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The P2P of searching... 2007-03-14 08:30:00 Bookmark is a feature I use very often.And very often I get angry because I do not remember where I stored my bookmarks and, as usual, when I look for B I find A, which is what I was looking for when I found C.It was with the utmost pleasure that I found out the easy way to store ALL my bookmarks, dividing them in categories and being able to see them from ANY computer I was working at.That can look strange, but when you happen to live with a Programmer you may have to change computer quite often and loosing a hard drive or being able to access it with a lot of trouble, makes life hell.Especially if you like to store what you see when you surf.How many times we find interesting articles or pictures or addresses when we surf for something and we do not have the time to peruse them?I do it quite often and I usually bookmark the page and think: I will come later...So, I really think this is it.I already created my user profile and it was easy (and free)and now I am going to begin.Bookmark Read more:searching
Again about Italian phones tapped 2007-03-15 09:31:00 "I know a lot of people are concerned about Big Brother, but my response to that is, if you are not doing anything wrong, why should you worry about it?" That is Exactly the point...and why Italian
politicians will make a law against any "phone (that belongs to a politician)tapping"...Think and you'll have the problem of disposal of ideas...
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Big Brother in Europeans' everyday life 2007-03-15 09:23:00 Privacy under pressure in EuropeBy Bob SherwoodPrivacy campaigners claim it is the realisation of a Big Brother
state, while some law enforcers insist it is a necessary response to the growing global threat of terrorism. For telecommunications groups and internet services providers, though, the prospect of Europe-wide laws requiring them to retain, and hand over, electronic communications data is a potential headache and extra cost burden.A European directive is in preparation that will require the providers of publicly available communications services to retain details of fixed-line, mobile phone and e-mail communications for at least six months, and possibly up to two years. It is a requirement that even the US has not imposed in its war on terror.Think and you'll have the problem of disposal of ideas...
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Again about: Is it right phone tapping? 2007-03-15 09:19:00 What is "right" is very specific to each culture/country, and sometimes to a political party or ethnic group. How do we all reach common ground to say when it is appropriate to restrict dissemination of information -- if it ever is? The problem is not whether some particular speech/information should be restricted or not. Of course there are always some who will want to ban and some who will want to defend in any situation -- or there would not be a conflict. Democracy, of course, doesn't work to solve these issues, which is why such rights are normally constitutionally enshrouded to assure that democratic forces (at least simple majorities) do not have the power to make decisions on such issues.The reason for this is not about any particular censorship target.The real problem is once you decide there is information which must be censored, you must have a censor. A human or group of humans who will decide. And history seems to show that power is always abused.Sometimes it is use Read more:Again
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And the wolf slept with the sheep... 2007-03-15 09:08:00 At the light of what is happening in Italy I curiously found this note:From: "Steven M. Bellovin" I hate to play clipping service, but this story is too important not to mention. Many top Greek officials, including the Prime Minister, and the U.S. embassy had their mobile phones tapped. What makes this interesting is how it was done: software was installed on the switch that diverted calls to a prepaid phone. Think about who could manage that.I am perfectly capable of learning from my mistakes. I will surely learn a great deal today."A democracy is a sheep and two wolves deciding on what to have for lunch. Freedom is a well armed sheep contesting the results of the decision." - Benjamin Franklin"And the wolf slept
with the sheep...the sheep didn't get much rest..."Think and you'll have the problem of disposal of ideas...
