Author: Michael Pellegrini
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George W. Bush: Man or Moron?
So George Bush gives us platitudes, pats us on the head and tells us daddy knows best: the only way to succeed in Iraq and make America safe from the menace of al Qaeda is to increase troop levels there and send more American kids off to their deaths. What a load of tripe! I…
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Wi-Fi Makes Fiber Obsolete?
I don’t believe wireless and fiber will ever really compete. I think there will always be a place for both. They both have unique attributes: wi-fi’s portability, and fiber’s speeds. Each has it’s own place – they compliment each other. The main problem with wireless – at least at this early stage of the game…
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Let’s Fire George Bush
It’s been over a week now since the release of the Iraq Study Group report. The basis of the report is that the situation in Iraq is “grave and deteriorating,” and that there is no workable military solution. The report states that the only path with some potential for success is a joint diplomatic/political venture…
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A World Without Net Neutrality: The Death of the Internet As We Know It
BellSouth and a few others telecos have recently started advocating a “pay-by-the-byte” type of pricing scheme. Under those proposals, consumers who access high-bandwidth applications, like file sharing or VoIP or online gaming would pay more than people who just web surfed or read email. An example of the current justification for the proposed pay-by-the-byte pricing…
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Well, I switched hosting companies and had to rebuild my blog
Movable Type is a royal pain to configure, but it’s the best platform around.
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Land of Promise Denied
“Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame, With conquering limbs astride from land to land; Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command The air-bridged harbor…
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Dubai Ports World Deal – Handing The Keys To The Kingdom To An Enemy?
It’s amazing the amount of fuss that’s been stirred up on both sides of the aisle by the Bush administration’s approval of the sale of P&O Orient Lines to Dubai Ports World. Under the terms of that sale, Dubai Ports World would take over as operator of six container terminals in the United States. Those…
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Hypocrite of the Decade
Our hypocrite of the decade award goes to none other than George W. Bush. Mr. Bush, the world’s premier champion of the democratic form of government, has made spreading democracy Job Number One for the good ol’ US of A. This mantle of good-natured philanthropy surfaced, as you’ll no doubt recall, after it finally became…