Nudging America Awake as a United Europe Takes the Stage. T. R. Reid argues that the 25-nation European Union has marched into a central place on the world stage while America slept. By ROGER COHEN. [NYT > Books]
Month: December 2004
FedEx can't handle the holidays
FedEx can't handle the holidays. Did anyone else know that FedEx doesn't hold themselves to the same guarantees of service during the two weeks before Christmas? It looks like the only thing the company's willing to stick to is that within five days of Christmas, something shipped via First Overnight, Priority Overnight, or 1-Day Freight… Continue reading FedEx can't handle the holidays
EZ Billing from Sputnik
EZ Billing from Sputnik. Sputnik has announced new software modules for credit card and PayPal payments to their remarkable line of managed access points. The inexpensive Sputnik APs like the $99 AP 160 or $199 AP 220 can be centrally controlled. You can create different splashpages for each hotspot and monitor their activity from a… Continue reading EZ Billing from Sputnik
The IT staff that leaves at 5pm
The IT staff that leaves at 5pm. My fellow InfoWorld blogger Bob Lewis is running a letter he received that deals with an earlier discussion of what it means when IT staff are out the door at 5pm regularly. While the discussion between Bob and the letter-writer centers around morale and management issues, I think… Continue reading The IT staff that leaves at 5pm
John Robb's Weblog
Here's a very plausable outcome based on the dynamics at work in Iraq: the violence will intensify after the elections. [John Robb's Weblog]
Reuters
Reuters. Open source warfare is getting results. A BOLD, innovative insurgency is becoming more effective against US supply lines in Iraq and explosive attacks have slowed military operations there, a senior American general said on today. “They have had a growing understanding that where they can affect us is in the logistics flow,” Air Force… Continue reading Reuters
interview
This interview with Martin Van Creveld points to a common theme among 4GW theorists. First, you can't win a war with the forces of disorder. Second, the only way to deal with sources of instability is to withdraw and build a wall to protect yourself. Unfortunately, it isn't that easy when global guerrilla warfare is… Continue reading interview
BBC
BBC. U.S. Sen. John McCain said Monday that he has “no confidence” in Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, citing Rumsfeld's handling of the war in Iraq and the failure to send more troops. “I have strenuously argued for larger troop numbers in Iraq, including the right kind of troops — linguists, special forces, civil affairs,… Continue reading BBC
New Post to Global Guerrillas
New Post to Global Guerrillas. State Failure 101. How do global guerrillas keep Iraq in failure and why is the US having so many problems restoring it? Here's a way to understand it. [John Robb's Weblog]
The Uncle Mark 2005 Gift Guide & Almanac
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