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- South Korea starts boot camp to cure Internet addiction
- As an IT professional and (possibly) parent, what is your take on this? Would you rank Internet addiction on the same footing as substance or drug abuse? Is Internet addiction a growing problem that needs to be swiftly addressed?Why not TV or just Electronic Media Addiction?Guess I'm old...
- Tags: paulmah@..., zombie, Internet, escalator, Internet Addiction, cell phone, train
- Discussion threads 2007-11-21
- Cox does a Comcast on eDonkey
- If the major ISPs start enforcing bandwidth throttling or “management,” does that mean consumers will eventually have no choice but accept it as a prerequisite for accessing the Internet?If only it were bandwidth throttling.It's the targeting of certain types of traffic and is not bandwidth throttling.RE: Cox does a Comcast...
- Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Peer to peer (P2P), Cable, paulmah@..., bandwidth, P2P, Internet, eDonkey, Comcast Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-11-20
- Faulty forensic test put innocents in jail over decades
- Thinking ahead, what do you reckon are the chances of flawed computer forensics resulting in a hapless computer idiot being charged for computer crimes that they are innocent of.
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, paulmah@..., computer
- Discussion threads 2007-11-19
- Gmail 2.0 gets the thumbs down
- Gmail users, have you been upgraded to Gmail 2.0 yet? What are yor experiences with it so far?RE: Gmail 2.0 gets the thumbs downI've noticed the slowdown myself, especially when moving between folders. Good thing I don't use it as much as I used to or I'd really be getting...
- Tags: E-mail providers, paulmah@..., Google Gmail, Gmail 2.0
- Discussion threads 2007-11-19
- Metal Storm weapon system to be implemented into robot platform
- Are we placing too much on computer automation in weapons that kill?It was written on the Wall...This is nothing new, we are just waking up to this reality. Robots (or automated machines) are the next battle frontier. The race is on, and we will need to define what is acceptable...
- Tags: Robots, paulmah@..., robot
- Discussion threads 2007-11-18
- Sun teams up with Dell to put Solaris on PowerEdge servers
- Do you run Solaris in the office? Which brand of servers do you run Solaris on?
- Tags: Servers, UNIX, Operating systems, paulmah@..., Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Solaris, server, Dell PowerEdge Server, Dell PowerEdge, Dell Computer Corp., team
- Discussion threads 2007-11-18
- P2P video piracy rampant in South Korea
- Is high speed broadband necessarily a good thing?Not ifyou are going to put American Idol on it, it isn'tI've got my wire snips ready just in case, shudder.People were doing this pre-broadband, they just did it with smaller files.The tech is a red herring.
- Tags: paulmah@..., P2P, video
- Discussion threads 2007-11-18
- Legit Web video distributor asks FCC to stop ISP traffic throttling
- Do you think that this bandwidth throttling issue is serious enough to warrant the FCC’s stepping in?
- Tags: Federal government, paulmah@..., FCC
- Discussion threads 2007-11-18
- Amazon to launch Kinder e-book reader next week
- Amazon to launch Kindle e-book reader next weekLike the "paperless office" pipe dream that remains as elusive as ever, do you think that there is even a demand for a dedicated e-book reader?Will the Kindle be a bust?No I don't and yes I doDedicated is serious mistake in my opinion.Some...
- Tags: E-books, paulmah@..., e-book Reader, Amazon.com Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-11-18
- Scientists read brain of paralysed man
- Even if eventually possible, what are your opinions on controlling a computEven if eventually possible, what is your opinion on controlling a computer via thoughts?Astounding, you should have made this one a headliner!Maybe now people like that physics genius Stephen Hawking can communicate to finish his work before he passes...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, paulmah@..., Stephen Hawking
- Discussion threads 2007-11-18
- PGP to offer dynamic key management
- Better encryption key management would probably be a shot in the arm to make the use of them ubiquitous. Do you use PGP at the moment?
- Tags: paulmah@..., PGP Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-11-18
- World of Warcraft's spykit goes polymorphic
- Would you purchase a software where use of a Warden-like monitoring application is mandatory?sure, why notIf the intentions are good, and it doesn't affect performance or my machine in a negative way, I'll purchase it.
- Tags: paulmah@..., World of Warcraft
- Discussion threads 2007-11-18
- Firefox 3.0 may ship with serious bugs unfixed
- Do you agree with Mozilla’s method of accelerating the release of Firefox 3?RE: Firefox 3.0 may ship with serious bugs unfixed"The exception are any security-related bug. These should automatically be considered important and fixed."To me I read it as this means that the bugs that may cause the biggest problems...
- Tags: Web browsers, SECURITY, paulmah@..., Mozilla Firefox
- Discussion threads 2007-11-16
- Marvel to bring comics online
- The question though is whether bringing its comics online is a stroke of genius, or an act of desperation.Cheap at twice the price.Considering printed comics are $2.50 or $3.00 each, even the monthly rate is a bargain if you read several. I may have to take a look.Genius or...
- Tags: paulmah@..., comic
- Discussion threads 2007-11-16
- Motion-charged electric batteries
- Start-up to build motion-charged electric batterieswhat category of electronics do you think will benefit most from this technology?
- Tags: Engineering, paulmah@..., battery
- Discussion threads 2007-11-16
- Oracle jumps into virtualization fray with free VM offering
- If you run Oracle in your company, would you consider switching over to Oracle VM?
- Tags: Utility computing, Storage management, paulmah@..., Oracle Corp., virtualization
- Discussion threads 2007-11-16
- YouTube to increase quality of streamed videos
- Would you be willing to live with a slightly slower loading time for a higher quality video?Depends on the details needed on the videoMost of the videos do not require high quality to understand and enjoy. The ones that are are jumpy and blurred because of the low quality are...
- Tags: Corporate communications, paulmah@..., YouTube Inc., high quality, video
- Discussion threads 2007-11-15
- Half a million enterprise database servers connected directly to the Internet
- Half a million enterprise DB servers connected directly to the NetWhat is your opinion of the above situation?kill them allanyone that stupid shouldn't be allowed to live.lmao- agreed!:) love the plain simple truth about your words jaqui!I hear that oftenusually when I say kill them all ]:)I have a low...
- Tags: Databases, paulmah@..., Internet, server
- Discussion threads 2007-11-15
- Verizon switches to 40 Gbps on backbone
- Verizon switches to 40 Gbps on its major backboneMoving from 10 Gbps to 40 Gbps is a huge increase. The question remains though - is it even adequate to keep up with our ever-increasing appetite for bandwidth? Do you reckon you will even notice the speed boast?As a...
- Tags: TELECOMMUNICATIONS, paulmah@..., backbone, Verizon Communications Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-11-15
- Are you a Wi-fi thief?
- What is the legal situation pertaining to Wi-fi tapping where you live, and what is your personal opinion of it?My personal opinionwhy do it???As I often state, if it is worth having, it is worth paying for. Personally, I do not use wireless too much. I have had...
- Tags: Wireless LANs, WIRELESS, paulmah@..., Wi-Fi
- Discussion threads 2007-11-15