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Gold rush 2007-03-15 07:52:00 When I was little (and that was some time ago) once on TV I happened to see a transmission where an expert was giving advices how to invest a big sum of money for the future."I would buy gold", keep it and selling some once in a while to cover my expenses.It is the best investment, the one you can be sure will keep its value in the future.it didn't make much sense to me, also because at that time the currency was chained to gold and had the same value.But those times are gone since long and with them also the value of our currency."The recent rally of the United States dollar notwithstanding, the greenback has nowhere to go but down . . . The dollar's current up tick is just a breather in its overall downward trajectory . . . The dollar is heading down, no matter what." "The euro does not have much to recommend it, other than not being the dollar." People who have not liked gold are re-examining their viewpoint. I think this will be a positive for gold bars , notwithstanding the man
Big news goes unnoticed 2007-03-16 10:14:00 "A coalition of Microsoft, Google, Dell, Hewlett Packard, Intel and Phillips have been urging the FCC to allow frequencies in the 700MHz spectrum which will become available in 2009 to be used for highspeed wireless Internet access. The news, according to a story in the Washington Post (hat tip to Galeal), is that Microsoft has built a prototype which finds and uses vacant frequencies and the coalition is supposed to have delivered that to the FCC for testing yesterday." Fractals of Change by Tom Evslin The 700 MHz is much, much better than 2.4 GHz.That really means big competition (and the sunset of Fiber optic.That means a huge amount of small providers will cover the rural zones of USA.That means broadband will really be widespread in USA.Tha means a big step forward to the future.And for Europe a big step backward to the past.For ALL WHO INVEST in EUROS: you do not understand a bit of Economics.You do not understand a bit of the future.The futures will belong to the ones with goo Read more:unnoticed
Greek Mythology and General Philosophy 2007-03-16 08:24:00 The contrast between light and darkness was the first mental germ that developed afterwards into the contrast between good and evil.And by slow degrees that lead inevitably to the highest abstraction of religion, morality and philosophy.And the culture of today is nothing else than putting old thoughts into new words, old wine into new bottles.That is the answer to those who ask: why do we study ancient religions and philosophy?Because all what we think and do today was written long ago in the ancient books of mythology and philosophy.The greatest of all arts is the art of life, and the best of all music is the harmony of spirits.It is on this view that Babylon.com is looking for great creative writers to compose high quality articles on GreekMythology
and GeneralPhilosophy
.Greek mythology was the Greeks' religion and the fundamental of every religion of the past, and also of the religions of the present.Because the past is not passed, it belongs to us more than the present, we fe
Multimedia "contenting" 2007-03-18 09:38:00 Even small papers in Britain understand that the key to the future is training. At Trinity Mirror:And a training programme to improve journalists’ multimedia skills and give them the chance to contribute content ideas has also been launched. This includes a series of week-long video journalism courses and a series of one-day multimedia workshops, which will be attended by more than 70 journalists in the North West region before being rolled out across the division. “to improve journalists’ multimedia skills”I think that is a very good idea.You often find “multimedia skills” in people who have no content to put in multimedia and people with good content who do not know how to present it in “multimedia”.And of course, since good brains producing good content is something much more difficult to train than “multimedia skills” they go into the right direction.If the mountain doesn’t go anymore to Mohamed, then Mohamed has to learn how to go to the mountain…Think and Read more:Multimedia
The globalization of clones. 2007-03-18 09:17:00 Fred Wilson has an interesting idea: "Superdistribution means turning every consumer into a distribution partner. Every person who buys a record, a movie, reads a newspaper, a book, every person who buys a Sonos or a Vespa becomes a retailer of that item. It's word of mouth marketing, referral marketing, but with one important difference. The consumer is the retailer."Or it could be just the opposite.Very often word of mouth and customer's service are highly underestimated, and mostly because our economy is in the hands of a few monopolists.And every day more so.It is like a Mafia of higher level.Buying the political help or involving politicians in enterprises is since long the way to rule the Economy without caring for the consumers.On one side they make sure to have the power and on the other side they make sure to push the consumers to consume more and more brainwashing them.Typical example is the "cell phone addiction".Especially among the young people they are getting something Read more:globalization
Why an ad on the Net is MUCH more effective... 2007-03-19 10:20:00 Scott Karp writes:We've all heard that page views are dying...I answer:Ok, let's make a few calculations.Let's say that an ad on a TV with 500.000 viewers costs $500.000. (I do not know how much it costs, I'm guessing and assuming a number which I believe as possible) Let's assume that a PayPerPost ad on a blog which costs $5 is read by 5 people.The cost is exactly the same.But those five people ACTUALLY read the post and the 500.000 viewers just DO NOT SEE the ad anymore.Unless you are giving away something attractive for an even more attractive price.The TV viewers will SEE it and think: that is interesting and I could EVENTUALLY buy it.How many will remember it a few hours later? While if THE SAME is written and you read it and it is reachable with the click of the mouse, how many do you think will actually buy IT?I guess this example explains that advertising on the NET can be much more effective
.And of course I am talking about selling and buying, which is why there are adver
What makes a "good writer" 2007-03-19 09:59:00 A good writer is the good mixture of writing skills and good content.A genius for example was Oscar Wilde.He knew about human nature, about life, about literature and knew how to write it.That makes
him unique and sublime.You can have "good writing skills" but not knowing what to write, and you can have a lot of good ideas and not knowing how to present them.That is life and that is why perfection is something so valued, because it is terribly rare...Think and you'll have the problem of disposal of ideas...
