Despite extraordinary expenditures, it’s clear that Americans just aren’t getting much for their money
Source: Why military spending remains untouchable – Salon.com
I think that there is much that could be said about the article. I’d start with what Americans (and the world) are getting for our money.
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The private lives of young people are now so well documented on the internet that many will have to change their names on reaching adulthood, Google’s CEO has claimed.
Source: Young will have to change names to escape ‘cyber past’ warns Google’s Eric Schmidt – Telegraph
From comments:
His attitude is appalling! “We won’t honor your right to privacy…so instead, you will have to change your identity.” What a concept.
— anonymous
Another thing to consider is that your “friends” are also not respecting your right to privacy either (e.g. by posting your current location through Foursquare or tagging pictures of you they uploaded to Facebook).
Do you need antivirus software on your PC? If you’re not sure of the answer to that question, then the short answer is yes. The longer answer is that security software is only one piece of what should be a simple, straightforward, and systematic approach to your PC’s health. Here’s my seven-step program.
Source: Do you really need antivirus software? | ZDNet
My favorite part of this is that people are mostly getting infected by malware exploiting vulnerabilities that were patched 2-3 years ago (but YOU keep ALL the software on your computer updated, right?) and the rest of the top-10 most common are installed through social engineering. There is no software or hardware that provides security against the user’s ignorance or gullibility.
A well-known and respected computer-security researcher was detained for several hours Wednesday night by border agents who searched his laptop and cellphones before returning them to him.
Source: Another Hacker’s Laptop, Cellphones Searched at Border | WIRED
When did it become okay to check anyone, whenever, without cause or suspicion? Or, perhaps more accurately, when did everyone become suspicious?
Companies spend billions on rent, offices, and office equipment so their employees will have a great place to work.
However, when you ask people where they go when they really need to get something done, you’ll rarely hear them say it’s the office.
If you ask, you’ll usually get one of three kinds of responses: A place, a moving object, or a time.
Source: Why the office is the worst place to work – CNN.com
Obviously, as with all generalizations, there are exceptions. However, for “creative” jobs (programming, music, graphics, art, writing, designing, etc.) I think this is largely true.