Engineers on TLDs
Engineers on TLDs: “ Engineers on TLDs: Do You Want Me With Fries? on CircleID by Vittorio Bertola: This is why engineering solutions are not carved in stone, and young engineers have always been eating up old engineers since gave engineering to the world. That’s not because the old solutions were better than the new […]
Read MoreState: Chiropractic school angers FSU professors
State: Chiropractic school angers FSU professors: “A growing number of professors in the Florida State University College of Medicine are saying they will resign if FSU administrators continue to pursue a proposed chiropractic school. ‘I would no longer wish to volunteer my teaching energies to FSU medical school, should it encompass a school of chiropractic,’ […]
Read MoreCost of Cyberliving
Cost of Cyberliving: “Internet surfers in many countries have to spend as much as a day’s earning for an hour in a cybercafe. This page provides a map and table of Internet surfing rates at Internet cafes and the percentage of people living on $1 per day in 26 nations. Dated July/August 2004, published by […]
Read MoreMueller comment
Mueller comment: ““You have not tried a free and market process. You have done almost everything else. You have shut the market down completely. You have tried trickling in additions through painful and laborious beauty contests…. However, there is a glimmer of hope…I heard Kleinsin say he saw no technical stability concerns about the addition […]
Read MoreUNESCO Free Software Portal
UNESCO Free Software Portal: The UNESCO Free Software Portal gives access to documents and websites which are references for the Free Software/Open Source Technology movement. It is also a gateway to resources related to Free Software. http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=12034&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html (Via Information Policy.) ——- this could be handy.
Read MoreDeclaration from Buenos Aires – Social Forum of Information 2004
Declaration from Buenos Aires – Social Forum of Information 2004: “Information, knowledge, documentation, archives, and libraries are communal cultural goods and resources. They are based upon and promoted by democratic values, such as: freedom, equality, and social justice, as well as tolerance, respect, equity, solidarity, communities, society, and the dignity of individuals. Every documentation center […]
Read MoreIST grants of 1.12 billion euros
EU invites applications for IT grants of 1.12 billion euros: “The fourth call for proposals under European Commission the Information Society Technologies (IST) Research Programme has just been published. The total financial allocation for this call is 1.12 billion euro. It funds 5 types of projects: Integrated projects (IPs), Specific Targeted Research Projects (STREPs), Networks […]
Read MoreFormer CIA Head Calls for Limiting Access to the Internet
Former CIA Head Calls for Limiting Access to the Internet: “GMill writes “Former CIA head George Tenet has called for limiting access to the internet to only those who take security seriously and that the industry should ‘lead the way’ in restricting access. Somehow I don’t think that this is a call to ban Microsoft […]
Read MoreEUROPA – Research – Science and Society in Europe: Science and society – Governance and scientific advice – SINAPSE
EUROPA – Research – Science and Society in Europe: Science and society – Governance and scientific advice – SINAPSE: “” —- well this will have some effect…..
Read MoreAmateurs and professionals
Amateurs and professionals: “The distinction between professionals and amateurs is one that’s so familiar today as to seem perfectly natural. Professionals are serious, amateurs are dilettantes; professionals know what they’re doing, and have credentials and training, amateurs don’t; professionals get paid, amateurs are hobbyists. Of course, in a few fields there are exceptions to the […]
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