An unfortunate trend on news websites is the increasing tendency to feature fluff, unimportant, or extreme issues, as the main headline stories. CNN has become a particular offender, but they are not alone – many newspaper sites are doing the same thing.
Very often, these stories concern doom and gloom over the economy – featuring some [...]
Why can’t Microsoft programmers, with full access to their tightly-controlled source code, find the vulnerabilities that the hackers can find?
And why can’t Microsoft find a way to apply most hotfixes, without a reboot? They claim to have added this ability beginning with Windows 2003, yet it seems every major hotfix is an exception…
Just an e-observation… One generally unpublicized, yet hazardous, use of cellphones is in the supermarket. The e-admin was nearly crushed last night between two shoppers pushing their carts while discussing subjects only of importance to themselves on their phones. It is interesting to see how oblivious to their surroundings some cell phone users can become. [...]
Ever find yourself waiting a long time at a traffic signal, even though no other vehicles are moving?
It seems to be a little-known fact that most traffic lights are operated by a computer system located in a nearby cabinet. The signal timing is controlled by wire loops embedded in the pavement in various locations. [...]
Sheriff Thomas Dart of Cook County, IL has announced he is suspending foreclosure evictions in the County, since many innocent victims, particularly renters, are being evicted by banks and mortgage companies who see them as (quote) “only pieces of paper”. A rare case of an official with concern for the people, unlike most US [...]
Stock Markets are down worldwide, the US Federal Reserve rate is down, and the equivalent rates in several other countries are down. In the polls, McCain is down, and Obama is up, if that even matters. In August, Microsoft was granted US patent 7,415,666 for Page Up and Page Down functions. Perhaps the real good [...]
Not much to see yet. Red at the top, black at the bottom, and not much in-between. But that should change soon, we hope.