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Fanzines, fantasies, and facts

Fanzines, fantasies, and factsAt least 2 strikes here...1) Most people who scream 'Science' are usually just slandering. Your version of 'Science' seems to be that people have to prove that activies known to be harmful have to be proven to destroy the planet before you're willing to do anything about...

Tags: Real estate, treaty obligation, Apple Macintosh

Discussion threads 2006-04-28

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Groups fear secret IP treaty

Groups fear secret IP treatyCrypto is the endWhat they don't seem to understand is that freedom is like a virus. The more you try to stamp it out, the more it adapts to thrive.The result of increased trouble with P2P is that all you do is drive the content...

Tags: Peer to peer (P2P), Network technology, NETWORKING, secret IP treaty, IP treaty, treaty, IP, P2P

Discussion threads 2008-09-16

Groups fear secret IP treaty

Have you heard of ACTA? Chances are good you haven't. Not much is known about the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, as Wired reports, since the IP-protection treaty is being negotiated in secret. All we know for certain is it's a treaty (.pdf) about beefing up intellectual...

Tags: Treaty, IP, Chances, Intellectual Property, Internet, Healthcare, Research & Development, Business Operations, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-09-16

Dell repair adventure, day 3

Dell repair adventure, day 3dell next day serviceI had to use the service back in February for my XPS 1330 as it had the Nvidia Issue. I have to say that as for the repair, they turned it in about 2 hours (according to the tracking numbers.) It...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Dell Computer Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-09-02

The Technological and Economic impact of a New Cold War

The Technological and Economic impact of a New Cold WarPrivate space transportationInterestingly, the weakening US-Russian relationship may end up being very good for the US private space industry. Even before the latest souring of relations, NASA made contingency plans to limit dependency on Soyuz and avoid relying on the Russian...

Tags: Commercial Orbital Transportation Services program, NASA, COTS, Soyuz, Economic Impact, SpaceX, cargo

Discussion threads 2008-09-01

The Technological and Economic impact of a New Cold War

  Cummings of the Daily Express, 24 August 1953, "Back to Where it all Started" The events of the last several weeks surrounding Russia's invasion of Georgia and its recognition of the rogue provinces of South Ossetia and Abkhazia have threatened to...

Tags: Russia, Russian, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-09-01

Public policy and open source

Public policy and open sourceGovernments should tread carefullyBy all means they should use OSS if it is the most cost-effective use of the taxpayers' money. But that's as far as it should go. There shouldn't be any 'affirmative action' for OSS.NoneGovernment should have a policy of using public funds in...

Tags: Vertical industries, open source, government

Discussion threads 2008-08-28

Apple's biggest rumor: iPod or Jobs?

Apple's biggest rumor: iPod or Jobs?RE: Apple's biggest rumor: iPod or Jobs?And if he Doesn't take the stage the rumors will be worse. Conditions such as Crohn's disease, which affect digestive absorption, can also significantly affect weight loss. I suspect that Jobs' surgery is responsible- and he has said he...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Digital music, Apple Inc., job, Apple iPod, Steve Jobs

Discussion threads 2008-08-26

This week's rants

This week's rantsYou've got it.I never tire of Robin Harris telling the world that MS has lost all their data...a classic. Even when he admits other filesystems are worse. Why then MS? Well they are the biggest and deserve to be blamed...so there..pouted Robin in reply to that question. ...

Tags: Linux, Blogging, Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., Seinfeld

Discussion threads 2008-08-23

What's future proofing worth? Analyzing the Verizon FiOS bet

There's a lot of discussion today about whether Verizon's $23 billion investment in its FiOS network was worth it, but the argument really comes down to this: How much is future-proofing your business worth? The New York Times did an in-depth analysis about Verizon's FiOS rollout and...

Tags: Comcast Corp., Verizon Communications Inc., Cable, Network Technology, Internet, TVs, Financial Accounting, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Networking, Home Entertainment, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-19

Forbes rewrites the history of open source

Forbes rewrites the history of open sourceI guess it was a political articleYou just convinced me that the purpose of this article in Forbes being written was to score political points. Which makes its rewriting of history doubly-disgusting.Libertarian?I'm pretty sure the GPL is normally associated with socialism, not libertarianism. Libertarians...

