Davis vetoes tests to ID dads
Despite a last-minute lobbying effort by South Bay and statewide supporters, Gov. Gray Davis on Friday vetoed a bill that would have allowed some men to dispute paternity with a DNA test after they are ordered to pay child support.
That’s right – men falsely named as fathers and hit with [...]
Extreme shares hit record low amid revenue doubts
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 27 (Reuters) – Shares of battered network equipment maker Extreme Networks Inc. (NasdaqNM:EXTR – News) fell to a record low on Friday and closed down almost 40 percent on the week as investor concerns about its revenue goal heightened, according to analysts.
That had to hurt.
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Mercury News | 09/26/2002 | H-1B issues going to court
For years U.S. engineers have grumbled that foreign engineers on work visas were getting their jobs. Now, for the first time, U.S. workers are filing formal complaints with the government and in court, charging that foreign guest workers are replacing them during the downturn.
The complaints contend [...]
Just for fun, take this little test: name the two states with the worst business climate, and then the two with the best. When you’ve made your picks, check the survey in today’s Wall St. Journal by clicking “MORE…”.
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The anti-American and anti-Israel views of Gerhard Schroder have emboldened the slumbering Nazi movement in Germany, according to the Times of London:
The popular crusade against confrontation with Iraq, which has galvanised support for the Social Democrats, has taken on an anti-American dimension, earning Herr Schr?der some unwanted support.
The latest issue of the Iraqi weekly [...]
For the last few months, I’ve been under the impression that the PhotoLink II protocol developed by Stan Fickes, Tom Kurata, and myself in 1991 was the basis of the IEEE 802.11 MAC protocol, the standard used by all WiFi LANs. I came by this impression simply because the key elements of our protocol — [...]
In the interest of restoring investor confidence in the market, we at Omphalos would like to offer a lesson in decoding the high-tech press release. We start with an actual press release from an actual company whose name is redacted for obvious reasons, and explain in layman’s terms what the company is trying to convey.
Original [...]
Mickey?Kaus says Arnie may shake up the race:
Arnold Schwarzenegger may run as a write-in candidate for California governor this year, in November, against Gray Davis and Bill Simon. Schwarzenegger apparently did some polling last week to gauge voter reaction to such a campaign. William Bradley of L.A. Weekly (and his own New West Notes) has [...]
The dirty little secret about the tech press is that most of it isn’t very technical. While columnists like Dan Gillmor, Declan McCullagh, and John Dvorak opine week after endless week about computers, the Internet, operating systems, and security, it’s doubtful that any of them has ever seen the actual source code to any significant [...]
Check this page for Democratic primary results in Massachusetts. We want to know if the Dem challanger for Gov is going to be Shannon O’Brien, Little Bobby Reich, or one of the other two dudes. Reich claims he’s the only real feminist in the race, which is funny considering that O’Brien is a liberal democrat [...]
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