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  1. Re:So does anyone really think... on United States Loses S&P AAA Credit Rating · · Score: 2

    you have to do both.... you said it your self... it is 1/3 the debt problem... the other 2/3s is medicare part D, medicare Advantage, the wars, and corporate subsidies.

  2. Re:So does anyone really think... on United States Loses S&P AAA Credit Rating · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I say, lets return to the fiscal policies of January 2001.... remove the bush tax cuts....End Medicare part D....end Medicare Advantage...... remove the oil subsidies..... end the wars over seas...

    With those moves we will be back in black.

  3. Re:They weren't thinking about it though on United States Loses S&P AAA Credit Rating · · Score: 1

    Yes... before I invest, I do an in-depth risk analysis of the entity or fund I plan to invest in...

    Actually I don't because I am not an actuary.

  4. Re:They weren't thinking about it though on United States Loses S&P AAA Credit Rating · · Score: 1

    My 401K is doing just fine... I moved it to Fixed interest around July 20th. (should have moved it into US treasuries, but I wanted to be very safe.)

  5. Re:I signed up right away.... on Google+ Registers 25 Million Visitors · · Score: 0

    sorry... apparently your just a dumb ass Luddite who was probably only happy when you had to type your BS into a terminal to boot up Linux.

  6. Re:Facebook and Twitter integration on Google+ Registers 25 Million Visitors · · Score: 1

    hootsuite.

    iphone/ipod and android app.

  7. Re:I signed up right away.... on Google+ Registers 25 Million Visitors · · Score: 1

    Nice astroturf, FB Shill.

  8. Facebook and Twitter integration on Google+ Registers 25 Million Visitors · · Score: 1

    You can use "Start Google Plus" addon to chrome to allow you to view and interact with your Facebook and twitter stream in Google Plus, as well as post to those services when you post something to Google+.

  9. Re:No kidding on House Panel Approves Bill Forcing ISPs To Log Users · · Score: 1

    If people thought the war on drugs ballooned our prison population... wait until the war on copyright infringement starts. They came for the poor with the war on drugs, then they came for the middle class with the war on copyright.

  10. Re:No kidding on House Panel Approves Bill Forcing ISPs To Log Users · · Score: 2

    Lets draw a distinction here.... there is the THEORY of free markets and the proponents/practitioners of it.

    The Proponents/Practitioners are corrupting the free market theory of economics to fit the ideals of Fascism but calling it free market capitalism. The people are stupid and believe [private company = free market].

  11. Re:I didn't say that. on New NASA Data Casts Doubt On Global Warming Models · · Score: 1

    please explain how it is not falsifiable.

  12. Re:I've Got a Question on Has LHC Seen a Hint of the Higgs? · · Score: 1

    Ohh... well, considering I used the term... IGNITION...I believe I was more accurate in my terminology.

  13. Re: Different Animal on Former Google CIO Suggests 'Do Dumb Things' · · Score: 1

    Yes, I know that software projects change more readily and rapidly than construction project, but your train track analogy did not do a very good job of expressing that. Why not simply say "requirements can change every time you meet with the customer"? I mean... you talk about project management in other industries being different, and then utilize a project management scenario in a different industry to analogize why IT Project Management is different?

  14. Re:I've Got a Question on Has LHC Seen a Hint of the Higgs? · · Score: 1

    Fusion is a specific nuclear reaction... they have achieved that already... they are going to break even shortly on the energy consumption/production ratio and soon after that, they will have a usable surplus of energy.

  15. Re:Project management on Former Google CIO Suggests 'Do Dumb Things' · · Score: 1

    It will depend on the project... if the SOW was for a contracted project, then it is a legally binding contract that will need to be renegotiated with the customer. It is sometimes more effective to add time or resources to the project to get back on track.. but that will only shorten the time frame by about 25% max, no matter how many resources you add. The key is to watch your metrics closely and fix problems immediately.

  16. Re:In my experience... on Former Google CIO Suggests 'Do Dumb Things' · · Score: 1

    Planning is the MOST important phase. anyone who is rated at CMMI level 3 and above would know that finding an error in the planning phase will cost almost nothing to fix and then if you find one during testing, you are racking up the costs... and don't even get started on fixed during/after install.

  17. Re:Project management on Former Google CIO Suggests 'Do Dumb Things' · · Score: 1

    That would be BAD project management. In fact, I would have to say, if that was ever a conversation I would have to wonder if they actually had a client or a PMO that had documentation requirements because a Statement of Work would have explained most of the questions presented....

    A good PM will get in a room with his most experienced developers and work through the project requirements to come up with a time line by using the experience of the developers to say how long working through the story points will take.

  18. Re:Hah! on Former Google CIO Suggests 'Do Dumb Things' · · Score: 1

    you are correct.

  19. Re:Hah! on Former Google CIO Suggests 'Do Dumb Things' · · Score: 1

    and how is building a large software product, or installing a new piece of software for use in the enterprise not the same animal?

  20. Re:Project management on Former Google CIO Suggests 'Do Dumb Things' · · Score: 4, Insightful

    BAD project management gets in the way... a project manager is suppose to get obstacles out of the way of the talent and provide resources where needed... not crack the whip because they are idiots.

  21. Re:Hah! on Former Google CIO Suggests 'Do Dumb Things' · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Project management is an inverted parabola. Too little and you will fail due to lack of direction and budget, too much and you will smother it.

  22. Re:And they're every bit as evil as Facebook on Google+ Growing As a Social Backbone · · Score: 1

    considering they would have to completely change their advertising model and technology to make your argument plausible, I am confident it will never happen.

  23. Re:And they're every bit as evil as Facebook on Google+ Growing As a Social Backbone · · Score: 1

    that was an unintended action, not a premeditated decision and certainly not one that was geared at making them money nor one that indicates a change in their advertising model.

  24. Re:Have to share this - holy crap! mod parent up on For Texas Textbooks, a Victory For Evolution · · Score: 1

    you should have kept watching... a lot of them actually supported evolution.

  25. Re:Mobile Internet is a luxury. T-bird works offli on Google+ Account Suspensions Over ToS Drawing Fire · · Score: 1

    why the hell aren't you using POP3 for e-mail if you need to read it off line?