http://www.pedroinnecco.com DMS, ICT Specialist Sun, 24 Aug 2008 22:13:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In the state we find the world today with all its poverty, epidemics and never-ending conflicts, it is almost impossible to find comfort in the words and actions of our politicians and statesmen. We're often tired of their rhetoric and demagogue speeches, in what many of us see as fuelling ... http://www.pedroinnecco.com/2008/08/sergio-vieira-de-mello-in-memoriam/ This week the murder of a TAXI driver in Thailand by a student who was "carrying out a scene" of the Game Grand Theft Auto IV, prompted authorities to ban the game nation-wide. Once again the question reigns: Does videogame influence people? Well, I have some comments on the matter ... http://www.pedroinnecco.com/2008/08/do-videogames-influence-us/ As I wrote in my previous post about the reforms required in Brazil in order to open its economy to foreign organisations, I discussed how Brazil with all its incumbent problems has an excellent track of customer rights; which I yet have to see it being matched by an European ... http://www.pedroinnecco.com/2008/07/brazil-consumer-rights/ I recently read an article on the FT entitled "Surfing a big wave of confidence" (FT, 08/Jul/2008) about Brazil's privileged position in facing what seems to be a global economic crisis. In this article Lapper and Wheatley mentions the growth in Brazil's home market, the successful results of 15 years ... http://www.pedroinnecco.com/2008/07/brazil/ Back in 2002, I ventured myself into the wonders of open source Content Management System (CMS). Being a former SysOp for two Bulletin Board Systems during the mid-nineties, I was extremely excited with the prospects of what could be built using free tools to create dynamic and rich web portals ... http://www.pedroinnecco.com/2008/06/cms/ I read a few weeks ago in some of the Windows Home Server forums that some enthusiasts are trying to install Linux on a HP MediaSmart server. While I do find it to be a quite interesting exercise, I fail to see the benefits of replacing Windows Home Server with ... http://www.pedroinnecco.com/2008/05/whs-linux/ -- A patriot flies a flag to unite people, while a nationalist flies a flag to segregate people http://www.pedroinnecco.com/2008/05/ayrton/ With an international food crisis knocking at the backdoor of developed countries, comments started to fly around about biofuels being the main culprit for the rise in food prices. How easy it is for one to blame others for their own failures. What I find amusing is the kind of comments ... http://www.pedroinnecco.com/2008/04/biofuels/ According to repeated statements by the Russian government nothing of what you are about to see ever happened. I took the liberty to quote the "The Hunt for the Red October" movie opening quote at the beginning of this post. In the 1990 movie, the captain of an advanced first-strike soviet ... http://www.pedroinnecco.com/2008/04/knight-jumps-queen/ If you are into IT, you probably heard the news that Gartner, the big USA research and advisory company recently warned the industry in a conference that Windows is in danger of collapsing. A bold statement, and once you read Gartner's argument, it can give the impression to neophyte readers ... http://www.pedroinnecco.com/2008/04/gartner/