Re: Google CEO's kooky comments on privacy

2010-08-17 Thread G Money
On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 3:20 AM, Robert Munn wrote: > > Nothing at all wrong with it, except that Schmidt is basically saying > many young people will be forced into changing their names by the > invasiveness of his search engine. Did he manage to say that with a > straight face? > To be fair,

Re: Google CEO's kooky comments on privacy

2010-08-17 Thread Robert Munn
Nothing at all wrong with it, except that Schmidt is basically saying many young people will be forced into changing their names by the invasiveness of his search engine. Did he manage to say that with a straight face? On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 12:02 AM, Maureen wrote: > > The majority of all woma

Re: Google CEO's kooky comments on privacy

2010-08-17 Thread Maureen
The majority of all woman and some men change their name at marriage, which is definitely a rite of passage. No one questions that. Why would any other name change matter? I've changed mine five times. Other than the paperwork - SSN, drivers license, etc..not a big deal. On Mon, Aug 16, 2010

Re: Google CEO's kooky comments on privacy

2010-08-16 Thread Robert Munn
On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 2:52 PM, Judah McAuley wrote: > > What bits did you find especially kooky? I disagree with Schmidt's > position that we don't need privacy regulation because the market will > correct itself, but most of the things he is saying in the interview > that El Reg is selectively

Re: Google CEO's kooky comments on privacy

2010-08-16 Thread Judah McAuley
What bits did you find especially kooky? I disagree with Schmidt's position that we don't need privacy regulation because the market will correct itself, but most of the things he is saying in the interview that El Reg is selectively quoting is pretty spot on in my opinion. Here is the original in

Google CEO's kooky comments on privacy

2010-08-16 Thread Robert Munn
Good gravy, is he serious? His lack of understanding about people just amazes me. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/08/16/schmidt_wsj/ --- Increasingly bonkers Google governor Eric Schmidt has seen the future, and you might have to change your name to be a part of it. According to the man in c