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 Tuesday, July 16, 2002
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Creepy logo
A home made looking logo from the Patent Office Newsletter. Definitely creepy, if somebody thinks that security comes from peeping through the keyhole. 
Tip o' the hat to Mark for the link.
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Jobs I am qualified for, but have no intention of applying for.
One of the job boards I'm signed up for sent me these two listings:
Lead Program Manager, Microsoft Corporation, US-CA-Mountain View
Development Manager, Microsoft Corporation, US-CA-Mountain View
As my friend Tony said "Commuting [2 hours] to Mountain View to work for Microsoft on a TV product. A trifecta." He knows how I feel about TV, Microsoft, and wasting time commuting.
The sad thing is, I am extremely well qualified for those jobs -- I have exactly the experience they are looking for. Now if I can just find someone else in the East Bay who is working on something socially worthwhile who wants a Program or Development Manager...
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Largest Oracle shared database project
Today I was looking at jobs at Kaiser Permanente, the giant HMO. I saw this listing:
Director of Network Services
With the name, National Operations, you can assume that our focus is huge - not to mention, 24/7 - and you'd be right. In a nutshell, NOPS is a group of 850-plus people who provide the day-to-day automation services necessary to support Kaiser Permanente's many medical groups, business partners and millions of members. With 6,000 servers, NOPS is one of the largest Oracle shared database projects in the world.
Wow. Well, I have to say - I'm not qualified for that job, and I don't think that I would like it even if I was. Can you imagine the phone call if 6,000 servers went down?
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TV is ...
Somebody else who thinks that TV is one of the biggest sources of evil in our society today. A truly awsome rant, courtesy of Jeremey Zawodny.
Maybe this is a good time to put in a plug for the TV Turn-off Network. They are looking for a program director. It sounds like a typical non-profit job -- work long hours for little pay and do good. Maybe somebody reading this would be interested in the job? Or contributing?
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Scary editorial by Paul Krugman in the NYT
Paul Krugman answers one interesting question that I am sure that Bush partisans will be asking:
Why are George W. Bush's business dealings relevant? Given that his aides tout his "character," the public deserves to know that he became wealthy entirely through patronage and connections. But more important, those dealings foreshadow many characteristics of his administration, such as its obsession with secrecy and its intermingling of public policy with private interest.
Read his editorial for details and connections. The more I know, the more scared I get. It's scary to find your worst fears confirmed.
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Radio Blog categories up and running
I finally got my weblog divided into categories. I'm sure you will see more work here, but for now know that if you couldn't care less about my struggles with blogging tools, but are interested in the latest dirt I've seen on Bush, you can just click on the politics link above. That way you will miss all the entries like these.
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Why is the media only now questioning Bush's shady stock dealings?
A brilliant article and question from Harold Evans: Why didn't the media question Bush's shady stock dealings before he became president?
Apparently Talk magazine (edited by his wife Tina Brown) ran a long special on the Harken stock scandal and the Rangers sale about a month before the election, but nobody in the media picked it up. The answers he suggests:
"The 2000 election was notorious for the way beat reporters got themselves trapped in a narrative that was throughout impervious to real news: the narrative that Gore was a braggart and a poseur and Bush was an amiable Forrest Gump. Anything that did not fit the preconceived pattern had little chance of seeing ink or breathing air. Throughout the entire campaign, the political reporters and their editors were typically less concerned with the integrity of Bush than Gore's decision to wear earth tones.
Second, they were suckers for spin when the Republican campaign managers shrewdly cottoned on to the material needed to keep the Gore stereotype going.
Finally, there was surely an element of political and personal prejudice against Clinton and Gore. The then-head of CNN said the network "would not dream of touching" the story; to do so would be unfair to Mr. Bush so close to the election."
The entire article is worth reading if you are interested in a complete picture of Bush the shady businessman trading in on his Dad's name to make money.
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Joe Conason off to a good start at Salon
Salon Magazine (recommended) recently hired Joe Conason to do a daily political blog, and Joe is off to a good start. I love people who can write with an edge -- I wish I could do it. Read this:
"When George Bush talks, people listen -- and sell. When Bush stopped talking for a few hours, the market eventually rallied, although not quite enough to erase the sickening 439-point plunge that followed his speech. Listening to the president dish out platitudes in Alabama could make any intelligent American despair. He still boasts about his tax cuts, and complains about the inheritance tax, with considerably more conviction than he can muster when he finally mentions corporate corruption. He still talks about reining in the trial lawyers, as if they're somehow to blame for the drifting economy." More
Go Joe Go.
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Life sentence for computer hacking?
Declan McCullagh reports that the House overwhelmingly approved a computer crime bill that would allow for life prison sentences for malicious computer hackers, and that also expands police ability to conduct Internet or telephone eavesdropping without first obtaining a court order.
It sounds pretty draconian, but when you read the details, I'm not sure if it is as draconian as it sounds. I'll have to mull it over. I'm curious what others think.
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© Copyright 2002 Tim Bishop aka Geodog.
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