Tags: open source, Forbes, libertarian, software

Discussion threads 2008-08-18

MSE rises like a phoenix from the beta ashes

Knock knock. Who's there? A shameless self-marketing campaign, trying to throw anything Microsoft related your way. Well, not any more anyway, as the Microsoft Student Experience has been thrown out of beta with golden depth charges. The website now looks what it actually...

Tags: Kind, Microsoft Corp., Beta, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Apple Mac OS X, Portals, Apple Mac OS, Corporate Communications, Operating Systems, Internet, Software, Marketing, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-08-16

Campaign 08: H1-B questions for candidates

Campaign 08: H1-B questions for candidatesThis one gets me...[i]Will you seek to increase the H-1B cap so that employers can hire tech workers who are in low supply and high demand in the U.S.?[/i]Mr. Meltzer forgot a word [i]junior[/i], as in [i]junior tech workers[/i]. There is a shortage of...

Tags: Strategy, Koman, H-1B, H-1B visa, tech worker, job, immigration system

Discussion threads 2008-08-13

Will vendors now boycott Massachusetts?

Will vendors now boycott Massachusetts?Medical device development in MassachusettsSpeaking as a member of the orthopedic medical device industry, it is our hope that the regulatory process will allow input from industry to develop reasonable disclosure guidelines without stifling activities that are beneficial to Massachusetts healthcare consumers. Below is an abbreviated...

Tags: HEALTHCARE, Benefits, medical device, S. 2863, medical device industry, health care, manufacturer, industry

Discussion threads 2008-08-11

Do you know where your computers are being recycled?

Do you know where your computers are being recycled?Good storyIf this were a story about Windows vs. Mac vs. Linux there'd be a hundred posters yelling at each other by now. It isn't, it's just a really significant issue that affects people here rather directly... we're all using computers, that...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, One-Man, computer, Basel

Discussion threads 2008-08-11

Jobs: App Store is huge; iPhone has a kill switch

Jobs: App Store is huge; iPhone has a kill switchWhere are real journalists when you need them?Mr. Jobs also glossed over the fact one of the most useful apps, if not THE most useful, was booted off the AppStore presumably to appease AT&T. Netshare, which allows you to tether your...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Hacking, job, Apple Inc., App Store, Apple iPhone, kill-switch, Steve Jobs

Discussion threads 2008-08-11

Do you know where your computers are being recycled?

I have almost 200 really old iMacs that are supposed to be recycled by Apple before school opens in September. I have an abandoned school building closed last year due to budget cuts with another 100 or so badly battered PCs that are in really sad shape, too. ...

Tags: boy, e-waste, nigeria, computer, productivity, christopher dawson

Blog posts 2008-08-10

Will the $12 computer pwn the $100 laptop?

Will the $12 computer pwn the $100 laptop?Will it pwn the XO? No, and here's why...the XO and what MIT is cooking up here serve two totally different purposes and audiences. The XO is for teaching children how to collaborate, create content, and learn with a computer. MIT's proposal will...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, laptop computer, CherryPal C100, computer, $100 laptop

Discussion threads 2008-08-05

Sony's Photo Frame

Sony's Photo FrameSony's reputation was marred enough by the Rootkit fiascoAnd what in the world does Microsoft have to do with this?Are lawyers responsible for poor product design?It sounds similar to blaming the messenger for the bad news. And it's typically the Mac users who are reputed to be arrogant.Limited...

Tags: Linux, Flash memory, UNIX, Operating systems, Sony Corp., Microsoft Corp., photograph, photo frame

Discussion threads 2008-08-02

What if Apple had conducted the 'Mojave Experiment'?

What if Apple had conducted the 'Mojave Experiment'?AmenI agree. No matter what they do, people will still piss and moan.a lot of windows users are p*ssed.Windows users were told it would run fine on older machines. The RC was going to be faster than the beta, the gold would be...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Marketing research, Digital media, Digital music, Apple Inc., Mojave Experiment, Microsoft Windows Vista, MSFT

Discussion threads 2008-07-29