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And the YouTube Video of the Year Award Goes to… 2007-03-20 08:27:00 Could this be the new big event of the year? Probably not, but YouTube
is extending a virtual red carpet out to a list of people who submitted their videos to YouTube over the course of 2006, and deserve to be recognized. Starting today, you can vote for your favorite videos that you’d like to see win a YouTube Video Award
– trophy included.To make it easy, they’ve divided the awards into 7 different categories: most creative, most inspirational, best comedy, musician of the year, best commentary, and ‘most adorable video ever.” Users will have five days to vote, and the videos with the most votes in each category will win. Mashable is reporting that the list of nominees will be here sometime today, but as of now while I’m writing this, that list is not yet available. I’m sure Lonelygirl15 will be on that list somewhere, and maybe even one of my favorites, Evolution of Dance.There are lots of YouTube fans lurking around here, so which video if any do you think will be tri
How to Make Good Luck? 2007-03-21 17:30:00 "So how do you make good luck happen? Beats me!"Georganna Hancock blogs about writing matters at Writer’s Edge .How many times we heard: this or that was the turning point of my life...this or that happened and changed the way I was living and so on...But things happen and we just follow events, in our own personal way, which follows our own personal attitude toward life.In life we have to choose and we choose and we do this or that and we do right or wrong, we simply do because we cannot not do or we do nothing because we are the types to do nothing and we just look at life and wait and we still wait when it is too late.This is not my case, I always do, I cannot stay without doing, may be I do too much and I do also for the ones who never do, but that is life and you decide to live it the way you can.May be that is free will or free consequences or luck or unluck.There is nothing that is 100% good as there is nothing that is 100% wrong.It is always up to the point of view.So, how
Future of Broadband 2007-03-23 08:12:00 My prediction:The "world wide mesh" will arrive in Asia about 2019, and in the U.S. in about 2039, due to frenetic lobbying and regulatory manipulation by incumbent telco oligopoly components eager to avoid having their existing revenue streams undermined.In 2019, the average Asian "broadband" connection will exceed 100 mpbs, and the average American "broadband" connection won't exceed 10 mpbs... and 5-10% of the American public will still dialing into the 'net at 56kbps via POTS lines.Given that, in 1999, an aunt of mine in Missouri was still connecting to the world via a party line that required operator assistance to place a long distance telephone call (I discovered this when attempting to dial into my server during an emergency), I don't feel I'm being particularly pessimistic. Thomas I do not know about Italy, but I am sure I am not pessimistic saying that broadband will be on the verge of disappearing when we will able to see it in remote places in Italy like Trofarello (200 Read more:Future
How do you spell G-R-E-E-D ? 2007-03-23 08:01:00 Arguments that ISPs should be able to charge Webservices who are *not* their customers for "premium" access to those ISPs' customers will lead us into an impenetrable quagmire ripe with abuse. Just imagine the ISP meetings regarding what the "standard" access capabilities should be, as opposed to the so-called "premium" service levels:"OK then boys, we've got it settled. If they don't pay our premium, they get 300 bps effective access per IP connection.That's our new standard connection rate for those deadbeats.Ha! That'll leave plenty of bandwidth for our porn video offerings! Man, I love this business -- Ma Bell never had it better. Hand me another cigar, will ya'?"Seriously, if the ISPs are allowed to start charging non-customers in the manner they envision, it will be only the first step in their long-term dream of establishing those walled gardens that the ARPANET-Internet evolution so inconveniently postponed for them.By the way, note how the mainstream media has alre Read more:spell
Where is the World going? 2007-03-22 19:01:00 VCs have always made money at finding the ideal point of friction between the Present and the Future. Profits accumulate in the gap between What Is and What Is Possible. Web 2.0 is now firmly in the category of What Is. The only thing I can say in defense of "Web 2.0" is that it's not "Venture Capital" (from Google Trends).Peter Rip, General Partner, Crosslink Capital It warms my heart to see that a VC understood that the Web is getting less "Venture Capital".Because that is exactly what the Internet shouldn't be.Very few have understood the potential of the Web, because, in spite of the growing amount of users, it still is "a world apart" at least for the big part of the world population.To be World
Wide it needs to be world spread, which is not right now, but it will.That is going to mean that there is no need for VC, since with the Web... (whatever number it will be), everything will be "cheaply possible".Just think how much it costs now a day to start a publishing business in
Drug addiction 2007-03-22 14:07:00 Just this morning on the Italian news they were talking about a predictable increase in the use of cocaine of 50% next year.The big problem is that the drug is so cheap right now that it costs like a package of cigarette.But, even though smoking can be dangerous and addicting too, the use of cocaine is much worse.First because the damages it does to the users and second because it is the way to much more dangerous drugs, like LSD and Heroin.The drug treatment is not just a physical treatment to fight the addiction
