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Very well said
posted by jonpollard » May 29 11:43 AM | 1 comments. A blasphemy trial out of the 17th century "Let's be clear. Criticising the precepts of modern Islam and the resultant actions of its adherents is not racist. Philosophically, it is the precise opposite of racism. It is an intellectual position arrived at through a consideration of ideas, rather than a cruel and irrational prejudice based upon the colour of someone's skin." Rod Liddle discusses the upcoming prosecution of French writer Michel Houellebecq for a comment he made about Islam in an interview. Some interesting points here about the wider context, in which Houellebecq has been attacked for the beliefs of the fictional characters he creates. [MetaFilter]
2:20:34 PM 
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Can I get a comment?
I'm way out on the edge of all that has been said about the Consumer Broadband and Digital Television Promotion Act (CBDTPA). Can someone give me a link or two that will catch me up? I'm not nearly as interested in the propaganda as I am some unbiased description of what this really means. Are the letters at the Electronic Frontiers Foundation accurate? Is this as simple as a battle between content owners and technology providers?
Content owners believe that if any ability to "copy" their work is allowed, then revenues suffer. Technology providers believe that any inhibition of "copy" technology is government intrusion. Is that the ultimate debate?
FULL DISCLOSURE: I truly am in the dark about a lot of this. I don't mean to slant my portrayal of the issues. Let me know what to read!
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, tell all your friends about the CBDTPA!! [Scripting News]
12:30:28 PM
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The Accounting Game - Basic Accounting Fresh From the Lemonade Stand
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10:13:27 AM
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A multi-hour spreadsheet
built to "show the bigwigs" smacks of an organization that isn't quite committed yet! I'm not being critical of Meryl at all. I've just seen so many instances where work is being done in organizations that no customer is concerned about or would pay to have done. Those tasks often smack of bureacracy.
If the exec's are committed to 'training,' a spreadsheet showing the class schedule should be sufficient. Questions like, "what is not getting done while folks are in training?" and "why have we agreed that this training is needed?" might help.
Excel Blackhole. I've literally been buried in Excel trying to create tracking metrics for a training program. The problem is that there are too many variables to create a pivot table or... [meryl's notes]
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© Copyright 2002 Steve Pilgrim.
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