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Comment Talk about a lack of critical thinking (Score 1) 368

I think the author could use a refresher in critical thinking. It seems to me that he's making an appeal to ignorance; I don't know of any big ideas, therefore they don't exist. These days it's easy to point at things like the rise of social media and the rapid dissemination of trivia, but that isn't evidence of a reduction of big ideas. It's just that the signal/noise ratio is particularly bad if you stick to the regular old internet.

Look deeper.

Comment Re:Echo of Marc Andreesen. (Score 2) 645

What are you talking about? Have you ever built any web applications? It's a nightmare. There's no compelling browser standards. This misguided notion you have about how "when you're able to target the browser you don't have to deal with half a dozen completely different system interfaces anymore on the client side" is sheer nonsense.

Comment Security Expert? (Score 2) 183

"Mohamed Hassan, MSIA, CISSP, CISA is the founder of NetSec Consulting Corp, a firm that specializes in information security consulting services. He is a senior IT Security consultant and an adjunct professor of Information Systems in the School of Business at the University of Phoenix."

And is now the laughing-stock of the IT security world.

Nice job moron!

Comment Re:Can Apple survive without Jobs again? (Score 1) 166

If Apple didn't want to have their bottom-line affected by the vagaries of an irrational stock market, they shouldn't have gone public. Simple as that. Public companies know the risks they take - it isn't all IPOs and piles of investor cash; sometimes investors are going to take advantage of your weaknesses.
Linux

Submission + - Ubuntu's Unity Desktop: Reality vs. Rationales (earthweb.com)

jammag writes: Despite Ubuntu head Mark Shuttleworth's self-professed obsession with usability, the Unity desktop — recently announced as the the basis of the next Ubuntu Netbook Edition — falls short on most of its goals. This according to Linux pundit Bruce Byfield, who compares Ubuntu's lofty hopes with Unity's not-so-perfect reality. "Even if you follow your own logic faithfully in your design, you still may not get to anywhere you want to go — not if your assumptions are flawed from the start," opines Byfield.
NASA

Submission + - First weather satellite launched 50 years ago. (noaa.gov) 1

stinkbomb writes: Fifty years ago today, the world’s first weather satellite lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Fla., and opened a new and exciting dimension in weather forecasting. Top leaders from NOAA and NASA hailed the milestone as an example of their agencies’ strong partnership and commitment to flying the best satellites today and beyond.

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