, that is probably the easier part.It is the person and his psychological behavior that must be treated.It is his lifestyle and his habits and his approach to life that have to change.And who can help in this, better than people who WERE addicted and arrived to drugs and know what and how because they LIVED it? "Stone Hawk stands by the Narconon® program, because the Narconon program worked for us when other programs failed."That is what they say and I personally believe that
Simple or not simple: that is the future. 2007-03-22 07:47:00 To increase household penetration of PCs and the Internet, it appears that greater simplicity is desirable (and simpler devices such as WebTV may be one way to achieve it). This will require intelligence primarily at the edges of the network, not inside it, but intelligence that does not require extensive involvement by the users or systems experts to make it work. Although there are forces that are pushing the IT industry towards simplification, other forces are working in the opposite direction. The industry is still searching for the next "killer app," and application developers are in control. Further, attempts to provide differentiated service levels on the Internet are complicating the scene for both developers and users. Whether the result will be more or less complexity is hard to predict. However, the fundamental attraction of a dumb-looking network and dumb-looking computers is undeniable, and the most successful companies are likely to be the ones that can deliver in this ar
The lifelong learning 2007-03-22 07:36:00 "If you run a business, have a website or just generally spend a great deal of time online, you’ll already be aware of the quickening pace of technology change.In any business, it’s important to consider not only the technology you’re going to be using today, but also how the technologies of tomorrow will impact you down the road."Not only.Once you graduated at University and specialized on a subject and you had to keep up with the changes, once in a while, and in your spare time.It was more a personal gratification than a necessity.Now you graduate and few months later you should begin again, because technology changes at a speed that you shouldn't do anything else than going on studying.That is where e-learning comes into the picture. The lifelong learning.Think and you'll have the problem of disposal of ideas...
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Talking about Inks 2007-03-24 18:13:00 If you want to have good results, it pays to use the good ink...And that comes from somebody who always tries to save and always realizes that it would have been better to spend a little bit more.But what if you can spend the same and have a better quality?It would be very silly not to take the chance.At Inkers you can find the best selection of the best brand of ink, (the original ink I mean) and you will find out that it is not even more expensive than the compatible.Especially if you buy a good quantity.At Bucks and Big Bucks you can find all the special prices for quantities.And you can order on the Net and have it delivered even with free shipping. (Continental USA only, too bad). So, the only thing you have to do is searching for your Toner Cartridge or, if you are too lazy, just dial 800-848-7232 and they'll be glad to guide you through. They love to help! This is a sponsored post, please read disclosure policy. Think and you'll have the problem of disposal of ideas...
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Do buyers come ready-made? 2007-03-26 21:27:00 "The Intention Economy grows around buyers, not sellers. It leverages the simple fact that buyers are the first source of money, and that they come ready
-made. You don't need advertising to make them."I do not agree.Today's buyers are very often "made" in a size that fits what they have to sell.It is the "psycological cloning" that makes millions of individuals looking for the "mass market products" that most of the industry has to sell.No definitely the buyers do not come "ready-made" they come in as many flavors as the big sellers need...Think and you'll have the problem of disposal of ideas...
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Where is "Blogging" going? 2007-03-26 09:46:00 Blogging software is about adding features, growing ecosystem (technorati, digg etc. steph-note: god am I sick of those popularity things), pseudo-blogging things (Twitter etc. *steph-note: I don’t agree with Twitter being called a “microblogging” platform.)Who writes for who? (Twitter: an individual writing for a small bunch of friends.)Getting paid for blogging? Ads… or indirect revenue. Micropayments (indiekarma — looks interesting).By bunnyweb+ctts@gmail.com (Stephanie Booth)I have a personal view about blogging and the Internet.The Internet is getting everyday more, for most of Internet users, something like an addiction, in the sense that is getting our second life.The first, the real one is the one where we satisfy our material needs (eating, drinking and sleeping) the second is a new wide and wild world where we travel, entertain ourselves, in a few world live so intensely that the virtual part of it is getting more real than reality.It is a democratic world, the only Read more:Blogging
Cell phones on a plane 2007-03-26 09:39:00 1. On a personal basis I certainly share Mike's view that we don't need people sitting at our elbow on a plane yelling into cell phones. [When confronted with a cell phone user at an adjacent table in a restaurant I often ask the inconsiderate person to step outside; I really like the idea of trying this on a plane....]I don't now if this will be controlled by FCC policy, airline policy, social pressure, or market pressures. But years ago I liked Morris Air (a non-smoking airline) and regularly stayed in the "Non-Smokers Inn" in Dallas.A NYT article from 22 years ago: http://query.nytimes.com/gst/ fullpage.html?sec=travel&res=9E0DE0DB1038F931A3575AC0A9629482602. Thus, I have no desire to encourage cell phone use on planes. David FarberI sometimes wonder if I am a special "alien" since i belong to the 3% of people living in Italy who doesn't use a cell phone.And I am doing pretty well without it.Everybody is talking about the "relationship era" but what I see around me are j
