Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Privacy snafu
I like Google’s Gmail Privacy Policy. Ok ok, it’s here. But fix the link Mr Google.
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Talk of recession
In the run up to the Fed meeting this week, the chatter on investing websites and finance blogs is increasingly talking about recession in the US. This is linked to the subprime crisis, and going by Google Trends, talk of a recession has been gradually growing, at least with regard to searches. Red is subprime…
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The Google Cloud
Cringely again, this week covering the plan for all those Google data centres. Google have put their finger in the MySQL pie by placing extensions inside the language from 2009 onwards. Here’s the grand plan: By working with IBM to promote cloud computing to universities, Google is accomplishing two very important goals. It will first…
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Finance question
I am somewhat confused. During the run on Northern Rock I understood that the Bank of England disclosed information because they were obliged to by EU regulations. They could not keep it secret, as apparently had happened in the past. But Charlie McCreevy made some comments today that confused me: Mr McCreevy said in a…
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Driving licenses
So the Government has finally made a move on the precarious situation of provisional licence holders. The new rules appear to mean that from Tuesday, 455,000 people will be driving without insurance. It also gives me a certain problem. I am on my second provisional licence, and I need to drive to and from university,…
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Taoiseach's salary
Is it not a bit high now? I don’t begrudge ministers or prime ministers high salaries for running countries, but Ireland has the population of… 4m (about Manchester and Birmingham greater areas combined). Why should the Taoiseach be paid more than the President of the United States – a job many would consider to be…
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Colbert on fire
This is the best ‘Word’ segment I have ever seen. Colbert discusses the drum beat for war with Iran. Gotta love the Star Wars clip – perfect. Money quote: Everyone knows that Cheney’s fondest pipe dream is driving a bulldozer into the New York Times while drinking crude oil out of Keith Olbermann’s skull.
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SIPO press release
SIPO issued a stark press release yesterday following complaints over payments to Bertie Ahern. The press release differs from the letter that was sent to one of the complainants. The Standards Commission may examine the matter again if additional evidence emerges from the Tribunal of Inquiry into Certain Planning Matters and Payments. as oppose to:…
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Cutting the rate
The Fed cut the rate by .5%. I love days like today. Cross your fingers for all the investment bank results this week…
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And the beat goes on…
Times Select is dead. Finally. They’ve also opened up a huge part of their archives. In addition to opening the entire site to all readers, The Times will also make available its archives from 1987 to the present without charge, as well as those from 1851 to 1922, which are in the public domain. There…
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