29 Apr 2002

Mon, 29 Apr 2002

NY Times continuing story on mentally ill

Voiceless, Defenseless and a Source of Cash. A Times investigation found that adult homes for the mentally ill in New York have become magnets for money-making schemes that exploit the residents. By Clifford J. Levy. [New York Times: NYT HomePage]

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Sam Ruby notices Google issues

I'm glad to see that I'm not the only one that noticed the anomalies with Google. Sam Ruby noticed them too:


Google seems to have reindexed recently.  Inexplicably, Simon Fell is no longer related (I disagree).  Meanwhile, my google ranks generally are improving.

[Sam Ruby]

Posted at: 20:21 | permalink

Ford's OK with me

From Loebrich.org via News Is Free:

Former President Ford is siding with those who want to allow cloning for medical research, saying the effort holds "enormous potential" for treating an array of diseases. [AP]

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Sam Ruby on the Flash Remoting Announcement

Supporting both object-based RPC access and XML document processing (in the form of ActionScript, XML, and DOM), Macromedia Flash Remoting enables Macromedia Flash to exchange data with remote services, including ColdFusion components and pages, EJBs, Java classes, and .NET components and pages. [Sam Ruby]

Posted at: 08:41 | permalink

Sonic Foundry 6.0 free public beta

From Harmony Central: Sound Forge 6.0 Announced, Beta Released (04/12) Sonic Foundry is offering a preview of the next version of Sound Forge with a free public beta version that you can download. [Harmony Central]

Posted at: 06:41 | permalink

Ongoing competition in B2B e-commerce

MSA MetalSite Setting Up Asset Sales [33metalproducing.com]

Posted at: 06:32 | permalink

Treatment of mentally ill worse than 1800's?

One thing I've always liked about the NY Times is that after they discover wrongdoing, they continue to hammer away day after day. Here's the second (to the best of my knowledge) installment in their thread on Seaport Manor. This one appears to be even more disturbing than the first. Here, Life Is Squalor and Chaos. A Times investigation shows that Seaport Manor, an adult home for the mentally ill in Brooklyn, is gripped by drug abuse, loan-sharking, prostitution and violence. By Clifford J. Levy. [New York Times: NYT HomePage]

Posted at: 06:29 | permalink

Technology Compensation Drops

Compensation Is Down in Technology Land. Shrinking bonuses and underwater stock options have contributed to the first drop in technology workers' pay in at least five years. By Chris Gaither. [New York Times: Technology]

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