How can anyone be deluded about the unwillingness to compromise in the Middle East. The Annapolis meeting of last year has proven to be worthless (as expected). Poisoning water (of soldiers as well as civilians) is tantamount to chemical warfare and unethical. The bombing raids just exacerbate the problem. Israels belligerents need to grow up …
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Month:February 2008
Microsoft fined again for ripping-off consumers
Well, the language is a bit strong, but it is meant only to alert the Microsoftphiles to the reality that economic bullying is as unattractive as the physical stuff that happens in school. Microsucks has been fined again by the EU – over € 1 billion this time. No wonder Yahoo doesn’t want to be …
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US dollar at new Euro low
The dollar has fallen to a record low against the euro as traders bet that further interest rate cuts will be needed to stem a US recession. And Bernanke may well drop interest rates further. though that does not mean confidence will return in the same way as previously – or should we say “irrational …
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Art illuminates diplomacy in N.Korea
As usual, it has been art that shows the way social and cultural dynamics must evolve. The New York Philharmonic Orchestra has performed a concert in North Korea, playing western and Korean pieces. It was an un-political event, but will most certainly enlighten hearts and minds in North Korea.
Amnesty reports decline in Russian liberty
Amnesty International released Freedom Limited, a report detailing declining freedom of speech in Putin’s Russia. Unsurprising, but sad news. A backlash is inevitable, but probably later rather than sooner. Intelligent systems naturally tend to open systems; Russia’s wealth is fuelling its intellectual capacities which will demand openness in governance. BBC report
Greenspan negative on US economy, again.
Alan Greenspan has warned that US economic growth has stalled and a quick recovery is not likely. It is easier for him to make public statements like this now that his job performance does not depend on America’s economic confidence.
Chaordic giant VISA to IPO
Visa, the trillion dollar credit card administration business, is to be listed on a stock market. It will be interesting to see if the innovative company structure designed by Dee Hock (Chaordic Commons) will be compromised by the listing. It won’t immediately. But the very nature of shareholdings is so fundamentally different from the member …
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Kdenlive video editing is great.
I recently ventured into the world of digital video editing. It was a fun and easy journey thanks to kdenlive. This software was installed with the package manager on a oss 10.3 x64 laptop. Configuration settings were checked (mostly keeping default values). A 3 minute video was loaded. Then it was cut in to segments …
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Don’t waste energy on the US presidential race
As the year begins so the media coverage of the US presidential race rises. So much so that it seems almost like time filler already. But coverage is mostly irrelevant and a distraction to most people, not just outside the US but also within. It is irrelevant to those outside the US because they can …
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Oh not again …! Mountain biking on video
By TymTom productions …