| A geek’s trip to Capitol Hill on Network Management
Melvin Ammori, General Counsel, Free Press David Burstein, Editor, DSLPrime George Ou, Editor at Large, ZDNet Haruka Saito, Counselor for Telecom, Embassy of Japan Christopher S. Yoo, Professor of Law and Communications, University of Pennsylvania Christopher Yoo - After a brief introduction by Scott Wallsten who explained that the order of the presentations will be reverse alphabetical order, Christopher S. Yoo kicked off his presentation. Professor Yoo explained that networks, like roads, aren't built for everyone to use them at the same time. Yoo gave the example that if a person wants to know how fast he can travel on a freeway, he wouldn't know until he got there because we can't predict exactly how many other people will be on the road at the same time. Yoo explained the difficulty in projecting network capacity and that we can't always be right when determining whether more capacity or network management was the answer.
Detroit Council to Vote on Mayor
A prosecutor is investigating whether Kilpatrick and former Chief of Staff Christine Beatty lied under oath about having an affair during a trial in a whistle blower lawsuit. The mayor has been dogged by recent media reports about steamy text messages the two exchanged that suggest an affair. .
Feb. 4, 1915: Improve Your Diet and Live Better, Longer
1915: The dawn of the "nutrition age" begins, haltingly, with the first results of experiments showing that poor diet is the cause of pellagra, an often fatal disease affecting impoverished communities. Pellagra was a regional phenomenon in the United States, occurring primarily in the rural South. Victims developed skin rashes, mouth sores and diarrhea. If left untreated, mental deterioration and death could follow. In 1915, more than 10,000 people died from the disease. Because the medical world was obsessed with the possibilities of infectious disease, a relatively new field of study then, pellagra was believed to be caused by airborne microbes. The first experiments were carried out using volunteer inmates at a Mississippi prison farm. Dr. Joseph Goldberger, who had established his credentials as an effective fighter against infectious disease while with the Marine Hospital Service, conducted the experiments at the behest of the surgeon general of the United States.
China can build things. Why can't India?
Doing a Chinese style makeover would throw the country into chaos. China is experiencing the biggest mass migration in history, but trying that in India would result in big problems and civil unrest. China can politically afford to ignore the "rabble"; India doesn't have that luxury. India will have to take longer to transform itself than China. .
Underwood defense attempts to save his life
The jury convicted him Friday for the 2006 murder of Jamie Rose Bolin. The jury now must decide whether to give Underwood life in prison with parole, without parole or death. Wayne Woodyard, one of Underwoods court-appointed attorneys, said the defense would focus on Underwoods shyness, depression and the frustration he encountered as a boy. No one will come forward to tell you he is insane, Woodyard said. Assistant District Attorney Susan Caswell said the states opening statements that Underwood deserved the death penalty because it is the only appropriate and just punishment for the murder of Jamie Bolin. She added all the evidence from the first half of the trial, including Underwoods graphic videotaped confession after his arrest, could be used in the jurys decision.
Oscar worthy: Our readers, not the Academy, make these movie ...
Another tie, folks, and both are Oscar nominees for their performances. Clooney's title character is a corporate controversy "fixer" who begins to develop a conscience, while in "Blood" Day-Lewis plays Daniel Plainview, an oil baron who plummets into the darkness of his own corruption. Reader's comments: "There's more to acting than reciting cleverly written lines. Clooney's body language throughout this film and especially during the closing minute ... set his performance above other very good lead actors this year." -- James Deck, Valparaiso. Critics' comments: "Quite possibly Clooney's best effort to date." -- Pete Vonder Haar, Film Threat, regarding "Michael Clayton." "Daniel Day-Lewis' portrayal is not just the performance of the year -- there will be injustice if he doesn't win an Oscar -- but a creation of awesome proportions." -- Joe Morgenstern, The Wall Street Journal, regarding "There Will Be Blood" Oscar nominations: 7 for "Clayton" and 8 for "Blood" -- including Best Picture nominations for both films and Best Actor noms for both actors.
A Play on the New Digital Living Room
Such is the case for copy-protection software vendor Macrovision, whose shares are down almost 37% since Dec. 6, the day before the company announced it would acquire Gemstar-TV Guide International for $2.8 billion, twice the market cap of Macrovision itself at the time. Clearly, some investors wonder whether the deal, which will saddle Macrovision with lots of debt, is a case of a company biting ... .
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