With all the hubbub about the restriction of access to Usenet it is wonderful to see that some people are putting thought into this, and realizing that the political adventures in stupidity, by the attorneys general; of New York and California, and the governor of California, are just temporary roadblocks, put there as a sham. [...]
In a reversal of its ‘One on every corner, two in the middle of the block’ policy, coffee giant Starbucks is finding out that George Bush’s stimulus package didn’t stimulate enough taste buds to continue buying overpriced coffee beverages.
The company announced it will be closing over 600 stores this year, to which I can only [...]
Better sell all those NORML t-shirts now, while they have some value, other than as relics of a by-gone era. There is a ballot initiative coming up, possibly as early as November to legalize – not simply decriminalize marijuana.
Reefer madness, indeed.
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There is an initiative in the works that could end up on the November [...]
Wired announced that 630,000 laptops are lost at airports each year. In the United States – no other destinations are included.
This is absolutely nuts. Where are these laptops going? There aren’t that many ‘hot’ laptops for sale – ever. Also, if the lost computers were going to other countries, would we not have heard something [...]
Whoop! Without any notice of change, Google announces this -
Due to reasons unknown, the AdSense referral program is being retired at the end of August. It’s unclear how popular the referral program actually was, but it’s safe to assume it wasn’t a huge money-maker for Google. In their official announcement, they alluded to their reasoning [...]
It isn’t often you find something labeled ‘Commentary’ any more. Of course, all the columns in the ether and myriad pages in the realm of paper are, in one way or another, commentary. We simply have gotten away from that moniker. Also, the term blog has been twisted and contorted to mean almost anything written [...]
It remains one of the biggest problems for many who use computers. It is supposed to be getting better, but statistics from full time usage shows it just is not so.
What is the problem? Hardware failure. In his post this morning, Robin Harris shows that hardware failures are no less than 10 years ago. Does [...]
Announced late yesterday, AMD has released three new processors, all a step in the right direction, but not nearly enough to claim any overall performance crowns.
However, the two more efficient processors, rated at just 65W Total Dissipated Power, and speeds of 1.8GHz, and 2.0GHz, are ready to make very attractive combinations when paired [...]
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