Monthly Archives: May 2010
Realizing the worst with the Gulf oil spill
If the oil well blowout in the Gulf of Mexico can’t be contained, it could leak half a billion barrels of oil into the ocean. By comparison, the Exxon Valdez leaked about 11 million barrels of oil. Wow. Matthew Simmons, former … Continue reading
Patents are like teenagers with guns
Christopher Montgomery, founder of the Xiph.org Foundation, on why software patents suck and need reform: “Patents are like every teenager carrying a hand gun,” he told me. Sooner or later, one of those guns could go off. Don’t get too … Continue reading
