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- Not tolerating the intolerant
- My thoughts"Most reject volunteerism in search of making money, satisfying career ambitions, relaxing or spending time with friends and family."Some volunteerism is fine, and I'm glad to help out when I can - but I don't think it can or should sustain an economy or nation. And yes, I think...
- Tags: tolerance, volunteerism, apathy
- Discussion threads 2009-11-04
- Imagine Poker 3.9.9 (Mac)
- Play Texas Hold 'Em Poker on your Mac against 21 beautiful and fully animated characters that include Cleopatra, Julius Caesar, Napoleon, Genghis Khan, Dracula, Sherlock Holmes, Abraham Lincoln, the Tooth Fairy, Stalin, Robin Hood, Blackbeard, Merlin, and 8 more! Even the Abominable Snowman traveled all the way from Kathmandu to...
- Tags: Artificial Intelligence, Apple Macintosh, Poker, Character, Candywriter, Games, Personal Technology
- Software downloads 2009-10-08
- Seagate's 2TB Barracuda XT, world's first SATA 6Gbps HDD
- It is still a SeageteIt is still a seagate, so it will fail very quickly.RE: Seagate's 2TB Barracuda XT, world's first SATA 6Gbps HDDAny word on the real world performance of SATA 6Gpbs vs. SAS drives?RE: Seagate's 2TB Barracuda XT, world's first SATA 6Gbps HDDHow about smaller capacities? I...
- Tags: Yes Vista, Seagate Technology LLC, SATA 6Gbps HDD, first SATA 6Gbps HDD, Serial ATA
- Discussion threads 2009-09-22
- Tech jobs holding up as unemployment rate moves higher
- Tech jobs holding up as unemployment rate moves higherLimitations of the dataThe thing you need to keep in mind ? especially when reviewing national data ? is that not only is any job growth diluted across the nation, but the job gain is rarely positively correlated with the jobseekers skilled...
- Tags: information technology, IT Field, job, Nintendo Wii, Tech job, unemployment rate
- Discussion threads 2009-03-06
- First look at Windows 7 beta 1 Windows 7 beta 1 (build 6.1.7000.0.081212-1400)
- First look at Windows 7 beta 1 Windows 7 beta 1 (build 6.1.7000.0.081212-1400)Santa's responseCan Santa confirm that this MD5 is the official Beta 1? All indications are that it is, but I know sometimes MS sends very late versions of products to the press so that they can get...
- Tags: Operating systems, Desktops, Microsoft Windows 7, Windows 7 beta 1 Windows 7 beta 1, Windows 7 Beta 1, WINDOWS 7 BETA, First Look, Microsoft Windows, MD5, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-12-27
- IT offshoring is exaggerated and the IT labor shortage is real
- IT offshoring is exaggerated and the IT labor shortage is realAs of September...... a sudden decrease in interest in hiring people is understandable. That's when many people decided to believe what they heard and the economy tanked.There's a question to what degree the banking crisis had to spread to...
- Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Problem 4, Problem 2, Problem 1, STEM worker, job, information technology, IT Labor Shortage, IT Offshoring
- Discussion threads 2008-11-17
- Free national Wi-Fi? Pardon me not holding my breath.
- Free national Wi-Fi? Pardon me not holding my breath.So if the task gets sold to ONE bidder......what company is big enough to "connect" the entire country? And wouldn't that be creating a monopoly? Or wouldn't a monopoly exist, because the system is free?If it is free, where is the financial...
- Tags: Taxes, Wireless LANs, Free trade, WIRELESS, Internet, tax, Wi-Fi
- Discussion threads 2008-10-13
- Financial cesspits and compliance
- Financial cesspits and complianceA true oxymoron......business ethics."Whatever regulation comes out of this mess, it needs to be rooted in a genuine sense of ethical business activity."On Wall Street? Yea right...and I bet you still believe in the Tooth Fairy.The fat-cats who created this mess will walk away with millions in...
- Tags: Business ethics, compliance, financial
- Discussion threads 2008-09-22
- 4G iPod nano rumored to have GPS (updated)
- Is this the much-rumored fourth-generation iPod nano? On Friday Digg's Kevin Rose posted a rumor about a "revamp of the entire iPod" coming in the next 2-3 weeks. In addition to iTunes 8 and iPhone firmware 2.1 Rose predicts that the entire iPod family will receive "fairly...
