Archive for March, 2008
Highly advertised drugs don’t work
Closed Published by Tom March 31st, 2008 in Fail, Government, Health, NewsAs hard as it may be to believe given the number of ads cholesterol-lowering drugs Zetia and Vytorin don’t actually protect you from heart attacks and strokes.
Oddly enough, in Canada where prescription drug advertising is not permitted these drugs are prescribed far less than in the US.
Let’s say you’re a maker of sound cards for PCs. And you naturally come out with drivers for Vista. But despite your team of programmers the drivers suck. But one of your customers figures out how to fix them and starts making working drivers available. What do you do? If you’re Creative you angrily tell [...]
You can go up…
Originally uploaded by tommasz
…but you can’t go down.
I wonder if they’ll bother fixing this or not. It seems maintenance is no longer a priority given the pending sale.
A sudden attack of common sense
Closed Published by Tom March 31st, 2008 in Government, Politics, RochesterAs much as I hesitate to accuse anyone of having common sense these days (it needs to be renamed given how few people possess it), at least the MCC Board has figured out it messed up and needs a chance to fix things. While this won’t necessarily derail the GOP’s strong arm tactics, it might [...]
Lower Falls
Originally uploaded by tommasz
I was experimenting with slow shutter speeds to blur the motion, but this still wasn’t what I wanted. I’m going to try a neutral density filter next time.
Some people are suing Fermilab and CERN to suspend work on the Large Hadron Collider until the risks are better understood. The risks are somewhat unusual: “the experiment might create globe-gobbling black holes or never-before-seen strains of matter that would destroy the planet.”
Beer Makers Want More Respect from Albany
Closed Published by Tom March 28th, 2008 in Government, Journal, Misc, PersonalThe wine industry in New York State gets a lot of attention and governmental support. The state’s beer industry, not so much. Unsurprisingly, brewers want equal attention and status as wine makers.
One of the things mentioned in the article is hops. New York once was a big grower of hops but fungal issues forced [...]
MCC faculty screeners say GOP cronies lack right credentials
Closed Published by Tom March 27th, 2008 in Fail, Government, Politics, RochesterI’m shocked, shocked I say to hear that the two GOP cronies that were “nominated” for MCC president lack the right credentials. It’s almost as if they were nominated solely for their party loyalty and not for their academic leadership experience. What, neither of them has any academic leadership experience? Why I’m even more shocked, [...]
Sunrise over contested land
Originally uploaded by tommasz
If the developers have their way, this view of the sunrise will be gone, obscured by high-rise apartments.
Motorola insider tells all about the fall of a technology icon
Closed Published by Tom March 26th, 2008 in Apple, Fail, Gadgets, Mac, TelecomEngadget has posted a letter from Numair Faraz describing, among other things, how they literally worked CMO Geoffrey Frost to death. It’s very disturbing reading.
Motorola was once a giant in semiconductors as well as communications, but they’ve managed to fumble and then eventually sell off both divisions. Battles between 68000 and 8086 partisans were once [...]
As I had mentioned before I was working on getting my amateur radio license. I passed the test on the 15th and my call sign, KC2TCK, was assigned on Monday. I am now figuring out which radio to purchase (used) to get on the air. Unfortunately, all my hobbies require spending money.
