Schuler on Public Policy re Electrical Distribution Grid. In “Electricity Supply Organization: Which End is Up?” (Utilities Project, 2002), Cornell Prof. Richard Schuler wrote in terms of network science and law while advocating roles for federal, state and local government in improving the transmission grid: “complexity science suggests that as the number of firm interconnections… Continue reading Schuler on Public Policy re Electrical Distribution Grid
Month: August 2003
Turnkey Hot Spots with DSL
Turnkey Hot Spots with DSL. Public IP offers a standard access point and DSL for a fixed price: This interesting business is providing a Proxim Orinoco AP-2500 configured to work as a hot spot, and handling contracting DSL service for you. The pricing is upfront and clearly stated, which is a nice bit of straight… Continue reading Turnkey Hot Spots with DSL
Imagining greener pastures
Imagining greener pastures. Tried to evangelize Peopleware to an intransigent executive today. Bah! Can somebody point me to an interesting company where smart people are doing worthwhile work in sane way? Please don't tell me it doesn't exist. Let's see. Ideal. Small Python shop practicing XP. What kind of software? I don't care, so long… Continue reading Imagining greener pastures
Spam-for-Money Plan Suspected by Expert on E-Mail Viruses
Spam-for-Money Plan Suspected by Expert on E-Mail Viruses. Security experts are struggling to understand a mysterious software author who is trying to open many of the Internet's electronic locks. By John Markoff. [New York Times: Technology]
Postwar Deaths Exceed Wartime Casualties
Postwar Deaths Exceed Wartime Casualties. With the death of a soldier in a roadside bombing on Tuesday, the postwar casualty number in Iraq now exceeds the wartime casualties. The sad thing is that the soldiers no longer get the touching eulogies on the news they did during the war. Does W. still call each family to… Continue reading Postwar Deaths Exceed Wartime Casualties
Personal Brand Equity
Personal Brand Equity. Nicholas Papadopoulos, coordinator of the Fairfield County, Connecticut, Company of Friends group, revisits the concept of the Brand Called You in a recent newsletter transmitted by his coaching practice Sky's the Limit. In the article “What's Your Brand Equity?” (to find the piece, select Resources/Events and then Readings), Papadopoulos suggests you start by… Continue reading Personal Brand Equity
Brain CEOs
Brain CEOs. Our grade-school teachers had it right: The ability to plan, organize, and follow through on a task contributes far more to success than raw talent. At least that's the word from neuroscientists studying something called brain C.E.O.s (which here I I think means cerebral executive operations, though it seems like a good CEO would… Continue reading Brain CEOs
NEWS.COM
CNET NEWS.COM – Experts: Sixth son of Sobig not the last. Security researchers believe that the creator of the Sobig mass-mailing computer virus won't stop with Sobig.F–the money may be too good. The Sobig viruses–the first of which started spreading in January–are designed to load special software that can anonymize spam onto people's PCs. The… Continue reading NEWS.COM
Machines will make criminal of every driver
The Sun Newspaper Online (UK) – Machines will make criminal of every driver. DRIVERS were reeling last night at Government plans to put a computerised spy in EVERY car. The hi-tech gadgets will record each time a motorist DRIFTS over a speed limit, WANDERS into a bus lane or even STOPS on a yellow line.… Continue reading Machines will make criminal of every driver
Spam to small business
Spam to small business. Spam to small business: This may be a useful article to forward to your clients… it details the disproportionate effect spammers have on small businesses, and suggests a few ways they might prevent this daily loss…. [JD on MX]