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Što bi tek bilo da nije toliki mirotvorac… hm…

US rockets strike Afghan home, kill 12 civilians
MARJAH, Afghanistan – Two U.S. rockets slammed into a home Sunday outside the southern Taliban stronghold of Marjah, killing 12 civilians after Afghanistan’s president appealed to NATO to take care in its campaign to seize the town.

A vidim da je i Biden ispružio ruku za svoju nagradu…

Biden says Iraq war wasn’t worth `horrible price’
WASHINGTON (AP) – Vice President Joe Biden says the Iraq war hasn’t been worth its “horrible price.”
He says the war was mishandled from the outset and that the U.S. took its eye off the ball. As a result, he says the U.S. was left in a more dangerous position in Afghanistan, where al-Qaida hatched the Sept 11 attacks.

A i ekonomija zaduživanja i trošenja na gluparije mu ide ko i našem Šukeru.

Obama signs Pay-Go law but also raises federal debt ceiling
President Barack Obama on Saturday congratulated Congress for restoring a requirement that the federal government spend only what it can afford — a day after authorizing $1.9 trillion more federal debt.

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A što mislite o ideji da se zabrane SVE reklame tipa Jumbo plakati i sav onaj užas oko kojeg nitko nikad nije podigao demonstracije tipa “Pravo na grad” (jer ih u stvari boli piša za grad, sam se preseravaju).

Ban all advertising in public spaces, says thinktank
A ban on advertising in all public spaces and limits on shopfront marketing will be proposed tomorrow by the leftwing thinktank Compass in what could be a rare alliance between the left and rightwing moralists.

Čisto retoričko pitanje…

What’s Better: Saving the World or Building Another Facebook app?
Running on just sugar and caffeine, 32 teams of students worked non-stop for 18 hours to develop applications that they hoped would blow the judges’ socks off.

Ali koga boli briga za globalno zagrijavanje i tamo nekakve financijske probleme, glad u svijetu i takve gluparije kad možeš recimo… smišljati aplikacije i reklame i reklamne aplikacijei …

The 10 coolest experiments from Google Labs
When you’ve got thousands of the world’s most brilliant engineers spending 20 percent of their time on whatever takes their fancy, cool software is the result

A kad treba dizati poreze nema pozicije i opozicije, svi su složni i pjevaju ko bečki dječaci, posebno neki dječaci. Kako kod asn tako i u UK…

Labour and Conservatives both ‘plan to raise VAT to 20 per cent’
The Conservatives and Labour are both planning to raise VAT as high as 20 per cent to replenish Britain’s ailing finances, it has emerged.

Kinezi odustali od treninga za hakere. Čudna mi čuda, sve su ishakirali. :-)))

China closes training website for hackers
Black Hawk Safety Net site taught thousands how to launch cyber attacks and supplied malware, China Daily reports
The Chinese authorities have shut a training website for hackers and arrested three of its organisers, Chinese state media reported today.

A što se tiče prisluškivanj i privatnosti toga vas ionako ne treba biti previše strah. Sami mobilni operatori su odlučili pokrenuti vlastito mjerenje potrošnje online medija i skupa sa svim podatcima dostavljati marketingašima. Sve je, kažu, anonimizirano… :-) Da, kako je to interesantno. Nitko ne želi nezavisna mjerenja jer je to strašno i grozno, zamislite da neki nezavisni lik izmjeri posjećenost naših portala ili čitanost novina ili… ono… strašno. Uvijek je bolje kad sami radite izvještaj o tome koliko ste posjećeni… zar ne.

Mobile operators join hands to launch mobile media metrics in the UK
The GSMA and comScore, in partnership with operators O2, Vodafone, Orange, T-Mobile and 3UK, have confirmed the official UK launch of the GSMA Mobile Media Metrics (MMM) product, a census-level solution for mobile media reporting. The service will provide insights…

Koga uostalom briga kad ljudi sami daju sve podatke o sebi. Koliko? Možda čak i malo previše.

Is There a Limit to Our PublicNess?
The question is whether there’s a limit to how public we want our lives to be? How much is too much? Is there a point in which disclosing too much about who we are, what we’re thinking/doing and where we’re located becomes dangerous? Are we there yet?

Evo recimo jednog genija kojem će poslije svi biti krivi. Okrivit će i Masone i NSA i CIA i Google i… Facebook zato što je … pa recimo to tako… kreten.

Cops Nail Criminal After He Posted His Location on Facebook
When will criminals learn that using Facebook while they’re on the lam is a terrible idea ? If you really want to stay out of jail, those friend requests, status updates and application invites can probably wait.

