Monday, July 9, 2007

"My Generation"

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Good to see that the Who re-formed and are going strong. "Rock is dead; long live rock."

Review of: Founders At Work: Stories of Startups’ Early Days, Livingston, Jessica. Apress, Berkeley, CA: 2007, Computing Reviews.

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Founders features thirty two interviews from the past twenty five years with the founders of startups and key employees of tech companies. ...
Sunday, July 8, 2007

Court Rules on Alaska Joe & His "Bong Hits 4 Jesus." Banner

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“Bong Hits 4 Jesus” is a meaningless expression, idiotic, and was first thought of by an 18-year old high school senior. But that does not m...
Saturday, July 7, 2007

"I'm gonna' find her," "Searchin,'" The Coasters, 1957

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I noted the other day about a search that is new to me, Mahalo , that has interesting possibilities. In addition, if you are in the market ...

Life is bleaker in Iraq

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The BBC World Service is monitoring the extra 30,000 U.S. troops deployed in Iraq since the launch of the "surge" in February. The...
Friday, July 6, 2007

"Danger! Danger! Will Robinson"

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A news story by Computerworld announces the realization of what was only a dream in the '60s TV Show, Lost in Space , by reporting that ...
Thursday, July 5, 2007

Why Johnny Can't Shoot

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Johnny can shoot who he wants to in the Insurgency game. He can mow down Americans at will if he (or she) chooses as illustrated (click on i...

Re-up!

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Graph showing the percentage of and where foreign born soldiers come from to serve in the U.S. military. 600 soldiers re-enlisted in the Uni...

Hawaii 10,000

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Mahalo expects to obtain 10,000 query results for search terms by the end of this year. How? By using results hand-picked by humans accordi...
Wednesday, July 4, 2007

Unity & Freedom: Terrorist? Sunni? Shi'i? Iraqi?

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In the video an Iraqi is kidnapped by terrorists and asked at gunpoint if he is Sunni or Shi'i. "I am Iraqi" he finally answer...
Tuesday, July 3, 2007

Thought Experiment: Imagine a World Without America

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The world without America is something to think about. Let's think a bit more on the 4th of July.

Made in China

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China is the number one place for malicious software and spam. "In June, some 40% of malicious software worldwide originated from Beiji...

Pandemic Planning Runs Afowl in the U.S.

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Update: "Power companies include IT in disaster planning: Experts confer at this week's World Conference on Disaster Management Jul...
Monday, July 2, 2007

The French Want to "Berry" the Canadians

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You have to hand it to the French. They are right on top of every international threat to their way of life. The Washington Post and Le Mond...
Sunday, July 1, 2007

Lugar Senate Floor Speech Calls for Course Change in Iraq

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Richard Lugar (R-Indiana) is basically correct on one point: Iraqis Don’t Want to Be Iraqis. To make the point more directly I would argue t...
Friday, June 29, 2007

Is the Internet Replacing TV?

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In a significant development the Internet is on the cusp of surpassing TV as an "essential medium" for Americans according to a po...
Tuesday, June 12, 2007

Blogs

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Blogs are a new way to communicate although many are not read or are dying at the same time. The format is easy to use and not at all like t...

Review of: Establishing and Maintaining Long-Term Human-Computer Relationships

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Date: Tue 26-07-2005 02:05 PM Review Number: 38526 Establishing and maintaining long-term human-computer relationships Establishing and ma...
Monday, June 11, 2007

When did the U.S. first commit ground troops to the Middle East?

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When did the United States commit to placing ground troops in the Middle East? Did George Bush, Sr., or Jr., invent the doctrine? No. The Ei...
Monday, June 4, 2007

American Hijab: non-American Hijab

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Men don't cover themselves in Islam. Men do enforce women covering themselves. Guess who has the problem? Male Muslims. A Bahraini cleri...