February 2012
10 posts
Drones again
A while ago I noted:
They might seem like a really great idea now, but wait until everybody has them. Ya know, they really aren’t all that high tech.
In the meanwhile we’re lowering the bar on what is considered acceptable. We will regret that someday.
That day is even closer now:
The FAA is also required under the [authorization] bill to provide military, commercial and privately-owned...
Tagg and Matt are confused
… or are they?
The Wurlitzer
However much fun it might be to think Senator Santorum is a viable candidate, it’s far more likely that the Media Wurlitzer thrusts him into the limelight because otherwise there’d be no horserace to cover.
That said, there are reactionary voting segments (whose primaries are being tallied at this moment) who’d vote for anyone they thought could put the “usurper socialist...
Pet Peeve
When people say, “How ya doin’?” as they pass in the opposite direction.
I try to get in a quick, “Fine. And you?” but it’s too late.
Excellent suggestion
Via TBogg, an excellent suggestion…
Join me in donating $50 to Planned Parenthood in honor of
Karen Handel Senior VP of Fail c/o Susan G. Komen Foundation P.O. Box 650309 Dallas, TX 75265-0309
It only takes a minute.
Not to mention the Honey Badger
Willard Romney is trying to put Kanye out of business.
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All good programmers have a few really bad ideas. It’s easy to discover them: they are their favorite ones.
January 2012
38 posts
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Being a pirate is all fun and games 'til somebody...
The GOP primaries are an amusing reality show, but one of these clowns will be the nominee*… and might actually even win!
* Baring a brokered convention, which would also make great TV.
"Human Capital"
In our business metaphors, corporations are people and workers are machines. Things could be worse:
According to WantChinaTimes, Terry Gou, the head of Hon Hai (Foxconn), the largest contract manufacturer in the world, had this to say at a recent meeting with his senior managers:
“Hon Hai has a workforce of over one million worldwide and as human beings are also animals, to manage one...
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Bizarro world
Republicans sense opportunity with SOPA and PIPA to brand Democrats as corporate tools beholden to liberal Hollywood elites. They would not be completely wrong.
Expect to see the GOP line up in opposition, leaving Democrats holding the bag. Can’t the Democrats see they’re being punked?
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All your base are belong to us
What he said:
I think the not quite made enough point about these types of laws [SOPA, PIPA] is that they’re really not about stemming piracy, they’re about big media companies declaring that the internet is ours now, bitches!
— Atrios
I’d add that the major ISPs also prefer a more regulated internet. The more they are required to police, the more they control. The...
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"Corporations are people"
Human rights? Seriously?
Hedge funds have been known to use hardball tactics to make money. Now they have come up with a new one: suing Greece in a human rights court to make good on its bond payments.
— NY Times
You must feed them steak and lobster
As I’ve often remarked, the inner meaning of SOPA and PIPA is a not very subtle message to Silicon Valley companies: “What part of ‘pay to play’ do you not get?”
As long as the entertainment industry spends more money in Washington than the tech industry, bad laws like SOPA and PIPA will appear with frightening regularity. The government will seem ignorant and...
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"Hire a lobbyist like everyone else"
I can’t support these tactics by “Anonymous,” but this congresssional aide’s response speaks volumes.
Lawmakers and their aides have also been targeted. One 25-year-old Congressional aide’s face was superimposed on to pornographic images by a purportedly ‘Anonymous’-affiliated group. Another aide expressed bafflement as to why hackers would resort to these types of...
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WatchDick Dale @ The Blank Club
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File under "level playing field"
Philipp Hildebrand’s (alleged) insider trading is all over the news today. He might be forced to resign, but he probably won’t be prosecuted. Interestingly, the guy who fingered him probably will be:
The bank that allegedly handled the transactions, Banque Sarasin, said an employee had leaked client information by transmitting banking details to a lawyer close to the SVP. It said the...
All Watched Over By Machines of Loving Grace
I don’t watch much TV, but All Watched Over By Machines of Loving Grace was great.
Watch here.
December 2011
55 posts
And another thing about rules...
If you’re one of the .01% and you don’t like the rules, you can get them changed or have them waved:
Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli is intervening in his state’s presidential primary dispute and plans to file emergency legislation to address the inability of most Republican presidential candidates to get their name on the ballot, Fox News has learned.
Meanwhile,...
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