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Re: The Technology Liberation Front » Archive » Cox Goes Rather Too Far: Congress Shouldn’t Investigate CBS

klist — Thu, 16 Sep 2004 12:19:23 -0000

As Mister James Gattuso writes "the government should not be policing the media", I can't help but think about the good ol' days (kidding!) when the PRAVDA from the former USSR was telling us (Westerners) that all is well behind the iron curtain. But I digress...the point I am struggling to make is that I agree but I believe it is too late to complain about it. Harm has already been done.

Our First Amendment has been conveniently forgotten. Rep. Cox asking for an investigation of CBS is laughable and idiotic at the very least. Media outfits, when not serving their audience with half-truths and unconfirmed "facts" do screw up constantly. Most of their mistakes seem to be honest ones as they're too caught up in the race for largest viewership in any given day. If CBS is to be investigated, so should CNN, FOX, ABC, NBC...

Politicians should not be interfering with matters of the media wether they like what they read/hear or not. It is serious business that only we, the People, should handle...at the voting booth.

Re: The Technology Liberation Front » Archive » Brian Cooley on Spam Non-Crisis

klist — Thu, 16 Sep 2004 12:45:48 -0000

As far as "we're pissed about spam because we think of our in-boxes as
personal space.", I think Brian Cooley should be more specific. Working in a
IT/engineering department, I see a lot of red-tape and politicking playing such
a detrimental role that solving the problem of SPAM in my inbox is not worth my
while.

I do agree however with Mister Cooley's statements that "Corporations can't
deal with the spam flood." and " Spam is costing corporations a fortune to
manage." are fallacies: the availability of knowledge as well as software on the
Internet makes the implementation of a solution to such problem relatively
simple.

The problem is that initiative that affects a corporation at a large scale
needs support from above. Support comes from understanding every aspect of the
problem and the solution. Driven by a "not knowing is a sign of weakness"
mantra, large corporations are plagued with C-Level people and decision makers alike
that are unwilling to educate themselves.

They are yet to show the resolve inherent to their position and swat that gnat once and for all.