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Saturday, October 2, 2004
Angels Snatch Title as A's Fall Apart. Anaheim scored three runs in the eighth inning off Oakland relievers to rally for a victory and clinch the American League West title. By By VITTORIO TAFUR. [ The New York Times > Home Page]
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Dodgers Win West as Giants Collapse in 9th. Steve Finley smashed a grand slam with two outs in the ninth inning, capping a seven-run inning that clinched Los Angeles' first division title since 1995. By By LEE JENKINS. [The New York Times > Home Page]
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William Lind. Training troops in Iraq. When asked for their solution to the mess in Iraq, both of America[base ']s presidential candidates [^] Tweedledumb and Tweedlephony [^] advance the same line: [base "]train more Iraqi security forces.[per thou] Once enough Iraqis have been trained, they suggest, American troops can be withdrawn and our puppet Iraqi government can stand on its own six legs. Unfortunately, the problem is not training, but loyalty. All the training in the world is worthless if the people being trained have no reason to fight for those who are training them. And a paycheck isn[base ']t much of a reason, especially when the fellow Iraqis they are to battle are fighting for God.
Throughout history, armies of hirelings have melted at a touch when faced with people fighting for something they believe in. All the training in the world will make no difference. The core problem is the deepest taproot of Fourth Generation war: the [base "]state[per thou] Iraqi security forces are being told to fight for has no legitimacy. When Bush and Kerry argue that we can avoid defeat in Iraq by training more Iraqis to do the fighting for us, they are indulging in a grand illusion.
Plus a Boyd analysis of the situation. [John Robb's Weblog]
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NASA says West Antarctic glaciers thinning, and much media coverage hypothesizes is due to global warming. In which, case it might be useful to look at temperature trends in Antarctica. That's funny, most of the continent is getting colder.
[Edward Mitchell: Common Sense Technology]
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Senate poised to allow unlimited tech temporary workers from other countries. Measure supported by both Democrats (yes, Democrats) and Republicans. [Edward Mitchell: Common Sense Technology]
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Oregon school districts looks to give students iBooks [The Macintosh News Network]
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PowerBook Upgrade and Repair Guides [Slashdot:]
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Firefox 0.10.1 Released, Fixes Security Hole [Slashdot:]
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Bill
Gates says offshoring in China and India is good for the USA.
Perhaps, maybe, kinda. But definitely not good for computer science and
information systems people: at my college, our CIS enrollment has
dropped one-third from just 12 months ago. And 12 months ago, we were
already down one-third from two years before that. Our enrollment is now
down 2/3ds from the peak just
three years ago.
We wish it was just our college - but I am hearing from other colleges in my
state and some colleges in other states and many are seeing 40%,
50% drops in enrollment. Even
MIT computer science is way down.
A few years ago, computer and information systems was to be the future
of the U.S.
But then, Bill also says that computers are too unreliable and too hard to use. Maybe he's using the wrong computer?
[Edward Mitchell: Common Sense Technology]
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Apple Macs cost less than comparable Dells. Interesting and compelling price comparison from Linux News.
[Edward Mitchell: Common Sense Technology]
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The Seattle-Post Intelligencer newspaper recently did a story on the downfall of AT&T Wireless,
which is in the process of being acquired by Cingular. The executives
of AT&T Wireless objected to the story, yet the Seattle-PI received an enormous number of letters from customers and former employees vouching for the story content.
When AT&T acquired the original McCaw Cellular, they acquired a
provider known for excellent customer service. But then proceeded to
ignore the needs of customers and soon began losing subscribers, while
other cellular providers continued to grow. (Tnx to N7FSP who brought
this to my attention a week ago.)
[Edward Mitchell: Common Sense Technology]
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Gates undaunted by Linux (InfoWorld).
InfoWorld - MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- Microsoft Chairman and Chief
Software Architect Bill Gates, during an appearance here Friday at the
Computer History Museum, expressed no fear of Linux usurping Windows in
the software industry. [Yahoo! News - Technology]
And he's mostly right ... Microsoft's
patent strategy will make things difficult for a competitor that lacks
a patent portfolio to trade.
[Edward Mitchell: Common Sense Technology]
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Whither Sarbanes-Oxley?. When I first heard about Sarbanes-Oxley (The Public Company Accounting Reform and Investor Protection Act), a posse of suits from Deloitte Touche were telling an audience of other suits about how important it was. My first thought was, Hmm. Sounds like Expensive Consultant Full Employment Assurance Act to me...
Basically, it's about accounting and accountability. Or so I gather. Reading it is a hazard to my ass, because after awhile it's sure to get bored off. Still, I'm sure it's the result of Good Intentions. I am, however, also sure that it's forcing companies to do grand experiments with unintended consequences.
For example, shutting off all communications that aren't "accountable" or "compliant" in some way. [Doc Searls' IT Garage - News, ideas and real world stories about how IT folks solve their own problems]
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The man. The martini.. Hamptons Man 2004. At Hamptons Man eveyone and everything is fabulous. Just showing up is genius... The air we breathe. Sponsored. The earth we stand on. Sponsored. The vodka we drink. Sponsored. Our aspirations, hopes and eternal spirit. Sponsored. Sponsored. Sponsored. Hamptons Man celebrates the frontiers of mankind's evolution: the transcendent dance between brand and humanity. Between product and essence. The emergence of a commercial being greater than us all. At Hamptons Man nothing can be bought or sold because everything is given away. Here everyone is someone and the utopian economy of the goody bag has replaced notions of scarcity. Love, nurtured by eternally pining brands, abounds.
Bonus link: Hampton Slut. [The Doc Searls Weblog]
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.Mac Storage Capacity Increased [MacSlash]
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