Self satisfaction, not happiness, is the goal of life
I supposed Christopher Columbus is usually given credit for realizing this, though the ancient Greeks appear to have had a clue:
http://www.monsoonco.com/blog/time-to-retire-the-flat-world-metaphor
It’s bumpy and curvy all over
This from the blog of Sandeep Sood, author (not illustrator, that’s been outsourced) of Doubtsourcing, a comic strip portraying outsourcing.
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/2757948.cms
Of course they were given the opportunity to resign
But read the comments. A lot disaffection for TCS!
http://crummy.com/2008/02/17/0
I saw this linked posted somewhere. Interesting programmers’ version of “What ever happened to..” that you see on TV for old TV shows.
The 80s were good, weren’t they?
CNN is now posting that the S & P has fallen more than 90%!
(note: geography is not being offshored yet, so social studies teachers and profs, don’t sweat yet. GIS jobs.. hmmm)
Offshoring Geography 101:
World Regional and Economic Geography slideshow for CIOs:
http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Slideshows/Offshore-Locales/
Around the world in 14 slides or so.
CIO’s slideshows (so does eWeek’s) do suck. I don’t think you need to do browser refresh for each slide.
Romania’s flag would be easy to build with Lego blocks, the blue, red and yellow look just right.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080228/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_working_the_war
And you think your job is bad.. maybe it is
Peruvians, Indians, etc. risking their lives for their chance at the brass ring (relatively speaking), and to serve fast food to American soldiers
http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/02/who-stop-drug-r.html
Decades of tuberculosis control efforts could be reversed by rising drug resistance. Especially lethal strains are spreading with alarming rapidity, and no country is safe.
That’s the disturbing message from the World Health Organization, who today released their fourth and largest global survey of drug resistance in tuberculosis, a respiratory disease that kills more than 1.5 million people each year.
Supposed to save energy too
The new System z10, with a starting price at about $1 million, comes as IBM focuses on lowering the price tag for running its storied line of data-crunching workhorses.
The Armonk, N.Y.-based company said it designed the new machine to help companies and government agencies that rely on mainframes – usually for critical data processing such as bank transactions or census statistics crunching – save money on energy bills and better handle a flood of Internet information.
The size of IBM’s investment – the company spent five years and $1.5 billion developing the new mainframe – also underscores its commitment to the long-term viability of the mainframe and efforts continue adapting the decades-old product line to the Internet age.
http://www.sdtimes.com/content/article.aspx?ArticleID=31753
If I were a rich man, da da da da dada da
Microsoft’s giving away a web proxy tool.
Audible Smirk 