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Greed, Arrogance, Inexperience, and Stupidity

Greed, Arrogance, Inexperience, and StupidityWhen customers and vendors try to take advantage of one anotherMicrosoft or some of their henchmen are usually being profiled.It's just business as usual, you understand? Nothing personal as long as you shut up and sit down.

Tags: inexperience

Discussion threads 2008-06-19

Ubuntu servers hacked to attack others

Ubuntu servers hacked to attack othersYeah.Anyone thinking of running a net facing server, get an Expert. I would assume that these people were college students doing it for free but after some of the things I've seen (who in the hell uses a while(1) loop in production software?) I'm not...

Tags: Linux, Servers, Operating systems, UNIX, Anton, Stupidity, server, Canonical, security, Ubuntu, Ubuntu Server, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2007-08-15

Analyst: IT departments are sabotaging SOA

Analyst: IT departments are sabotaging SOAStupidity is sabotaging SOAI'm a gunslinger so I don't have a vested interest in what architecture a customer chooses. Windows, Linux, AS400, DBII, SQL Server, Oracle...all the same to me. I get paid to build things and fix what's broken. Web service, web...

Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, Middleware, Enterprise software, Stupidity, Most IT department, SOA, information technology

Discussion threads 2007-05-15

CNN: Best coverage of Bush's "the Internets" and "the Google"

CNN: Best coverage of Bush's "the Internets" and "the Google"the fragmentation of the Internet must not be allowed to happen.The technology available today has the power to enslave everybody and the political will to use it for such purposes is demonstrably already here.(For "your own good" of course.)The internet...

Tags: Google Inc., Stupidity, Internet, CNN

Discussion threads 2006-10-28

My analysis: what will the AT

My analysis: what will the ATTwo dinosaurs matingjust before the asteroid hits. That's MY analysis.Big Bang Theoryand the closed universe concept. 1984 saw the "Big Bang", the breakup of the Bell operating system. Seems the universe created back then has reached it's maximum expansion point, and is contracting back in...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, environment, stupidity, government, Bad News, AT&T Corp., BellSouth Corp., Verizon Communications Inc., analysis

Discussion threads 2006-03-06

Panel paints grim picture of cybercrime battle

Panel paints grim picture of cybercrime battleInvolve the ISPsOne obvious channel of discipline is via ISPs. They are in a position to shut down users malicious or zombie speedily.ISPs should be required and obliged to publish, maintain and operate an abuse e-mail account - not all do. They could also...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Internet service providers (ISPs), Operating systems, stupidity, computer, finance, Internet Service Provider, security, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2005-06-01

Worm attack forces Reuters IM offline

Worm attack forces Reuters IM offlineLet me get this straightFrom Symantec:[i]Note: A recipient must click on the link, and download and execute the file. The file is a copy of the worm.[/i]You get an instant message with a link in it, you have to click on that link to open...

Tags: Instant messaging, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, Web browsers, SECURITY, Stupidity, PeeCee user, worm attack, Reuters Ltd., IM, worm, Microsoft Internet Explorer

Discussion threads 2005-04-14

Microsoft to rename media player-less Windows

Microsoft to rename media player-less WindowsCount on politicians to object...Count on politicians to object to calling a spade a spade. They order MS to remove the Media Player, then complain when they label the box exactly that. Maybe MS should have named it "Windows XP This is...

Tags: Operating systems, Stupidity, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2005-03-28

Fractal stupidity

Fractal stupiditySo long as $$$ drives usWe will never as a race achieve the greatness we could realize. Greed, in an object that truly has no real value is what is preventing the human race from moving forward. How many wonderful technologies have been shelved and forgotten because it would...

Tags: Semiconductors, Telecom & Utilities, solar cell, stupidity, cell, fractal

Discussion threads 2004-03-18

Additional Resources

Apple strikes back against Psystar, asks for counterclaim to be dismissed

Apple strikes back against Psystar, asks for counterclaim to be dismissedEver wonder?Why Apple computers are so expensive and of such lower quality? because Apple is the whorst computer monopoly ever (like MS, but time 1000). Apple will do all it can including well known illegal activities to prevent competition and...

