Copyright © 2013 Knight Sac Media. All rights reserved.http://www.siliconinvestor.com/subject.aspx?subjectid=51052An eclectic mix of all things Internet...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/images/Logo380x132.pnghttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/subject.aspx?subjectid=5105238013210RonDevices that 'augment reality' news.cnet.com  We're really catching up to, if not passing some fairly recent science fiction here....http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289411766/8/2013 4:20:46 PM~digs Globally, people resigned to little privacy online hosted.ap.org  U.S. government snooping does not surprise global Internet users, who say they already have few expectations of online privacy as governments increasingly monitor people's digital lives and Internet companies often acquiesce. Privacy activists concer...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289405526/8/2013 6:40:12 AMRonhttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289301946/3/2013 12:58:27 PM~digs"A third person is humming along with a song only she hears." ...this is me already!http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289219985/29/2013 4:15:20 PM~digsHAVANA (AP) -- Cuban authorities said Tuesday that they will begin offering public Internet access at more than 100 cyber-salons across the island, though home Web service remains greatly restricted. Starting June 4, people can sign up with state telecom Etecsa for temporary or permanent accounts to use one of the 118...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289198755/28/2013 4:21:14 PMRonhttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289150755/25/2013 10:21:37 AM~digsHISTORY OF THE EMOTICON “A new word is like a fresh seed sewn on the ground of the discussion.”? -- L. Wittgenstein, Culture and Value(trans. Peter Winch) ?? By September of 1982, the Computer Science Bulletin Board System at Carnegie Mellon University was a social hotspot, at least for certain science professors and...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289029105/19/2013 7:41:54 AM~digshttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288996785/17/2013 4:13:16 AMGlenn PetersenThe Apprentices of a Digital Age By HANNAH SELIGSON New York Times May 4, 2013 JASMINE GAO, who is 19, just wasn’t the classroom type. So instead of languishing in college, she dropped out after her freshman year. Ms. Gao decided that she didn’t want to continue studying at Baruch College, part of the City Unive...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288768005/5/2013 8:06:53 PMRonWant to avoid incest? There's an ap for that: daily-download.com  At least there is, if you live in Iceland :) http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288762475/5/2013 1:46:48 PMRonRobot Traders: HAL 9000 is in charge of the market Dave: Hal, do you read me? Hal: Affirmative Dave, I read you. Dave: Hal I need you to stop selling immediately. Hal: I'm afraid I can't do that, Dave. You don't want to jeopardize the mission. Dave: What mission? The positions have been liquidated. Hal: Dave, yo...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288652654/29/2013 6:44:27 PMGlenn PetersenGoogle searches predict market moves By Jason Palmer Science and technology reporter BBC News 25 April 2013 Last updated at 11:06 ET The volume of Google searches for finance-related terms may predict moves in markets, research suggests. As the search volume on generic terms such as "debt", "portfolio" and "stoc...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288627724/28/2013 4:47:40 AMRonDutch Man Said to Be Held in Powerful Internet Attack By NICOLE PERLROTH Dutch authorities say they have arrested a man in connection with an online attack on a spam-fighting site that ensnarled the Internet last month, causing widespread congestion and jamming crucial infrastructure around the world. While...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288612054/26/2013 5:43:32 PMGlenn PetersenUpstart, A Site For Crowdfunding People, Raises $5.9M From First Round, Eric Schmidt, And Others Anthony Ha TechCrunch April 22, 2013 A year ago, Dave Girouard left his position as the president of Google Enterprise to start a new company, Upstart, that allows users (mostly recent college graduates) to raise money...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288535834/23/2013 11:37:08 AMGlenn PetersenAd About Women’s Self-Image Creates a Sensation By TANZINA VEGA New York Times April 18, 2013 The latest commercial for Dove seems to have gone beyond the skin and touched a nerve. An online video, presented in three- and six-minute versions, shows a forensic sketch artist who is asked to draw a series of women ...