…both Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android machines are small and nonstandard. They require connectivity. They may not be secure. The greater reality is: They are in offices. They work. People will use them, whether corporate Information Technology managers like it or not. (More…Apple’s Shock To Corporate Computing – Quentin Hardy – At Your Servers – Forbes).
Design Flaw Fueled Japanese Nuclear Disaster
July 3 | Posted by mrossol | Economics, Environment, Liberal Press, Technology, The LeftDesign Flaw Fueled Japanese Nuclear Disaster – WSJ.com. Nuclear technology is not the issue. Of course, don’t hold your breath waiting for “left leaning, liberal, environmental factual analysis”… I cannot figure out why/how the Nuclear Industry itself is so often its own worst enemy. ====== By NORIHIKO SHIROUZU And CHESTER DAWSON TOKYO—Some senior engineers at Tokyo Electric Power Co. knew for years that... Read more
Why Apple is going to be worth $2 trillion
May 9 | Posted by mrossol | Economics, TechnologyWhy Apple is going to be worth $2 trillion Outside the Box – MarketWatch. What a company. What a ride!
Fleeing the Dollar Flood
April 21 | Posted by mrossol | Economics, TechnologyReview & Outlook: Fleeing the Dollar Flood – WSJ.com. It will cost us all. ================ Members of the International Monetary Fund emerged from their huddle in Washington last weekend resolved to keep every option open to slow the flood of dollars pouriIt will cost us all.ng into their countries, including capital controls. That’s a dangerous game, given the need for investment to drive... Read more
Daniel Yergin on the Shale Gas Revolution: Stepping on the Gas
April 3 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Economics, Environment, TechnologyDaniel Yergin on the Shale Gas Revolution – WSJ.com. This article is a bit long, and not entertaining, but might be of some educational value in the area of US energy [future]. “… As late as 2000, shale gas was just 1% of American natural-gas supplies. Today, it is about 25% and could rise to 50% within two decades. Estimates... Read more
Nuclear clarity about Japan
March 15 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Global Warming, Liberal Press, Politically correct, TechnologyGot this from my friend Mike Barrett, who proabably picked it up from another source, but I think it is worth sharing. Good url-link, although I am not vouching for that source either. == The frustrating part about writing on this stuff is that people don’t seem to have any middle setting between “everything is fine” and “run in circles scream and... Read more
