Author Archives: Brian

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Engineer. Aviator. Educator. Scientist.

Localization is Better Than Globalization

Posted on June 30, 2011 by Brian

What’s all this Globalization, Anyhow?  As I ponder a range of issues, localization begins to look more and more attractive as the baggage of globalization outweighs it’s assumed benefits.

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Cloud Computing – Round 2

Posted on June 23, 2011 by Brian

It took only 2 weeks for USA Today to catch up with my prior cloud computing post.  They published a front-section article titled “Demystifying the Cloud”. The article identifies that many people hear the words “Cloud Computing”, and it seems nbody … Continue reading →

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If You Don’t Like Inflation, Calculate it Differently

Posted on June 22, 2011 by Brian

A bit ago, I wrote a blog entry titled “If it’s not worth your time, change what you do“.  Such is the situation for individuals in the Nation.  Not so for our Nation’s government.  They apparently have the power to … Continue reading →

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Kazakhstan Government Edict Alienates Google

Posted on June 10, 2011 by Brian

Kazakhstan is the largest of the Central Asian nation states that broke away from Russia in the early 1990s.  As reported in the WSJ, the Kazakhstan government has ordered that all Kazakhstan domains route traffic to servers in country. The … Continue reading →

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Facebook Enages China

Posted on June 10, 2011 by Brian

Wall Street Journal published “Facebook’s Test in China: What Price Free Speech” today.  Yahoo and Google have been down this path of dealing with China.  There is a tension between encryption/anonymity and surveillance/persecution in the Chinese nation. Facebook wants everybody to … Continue reading →

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