Saturday, August 04, 2001
News Story Links
Salon.com Technology | R.I.P. World Birthday Web - reminds me of listening to "when I was your age" stories by aging baby boomers...
5 Tips for Avoiding Burnout - Practical advice for the perpetually busy.
CRM: Promise, Peril and Eye-Popping Price - Buzzwords can be expensive.
The debate over distributed computing - Having run primenet and SETI in the past I've run into these issues. I've just avoided the problem he did by only running it on machines that I personally owned (bought and paid for myself). I wouldn't have had a problem with what he was doing if he had gotten management support and drawn up a contract detailing the distribution of prize money in the event that he won. I think his employer should have left it as an internal discipline matter instead of getting him arrested though. I still don't understand the politics behind why they waited 18 months to charge him after he resigned (maybe the institution needed cash?).
Bush orders attack on "vampire devices" - Guess they're passing out the wooden stakes in the last meeting? It's a good idea and I hope they make headway, but people won't change their patterns until it's too expensive to do so (same thing with gasoline usage). "Conspicuous Consumption" is a status symbol in the USA, the average person is more concerned with image than with being altruistic.
Tossing cell phones in the trash - Speaking of not-so-eco-friendly.
Verizon Wireless Says Parts Of Network Are 3G-Ready - Now that Metricom's Richochet network is dead (I never signed up because of such limited service areas), I'll be stuck with a 14.4kbps dial-up cellular modem until 2.5G or 3G comes out in a year or 5.
Gamers create a 'god game' frenzy - Black & White is a very cool game. Just make sure you have a high resolution display and lots of CPU horsepower under the hood to get the full beauty of it. The downside is that there's too much micromanagement and not much replay value once you've cleared a level.
Major labels don't plan to offer music to go - And the next reason that the MP3 format will not be replaced by what the music company's wish they could replace it with. These companies just don't get it (you tick off your best customers if you take away fair use rights). I'm sorry, but once I purchase a CD, I have the right to listen to that song in any format that I please, on any device that I please, for as long as I please. I guarantee this service will be hacked folks.
posted by Wuphon's at
6:20 AM
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