Write Lightning is a blog from writer Deb Thompson.
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Everyone is welcome here.
(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Fri, Mar 18 2005
Apple's Growing Moral Dilemna
I've been uneasy ever since the news broke about Apple using the courts to go after web sites who were publishing blog posts that one-upped Apple's announcements of future products. I'd like to underscore the ideas expressed in this weeks's commentary from Peter Burrows at Mac News World. Apple executives have a chance to handle this situation with grace and elegance. If they opt instead to take a bully's stance they run a real risk of coming off as disdainful of the American press and downright hostile to the American arena of free speech. I'm fairly certain neither of those latter positions fits in with the company's mission statement.
posted at: 08:29 | category: /Miscellaneous | link to this entry
I've been uneasy ever since the news broke about Apple using the courts to go after web sites who were publishing blog posts that one-upped Apple's announcements of future products. I'd like to underscore the ideas expressed in this weeks's commentary from Peter Burrows at Mac News World. Apple executives have a chance to handle this situation with grace and elegance. If they opt instead to take a bully's stance they run a real risk of coming off as disdainful of the American press and downright hostile to the American arena of free speech. I'm fairly certain neither of those latter positions fits in with the company's mission statement.
posted at: 08:29 | category: /Miscellaneous | link to this entry
Friday Catch-Up For News
I've been outside the office a lot the last two days, but there are some news headlines and topics that caught my eye. I'm still catching up on some of the details:
Google Code
Latin American Countries Back Anti-Secession Law
And then there's this little gem of an observation:
Scientists Say Life Expectancy to Drop
That last story mentions the fact that the shorter lives of the up-and-coming generation could keep Social Security solvent for a longer period of time. Several headlines this week mention the shorter life-span theory. If people just keeled over two years earlier than expected it wouldn't be quite such a hard thing to hear about. What's really troubling is that the chronic health woes connected to obesity may affect this generation's quality of life a lot more than the length of their life.
posted at: 07:31 | category: /Miscellaneous | link to this entry
I've been outside the office a lot the last two days, but there are some news headlines and topics that caught my eye. I'm still catching up on some of the details:
Google Code
Latin American Countries Back Anti-Secession Law
And then there's this little gem of an observation:
Scientists Say Life Expectancy to Drop
That last story mentions the fact that the shorter lives of the up-and-coming generation could keep Social Security solvent for a longer period of time. Several headlines this week mention the shorter life-span theory. If people just keeled over two years earlier than expected it wouldn't be quite such a hard thing to hear about. What's really troubling is that the chronic health woes connected to obesity may affect this generation's quality of life a lot more than the length of their life.
posted at: 07:31 | category: /Miscellaneous | link to this entry
