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Month: August, 2002

Martha’s Future Career

30 August, 2002 (23:43) | Humor | 1 comment

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The future of warfare?

30 August, 2002 (21:34) | Technology | No comments


Let’s help the Players

30 August, 2002 (08:28) | Humor | No comments

It appears I’m starting to laugh again - this is a good thing The following was sent to me by my old friend Gwenny the Pooh - thanks Gwenny
Since September 11, 2001, Americans have come together as never before in our generation. We have banded together to overcome tremendous adversity. We have [...]

Nortel dives again

29 August, 2002 (22:33) | Telecom | No comments

A year ago Nortel stock was trading over $80 a share now it is hovering around the $1 mark. Lucent has suffered just as much. This is incredible. Nortel and Lucent are the two biggest suppliers of telecom infrastructure hardware in the world. With the demise, or near demise, of companies like Worldcom, 360 networks [...]

WWJD

29 August, 2002 (11:33) | Humor | 2 comments

Looks like today is my humour day
Most people assume WWJD stands for “What would Jesus do?” But the initials really stand for “What would Jesus drive?” “One theory is that Jesus would tool around in an old Plymouth because the Bible says, “God drove Adam and Eve out of the Garden of Eden [...]

Something to Squawk about

29 August, 2002 (10:40) | Humor | No comments

Margueritaville is infested with filthy fowl and residents are furtively fighting back while concealing their foul deeds.
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istory 101: the dream is dead

28 August, 2002 (22:38) | Sociology | No comments

John Brand has an excellent article in Yellow Times today on the decline of vision in the US today.
America’s problems, screaming at us from the headlines of the daily papers, are endless. What is our country’s underlying disease? Is it
terrorism? Is it our balance of trade deficit running into the billions? Is it a President [...]

Shaping public perception

28 August, 2002 (22:10) | Sociology | No comments

Doreen Miller has an article in Yellow Times today called The Lies We are Told. It is an interesting article to read as it outlines much of the brutality and hypocrisy in US foreign policy and how the media and politicians lie to the public to shape public perception. However, in my view, like all [...]

Top Myths of Computing

28 August, 2002 (19:41) | Computer | No comments

Ah John Dvorak and his myopic vision are at it again. He blames the technology rather than the people using it. As usual he’s good for a laugh so go laugh at him
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Michael Powell vs The Economy

27 August, 2002 (23:14) | Telecom | No comments

Thanks to Tom over at Backup Brain for pointing me to this article. As I’ve said many times over the years deregulation of the Telecom industry is nothing but a consumer disaster waiting to happen. Michael Powell is moving rapidly now to put regulation of information services, deliverd over traditional telecom and cable networks, beyond [...]

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