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Insurer research arm pushes comparative effectiveness

cougarster comHey guys, do you like dating with a cougar? Or are you a cougar yourself? Okay, no matter you are looking for a NSA, FWB or serious relationship. You'll want to check this out:**== Cougarster.com ==**It's where cougars and younger men can meet(Cougar is the slang for...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Insurance, health care, troll, Dana

Discussion threads 2009-10-28

Sun cuts 3,000 jobs as Oracle takeover twists in regulator limbo

the culprits should be called outThis hardship imposed on Sun's employees and stockholders is due to the instigations from the M$ agents infiltrated in the EU commision.Once these agents are exposed and purged, the deal will go through and OSS will prosper again.Your standards are slipping.Usually it's actually somewhat plausible...

Tags: Real estate, job, Sun Microsystems Inc., Oracle Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-10-20

Critical iTunes flaw exposes Mac, Windows to hacker attacks

No trolls yet? OK, Let me start.If this software was open source, geeks like me could patch it ourselves without needing to wait for some company to do it or not. So at least we would be safer. Windows is a abomination of a 32-bit DOS clone, and OS X...

Tags: Hacking, SECURITY, flaw, Mac Windows, hacker attack, Apple iTunes, window, Apple Macintosh, iTunes flaw

Discussion threads 2009-09-22

Fake "Conficker Infection Alert" spam campaign circulating

Fake "Conficker Infection Alert" spam campaign circulatingI see the Hyenas have come to feedon the scraps left by the Lions.The feeding frenzy has begun. By the way Dancho I didn't bother reading your article but did you mention whose operating system these opportunists are feeding on?'effected' ha ha, how...

Tags: SECURITY, Conficker Infection Alert, spam campaign

Discussion threads 2009-04-09

Polar meltdown both north and south

Polar meltdown both north and southJust trying to justify their jobsthey would be out of work if they came to any other conclusiongovernment funding begets global warmingprivate funding begets global realistsyou decideThese are the same modelsthat failed to predict the current cooling trend, that failed to predict the spike in...

Tags: global warming, south, north, troll, meltdown

Discussion threads 2009-04-04

Tech, telecom join up to beat back trolls

Seeing as how patent reform has died on the vine, several tech and telecom companies are taking matters into their own hands, the Wall Street Journal reports. Scared by the NTP v Research in Motion case, in which the BlackBerry maker came perilously close to folding...

Tags: Patent, Troll, NTP, Telephony, Telecommunications, Networking, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-06-30

Gates hints about Microsoft's cloud futures on his way out

Gates hints about Microsoft's cloud futures on his way outwhy no object DBs?Everyone takes relational DB for granted. Its almost perfect as a DB. But Object DB makes more sense in every manner. Why the concept of object DB is not implemented successfully ?BG is best at BSOther than that,...

Tags: Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-06-23

Microsoft earnings post-mortem: The cash cows quiver

Microsoft earnings post-mortem: The cash cows quiverHa ha haHa ha ha ha ha ha Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha Ha ha ha...

Tags: Linux, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Desktops, OPEN SOURCE, HA-HA HA HA HA, Microsoft Corp., MSFT, troll

Discussion threads 2008-04-25

Are trolls missing a couple of things?

Are trolls missing a couple of things?Are you expecting a large number of talkbacks here?I fear you will be disappointed, because AFAICT almost [b]everyone[/b] here uses a fake name. Not that I can confirm that those [i]very[/i] few people who post under credible-sounding names are using their [u]real[/u] names, either.And...

Tags: Linux, troll, real name

Discussion threads 2008-04-07

Are trolls missing a couple of things?

Trolls are the anonymous conversation killers of the online world. Yet I think they do provide something valuable: an insight into the human condition. In 2006, when AOL released the search terms of its users, it revealed a cornucopia of fascinating insights into people's inner lives: ...

Tags: Insight, Troll, Trolls, Gender And Diversity, Blogging, Productivity, Human Resources, Internet, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2008-04-06

Are trolls the rednecks of the social media world?

