I really dislike telemarketing. I try not to be rude to anyone, even telemarketers; I just wait until they say what they’re selling and tell them I’m not interested. Most of them quickly thank me and move on to their next target. But there are times when my patience is sorely tested.
Via LifeHacker, a very interesting article about people and why we don’t always (or even usually) make rational choices.
What is it about the holidays that makes them so virus-prone?*
A fellow (and apparently something of a celebrity) over in the UK decided to print his banking details in his column in the Sunday newspaper, to “make the point that his money would be safe and that the spectre of identity theft was a sham,” after it came to light that the British government lost …
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Scott Adams made an entry in the Dilbert Blog today, making a prediction of a coming Golden Age. It’s a lovely vision, and I’m sure the reality will be interesting, even if nowhere near as awesome as he describes. But there’s one thing in particular that he mentioned that bears repeating: Wars appear to be …
Good Lord… how are all those starving military contractors going to make any money off of it if it’s not a war anymore?!
Color me shocked. After my post on the recent Office 2003 debacle, I expected Microsoft to do what they’ve always done (and what they continue to do with Windows Vista): ignore the complaints and forge on. Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead. But apparently they heard enough complaints that they’ve backed off on this one. …
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This article interests me. Not for the prurient aspects — sorry, I’m just not all that interested in dolls, even life-sized and anatomically-correct ones — but for what happens when artificial intelligence can make them a lot more real? When you can easily believe that a robotic woman is the real thing, except that she’s …
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Chris Linfoot had a couple of really snarky anti-Microsoft posts recently. Hello, Microsoft! Sit up and pay attention, you’re losing customers daily — and you’re not too big to care, no matter what you think!
ZDNet has an interesting series, profiling the major Presidential candidates and their stated technology views. So far they’ve got Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Ron Paul, John McCain, John Edwards, and Chris Dodd; I don’t know if they plan to cover anyone else. Of course, you have to take what they say they support with a …