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288451084/18/2013 10:11:50 PM~digsSome call it the most famous pizza purchase in history: In May 2010, a programmer called Laszlo asked an online forum if anyone would buy him a couple of pies in exchange for 10,000 Bitcoins, an experimental online currency launched in 2009. "No weird fish topping or anything like that," he wrote. With each Bitcoin f...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288204154/6/2013 11:10:32 PMGlenn PetersenE-Commerce Companies Bypass the Middlemen By CLAIRE CAIN MILLER and STEPHANIE CLIFFORD New York Times March 31, 2013 When the founders of a start-up that sells eyeglasses online, Warby Parker, began investigating why designer glasses cost several hundred dollars, they discovered that everyone in the process was t...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288091524/1/2013 1:16:10 AMGlenn PetersenNaughty in Name Only By NICOLE PERLROTH New York Times Published: March 24, 2013 [graphic] Monica Almeida/The New York Times Sophia Amoruso turned an eBay store selling fashion finds into Nasty Gal, a Web retailer with nearly $100 million in sales. _______________ LOS ANGELES — If ever there were a Cinderel...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=287981143/25/2013 11:16:05 AMGlenn PetersenLuring Young Web Warriors Is a U.S. Priority. It’s Also a Game. By NICOLE PERLROTH New York Ties March 24, 2013 WASHINGTON — In the eighth grade, Arlan Jaska figured out how to write a simple script that could switch his keyboard’s Caps Lock key on and off 6,000 times a minute. When friends weren’t looking, he sli...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=287974903/25/2013 12:09:50 AMRonCongress taking first preliminary step towards an internet sales tax. Actually surprised they didn't implement this years ago. blogs.marketwatch.com http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=287941433/22/2013 3:28:41 PMGlenn Petersen“First to file” patent law starts today: what it means in plain English By Jeff John Roberts Gigaom Mar. 18, 2013 - 4:46 PM PDT Summary: America has joined the rest of the world in switching from a “first-to-invent” system to a “first-to-file” system. Here’s a quick summary of the change and why it will not have ...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=287863133/18/2013 11:32:39 PMGlenn PetersenIs Equity Crowdfunding A Threat To Venture Capitalists? Zach Noorani TechCrunch March 17, 2013 Editor’s note:This is the first part of a two-part guest column by Zach Noorani that examines the ways in which equity crowdfunding might impact the startup world and the venture capital industry specifically. Zach is a...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=287837113/17/2013 6:21:54 PMGlenn PetersenWash, rinse, repeat: Exclusive: CDW owners plan IPO after $7.3 billion buyout - sources By Olivia Oran and Soyoung Kim NEW YORK | Thu Mar 7, 2013 8:01pm EST NEW YORK (Reuters) - Technology products retailer CDW, which was taken private by Madison Dearborn Partners LLC and Providence Equity Partners for $7.3 billi...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=287665213/7/2013 8:43:54 PMACANhttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=287655113/7/2013 12:34:54 PMRonUnfortunately I am not getting that seattle server to work in mIRC, but I am out of the office today mostly, anyway. Good trading, all. http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=287654673/7/2013 12:19:27 PM~digsI couldn't get on othernet but I just took Vince's suggestion in the next post and it worked, cya on seattle.wa.us.financialchat.comhttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=287652213/7/2013 10:47:25 AMST Traderfinancialchat is working if you use the seattle server type in seattle.wa.us.financialchat.com in the blank server areahttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=287652073/7/2013 10:43:20 AMACANhttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=287651353/7/2013 10:11:53 AMACANothernet wouldn't even try to open for me, just blank "[10053] software caused connection abort" is message from financialchat.http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=287651093/7/2013 10:00:36 AM~digsbummer yah same here, I'm trying othernet now, so far unable to get on that server too, will report backhttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=287650883/7/2013 9:54:25 AMACANhttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=287650373/7/2013 9:32:09 AMGlenn PetersenWeb Privacy Becomes A Business Imperative By SOMINI SENGUPTA New York Times March 3, 2013 SAN FRANCISCO — Privacy is no longer just a regulatory headache. Increasingly, Internet companies are pushing each other to prove to consumers that their data is safe and in their control. In some instances, established com...