Dilemma between privacy and security 2007-03-28 14:11:00 People think there has to be a choice between privacy and security
; that increased security means more collection and processing of personal private information. However, in a challenging report to be published on Monday 26 March 2007, The Royal Academy of Engineering says that, with the right engineering solutions, we can have both increased privacy and more security. Engineers have a key role in achieving the right balance.One of the issues that Dilemmas of Privacy and Surveillance challenges of techchnological change looks at is how we can buy ordinary goods and services without having to prove who we are. For many electronic transactions, a name or identity is not needed; just assurance that we are old enough or that we have the money to pay. In short, authorisation, not identification should be all that is required. Services for travel and shopping can be designed to maintain privacy by allowing people to buy goods and use public transport anonymously. "It should be possible to si
Taxes relief 2007-03-28 13:42:00 Do not misunderstand me, I am not writing about the joy of not paying taxes, or being authorized in one way or another not to.The only way would be not having any kind of income, but at that point taxes would be the last problem to think of...I am talking about the relief
to find somebody who can, clearly and unmistakably, tell you how much, how and where to pay them.Which now a day is getting a big hassle.I believe in the idea that a country is no more than a Mutual Protection Society and yet I fail to understand why being just that makes it so increasingly expensive.I promised myself I would not have entered the difficult path of legitimacy of taxes, but I cannot help being always polemic when it comes to pay.At least you can find any kind of FREE advice when it comes to pay Arizona Tax."The top dogs of tax are hardly an agency one should tangle with, so if you have outstanding tax debt, this is the article you need to read."I am positively sure that this particular situation needs s Read more:Taxes
Why capital should be taxed less than the secretary's income 2007-03-28 10:12:00 "In this country, returns to labor are taxed at a higher rate and more consistently than are returns to capital
. Warren Buffet has pointed out how his dividend income is taxed at a lower rate than his secretary’s income; this doesn’t strike him as fair. "I agree on a lot of what you say.But I do not agree on the fact that inheritance and capital incomes should be taxed as the secretary's salary.The inheritance comes from money which is supposed to be saved by parents and on which they are supposed to have already paid taxes (if they didn't is another matter, you do not make laws on what could be, but on what you suppose it is)and taxing more the capital interest produces exactly what you are highlighting: that nobody wants to be an entrepreneur anymore.Why saving and risking your money to actually pay again on it?It's easier an eight hours a day job with paid holydays and pension...The ones who decides about economical strategies have to keep this in mind: the consequences of wh
Old media is a monologue, new media is dialogue 2007-03-28 09:55:00 Ron Davison Says: March 27th, 2007 at 12:31 pm "Old media
is a monologue; new media is a dialogue
. It’s that simple and that messy."That's it.That is why news sometimes look more like gossip than news.Think and you'll have the problem of disposal of ideas...
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Maui and Sanfre' 2007-03-27 17:27:00 "Those who managed to stop smoking marijuana long enough to string two consecutive thoughts together grokked the related notions of tropical paradise and land development with predictable results. That is, they turned the place into just an annex of California." Jim KunstlerMaui is certainly a piece of Paradise compared to Sanfre', the place where I live.But the people living here and there prove that the "Globalization" began long ago.They prove that man, is the same, independently from where he is born.And that greediness and corruption find fertile land all over the Globe (thus the word globalization)Here in Sanfre' the building market has grown so much since the City Hall was allowed to tax and tax every year more for square cm. built or rebuilt.Houses were built so close one to the other that you can look at your neighbor from your window and shake hands without risking to fall down.You hear ALL what your neighbors say, so much that printing a local newspaper is useless, nobody
Mobile Money 2007-03-27 17:20:00 Mobile Money
Smart Mobs writes:"The Guardian reports "in what is being touted as a world first, Kenya's biggest mobile operator is allowing subscribers to send cash to other phone users by SMS.Known as M-Pesa,or mobile money,the service is expected to revolutionise banking in a country where more than 80% of people are excluded from the formal financial sector.Apart from transferring cash - a service much in demand among urban Kenyans supporting relatives in rural areas - customers of the Safaricom network will be able to keep up to 50,000 shillings (�370) in a "virtual account" on their handsets".Further,"M-Pesa's is simple.There is no need for a new handset or SIM card."I see in that a great idea (and a competion to Banks is ALWAYS a good idea), but in the meantime a huge opportunity for "Mobile Crooks"...Think and you'll have the problem of disposal of ideas...
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