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In: software
8 Aug 2002Infoworld: "SecurityCenter will be included as an optional component with peer-to-peer applications when they are downloaded from Web sites, according to a statement released by the Sunnyvale, Calif., company. The software will be presented as a panel in the applications, much as it is in MSN Messenger, the company added." Ain’t that a smart thing [...]
In: fun
8 Aug 2002I’ve just single-handedly decided that "to spam" should be an irregular verb. 08/09/02 update: Rick asks "Shouldn’t it be spam, spum, spamt?" No, spum is too cute, while spamt sounds like spit. They spamt me, I have been spamt. More seriously, by definition can there be any rule about the formation and structure of irregular [...]
Bob Frankston: "Even the "high speed broadband" offerings are providing only a small fraction of what is technologically possible and its asymmetricity is modeled after the television network, not the peer connectivity of the Internet. The failure to understand what the Internet really is deprives us of economic opportunity at a time when it is [...]
I'm CEO of an online trade publishing firm in the marketing and defense verticals. We try to make news and data digestible and useful in an environment that is more noisy each day. This personal blog mixes my thoughts and interests on politics, business, software, and more, based on my business and personal experiences. Over the years I have posted items that turned out spectacularly wrong, and a few posts that stood the test of times better. Personal views only.