“I dream of things that never were, and ask why not.” – RFK
I can’t help but marvel at the recent political posturing that has occured on the international stage. Just to list a few off the top of my head:
North Korea’s successful nuclear test yesterday
South Korean Ban-Ki-moon to serve as Secretary General of UN
Putin quietly consolidating power in Russia
Thai’s recent blood-less coup
US GOP Implosion over Mark [...]
In the last several months, the United States has been embroiled in controversy over illegal immigration. Mass protests were staged by predominantly Hispanic populations all across the US (see BBC reporting here) to put pressure on Congress to allow the estimated 11.5 MM illegal immigrants to begin applying for citizenship. Though it is [...]
The recent South Korean science scandal involving Dr. Hwang Woo-Suk ended with Dr. Hwang’s lab completely dismantled and the entire country shamed. A similar scandal is now beginning to unravel at Columbia University thanks to vigiliant bloggers. It seems that Professor Sames from Columbia University has quietly retracted two publications from the JACS [...]
I’ve been a part of many different organizations, from startups to sitting on boards of long established entities. The two things that annoy me to no end are:
the superificial advisory boards (very nicely covered by Ed Sim in his blog entry)
the complete lack of transparency in how an organization is run (especially in financial [...]
The warez scene has once again suffered some significant losses due to the recent multi-country crackdowns.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8419601/
Alleged Net pirates raided across globe
11-nation operation targets large-scale online distributors
Updated: 1:00 p.m. ET June 30, 2005
WASHINGTON – The Justice Department announced Thursday an 11-nation crackdown on large-scale Internet pirates who illegally distribute first-run movies, video games and [...]
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