Sva sreća što Facebook nema klasičnu e-mail opciju pa da ljudi sve mailove drže na Facebooku i dobiju recimo za uzvrat mail adresu tipa bedak@facebook.com ili tako nešto. Ups…

Facebook working on true email service
If you’re a big Facebook user there is probably a good chance that you have used the social network’s mail feature. The most complimentary thing I can say about the interface is that it is a bastardized version of a regular email service like Gmail.

Čemu se uopće i mučiti sa prisluškivanjem kad budale ionako jedva čekau da sve postaju na Facebook ili Twitter ili… A što se tiče cenzure najbolja je ona u kojoj kad ti nešto smeta jednostavno zaustaviš… internet. :-))

Iran’s Internet Fails Ahead of Protests
Internet connections are crawling in Iran and text message traffic has been disrupted ahead of planned anti-government protests in that country this week. The timing is raising eyebrows.

Polako ali sigurno e-uplatnica ide dalje. :-))

Dakle, ZG Holding, HT i Optima… who’s next?

PS: remetinec business academy

London Stock Exchange prelazi na Linux. Hm, nije ni čudo, koliko su love izgubili prošle godine nemaju više love za skupe Windowse…

London stock exchange switches to Linux
Year long penguin migration
IN THE CITY OF LONDON, the financial heart of the UK, the London Stock Exchange (LSE) has begun a twelve-month migration to a Linux based trading system.

He… pa ti reci da igrice ne potiču nasilje. Klinac je starog izbo nožem jer … a ono… stari ti ne kužiš.

Italian teen stabs father in PlayStation row
Reuters
ROME (Reuters) – An Italian man who argued with his son over Sony PlayStation tactics was recovering in hospital on Monday after the teenager stabbed him in the neck with a 15-inch kitchen knife, police and hospital officials said.

Ah te vijesti. Jučer sam pročitao kako je Jutarnji odbio skupa sa Večernjim i još nekim medijima mjerenje koje bi pokazalo koliko su uopće čitani. Njihovo objašnjenje je da je metodologija zastarjela i neprecizna. Hehe… naravno, možda i stoji ali njihova metodologija je čisto izmišljanje i pakiranje brojeva. Evo recimo jedna metoda koja može pokazati čisto otprilike kako koji medij stoji ili ne stoji sa čitanošću, recimo na internetu. Oni imaju plaćene analize koje prikazuju ooooogromne brojke, barem kad se suporede sa nekim drugim brojkama.

Da, Google Analytics to vidi maaaalo drugačije nego što oni prikazju u svojim kliknem_ti_klikneš_mi analizama u kojima broje sve živo pa valjda i mrtve surfere. ;-)

A što se tiče surfera, spominjao sam filter koji sam postavio neki dan (na kratko) koji je blokirao posjete blogu iz Amerike. E pa nisam jedini kojem je na pamet palo da se filtriranje m pobuni protiv filtriranja. :-)

Internet to fade to black in filter protest
The Greens say their website will fade to black on Australia Day as part of a nationwide protest against the Federal Government’s proposed internet filter.

I pazite što sadite u svojim vrtovima. Ima susjeda koji ne razlikuju hibiskus od kanabisa. Pejoti vam stanu i na radni stol. :-))

Plant is called hibiscus, but it won’t get you high
Officials mistake the popular foliage for pot and storm home of contractor

A ima jabuka koje su još žive bez obzira na led i mraz i hladnoću, nemreš bolivit…

Apple tree defies coldest winter to retain fruit crop

Pih, u Americi ne daju zatvorenicima da igraju Dungeons&Dragons dok bi kod nas “neki” imali i maserku ako treba… hm… a možda i imaju.

Game over: Wisconsin inmate loses legal fight to play Dungeons & Dragons behind bars

I jedno filozofsko pitanje: “Kako meso može reklamirati zelenjavu?”

Ubrzajte rad vašeg Firefox preglednika

Možda ste pročitali da je Njemačka vlada izdala priopćenje o nesigurnosti Internet Explorera i preporučila korištenje nekog drugog preglednika. Razlog su nedavninapadi na Google u kojima je iskorišten propust u samom Internet Exploreru što je potvrdio i Sophos. Pa iako svaki preglednik ima propuste nije na odmet na svom računalu imati više od jednog preglednika. Firefox je jedna od alternativa koja se (trenutno) koristi više od drugih alternativnih preglednika. Ukoliko ste se odlučili za povremeno ili čak stalno korištenje ovog preglednika evo par savjeta kako ga učiniti još boljim i bržim…. opširnije.