post videos of their teachers?

  An article I came across in Education Week points to a disturbing trend- kids who take camera-enabled cellphones to class, sneakingly record some "footage" of their teachers, edit this "content," and then post it on YouTube, MySpace or similar sites. Some ironies here. In...

Tags: Video, Teacher, Honowar, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Russell Shaw

Blog posts 2007-11-13

The all-in-one dual-core VESA Stand PC mod

The all-in-one dual-core VESA Stand PC modThis was a lot of work mostly because I'm a noob with woodThis was a lot of work mostly because I'm a noob with wood. I figure it would be 3 hours labor if I got good at it. It's basically a...

Tags: Keyboards, VESA Stand PC, keyboard, PC, dual-core

Discussion threads 2007-10-10

John Edwards, NAFTA and protectionism

John Edwards, NAFTA and protectionismTunnel vision...because I work for Microsoft, everything I do MUST be done to justify their existence.It couldn't be that I have argued consistently for the past 10 years in favor of free markets.Read Your US History! Oh Multi-National Corporate EmployeeFirst, thanks for taking on the elephant...

Tags: Free trade, American-made product, Lincoln, black slave, American Party, Microsoft Corp., NAFTA, John Edwards, slave

Discussion threads 2007-08-07

Dreaming up a new defence contractor

Dreaming up a new defence contractorPattern recognition fails when the pattern is changed.Streamers can confuse some tracking missiles.Suppose something similar here, a way to "blur" the surface signal. That could be a disguise, could be used to send the hunters in the wrong direction.A surface pattern isn't inherent in...

Tags: pattern recognition, satellite, submarine, Murph

Discussion threads 2007-05-22

Google at Risk: YouTube class action lawsuit changes DMCA copyright game

YouTube class action lawsuit: Has YOUR copyright been infringed?So asks Proskauer Rose LLP and Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, the law firms prosecuting the action of The Football Association Premier League Limited, et. al. v. YouTube, Inc., et al., a copyright infringement class action pending in the United States...

Tags: game, YouTube Inc., class action, William Hart, Google Inc., DMCA

Blog posts 2007-05-11

Should you switch your biz to Google's e-mail domain hosting service? We did

Should you switch your biz to Google's e-mail domain hosting service? We didWhat about IMAP mail?Pop3 is fine, but IMAP is better... all the folders & their contents are saved & backed up on the servers. Webmail, multiple IMAP clients different systems all see the same folders & content....

Tags: Exchange 2003 Standard, POP3, Google Inc., storage, e-mail, IMAP

Discussion threads 2007-04-04

Microsoft Tech Summit: The 'non-fanboys' descend on Redmond

Microsoft is big on inviting not just its customers and partners, but non-believers, too, to visit the Microsoft campus and discover for themselves that Softies are people, too. (And who better to ask than Java, PHP and Linux developers -- as Microsoft execs seemingly did several times during...

Tags: WPF/e, Windows server, Windows client, Web 2.0, Visual Studio Orcas, Shared Source, Linux, Development tools, Corporate strategy

Blog posts 2007-03-30

Groklaw vs. the cookie jar

Groklaw vs. the cookie jarFunny...but meaningless NT.Groklaw is trash, much like Slashdot NT...Who's Glen Beck?No idea. But truly no surprise that groklaw would get funding from ibm and/or OSDL and/or both. It probably should be disclosed though.Groklaw Hosted on IbiblioGroklaw is hosted on Ibiblio, which is partly funded by IBM....

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, cookie, Ibiblio, Groklaw, SCO Group Inc., IBM Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-03-26

Ballmer's Macaca moment

Ballmer's Macaca momentallISONPlease at least get the name right.It's worse than usual -- Jeremy reads and posts here.paying billsI'm a software engineer. I have spent time and money getting degrees from Universities. I also spend time learning more about software and programming. These skills are not easy to learn and...

Tags: Development tools, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Gaffe, Microsoft Corp., programmer, OSS, patent, Unix, Steve Ballmer

Discussion threads 2006-12-21

Here's the worst Verizon DSL service horror story you will EVER read

David Strom is one of those relatively rare, prominent tech journalists who has the scientific credentials to further inform his work. Not only does David hold an M.S. in Operations Research from Stanford, he's written about networking and related technologies for 20 years. Among his many credits, he started...

Tags: Verizon Communications Inc.

Blog posts 2006-03-31

Show n tell exposes sizeable talent

So I was incredibly impressed with thenumber of people writing about Notes on last Thursday's first "show-n-tell"day. It's been especially cool to read some of the blogs and webpages, because they are from new voices. Petervon Stöckel wrote about browsing the web with LotusScript....

Tags: IBM Lotus Domino, new voice, blogger

Blog posts 2006-02-21

Scalix scales up email

Scalix scales up emailLongtime player ignored?This blog entry took me by surprise. The leading player in this market wasn't mentioned. I'm concerned that it is possible that Mr. Farber is unaware of Open-Xchange.Here's a short tutorial for the good Mr. Farber.Open-Xchange has been available as an open source project for...

Tags: Sun Solaris, UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Servers, Gordano, e-mail, Open-Xchange, Scalix Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc.

Discussion threads 2006-02-16

Strom's Web Maxims

Tech writer David Strom took a time-out from his new job at CMP’s Electronic Group to dust off his old Web maxims and bring them up-to-date. His list of practical recommendations can improve any web site.

Tags: Web

Blog posts 2004-08-05