January 16, 2012
by donkasprzak
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Volume IV C6b of the Pentagon Papers must have been written just before the 1967 New Year. Ironic that I read this volume during the Christmas holiday and into the first week of 2012. American sentiments to look back and … Continue reading
December 4, 2011
by donkasprzak
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Reaching page 1,758 of the Pentagon Papers (Part IV-C.4. Evolution of the War. Marine Combat Units Go to Da Nang, March 1965) provides a growing stream of reports and studies that the war in South Vietnam was “lost” as early … Continue reading
October 27, 2011
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This is taking a bit longer than originally planned. I’m almost at the half way point of the Pentagon Papers’ 7,000+ pages. My somewhat stale blog is always due to life getting in the way …. but I became stalled … Continue reading
August 13, 2010
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Sometimes a 2.0 release is viewed as a fix for shortcomings in the initial release of just about any product….except this update from Tom Friedman: Hot, Flat, and Crowded 2.0: Why We Need a Green Revolution–and How It Can Renew … Continue reading
July 9, 2010
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Google may launch more than one “fiber city” in America. This cyberinfrastructure project could will be a tipping point for a few lucky cities. var so = new SWFObject(‘http://www.telecomtv.com/embed/player.swf’,'mpl’,’600′,’325′,’5′); so.addParam(‘allowscriptaccess’,'always’); so.addParam(‘allowfullscreen’,'true’); so.addParam(‘wmode’,'transparent’); so.addParam(‘flashvars’,'file=Week_5_Google&volume=100&autostart=false&streamer=rtmpt://telecomtv.fcod.llnwd.net/a1411/o16&type=video&image=http://video.telecomtv.com/web2/ugc/thumb/Week_5_Google_large.jpg’); so.write(‘embedplayer’); Tags: experimental network, Google, Network, internet … Continue reading
May 3, 2010
by donkasprzak
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I was looking forward to George Friedman‘s The Next 100 Years: A Forecast for the 21st Century. I found this to be a very compelling read due to the simple nature that predictions in general are always horribly incorrect. Friedman’s … Continue reading
January 21, 2010
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Al Gore’s latest book Our Choice: A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis should be considered by anyone interested in learning how the world can conserve resources with next generation technologies to reduce the globe’s carbon footprint. Its easy to … Continue reading
November 24, 2009
by donkasprzak
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Today Tom Friedman’s Hot, Flat, and Crowded 2.0: Why We Need a Green Revolution–and How It Can Renew America is available. The 1.0 release was a very interesting read (my review here) and I’m looking forward to the update. Check … Continue reading
August 13, 2009
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Must admit the timing at first seemed strange. I was reading Al Gore’s book The Assault on Reason when Michael Jackson died. Gore has written a book about what has gone wrong in our country. Yet I was able to … Continue reading
July 21, 2009
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To no surprise globalization is bringing the world closer together and thereby making commerce “smaller” and faster as global financial markets increase the efficiency of established information systems. Recent growth of internet penetration has changed dramatically. Today China has more … Continue reading