FATHER + SAILOR + TECHNOLOGIST + MUSICIAN + CYCLIST
Well, my faith in Internet Security Systems (ISS) has plummeted. When a security company cowers to a corporate giant like Cisco, and favors not notifying the tech public about security flaws because of that giant, one must now wonder what is the value of ISS, and can it continue to be a company that one trusts related to security management.
For Michael Lynn, hat’s off to you.
Los Angeles Times: Probe Begins in Cisco Flaw Case
Well, well, well. Think we’ll get used to these prices? We have been for over a year now. And just think, our new energy policy gives massive tax credits to petro companies because their ovewhelming balance sheets aren’t showing a 100% year over year increase in profits. Then the taxpayer will throuw in a little extra, like pay for the infrastructure to allow petro companies to gain access to oil on federal lands. And oh yeah, we’ll probably lease the land to them for about $2 per year.
So that’s why Bill created MSN Virtual Earth. Just like voodoo, if you remove it from a map, they disappear all together !!! Microsoft’s Earth deletes Apple HQ | The Register
What is it with corporate folks that give them the urge to send you an email to notify you that they just left you a voicemail, or leave you a voicemail notifying you that they sent you an email? And now, a new one, you get an Instant Message notifying you that the person is ABOUT to send you an email …..
Hmm, I’m pondering a new approach. When people ask me why I haven’t responded to their communicay, I’ll just reply, “Did you follow that up with a voicemail or email?”
The garage where it all started….
Hot off the presses, Hp to drop innovation from it’s portfolio and make a run at being another Dell. Hp, who is under a lot of pressure is wildly looking into measures to cut costs, even at the expense of what has (in my opinion) kept the company alive, it’s research and innovation. Truly dark days for this company. They should have passed on teh Compaq deal, it’s just not working. MercuryNews.com | 07/21/2005 | HP cuts `exciting’ research; legendary pioneer leaving
Yes !!!! Our next step to our Orwellian experience. Credit cards, stolen. Drivers license? Oops, left it in the car. So what to do? Embed all your information iinto your fingernail by burning it in with a laser.
“Who are you”
“The new Number 2”
“Who is Number 1”
“You are Number 6”
“……..I am not a number, I am a free man !!!”
Data at your fingertips. Could your fingernails be used as credit cards?
Beam me up one more time ‘Star Trek’ Star James Doohan Dies – Yahoo! News
Wow, it took Harvard Business School to do a review of something workers have known forever. Value the work over the tools, reward excellence with challenges, and minimize hassles. Harvard Business Review Online | Managing for Creativity
Well, it’s finally come. IBM has officially put the nail in the coffin for our beloved OS. Somewhere out there in Raleigh, is an “OS2GURU” on suicide watch.
Ah, the days of the workplace shell, PMMail, WinCim for OS2, and yes, that cursed config.sys file. It was the best and worst configuration file ever written. IT was our savior, it was powerful, configurable and made sense. But when you put something in out of order, it was your worst nightmare, with countless reboots to get it right. But this system rocked for it’s day, it was very stable, rarely crashed, was the leader in the 32bit desktop worls as far as technology but it just never really caught on outside tech circle and handcuffed IBM customers using CommManager/2.
It’s ashame that IBM never really didn’t give OS/2 due diligence, and allowing the market to come it to a 16-bit Windows OS instead of hammering the message home, and following up with a wealth of applications.
IBM Software – OS/2 Warp – Product Overview
Finally, a bit of justice. Burney Ebbers get 25 years but I think he should have gotten more. After an $11Bn accounting fraud, and 20,000 employees affected either from the loss of thie jobs, or loss of retirements, and also $180Bn lost by investors, he really should have gotten more. But as we all know, he’ll most likely have to stay at a resort prison and be forced to use the house clubs when playing golf.
Former WorldCom chief jailed for 25 years. 14/07/2005. ABC News Online
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