by Tom | Apr 28, 2003 | Personal
Some more useful BitTorrent sites:How to use BitTorrentWhat’s newSome 24 series 2 episodesI’m glad I’m back at work: I could get obsessive about finding the one missing episode of a particular show!
by Tom | Apr 28, 2003 | Science
Jared Diamond asks the question Why do some societies make disastrous decisions? (Scroll down for the talk).What I’m going to suggest is a road map of factors in failures of groupdecision making. I’ll divide the answers into a sequence of four...
by Tom | Apr 28, 2003 | Business
Dan Bricklin writes a game-changing note discussing why online piracy isn’t shoplifting. Summary: online piracy is like watching and listening to the open air concerts at Kenwood from outside the enclosure. There’s a potential loss of income (in that you...
by Tom | Apr 28, 2003 | Business
Telemarketer reveals tricks of trade. Nasty.Surprised consumers often complain when they find an unexplained $30 charge on their bill, the former employee, who requested anonymity, said. Epixtar then produces phone recordings proving that the charges were authorized....
by Tom | Apr 28, 2003 | Business
Philip Greenspun treats the Harry Potter series as an experiment in CEO pay. The take-out? Don’t pay too much to someone that buying some holiday homes and a jet-share program will distract them from their job.
