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Archive for July, 2006

Irrepressible Markets

July 25th, 2006

Via Digg, a Slate article titled: “The Chocolate War” but should really be called: “The War on Chocolate”. The article details attempts by schools around the world to ban unhealthy candy, which brought about a new type of dealer — the candy man: William Guntrip is a junk food dealer, and is making almost $100 [...]

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Web applications vs. Web sites, Ruby on Rails and points in between

July 16th, 2006

Ruby on Rails is rightfully gaining traction and respect right along with a rapidly growing developer community. This, due to its being the near-perfect match for developing its `home-turf’ software: database backed web site. However, as pleased as I am with RoR’s success, I’m beginning to note with apprehension as it is increasingly being used [...]

Posted in Development, Internet, Java, Ruby on Rails, Software | 14 Comments »

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Accountability

July 12th, 2006

Corporations display psychopathic tendencies. In my humble opinion, psychopaths are created due to incapacity to assimilate social mores. The corporation as person has money to manipulate its reputation; therefore it suffers almost no penalty for ignoring social mores. I suggest mandating that corporations’ true record become an inherent part of their identity. Suppose the sum [...]

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