Category Archives: Business
$108 billion to pay out bonuses to top bank executives
Democratic lawmakers are joining the chorus of Americans asking how slumping banks could hand out executive bonuses during the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression.
Following a letter from Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio), House Oversight and Government Reform Committee chairman Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), has opened an investigation into the matter, according to a release from [...]
George Carlin: A wake-up call
No one can say it more clearly, more plainly, more concisely than Carlin.
The Whack-A-Mole Method of Ending Hate In Our Time
Originally submitted to David Farber’s Interesting People mailing list:
Clearly whatever it is that Dutch politician Geert Wilders wants to talk
about in his film is going to be the end of the internet. The news that
Network Solutions decided to pre-empt his use of a domain name registered
through them for the purpose of promoting his [...]
Steal this idea, please
Here’s a suggestion I hope someone follows up on.
If you own or work for a virtual reality lab and would like to contribute to the happiness of a terminally ill adult:
Get together with the Make-A-Wish Foundation (or do this on your own) and create a way for terminally ill parents to enjoy a virtual adulthood [...]
Boeing’s new 787 Dreamliner passenger jet may have a serious security vulnerability
For crying out loud. Will companies please either: hire professional network engineers who can build a secure network and understand vulnerabilities and encryption or, stay out of networking until you can afford to/care to.
Despite what should have been an unavoidable lesson in pathetic networking by TJMaxx, companies continue to roll out networks apparently without a [...]
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