- Tags: 4G, Apple iPod, Apple iPod Nano, GPS, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Jason D. O'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-08-24
- On the (mis-) use of DNA
- Fascinating piece in the Wall Street Journal recently about the English/Welsh DNA database. We'll sneak up on it. The movie GATTACA always bugged me, or rather people's reaction to it did. Whenever I'd mention biometrics, people would say, "Have you seen GATTACA? Isn't that a frightening view...
- Tags: DNA, Analysis, Employee Discrimination, Biotechnology, Ed Gottsman
- Blog posts 2008-04-11
- Will telcos accept an open source switch?
- Over at Team Think our own David Greenfield right has the intriguing story of an open source "Class 5" switch dubbed FreeSwitch. Â One unasked question is whether telcos will ever embrace this kind of open source and the savings it brings. Based on...
- Tags: Telecommunications Company, Open Source, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-04-09
- I%27m+starting+to+look+forward+to+Micro-hoo
- I%27m+starting+to+look+forward+to+Micro-hooYahMic! Yahoo by Microsoft will cost $ 60 billion dollarsIt will be YahMic! for $ 60 billion dollars. Yahoo will accept $60 billion from Microsoft to give this merger a reality. So look forward to YahMic!short for Yahoo by MicrosoftThey'll use it as a leverDo you think that any of...
- Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Channel management, Construction, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., YAHMic
- Discussion threads 2008-02-11
- Microsoft-Yahoo: They don't call it a hostile takeover for nothing...
- Microsoft-Yahoo: They don't call it a hostile takeover for nothing...Off we goI think the takeover is a bad idea, but what do I know? Time will tell who's right. I'd still hate to see Yahoo go down in flames since, IMHO, they're a good company and I don't...
- Tags: Real estate, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-02-11
- Imagine Poker 3 (Windows)
- Imagine Poker 3 features a revamped 3D game interface, fully animated characters, 6 stunning rooms to play in, 2 dealers, improved artificial intelligence, 4 new opponents, and optimization for Windows Vista. Imagine Poker version 3 welcomes Genghis Khan, the Grim Reaper, Marie Antoinette, and the Aussie legend, Ned Kelly. Play...
- Tags: Tournament, Artificial Intelligence, Character, Candywriter, Microsoft Windows, Games, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software, Personal Technology
- Software downloads 2008-01-02
- Anthony Lilley doesn't seem keen on Web 3.0
- With Ian Davis and I packing to join the UK contingent hopping across the Atlantic to this week's Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco, it was interesting to see Anthony Lilley's piece on Web 2.0 and Web 3.0 in today's Guardian. He's clearly not a fan...
- Tags: Web, Web 3.0, Data, Semantic Web, VC, Nova, Web 2.0, Channel Management, Internet, Marketing, Paul Miller
- Blog posts 2007-11-01
- When will Microsoft drop the other health-service shoe?
- When will Microsoft drop the other health-service shoe?Azxxi: Homebrew at bestComments taken from [url=http://www.ucsf.edu/its/listserv/emed-l/27688.html]here[/url]:[i]"...The Microsoft plan, analysts say, could be risky. The software Microsoft is purchasing â€" the price was not disclosed â€" is a homegrown system that has not been used outside a few hospitals. It has no installed...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, health care, Microsoft Corp., Adobe Systems Inc., health care company
- Discussion threads 2007-10-29
- Employer group offers patient control of health records
- Employer group offers patient control of health recordsJust one questionHow do I verify that all extant copies have been deleted?Tooth FairyI am putting a quarter under my pillow now... ;)RE: Employer group offers patient control of health recordsGiven that Craig Barrett believes that the healthcare system is not capable of...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, Dossia, patient, health care, health record
- Discussion threads 2007-09-20
- Can you save the planet by switching to a "black" Google?
- Can you save the planet by switching to a "black" Google?BacklightYou'll probably find that most of the LCD power draw was to support the backlight used to make things visible.Something like Blackle seems just like a tricky way to capture traffic and monitor people's queries. You could probably just...
- Tags: Monitors & displays, Google Inc., Blackle, monitor, LCD, CRT
- Discussion threads 2007-08-29
- Today's Debate: Is computing the magic bullet for health care costs?
- Today's Debate: Is computing the magic bullet for health care costs?Qui bono?Let's see:* Nothing in it for the patient* Nothing in it for the practitioner* Nothing in it for the hospital* Nothing in it for the ultimate payee Government or employer mostly* Huge cost savings for insurersContrary to the approach...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Insurance, electronic record system, health care, patient, magic bullet, Nothing
- Discussion threads 2007-08-28
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