Re: I haven't figured out how scary this is...

2008-01-17 Thread Craig White
On Wed, 2008-01-16 at 21:17 -0700, Joshua Zeidner wrote: There is a great resource put out by Columbia University called 'Who Owns What' which is an index of all major media publications and what corps own them: http://www.cjr.org/resources/ which of course is out of date - the first

Re: I haven't figured out how scary this is...

2008-01-17 Thread Craig White
On Thu, 2008-01-17 at 12:03 -0700, Joshua Zeidner wrote: On 1/17/08, Craig White [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 2008-01-16 at 21:17 -0700, Joshua Zeidner wrote: There is a great resource put out by Columbia University called 'Who Owns What' which is an index of all major media

Re: I haven't figured out how scary this is...

2008-01-17 Thread Joshua Zeidner
On 1/17/08, Craig White [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 2008-01-17 at 12:03 -0700, Joshua Zeidner wrote: On 1/17/08, Craig White [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 2008-01-16 at 21:17 -0700, Joshua Zeidner wrote: There is a great resource put out by Columbia University called 'Who

I haven't figured out how scary this is...

2008-01-16 Thread Craig White
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article3193480.ece Lede... Microsoft is developing Big Brother-style software capable of remotely monitoring a worker’s productivity, physical wellbeing and competence. Craig ---

Re: I haven't figured out how scary this is...

2008-01-16 Thread Joshua Zeidner
I saw this on slashdot. Truly horrific. I like the language they use 'monitor well being'. Are they going to administer electric shocks every time you http://www.slashdot.com ? -jmz On 1/16/08, Craig White [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: I haven't figured out how scary this is...

2008-01-16 Thread Craig White
Times On-Line is UK (Queen's English). That's the one owned by Murdoch isn't it? As for the electic shocks, I would think that this would qualify as a 3rd party opportunity Craig On Wed, 2008-01-16 at 20:40 -0700, Joshua Zeidner wrote: I saw this on slashdot. Truly horrific. I like the

Re: I haven't figured out how scary this is...

2008-01-16 Thread Joshua Zeidner
There is a great resource put out by Columbia University called 'Who Owns What' which is an index of all major media publications and what corps own them: http://www.cjr.org/resources/ in the same vien is one of my favorites: http://www.theyrule.net unfortunately the site does not allow

Re: I haven't figured out how scary this is...

2008-01-16 Thread Alan Dayley
Craig White wrote: http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article3193480.ece Lede... Microsoft is developing Big Brother-style software capable of remotely monitoring a worker’s productivity, physical wellbeing and competence. Nice. That's certainly not the way to get

Re: I haven't figured out how scary this is...

2008-01-16 Thread Charles Jones
keith smith wrote: So if the employee has all these connections what happens when they need to leave their cube for a bathroom break or lunch... ETC. Funny thing is employers will find out we are all the same. We have good days and bad days. Our productivity is not what they think it is

Re: I haven't figured out how scary this is...

2008-01-16 Thread Joshua Zeidner
On 1/16/08, Charles Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: keith smith wrote: So if the employee has all these connections what happens when they need to leave their cube for a bathroom break or lunch... ETC. Funny thing is employers will find out we are all the same. We have good days and bad