Looking at events in the Arab world, you have the impression that the whole region is fuelled by a gigantic inferiority complex – a dangerous condition, considering what it did to post-WWI Germany. This opinion […]
Robert Fisk: Al-Qa’ida cashes in as the scorpion gets in among the good guys. The good part with that part of the world is that damned if you do, damned if you don’t. Whatever we […]
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/politics/revealed-inside-story-of-us-envoys-assassination-8135797.html The point of embassies and diplomacy is to maintain relations between states and governments, even in a time of ubiquitous, instant telecommunications. The whole point of attacking embassies is to make civilised relations […]
The Sun using an intern to strip for ‘nude Prince Harry’ pictures is shameful. The question nobody seems to ask is not whether the Sun should publish the pictures of prince Harry, but why in […]
Jeff Jarvis says: “Creators don’t need protection from copying. That’s futile. Copying can’t be stopped. Thus copying is no longer a way to exploit the value of creation.” (Full story here: Copyright or creators’ rights?).
Broadcast Engineering celebrates the quality of NBC’s 2012 Olympic coverage, extolling the technical setup and the quantity of material provided across various platforms and channels http://broadcastengineering.com/hdtv/better-faster-stronger?page=1 Obviously the technology was used in an optimal manner. […]
The euro may break up within the next several months or, again, it may not, depending on whether Europe can find leaders or just mediocre managers. The way it’s going at the moment, it’s a […]
US mourns Aurora victims If anybody is serious about bringing the people responsible to justice, they should go after the gun lobby, in the first place. Is it likely to happen? There is too much […]
Il Corriere della Sera L’annuncio di Costa (Mondadori): “Venderemo il reader Kobo in Italia” E un’evoluzione naturale, l’e-book non rimpiazzerà il libro od il giornale cartaceo, ma prenderà una fetta importante del mercato, ciò che […]
I’ve had a Slingbox Pro since a couple of years – waste of money and space. It does have three inputs – but they are dedicated to one single function each: a tuner, a composite […]
From the moment the financial industry is not used to gather capitals to finance productive activities, it is just a totally sterile activity. Its only purpose being the manipulation of money and payment of profits […]
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/on-small-business/the-perks-and-perils-of-telecommuting/2012/05/01/gIQAsbBluT_story.html The story summarizes well the advantages and pitfalls of telecommuting. I would just add, on the downside, the feeling of isolation a worker can experience, an “us v. them” rivalry which can creep into […]
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