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=287579773/3/2013 11:15:26 PMRonAn unspoken feature of Google Glass- it can record nearly everything: undrip.com http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=287569883/3/2013 11:24:40 AMRonComcast’s meteoric rise has coincided with a drastic decline in service If Dwight Eisenhower had General Motors and George W. Bush had Halliburton, Barack Obama arguably has Comcast. US presidents are often linked to one or two corporations that donate a lot of money to them and then benefit from their actions. C...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=287564493/2/2013 6:37:01 PMxcr600Arrowhead 2013 blogs-- misadventureracing.com  alldirectionsnorth.blogspot.com  golonggetstrong.com  epicbillbradley.com  ekichronicles.com  ekichronicles.com  part2 allthingsepicwithjill.blogspot.com  backofthepackracing.com  charlytri.blogspot.com  charlytri.blogspot.com  motoscotch.blogspot.com  motoscotch.blogspot...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=287547853/1/2013 4:12:51 PMSultanhttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=287455742/25/2013 1:57:10 PMRonhttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=287455702/25/2013 1:55:49 PMRonhttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=287313642/17/2013 2:11:43 PMGlenn PetersenMy takeaway is more positive: Politicians in Washington are wary of finding themselves on the wrong side of the next big Internet bill. Yet most can’t figure out what the wrong side is, which may explain the swelling numbers of congressional staffers packing meetings of the Internet Caucus. Members are boning up in a...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=287301652/16/2013 12:30:24 PMRonhttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=287300672/16/2013 11:40:52 AM~digsback to irc.othernet.org #smallcaps now after obtaining admin privileges trying hard to accommodate everyone and also keep myself sane :-) if we see othernet fail again, let's simply rendezvous on financialchat please send me a msg if you have questions or need help http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=287241612/13/2013 4:43:20 PM~digsmoving back to #smallcaps on financialchat.com where I can act as room gatekeeper it's either this or migrate to twitter entirely ..sorry fellas, couldn't handle that new guy on othernet, and no admin therehttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=287197972/11/2013 7:27:43 PMGlenn PetersenGive every American a check for $437. . . . gets my vote. Coincidently, @rreding1 tweeted a link earlier this week to an old article suggesting that Apple might want to invest some of its excess cash into its offshore manufacturing infrastructure. Apple's Secret Plan For Its Cash Stash Connie Guglielmo, Forbes S...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=287166922/10/2013 12:05:50 AM~digs9 things Apple could do with $137B Feb 8, 2:03 PM (ET) By The Associated Press Apple Inc. ( AAPL) has recently come under attack for its practice of stockpiling cash. At the end of last year, the company was sitting on $137 billion _and the heap keeps growing. Corporations normally don't hoard cash the way Apple do...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=287166412/9/2013 10:51:12 PMGlenn PetersenA Billion-Dollar Club, and Not So Exclusive By QUENTIN HARDY New York Times February 4, 2013 SAN FRANCISCO — The number of privately held Silicon Valley start-ups that are worth more than $1 billion shocks even the executives running those companies. “I thought we were special,” said Phil Libin, chief executive ...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=287090012/5/2013 11:23:42 PMGlenn PetersenMark Cuban’s Awesome Justification For Endowing A Chair To ‘Eliminate Stupid Patents’ Gregory Ferenstein TechCrunch January 31, 2013 Outspoken billionaire, Mark Cuban, is fed up with America’s patent system. “Dumbass patents are crushing small businesses. I have had multiple small companies i am an investor in have...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=286983441/31/2013 12:56:03 PMACANDCTH I like, thx digs Also SIGA looking good, possibly in concert with AEZS and KERX.http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=286949691/30/2013 2:00:46 AMRonhttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=286948341/29/2013 11:22:37 PM~digsthanks! headed to the Canyons on the other side of the Wasatch range, near Park City [graphic]http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=286946321/29/2013 8:51:26 PM~digshttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=286946151/29/2013 8:41:36 PM