Tags: Software price, Apple Inc., MAC

Discussion threads 2008-10-01

Spammers attacking Microsoft's CAPTCHA -- again

Spammers attacking Microsoft's CAPTCHA -- againI'm all for shutting down...mail servers that are spamming. No matter how big they are. If my server started spamming, my ISP would give me one shot to clean it up. If I didn't or couldn't it would be blocked. Just because it's Microsoft doesn't...

Tags: Spam, spammer, CAPTCHA, Microsoft CAPTCHA, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-10-01

EA Spore backlash could help end DRM

EA Spore backlash could help end DRMPirate = Potential Lost Sale. Myself = Definate Lost Sale.I am not buying this game because of it, and I really wanted to as well.I don't understand the mentality of EA. If EA consider a pirate as a lost sale why not...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, Games, Removing DRM, digital-rights management, Electronic Arts Inc., EA Spore, piracy, game

Discussion threads 2008-09-25

FBI searches Kernell apt., roommates subpoenaed

FBI searches Kernell apt., roommates subpoenaedI have yet to see a single ........ Official Business Email published! Not One. Quit spreading the liberal talking points that she used her private Email for official business until you ca produce a single shred of proof!subpoenaeI think its funny they subpoenae...

Tags: Federal government, Gwen Moore, Kernell, FBI, e-mail

Discussion threads 2008-09-22

Ballmer sets a new (and potentially much later) retirement date

Ballmer sets a new and potentially much later retirement dateOh goodie................:-(RE: Ballmer sets a new and potentially much later retirement dateGod, no.RE: Ballmer sets a new and potentially much later retirement dateDOH!On one hand, happy, on one hand, feel bad for MS.Balmer would be the perfect CEO if it was...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Corporate law, Microsoft Windows XP, Steve Ballmer, retirement date, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-09-19

Web 2.0: Don't forget the business risks

Web 2.0: Don't forget the business risksGreat article!How do social networking sites like 'efactor.com' fit into this entire scenario?RE: Web 2.0: Don't forget the business risks"Don't let users do silly things. Don't let harmful acts unnoticed." Sounds like Bartkiewicz is advocating a Big Brother attitude when it comes to...

Tags: Channel management, business risk, Web 2.0, Web

Discussion threads 2008-09-19

Who hacked Sarah's email? And who is rubicon10?

Who hacked Sarah's email? And who is rubicon10?hackedeven though it may be prank .... it is a federal offense....jail bird time lolOr..."...either the real hacker or an unrelated party with an active imagination decided to play a prank on the student in question."I find it just a little odd...

Tags: Social Security, Sarah, password, e-mail, hacking

Discussion threads 2008-09-18

Seesmic layoffs and a new reality?

Valleywag's somewhat unkind depiction of the layoffs at Seesmic: Seesmic's newest feature: layoffs is but the latest in an emerging trend of Silicon Valley startups reigning in their spend. Over in Denmark, a remarkable account of failure has emerged. Earlier this week, I debunked some of the talk around ROI,...

Tags: Silicon Valley, Layoff, Social Media, Valleywag, Workforce Management, Human Resources, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-09-16

Microsoft joins the 'everyone but Apple' digital-media coalition

Microsoft joins the 'everyone but Apple' digital-media coalitionAn elaborate consumer control systemAny consumer who willingly signs on to this is either naive, or a complete idiot. Do not allow companies to monitor your activities, and ultimately control you, then insult you by saying that you are in control. This is...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Yes DRM, digital media, Microsoft Corp., digital-rights management, DECE, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-09-15

Learning From The Train Wreck Of Text Messaging

Learning From The Train Wreck Of Text MessagingNot usually.[i]Do you allow phone calls to interrupt:- a current live conversation?- your dinner?- sitting on the toilet?[/i]Only if the call is from my wife. She gets furious if I don't answer. At the least I will answer, tell her I'm...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, text messaging, phone

Discussion threads 2008-09-14

The pain moves up the chain

The pain moves up the chainI guess I'm not an American.But I am. The time for $10/gal gasoline was back in the late 1980s. Yes, you heard right. We would pay $1.50 for the gas and $8.50 tax. Then in the late 1990's we would have paid...

Tags: Taxes, Big Corporations

Discussion threads 2008-09-07