Americans Rate Computer Industry Best, Oil and Gas Worst
Americans continue to give the computer industry the most positive ratings out of 25 business and industry sectors tested, with the restaurant industry in second place. The oil and gas industry and the federal government have the least positive images, as they did last year.
U.S. & World Population Clocks
We just hit 7 Billion on October 30th, 2011. It's amazing how that number has grown since then.
Ever wish there was some high school or college course work that taught judgment? It is amazing how many times each week we see well educated, professional level and accomplished adults fail to use good judgment when interacting with their fellow employees, managers, or every day people in general.
We have all witnessed countless occasions where people have "opened mouth, inserted foot". Or, just plain don't get it. It amazes me how people set themselves up to fail and don't even see it coming.
I would like to share several cases or instances that come to mind.
A 26 year old female sixth grade teacher told her class she was very happy to be teaching at their school because the boys in her class said she was very attractive. Feeling good about what had been said by her male students, she mentions it to the school principal other faculty members in the teachers lounge.
Your Election is being Bought by 47 Billionaires (and they are Buying War, Climate Change)
Posted on 08/14/2012 by Juan
The Public Interest Group Education Fund and the NGO Demos released a study in early August on the financing of the presidential campaign.
They found that nearly 60% of the almost quarter of a billion dollars raised by Super PACs from individuals derived from just 47 people, who gave at least $1 million each (obviously some gave much more).
47 people. That’s democracy?
Of these 47, the most generous (or greedy) are Sheldon Adelson and his wife, who gave $36 million themselves. Since the total known amount from individuals is $240 million, some 15 percent of the individual contributions, or one-sixth, are coming from one family.
Government Spends More on Corporate Welfare Subsidies than Social Welfare Programs
WikiLeaks Has Been Down For Nine Days Following Massive DDoS Attack
WikiLeaks is no stranger to being brought down by DDoS attacks. The Web site has been attacked multiple times, usually after a major leak. This past week has been a little difference because the Web site and all its mirrors have been down for nine days. What did they leak this time that caused such an uproar and who’s behind such a massive attack?
WikiLeaks says that they’ve been under attack since revealing TrapWire. According to a leak from Stratfor, TrapWire is a massive surveillance system operated by a private security company called Abraxas. Its goal is to collect information from security cameras around the nation and feed them into a central database. For more on TrapWire, check out this lengthy and comprehensive post that cuts through all the conspiracy theories that have popped up since its unveiling.
WikiLeaks claims that their servers are being attacked by 10 Gbps of bogus traffic per second. If true, this is one of the largest DDoS attacks on record. Having lasted for nine days, it might also be the longest sustained DDoS attack on record.
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