I am old enough to remember the first season of Star Trek, I was in awe, the idea of mankind exploring the universe energized me. Transporters, replicators, strange beings from distant planets, what could be better?
In my youth I loved science fiction. It was a way to escape to the world of ‘what if’?
Decades later […]

It is time to hide the good silverware and lock up the virgins, the well known British band Stackridge are about to invade the US.  Just look at the havoc the Beatles created back in the 1960’s!
Stackridge are an interesting band with a very curious history. They formed in the early 70’s and seemed destined […]

As he British Conservatives Mess up, So Do Ours!
In his OP-ED piece today, British Fashion Victims, Paul Krugman warns that their new conservative government’s plan to slash budgets and lay off 490,000 workers will produce economic disaster there — and elsewhere that this new fad is employed. […]

MacMillan publishing is considered a reputed book publishing house. However it appears that the publishing house is not exercising due diligence before publishing a book and would like to share my experience with one of the publications.
I recently came across a publication of a book from MacMillan titled “Handbook: Cyber Laws For Every Netizen” authored […]

Banking in India has undergone a dramatic change with the introduction of technology. Internet Banking has today become a standard feature of every Bank account. Mobile Banking is also being progressively introduced.
While introduction of technology is welcome, one needs to also consider if the introduction of technology has raised concerns on the preservation of basic […]

Today I received a wonderful Press Release from ComScore. I am sure that many of you have never even heard of this ‘blood sucking, useless organization’.  Do you hate being tracked online? Do you hate the concept of targeted ad’s? These folks are the kings!
I think if you Google these idiots you will find a […]

 This is a guest article by Mannie Barling and Ashley Brooks - Simon
After reviewing more than 600 scientific journals, world renowned biologist Pushpa M. Bhargava concluded that genetically modified organisms are a major contributor to the sharply deteriorating health of Americans. In the first nine years after the large scale introduction of GMO crops in […]

This is a guest article by Mannie Barling and Ashley Brooks - Simon
In the process of genetic engineering, the allergens from one food can be transferred to another thought to be safe to eat and, unknowingly, cause allergies, delayed food sensitivities, food intolerances and in some cases even death.
The unknown chemicals used in gene […]

Losing Wars!
The U.S. has lost or nearly lost every war in which it has engaged since WW2. We had to get out of Vietnam. MacArthur nearly lost us the Korean war and was fired by Truman for disobedience. First he insisted on wasting lives attacking […]

Learn how to spot IT scams and unfair billing practices, how to interview an IT firm, what a service invoice or quote should look like, and much more in The IT Handbook for Business by William C. Couie.

#1 You can’t protect yourself from identity theft.
Some, not all Identity theft is preventable. There are many things people can do to minimize their risk, both online and offline. Shred anything that has names and account numbers or any other data that can be used to con someone else into divulging even more information. Keep […]

Does Israel want peace or to play the blame game?
With all due respects there is no way that the Israelis will allow the Palestinians to have a decent life. It has many of them in its jails. One of its major parties would like to expel all […]

I will be the first to admit that when two books arrived on my door step a few months ago I was less than enthusiastic. They appeared large, and somewhat daunting, even the titles bothered me Arthritis, Inflammation, Gout, Crohn’s, IBD, or IBS and Mannie’s Diet And Enzyme Formula . My wife giggled as she […]

Microsoft has released a beta version of open source manager kit for web developers and its called NuPack for the .NET platform, reports The Register.
Independent web developers for the Nublar assignment collaborated with Microsoft to come up with this package. Upon completion, it was transferred to Outercure Foundation, which is sponsored by MS.
In essence, Nupack […]

Our Nation Is Losing It
As the Bob Herbert’s fragment from today’s NY Times Op-ed below suggests, Americans are running scared — they are afraid both for themselves and the nation. Who knows what the outcome of the November elections will be? If the Republicans win one […]

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Pigs’ Heads & Bomb Plots
Richard Robin Palmer grew up in Ithaca in Tompkins County, New York. His parents were college professors prominent in natural science fields. Both were politically conservative. Robin fought particularly fiercely with his father, a fan of Joe McCarthy. Robin […]

In early February 2009, I was skimming the Drudge Report and came across a headline that went something like this: Protester Throws Shoes at Mayor of Ithaca, New York. I immediately knew the shoe-thrower was my friend Robin Palmer. Robin died this August at age 80. He was a born rebel and lived in that […]

China Is Outrunning U.S.
The Krugman Op-Ed in today’s NY Times tells it as it is — fragment of which is below. China is becoming the world’s #1 superpower and outrunning us as did Western Europe after WW2 when we also dawdled while our competitors modernized and produced […]

I am a firm believer that on occasions the history behind the music is as important as the music itself. The unlikely triumvirate of David Bowie, Iggy Pop and Lou Reed is very much a case in point. Unless you are older than dirt (like me) the chances are that you do not remember the […]

On October 17, 2000, India stepped into a new era by creating a legally accepted digital society. It was on this day that the Information Technology Act 2000 (ITA 2000) was notified.
The notification of ITA 2000 meant that an electronic document, became recognized in law subject to the restrictions of Section 1(4). Similarly, a system […]

Information Security Audit Practitioners in India have been traditionally following ISO 27001 as a guideline.  The amendments to ITA 2000 has now thrown a challenge at these auditors and raised a question if such audits are complete without a special reference to ITA 2008 (Information Technology Act 2000 as amended by Information Technology Amendment Act […]

In part one we looked at the Cloud as a data repository, in this article we will explore another use for the cloud.
The concept of using the Cloud as an engine has been gaining traction for several years. In its most simplistic to understand form, it is the cloud that performs the number crunching rather […]

We will be broadcasting our regular program at 1pm eastern on Saturday Oct/16. The panel will consist of the research and writing team Mannie Barling and Ashley Brooks.
For the past several weeks we have been focusing our attention on specific topics, Salt, Water, Food Additives etc, and how these ‘taken for granted’ items have harmful […]

Have you ever sat back and wondered just how everything you do today will look say 40 or 50 years from now? Do you ever wonder just how it will effect the future of the world years from now?
This film, The Age of Stupid brings us to the year of 2055 and makes you want […]

Imagine starting your own “first” never dreaming that one day you would become famous by doing so. This is what Gertrude Berg did. With her personality and lots of hard work and determination she convinced producers in the 1930’s to allow her to make and star in her first TV Family sitcom which was even […]

Big Profit Makers Hit Us Where Our Needs Are
Obama has been powerless to curb these violations of our interests — the general public. He inherited an economy on the edge of collapse, was blocked by Republican vetoes from major reforms. If the Tea Party Republicans now […]

I saw the word "Jesus" on the sleeves of the shirts on the Chilean miners as they came up, one by one, in the capsule.  (Yeah, we had the streaming video going as I worked from home.  What a terrific event.)  But no news organization so much as mentioned the other writings on those shirts.
Thus […]

Banks Stealing Your Home?
My mortgage has bounced around several times — now to a bank with a reputation for cheating here and there. It looks as though our mortgage/house seizures are an ungodly mess. I am waiting to hear that a property of mine without a […]

 
Indian Banking in the Digital Era will no longer be the same as it was last year. The amended Information Technology Act 2000 (ITA 2008) has completely transformed the security scenario in the Banking industry and made every Chairman and independent Directors sit up and take notice of the new obligations cast on them. 
Non compliance […]

I am a mother of two boys and I have three grandsons. To take one of these children and inflict any sort of pain on them would kill me. Unless it is just that I am different, I can’t imagine anyone that would harm an innocent child would be normal at all.
In the past two […]