One could opine and muse all day long about the problems in India, particularly when it comes to infrastructure. Let’s face it — India’s infrastructure is a mess. One cannot even classify it as being in disrepair —– because that implies that it worked properly once upon a time. But the problems are and will [...]
Is raising the minimum wage to $7.25 the best plan of action when unemployment can result? I’m not convinced that it’s a wise move for the benefit of society considering that lower wage workers are the most likely to be affected in the form of unemployment. Just like Hugo Chavez’s recent actions whereby the luxury [...]
One of the inherent difficulties in posting pictures to the web is that some idiot is bound to deep link directly to the photo file rather than download it and upload it to their own site and then link from there. People go to Google image search, find an image, and link directly to it [...]
Every American citizen should take the time to watch the Frontline documentary entitled “The Dark Side.” Much of the materially significant information regarding the current Administration’s press for war in Iraq didn’t make mainstream press. I wasn’t aware of some of the infighting within the leadership ranks involving the Pentagon and the CIA. And [...]
I won’t comment on Jose Padilla’s innocence or guilt because there has been no evidence to support either state. But this article in the NY Times is overwhelmingly clear: Jose Padilla has been materially affected by his incarceration by the United States government.
I get enraged when I consider the fact that an American [...]
I didn’t plan on voting yesterday —– until my Netflix delivery arrived. “The Tank Man” changed my mind. I typically don’t pay much attention to mid-term elections and local politics here in Georgia bore me incessantly. Moreover, being a left-leaning, vegetarian peace supporter in an overwhelmingly Republican state makes for a lonely place.
“The Tank [...]
Sanjay Kumar, the former CEO of Computer Associates, was sentenced to 12 years in prison for his part in the accounting scandal that shaved billions of dollars from the company’s market cap.
He plead guilty for his part in masterminding a 35–day accounting month that also allowed for software sales to occur during a given [...]
The NY Times is reporting that sentencing for Sanjay Kumar, former head of CA, is being delayed again to October 30 in order to allow prosecution to enter into testimony the amount of “economic harm” caused by Kumar’s actions that resulted in a $2.2B accounting scandal.
The public has no sympathy, nor should they, for former [...]
Chris wrote about diversity recently in a post entitled “The Future of White Boy clubs” in reference to “The Future Of Web Apps” conference held in San Francisco. Chris writes very eloquently about his feelings on the subject:
There’s something important here that needs to be impressed upon us white boys by a white boy — one who happens [...]
Poor Patricia Dunn. She’s being butchered by the blogosphere and the mainstream media. But, rightly so. She was caught spying on her board members and journalists.
The basic facts are these: HP’s general counsel, at the request of its board, hired an outside investigative agency to determine who on the board had been leaking information to [...]
Sept 11 is a day of remembrance, but the 12th yields an exciting event. I’m almost unnaturally excited in my hopes that Sanjay Kumar gets a long prison sentence. The former Computer Associates (CA) chief will be sentenced on September 12 for obstruction of justice and securities fraud.
We need continued demonstration that corporate misgivings will [...]
There’s a great read in the July 27th edition of the Economist that reminds me of the perils associated with the imperialistic endeavors involving the US, Britain, and France in relationship to the Suez Crisis of the 50’s.
Britain and France wanted control of the Suez Canal, but had no basis for invading Egypt, so [...]
22 Jul
Posted by Raj as India, My Opinion, Technology
I received an email from the engineers on my team in India that ISPs have started allowing access to the blocked typepad.com and blogspot.com domains after the Bombay attacks. Apparently, they weren’t able to selectively block certain blogs (for whatever reason), but have realized how insanely ineffective it was to attempt to block anything at [...]
Thanks to all those people who emailed or called asking if we had any relatives who were affected by the attacks in Bombay. I don’t have immediate relatives there, but I have plenty of distributed family members living in the area. None were directly involved in the train bombings, but they will surely [...]
Business 2.0 put out their list of “The 50 people who matter now,” but they failed to mention Joe Tucci, CEO Of EMC, while including a bunch of other semi-important tech people in my opinion. And I don’t have that opinion from simply having worked for EMC. He’s on a warpath, determined to build a [...]
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