Via: dvorak.org: Explaining The Difference Between United Kingdom, Great Britain and England
Category Archives: politique
On est pas les seuls jambons
informationweek.com: Social Security Data Center Approaching Collapse
Via: slashdot.org: Social Security Information Systems Near Collapse
J’aurais pu ecrire qu’on etait aussi jambon que les autres, mais il me semble que notre perception est qu’au Quebec et/ou Canada, les couts de developpements informatiques sont astronomiques, pour ne pas dire ridicules/insenses/criminels/demoralisants/etc.
Mais on peut se consoler en regardant ailleurs, a defaut de se prendre en main et de regler les problemes! Bonne nouvelle, non? 😉
One of the biggest problems is the agency’s transition to a new data center, according to the report. The IG has characterized the replacement of the SSA’s National Computer Center (NCC) — built in 1979 — as the SSA’s “primary IT investment” in the next few years.
The agency has received more than $500 million so far to replace the outdated center, which is now so severely strained by an expanded workload over its time of operation that it may not be able to function by 2012, according to the report.
Mais bon, avec notre registre des armes a feu de 2G$, et le fait qu’on est 10 fois moins, ils ont encore des croutes a manger ces americains pour nous battre!
P.S. Mon estimation est que mon ordi a la maison pourrait gerer le registre des armes a feu sans probleme, mais aller dire ca aux compagnies qui ont empoche les 2G$….
A New Year’s Resolution for the Rich
The Huffington Post: Sam Harris: A New Year’s Resolution for the Rich
Une excellente lecture suggeree par Mr. Tibirna: Numbers and common sense.
Un fait interessant que j’ignorais:
It is worth noting, however, that throughout the 1950’s–a decade for which American conservatives pretend to feel a harrowing sense of nostalgia–the marginal tax rate for the wealthy was over 90 percent. In fact, prior to the 1980’s it never dipped below 70 percent. Since 1982, however, it has come down by half.
17 Facts About China That Will Blow Your Mind
17 Facts About China That Will Blow Your Mind
Via: twitter.com: Jonathan Chevreau
Mon item favori:
The world’s biggest mall is in China… but it has been 99% empty since 2005
Fed-up family returns to foreclosed home
Via: zerohedge.com:
Meet Danielle And Jim Plus 9 Part 2 – This Time Squatting On The Ratigan Show
Imaginez payer une grosse somme d’argent a votre banque pour finalement voir le capital augmenter sur le releve de votre hypotheque le mois suivant….?!?!?! Je ne sais pas si le probleme est generalise. Mais une chose est certaine, ca ne va pas bien dans l’immobilier aux States, et les revelations faites dans le video (vraies ou fausses) laissent notre imagination extrapoler un peu trop facilement. 😉
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Richard Dawkins: Faith School Menace?
Via: Dawkins documentary raises worrying questions about faith schools
Comment pouvons-nous toujours subventionner les ecoles confessionnelles au Quebec? Il suffit de regarder les absurdites generees en Angleterre par un systeme public tres semblable a celui du Quebec, sauf pour la proportion beaucoup plus grande d’ecoles confessionnelles.
Food Inc
Via: neuraldump.com: Food, Inc
Je ne sais pas si ce upload sur youtube est legal ou non. Mais si vous regardez quelquechose a la TV qui n’est que partiellement interessant, prenez plutot le temps de regarder ce film documentaire. Il vaut la peine d’etre regarder d’un bout a l’autre.
Spoof GM Commercial Claims They Repaid Loan
Russian Leader Meets with Space Aliens
dvorak.org: Russian Leader Meets with Space Aliens
A Russian MP has asked President Dmitry Medvedev to investigate claims by a regional president that he has met aliens on board a spaceship.
Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, the leader of the southern region of Kalmykia, made his claim in a television interview. MP Andre Lebedev is not just asking whether Mr Ilyumzhinov is fit to govern. He is also concerned that, if he was abducted, he may have revealed details about his job and state secrets.
Meta-stupidite dans les deux dernieres phrases. 😉
Goldman’s Fabrice Tourre: Much more than a faceless math whiz
theglobeandmail.com: Goldman’s Fabrice Tourre: Much more than a faceless math whiz
Fabrice Tourre has led a life most mathematicians can only dream about – ski trips to fancy resorts, a $2-million annual salary and at least a couple of girlfriends in exotic European cities.
In one e-mail sent to a girlfriend in January, 2007, he lamented that he had to “mentor others, in view of the fact that I am now considered a ‘dinosaur’ … I feel like I’m losing my mind and I’m only 28!!! OK, I’ve decided two more years of work and I’m retiring.”
Liberte 30! C’est mieux que mon but de liberte 35! Ca sera peut-etre Prison 30 😉