MySpace is trying to make itself safe for kids but it’s a waste of time and effort. Don’t be fooled – there is no reliable way to keep human trash from trolling for underage victims given the current state of the Net. Do we really want to eliminate that sort of behavior? Sure, but at…
Category: Technology
Robert X. Cringely Rant
Robert X. Cringely tells it like it is re Congress’ recent stupid action. But there have been so many lately! From the essay: Last Saturday the United States Congress passed a port security bill that carried an amendment banning Internet gambling. This was a huge mistake, not because Internet gambling is a good thing (it…
Brazilian Air Crash
Was the crash caused by too much precision? Phil Greenspun seems to think so. It’s an interesting point. What do you think?
Dead Zone
The Internet is the most amazing tool of our time – or any time – for spreading information around. But when it comes to person-to-person relationships it’s an emotional dead zone. The first wired generation is beginning to realize that, while others have known it for some time. Why blog, then? Not to connect emotionally,…
The Internet, an Emotional Dead Zone
The Internet is the most amazing tool of our time – or any time – for spreading information around. But when it comes to person-to-person relationships it’s an emotional dead zone. The first wired generation is beginning to realize that, while others have known it for some time. Why blog, then? Not to connect emotionally,…
W’s Use of Phone Records
Apparently there are more uses for Americans’ phone records than tracking down terrorists. I can’t say I’m surprised. This is exactly why this sort of data shouldn’t be accumulated by the government in the first place. Once these archives are in place, it’s incredibly easy for them to be misused. SQL, anyone? Today we’re backtracking…
Thanks, W…
…for doing your best to make sure that it’s a quarter-century before we have another Republican president. Illegally tapping phone calls of suspected terrorists wasn’t enough for you? You had to compile a database of calls made by everyday, ordinary citizens, too? That’s just what this country needed, I think, John Ashcroft with an Oracle…
Microsoft Idiotic, Duplicitous
The recent case of Kai-Fu Lee, a Microsoft VP who dared to leave MS for Google has a temporary conclusion: A former Microsoft Corp. executive who defected to Google Inc. cannot immediately perform the job Google hired him to do, a judge ruled Thursday, saying Microsoft has a well-grounded fear that leaked trade secrets could…
Spacewalk – Cool!
You’d think that knowing men could do something as freaking cool as this would this whole religious war thing in its proper perspective, wouldn’t you?
An idea from India that actually makes sense.
An idea from India that actually makes sense. State-run Indian Railways is planning to introduce systems to prevent collisions and to keep drivers alert. And you thought you’d never see the day!