Mon 30 Jun 2003
Dennis J. Kucinich: There is nothing patriotic about the loss of our civil liberties. [John Burkhardt]
I don’t know much about this candidate yet, so I’m not endorsing him. But I do like two things about him:
1.) He has a weblog. Now that’s savvy, even though it really wasn’t his idea.
2.) He opposes intrusion on personal liberties through means like the Patriot Act.
Mon 30 Jun 2003
Thu 5 Jun 2003
UK ID cards - the incredible shrinking consultation. Disappearing the opposition - every Home Secretary’s dream… [The Register]
Tue 29 Apr 2003
Issues for global IT outsourcing. InfoWorld discusses issues surrounding global IT outsourcing.
It’s tempting to believe global outsourcing is as simple as “specs in, widgets out,” jokes Brian Behlendorf , co-founder of Brisbane, Calif.-based CollabNet — an ASP that supports distributed software development — and co-founder of the Apache Software Foundation. Behlendorf points out, however, that in reality things never work that way. “Those specs and widgets are embedded in a complex and subtle framework of collaboration.”
They also go on to discuss some lessons IT managers can learn from open-source development projects. [The Job Blog]
Wed 23 Apr 2003
Spammers Sue Anti-Spam Groups. SuperBanana writes “The Register reports in a story today that spammers have banded together under the name EmarketersAmerica.org to sue various anti-spam … [Slashdot]
Tue 22 Apr 2003
Can Net Whiz Kid Conquer Space?. After selling PayPal to eBay for $1.5 billion, some entrepreneurs might retire to a tropical island. Not Elon Musk, who is determined to revolutionize the satellite-launching business with his new company, SpaceX. By Suneel Ratan. [Wired News]
Mon 21 Apr 2003
Energy From Vibrations. JN writes “Now here’s a nifty invention. What started off as a Small Business Innovation Research grant from the Navy to a MIT professor has turned out to … [Slashdot]
Cool! This should help recapture some of the energy that is converted into another type during a process/reaction.
Mon 21 Apr 2003
“Super-DMCA” Bills In Tennessee and Arkansas. David Turner writes “Tomorrow, Tennessee’s Senate Judiciary Committee is holding a hearing on two nearly identical DMCA-like bills. These bills threaten … [Slashdot]
Mon 21 Apr 2003
Cisco Embedding Surveillance in Routers. Cnet’s Declan McCullagh interviews Cisco’s Fred Baker about the company’s plans to embed surveillance into routers. Baker says the “customers”… [Dan Gillmor's eJournal]
Goodbye privacy. I see you slowly slipping away. :-(.
Mon 21 Apr 2003
Conquest FS: “The Disk Is Dead”. andfarm writes “A few days ago, I sat in at a presentation of a what seems to be a new file system concept: Conquest. Apparently they’ve developed a FS that … [Slashdot]
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