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Is all data public?

Dwayne Nesmith — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:21:00 +0000

Is asking if a database is secure the old way of thinking? Roger Grimes in InfoWorld claims it is and the reality is to know if a data source is valuable it will be hacked or more likely already has been hacked.

If you ask security experts, every database worth stealing is already in the hands of someone who shouldn’t have it. This is not wild conjecture; this is the general, well-understood consensus of the world’s best computer security experts.
Roger Grimes, InfoWorld

via It’s over: All private data is public | Security – InfoWorld.

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Corporations making "Cliff" decisions

Dwayne Nesmith — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 15:48:58 +0000

WSJ reported today that the uncertainty is driving some corporations to delay investments. “We’ve pulled back on our capital planning for 2013,” Ellen Kullman, chairman and CEO of chemical maker DuPont , said in comments to the conference in New York on Tuesday. “We can’t in good conscience put that money into the ground and create new plant sites or make improvements to our existing plants if we don’t think the return is going to be there soon enough, so we’re taking a wait and see attitude,” she added. CNN Money is reporting that other companies are speeding up their payout of dividends, as some speculate dividend receipts will be taxed in 2013. “Wal-Mart (WMT, Fortune 500) became one of the largest companies to take action recently. The world’s top retailer said last week that it planned to pay its fourth-quarter dividend in late 2012, rather than early 2013.”

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Legos: 80 Years and Counting

Dwayne Nesmith — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 14:37:58 +0000

The Animated Story of Ole Kirk Christiansen and Legos. Loved these little building blocks and where they let my imagination roam. Like the 7-foot-long, very skinny car that stuck out from under the foot of my bed. That was the only place to keep it from getting trampled.

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Great Sand Dunes

Dwayne Nesmith — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 14:30:39 +0000

Sunrise at Great Sand Dunes. Be sure to scroll to see the entire Hugin stitched shot.

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Mt. Audubon – Stitched using hugin

Dwayne Nesmith — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 17:50:18 +0000

January, 2012

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