Afrikos ir mūsų bėdos

Gaunu naujienlaiškius iš vieno Pietų Afrikos informacinio serviso: http://www.mbendi.com/
Dažnai būna įdomu paskaityt, nors rašo dažniausiai apie Afrikos problemas.
Bet šįkart skaitant pradėjau galvot, kad rašo apie mus: tiek pažystamų žodžių, vardų ir reiškinių (paryškinimai mano):
"The first is nuclear engineering skills. As a postgraduate student many years ago, I worked on the simulation of the refuelling of the UK's Dungeness B and Hinkley Point nuclear reactors. It was a job that required an advanced knowledge of physics, mathematics and engineering. Like me, the engineers and physicists involved in the design and operation of extant nuclear plants around the world are close to retirement. Nuclear engineering has been studiously avoided as a career choice by bright young people as they followed the money into banking and financial services. The situation is even worse in South Africa which each year drops further down the education rankings for mathematics and science. In my nightmares, I have visions of poorly educated cadres being deployed to run South Africa's nuclear plants, selected purely for their party loyalty and the accidental tint of their skin.
The second issue is corruption. Like the European nuclear plants, the huge Medupi coal fired power station project is billions over budget and years behind schedule. The key - and trouble plagued - boiler contract was awarded to Hitachi Africa, a joint venture between Japan's Hitachi and Chancellor House, none other than the investment arm of the ruling ANC. It is very difficult to discern what value Chancellor House added to the project other than, perhaps, to divert taxpayer and consumer funds to other pockets and to shield Hitachi from close scrutiny of their performance. Already we see key figures in government, with next to no background in nuclear, pushing the nuclear option. Could this be because they have already done a deal with an opaque company in a non-transparent country whereby they or Chancellor House rake in millions as their reward for pushing the nuclear button instead of going for a cheaper, safer option?"

Sopa pipa, popierius ir ateitis

2009 metų straipsniukas apie apie popieriaus pardavėjus: http://www.paulgraham.com/publishing.html -----> "The reason I've been writing about existing forms is that I don't know what new forms will appear. But though I can't predict specific winners, I can offer a recipe for recognizing them. When you see something that's taking advantage of new technology to give people something they want that they couldn't have before, you're probably looking at a winner. And when you see something that's merely reacting to new technology in an attempt to preserve some existing source of revenue, you're probably looking at a loser."
Šį straipsnį prisiminiau paskaitinėjęs asmens, kartais darančio dirbtinio intelekto įspūdį, blogą (susidūręs su programai prieštaraujančiais teiginiais, šis pradeda keiktis - t.y., rodyti klaidų pranešimus - bei dažnai nesupranta žmonių logikos) ir išgirdęs, kaip televizija siūlo pažiūrėti kažkokią jų rodomą nesamonę ir internete.
Tikrai įdomu, kaip viskas klostysis toliau.
Dabar matyt tendencija, kaip visokie belekokie tinklapiai bando patapti naujienų portalais.
Esami naujienų tinklapiai bando pasitelkti crowdsourcing'ą ( pvz., http://ikrauk.15min.lt/ ).
Kai pas mus nebuvo spėjęs įsigalėti muzikos biznis, tai turbūt nesulauksim SOPA atitikmens įstatymkūrystėj. LATGA and Co iškaulijo mokestį už laikmenas ir dabar tą kaulą tyliai graužia kamputy.
Beje, kaulą būtų labai gerai dabar atimti - priešrinkiminis pliusas, o tie jau nelabai įkąs.

P.S. O naujiensklaidos ateitis man regis tokiu pavidalu: vieta, į kurią suplaukia žmonių filmukai su komentarais ir kurioj gauni naujienas pagal raktažodžius. Naujienų tiekėjai reitinguojasi; jie gauna dalį reklamos pajamų už kiekvieną atsiųstą medžiagą.
Ee... ar tik aš ką tik neišradau kokio twitterio..?:)

‘What is your greatest failure?’

“People always ask, ‘What is your greatest failure?’ I always have the same answer – We’re working on it right now, it’s gonna be awesome!”
Jim Coudal