Comment Where do I get... (Score 1) 526
Cumcast feed and get paid $10?
Comment Re:oh goodie (Score 1) 199
In 1999, there were 5,514 bills introduced in Congress (not counting procedural and internal Congress housekeeping bills).
Let's generously give 30 pages per bill (although many are multi-hundred pages). That would give ~165000 bill pages a year. Let's say an average congressman can read a page a minute (give them a benefit of the doubt). That would
make reading bills a full time job, year round. With no time for debates.
It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried.
Winston Churchill
It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried.
Winston Churchill
Submission + - Police offficer fired for talking trash on Myspace
sokoban writes: Last year an officer in Lexington, Kentucky was suspended following comments and photographs he posted on his Myspace page regarding the arrest of country singer John Michael Montgomery. Kentucky.com has more regarding the story here: http://www.kentucky.com/mld/kentucky/16745408.htm
Submission + - What We Could Learn From Board Games
njkid1 writes: "25-year industry veteran Steve Meretzky, who recently joined Zoo Tycoon developer Blue Fang Games, takes "his turn" to discuss the narrow choices and imitative offerings clogging up the games industry currently. He thinks the industry could take a cue from board games.
http://biz.gamedaily.com/industry/myturn/?id=15288 &ncid=AOLGAM000500000000021"
Submission + - JetBlue Blames Technology
An anonymous reader writes: CIO Insight has a short opinion piece about JetBlue's recent operations meltdown. From the article: "CEO David Neeleman pledged to "bring humanity back to air travel" through a combination of common sense with innovation and technology when he founded JetBlue Airways in 1999. So much for an old promise. Prices remain affordable, but the high quality of airline service vanished at JetBlue when a massive ice storm hit the eastern U.S. on Valentine's Day...its obstinance resulted in the stranding of thousands of passengers in terminals and hundreds sitting for hours on airplanes. Neeleman offers a new promise: a passenger's bill of rights. But he needs to do more, and take a hard look at how the company manages IT to help ensure that such a blunder doesn't occur again." The piece offers suggestions to improve JetBLue's IT operations.
I'm tired of companies always blaming technology for what really amounts to poor management. How can there be no repercussions for a $30 million loss?
I'm tired of companies always blaming technology for what really amounts to poor management. How can there be no repercussions for a $30 million loss?
Submission + - History According to Jesus Taught in NJ
fistfullast33l writes: "A fight is brewing in Kearny, New Jersey a 16 year old student and his school district over the teachings of the student's history teacher. According to the NY Times, the student did not think the teacher's lectures in class were relevant to the subject matter, so he started recording the teacher in class. On the tapes, "Mr. Paszkiewicz is heard telling the class that there were dinosaurs aboard Noah's ark and that there is no scientific basis for evolution or the Big Bang theory of the origin of the universe." Matthew LaClair, the student, was reprimanded by the school for turning the tapes in (apparently students aren't allowed to secretly record lectures) and has been harassed by students. He has threatened to sue the school district. According to WNBC in NY, the teacher claims "he was merely answering a question posed to him in a question-and-answer session, according to Demetrios Stratis, a Fair Lawn lawyer who said he represented the teacher.""
