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Former DoubleClick Exec Named Privacy Czar
tsu doh nimh writes "A former executive for banner ad giant DoubleClick has been selected to be the first ever privacy czar for the Department of Homeland Security, says this Washingtonpost.com story." Just leaves you speechless ....
Under suggestion of the bush administrrations new privacy czar, congress has just passed a law making the blocking pop-up ads is now illegal. Yes, congress, not michigan.
"Question with boldness even the existence of a god." - Thomas Jefferson
worst presidency ever.
... hi bingo
True, I'm just waiting for Myxlplyx to be Dubya's running mate in the next elections.
5. What you see when you want to use a browser that's damn fast, uses the OS's default interface instead of sloooowly drawing its own, forgives the odd small coding error, supports file formats in, frankly, a much more sensible way than relying on MIME types.....
Sorry Mozilla, but you suck. And Opera is a TV chat show.
Flamebait? Karma 2 burn.
== Jez ==
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There's always a big stink about convicted criminals elected or appointed to public office, and I think it's overblown.
There are two sort of people in the world: those who get things done, and those who sit on their buts and whine (about people getting things done or about people not getting things done).
The people who get things done occasionally fall on the wrong side of the law. Sometime it's because the law is stupid, sometimes it's because they make honest mistakes, sometimes because they are trying (in the name of efficiency and competition) to skirt as close to the edge as possible but they end up going over the edge. (Sometimes it's because they are truly evil psychopaths, but that's much more rare.)
In most cases, when these people break the law, they admit that they broke the law, they (sometimes) apologise, they change the way they're doing things, they pay the penalty (usually a fine), and then they move on with their lives, getting more stuff done.
The people who never even come close to breaking the law are the people who never take risks, and they are the people who don't get things done (at least not as much as they would if they took more risks).
The same argument applies when we wonder why a company would hire a CEO that has declared bankruptcy in the past. To be successful, you've got to take risks. And when you take risks, you have to accept that sometimes there will be failures. Taking a business into bankruptcy does not mean you're an incompetent CEO, it only means you are willing to take risks. And as long as the rest of your resume shows that your risks are usually smart, that makes you a good candidate.
To make a more mundane comparison, it's like downhill skiing. Every time I go skiing for a day, I fall at least once, and I consider it a day well spent. If I fall dozens of times, then I know I'm in over my head. If I never fall, it means I'm piddling along on the bunny slopes and I could take on the more challenging slopes. Falling once or twice tells me that I'm working right on the edge of my ability.
Those who never fail aren't trying hard enough.
I hate it when I make a joke and I get modded "+5 insightful". Mod the stupid comments "funny", not "insightful", pleas
these bonehead self-serving anti-humanist moves will never stop unless we get rid of the pinheads that come up with these crook-in-charge plans.
this is surely better grounds for impeachment than a little blue dress....
if this is supposed to be a new economy, how come they still want my old fashioned money?
I always go to the websites of places like them and send them a nice, big, fat, juicy, FUCK YOU letter.
I don't just mumble under my breath about things, I BITCH about things.
I routinely email M$ and inform them of my feelings on their 1984ish attitudes and practices.
And I go to EVERY spyware, adware, etc. website and let them know what a bunch of sacks of monkey shit they are.