http://www.eediots.com Discourse, diatribe, discussion... Sun, 07 Jan 2007 18:29:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 Wow, eediots is back. I wonder if anyone still reads or remembers this site. Other than the %#$@@% linkspammers, of course. We ought to turn off comments by unregistered users altogether... http://www.eediots.com/index.php?p=53 From an interview with SBC CEO Edward Whitacre: How concerned are you about Internet upstarts like Google (GOOG ), MSN, Vonage, and others? "How do you think they're going to get to customers? Through a broadband pipe. Cable companies have them. We have them. Now what they would like to do is ... http://www.eediots.com/index.php?p=52 The State of Texas, in a seriously misguided move, is suing VoIP provider Vonage, claiming that Vonage does not make it clear to customers that they do not provide traditional 911 service. This was brought about by a story a couple weeks ago here in the Houston area, where ... http://www.eediots.com/index.php?p=51 Hey, assholes...quit spamming your goddam trash all over the place. http://www.eediots.com/index.php?p=50 Charles Graner was convicted on Friday on five charges related to the Abu Ghraib scandal. His defense is one that is going to be used by other defendants, whos lawyers will claim that they were just following orders. One of the things that the defendants, and the counsel for the ... http://www.eediots.com/index.php?p=49 Acknowledging that US forces have been the backbone of relief efforts throughout the affected region, Indonesia's government Sunday rescinded its call for foreign troops to leave by a specific date. At the same time, they increased their death toll by 5000, with another 12,000 still listed as missing. http://www.eediots.com/index.php?p=48 It's been fascinating to watch the political and media wrangling in the wake of the tsunami. America's efforts were described as stingy, an accusation that I've seen repeated recently in the traditional media. It's time to debunk some of the myths. The US government has initiall allocated ... http://www.eediots.com/index.php?p=47 The NSF budget was slashed drastically http://www.eediots.com/index.php?p=46 I sometimes disagree with The Daily Kos, but in this one I think they are on to something. They make the argument that this administration is in part driven by the desire to not be their parents and elders, to set their own way in the world. The problem being ... http://www.eediots.com/index.php?p=45 One day a democratic congressman found him self indicted for a crime. His associates on the other side of the isle decided this wasn't the sort of thing they wanted in people who have leadership positions in the House so they made a rule that says you can't both be ... http://www.eediots.com/index.php?p=44