Re: OT: --[maybe]; book review; also, expert says the US needs a CTO

2009-01-23 Thread James Finstrom
Again not getting in to opinions of the man or his politics I think Obama is wired enough that we will see a push for more tech in government. I noticed whitehouse.gov got a face lift which makes it look like his other sites so I think he brought his developers to washington. You will also not how

Re: OT: --[maybe]; book review; also, expert says the US needs a CTO

2009-01-23 Thread James Finstrom
Thats pretty funny, like going from an x-box to an atari I love atari... James Finstrom Rhino Equipment Corp. http://rhinoequipment.com ~ http://postug.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/rhinoequipment --- PLUG-discuss mailing list -

Re: OT: --[maybe]; book review; also, expert says the US needs a CTO

2009-01-23 Thread Gerald Thurman
Stephen wrote: The future of warfare is Technical not manpower anymore. A few years ago Bill Joy (BSD creator, co-founder of Sun Microsystems, father of 'vi', etc.) was quoted saying: September 11 was essentially a collision of early 20th-century technology: the aeroplane and theskyscraper. We

Re: OT: --[maybe]; book review; also, expert says the US needs a CTO

2009-01-23 Thread Stephen
i do on an intelectual level, but not in reality... On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 10:46 AM, Gerald Thurman nano...@gmail.com wrote: Stephen wrote: The future of warfare is Technical not manpower anymore. A few years ago Bill Joy (BSD creator, co-founder of Sun Microsystems, father of 'vi', etc.)

OT: --[maybe]; book review; also, expert says the US needs a CTO

2009-01-22 Thread Mike Schwartz
[1] book review by Edward J. Valauskas, of James Boyle's recent book, The public domain: Enclosing the commons of the mind: http://firstmonday.org/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/2350/2080 ((quote from the above book review: Anyone with even the slightest interest in intellectual