Are trolls the rednecks of the social media world?Calling a troll a 'redneck' would be entirely too graciousWhile one can make the argument that trolls and rednecks might not "know no better" when it comes to minding their manners, I have a troll who deliberately visits to make pointed comments...

Tags: Blogging, redneck, troll, social media

Discussion threads 2008-03-25

Are trolls the rednecks of the social media world?

The topic of trolls, people who take time to leave inane, usually abusive comments, that kill conversation on blogs, and forums, and other types of social media is interesting. Check back later this week for more on trolls and my theory about troll culture... by Tom Foremski

Tags: Social Media, Troll, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2008-03-25

AppleTell: Top 15 Leopard Hints

AppleTell: Top 15 Leopard HintsHint 1. If you value your data, don't upgrade.;-)What a shame.You try to post some useful information, and the trolls come out in full force.Or think different.....ha!I never backed up my data using the method that was required for this problem too occur. So...

Tags: No_Ax, Like Laff, troll, random number generator, Microsoft Corp., basement, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-11-26

Microsoft releases two Vista hotfix packs via Windows Update

Microsoft releases two Vista hotfix packs via Windows UpdateEspecially Linux and OS XGo away silly trollHardly, since Apple is the leader of the pack... "this" year on patching. Seems to be more of an issue for the Apple core than the MS faithful, eh? (can't wait to see...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, troll, Microsoft Windows Update

Discussion threads 2007-08-29

Cory Doctorow on taming the trolls

Cory Doctorow on taming the trollsAttracting the trollsFirst let's define what a troll is. Basically it's someone who disagrees with you - they may be foaming at the mouth and raving about Win$ucks or Eunuchs (guilty ;-)) or be incapable of logical argument see Paul Murphy but essentially they...

Tags: Blogging, ZDNet Bloggers, Cory Doctorow, troll, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-05-15

Report: Open-source e-mail systems biggest threat to Microsoft Exchange

Report: Open-source e-mail systems biggest threat to Microsoft ExchangeRe: Do you actually believe such drivel or.....He's not a troll. Anton's top-level consideration about whether to use a certain software product is ideological. He doesn't despise Linux per se. He despises the production model that leads to it...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Microsoft Exchange Server, e-mail, Poor Anton, open source, Microsoft Corp., troll, developper, drivel, Anton

Discussion threads 2007-03-23

NTP slaps Palm with patent infringement suit

NTP slaps Palm with patent infringement suitHere we go again.... NT*sigh*Maybe Palm should just stall as much as possible untill the pantens areinvalidated, and the apeals process at the patent office has run it's course. About the only thing that NTP can hope is that they can squeeze a settlement...

Tags: patent, NTP, RJR Direct, troll, Palm Inc., patent troll

Discussion threads 2006-11-06

BloggerCon: Core values and Mike Arrington rails against the trolls

BloggerCon: Core values and Mike Arrington rails against the trollsTherapy SessionMike is still making the mistake of trying to get people to feel sorry for him. Instead, he just ends up amplifying the perception that he is insecure about whether the criticism about his conflicts and thin skin are...

Tags: troll, CORE VALUES, Bloggercon, Mike Arrington

Discussion threads 2006-06-24

BloggerCon: Core values and Mike Arrington rails against the trolls

Mike Arrington of TechCrunch led the penultimate BloggerCon IV session on the topic of core values for bloggers (and podcasters + vloggers). The Doc Searls Docnography notes from the session are here, and the downloadable podcast is here.Mike started off the session with the statement that the blogosphere doesn't have...

Tags: blogger

Blog posts 2006-06-24

Rise of the patent trolls

Rise of the patent trollsTrollage!You make it sound like a company would buy a patent for the sole purpose of protecting itself from some evil troll. A company would NEVER buy a patent to stick it to their competitors or to stifle a market so their product comes out...

Tags: patent, patent troll, troll

Discussion threads 2005-10-12