A few days ago I had a discussion with our managing editor for our company's Web site about how crawlers discover and index pages. He was convinced that search engines can somehow find hidden pages on a Web site even if there are no links to those pages. I, on the other hand, wouldn't be — Continue reading »
GM spites LA Times, pulls ads
📆 April 8, 2005
It's a classic tit-for-tat. In a move that is nothing short of an act of reprisal, GM announced today that it will indefinitely suspend advertising in Los Angeles Times. GM cited "factual errors and misrepresentation" for its decision. The move comes two days after an LA Times columnist criticized the auto-maker for pushing its gas-guzzling — Continue reading »
Abolish daylight-saving time
📆 April 3, 2005
Here we go again. Once again the asinine ritual of changing the clocks is upon us and the roads will be filled with sleepy drivers trying to make their mad dash to work. It's time we abolished this business of changing time because of some outdated notion that it saves a little bit of energy. — Continue reading »
Retirement drill - savings and debt ratios
📆 April 2, 2005
Age Savings toincome Debt toincome 30 0.1 1.70 35 0.9 1.50 40 1.8 1.25 45 3.0 1.00 50 4.5 0.75 55 6.5 0.50 60 8.9 0.20 65 12.0 0.00 Source: Dorman Farrell LLC Age: 3035404550556065 Income: $40,000$45,000$50,000$55,000$60,000$65,000$70,000$75,000$80,000$85,000$90,000$95,000$100,000$105,000$110,000$115,000$120,000$125,000$130,000$135,000$140,000$145,000$150,000$155,000$160,000Calculate Take a look at the chart to your right. Read it and weep, or sulk, or whine. Yes, the — Continue reading »
P2P - pirate to pirate, er, peer to peer
📆 March 29, 2005
Admit it. You have broken the law at least once in your life. Maybe you have gone above the speed limit a time or two, or made a copy of your cousin's music CD. The law doesn't have the patience nor the time to worry about these occasional lapses. Society must rely on people's good — Continue reading »
IRS and USPS – taxing your wallet and patience
📆 March 28, 2005
Checking my mailbox over the weekend, I was greeted with my tax return documents. Only thing is that those were supposed to be delivered to the darlings at the IRS. What steams me is that I made sure to mail my return from another government entity, the post office. They weighed the enveloped, printed the — Continue reading »
Jury duty, Part VI - The discharge
📆 March 26, 2005
We had taken almost the entire court day, but we were relieved to have finally reached a verdict. We shuffled back in the jury box for the reading of the verdict. As the clerk read the decision, I kept wondering whether my vote was cast in good conscience. I could have held out for a — Continue reading »
Jury duty, Part V - The verdict
📆 March 25, 2005
I have always wondered how one would put a price on pain and suffering. Here I was tasked to come up with one. The case was even more nebulous since the plaintiff's credibility was in question. Almost immediately we polled ourselves to see where each juror stood on the matter. The range was between $50,000 — Continue reading »
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