Tuesday, November 26, 2002|
Sync from the Newton to the iCal is now working. Next up: meeting notes. After that, iCal to Newton... then repeating meetings. 6:58:12 PM  comment []
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Georgy Do-Right. A top Canadian official calls Bush a "moron" -- and her countrymen cheer. Why do our northern neighbors think the president is a chimp?
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Universal Music Group's New Music Sharing Service So much for downloading music legally... their service only works on Windows, and you can't get the files as MP3s so they won't work with my iPod either. [Slashdot] 1:27:54 PM comment []
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U.N. Report Finds Women Make Up 50 Percent of HIV Infections. A U.N. agency report has found that, worldwide, for the first time as many women as men are infected with HIV. By Reuters. <sarcasm&gr;The religious right was correct all along... it's obviously a gay disease (or, in some people's minds, a cure).</sarcasm&gr; [New York Times: NYT HomePage] 12:37:52 PM comment []
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100 Computers of U.S. Midshipmen Seized. The United States Naval Academy has seized 100 computers from students who are suspected of having downloaded unauthorized copies of music files over the Internet. By Amy Harmon. [New York Times: Technology] 10:20:47 AM comment []
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Critics Say Government Deleted Web Site Material to Push Abstinence. Information on condoms, abortion and ways to reduce sex among teenagers has been removed from government Web sites. By Adam Clymer. [New York Times: Technology] 10:19:08 AM comment []
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The stock market continues to suck today. Not news, I know. But here's the thing... the dot commies that all of us love to hate did help the economy in general. Why? Because they spent every cent that came their way. Every penny went towards computer equipment, high-paid consultants, ping pong tables, toys, etc. And they usually paid retail cuz, eh, who cares, the party will last forever. And the high-paid consultants (I was one of them) got rich and... you guessed it... spent all their money. As did those who became millionares off of stock options. From a personally fiscal point of view it was foolish. But these people kept the economy healthy by spreading their money around. For once, trickle-down economics almost worked. They were doing far more good for the US economy than those companies that put all of their R&D money into India, where they can get engineers for $10 a week, and hoarding the profits into their respective private stashes. This is why I feel that the government isn't helping things by keeping big business healthy. If the government really wants to stimulate the economy it should create a gigantic VC fund, and hand money out liberally to startups, without any of the shady deals required by VCs. Give people a tax refund right now and they'll probably just save it for a rainy day. Do the same for big business and they'll just send the money off to India or China or, worse yet, use the money to fund a merger, which of course always means layoffs. 9:46:23 AM comment []
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