Archive for the ‘opinion’ Category
Sunday, November 30th, 2008
I just read a news release from Lawrance Livermore Labs about how they're all exited about being able to create "billions" of Anti-Matter particles in a laboratory environment.
In terms of anti-matter research and moving our understanding of physics and the universe forward, this is pretty cool. In terms of ...
Posted in Misc, Science, Space, Tech, opinion | No Comments »
Monday, November 24th, 2008
Yesterday I announced that I had had enough of Windows and the fact that in my effort to re-install a seriously hosed copy, it managed to nuke the partition table on my 250GB hard drive, taking all of the contents with it.
I had an install of Debian a couple years ...
Posted in Computers, Linux, Misc, Software, opinion | No Comments »
Saturday, November 22nd, 2008
Over the years Toyota has become a pretty big player in the automotive world. However there is now solid evidence that they have finally grown so much that they're just too big for their britches.
Desktop Nexus, a popular desktop wallpaper site, has been hit by Toyota's willingness to abuse ...
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Sunday, November 16th, 2008
Most people don't really give a lot of thought to their home's decor. In many cases people have the feeling that there isn't much they can to improve the look and feel of their home because they have the idea that this means an overall redesign that might even ...
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Sunday, November 16th, 2008
You could subtitle this: If Matt Cutts is going to attend, would you even bother making las vegas hotel reservations to attend PubCon?
[insert classic Bronx raspberry here]
My answer: Absolutely not!
To me that's kind of a "Duh Moment". Matt Cutts may be a decent enough guy (I honestly don't ...
Posted in Blogging, Blogs, Business, Freedom of speech, Internet, Misc, Websites, opinion | No Comments »
Sunday, November 16th, 2008
The state of Washington is doing something that I think is long overdue. They're going after an SEO outfit for bogus business practices. The state's Attorney General says:
these entities have ripped off their mostly mom-and-pop clientele through a pattern of unfulfilled performance promises and financial shenanigans.
By the way, ...
Posted in Business, Financial, Internet, Websites, opinion | No Comments »
Sunday, November 16th, 2008
How often do you get emails from classmates.com saying that x number of people (former classmates to be specific) have been trying to get in touch with you and that all you need to do in order to find out who they are is pay for a membership at classmates.com ...
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Thursday, November 13th, 2008
Researchers at Perth's Edith Cowan University working with partnership with the Western Australia Police have come up with a tool that they're beta testing that they describe as a "random breath test". It's purpose is to scan computers for illicit images of the sort that won't ever appear on ...
Posted in Computers, File Sharing, Internet, Linux, Privacy, Software, Tech, opinion | No Comments »
Thursday, November 13th, 2008
Inventor Mitch Altman has done the world a favor, two actually. Not only has he invented a device that can turn off almost any tv in public places ... An extremely cool and useful device for restoring a bit of peace and quiet in public areas that really don't ...
Posted in Electronics, Hardware, Tech, opinion | No Comments »
Wednesday, November 12th, 2008
I saw an interesting bit on Slashdot recently, it seems that the Air Force, wants to rewrite the rules of how the Internet works.
The first thing I have to say is that I fully get the need for security and the fact that their IT and security people are tired ...
Posted in Computers, Freedom of speech, Internet, Misc, Networking, Privacy, opinion | No Comments »
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