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File This Under: "What the Hell Were They Thinking?"

Tuesday, 4. April 2006, 04:40:26

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There's apparently a new and groovy computer system in place at the Houston Municipal Court. But something went horribly, horribly wrong. What? Human nature intervened. Take people who have been doing something a certain way for 18 years and throw new technology at them and watch the devastation. It's not pretty.

City officials said Monday's performance of the computer system was better than a trial run in January. They said it could take between 30 and 90 days for the system to be at full speed.

Which begs the question, why deploy it now, then? Train them behind the scenes and roll it out in 30-90 days when all users are trained. Am I missing something here?

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"Free Your Mind" and the Rest Will Follow

Sunday, 12. February 2006, 06:29:46

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Here is an interesting discussion about the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. Part of the discussion surrounds the benefits of a society that enjoys freedom of speech and freedom of press. Of particular interest:

3. CREATING A MORE ADAPTABLE AND STABLE COMMUNITY (The "Safety Valve" Function). It is suggested that a society in which angry and alienated citizens are allowed to speak their mind--"vent"--will be more stable, as people will be less likely to resort to violence. It has also been pointed out that allowing the alienated and discontented to speak freely enables government to better monitor potentially dangerous groups who would otherwise act more clandestinely.

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6. PROMOTING TOLERANCE. It has been argued that freedom of speech, especially through our practice of extending protection to speech that we find hateful or personally upsetting, teaches us to become more tolerant in other aspects of life--and that a more tolerant society is a better society.

Cross posted to my WordPress blog.

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Sony - No Baloney?

Thursday, 12. January 2006, 21:35:26

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That was the tagline for Sony for years with regard to its products and I myself am a die-hard Sony fan[1]. However, I've not bought any Sony music CDs recently that were "infected" with the "XCP virus" so I can't complain about that.

But Sony finally got the slap upside the head [PDF file] that it needed. And now, it's under court order to post the settlement on its web site before February 15 (happy Valentine's day, Sony!). This just goes to show that people have a voice, and many pissed off people have a loud voice. Read the settlement FAQs here

(nicely broken down into layman's terms).

Remember, Sony: No baloney, now!

[1] Currently, we own three Wega televisions, two Vaio laptops, a Vaio desktop, a Clie PDA, a Cybershot camera, an old Mavica camera using 1.44MB floppy disks, two Sony DVD players and a VHS player. We are "Sony'ed up" here at my house, yes indeedy!

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And Justice for All...

Wednesday, 4. January 2006, 19:28:21

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Best quote I've heard in awhile:

The internet is a time sink. And I stand before it daily, pouring time down the drain like it was bathtub gin and Eliot Ness was pounding at the door.


And read the rest of Justice William Bedsworth's monthly column, A Criminal Waste of Space, here.

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