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Worthy of note .... Alan Greenspan is quoted in a recent Times online article as saying: "...the critical issue in economic policy should not be the financial system. The financial system is the means to an end. The end of course is the level of material wellbeing, the levels of employment and the types of jobs a country creates."
The Plasma Database
At an APE press briefing on 22nd November, 2007, Hector McNeill, Director of SEEL stated that:
"The ongoing problems facing large government IT systems and the latest loss of data on some 25 million people in the United Kingdom show up the need for tighter technical standards to be applied in an environment where political proclivities need to be excluded. Political oversight of IT programmes requires inputs from expertise which is independent of the over-arching standard thought processes dominated by just one proprietary standard. This environment has difficulty in protecting itself from others weaned on the same knowledge base."
He referred to the SEEL Plasma Database approach as an example of a unique approach where the worldwide knowledge base on how it operates is limited to a handful of identifiable individuals; this is a major security advantage. Some of the technical reasons for this security are also set out in the Plasma section. An APE article is carried at Agence Presse Européenne Syndication (rotating screen on right hand side) or at Real News article posted on 22nd November, 2007 entitled: "Data protection fiasco reflects democratic deficit"
We have joined an initiative by Agence Presse Européenne, E-Mancipation and Real News to disseminate information on the Real Incomes Apporoach to economics more widely through a new posting Real Incomes.
The objective is to promote understanding of the Real Incomes Approach to economics by applying the methodology to the analysis and proposition of solutions to topical economic issues. You can visit the site by clicking here.
The MicroSoft case
Some interesting facts surrounding the MicroSoft case and the fines levied against the company by the European Commission were revealed during a journalist briefing sesssion at SEEL. Hector McNeill, Director of SEEL, who was a Senior Scientific Officer at the European Commission's Information Technology & Telecommunications Task Force gave a presentation on Policies for Innovation and used this case as an example of decision-making which damaged innovation and did not serve the interests of the consumer or systems developers. See the CybaCity interview on The MicroSoft case with Hector McNeill which took place on Friday 12th October, 2007.
The first set of notes will be published and the end of this year (2007) and will refer to the first edition of the book and will contain relevant references to Constitutional Economics, the Real Incomes Approach to economics as well as tracking the degree to which governance reflects freely determined preferences of the electorate.
This material will provide guidelines on ways and means of designing courses on different aspects of constitution.
TechneQuality
In order to assist those interested in pursuing their own research into this area of work and related topics of Constitution, Constitutional Economics and the Real Incomes Approach we will initiate an email list to provide an open means whereby people can exchange ideas, comments and observations. This List will become part of our Extension activities.
We are pleased to announce the formation of TechneQuality as a service for providing international contract employment for people from low income communities. This service also includes support in the form of training in target work technique and in languages.
Further information can be found under the relevant sections with more detail under the TechneQuality section and some background in the Economics and Poverty sections.
Visit the TechneQuality website which is still being developed ( much content will be added during the first 2 weeks of October 2007). It is expected that TecheQuality will start operations in January 2008.
If you can stay calm, while all around you is chaos...then you probably haven't completely understood the seriousness of the situation.
Rome did not create a great empire by having meetings, they did it by killing all those who opposed them.
"I think there is a world market for maybe five computers." --Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM, 1943
"Who the hell wants to hear actors talk?" --H.M. Warner, Warner Brothers, 1927.
"Everything that can be invented has been invented." --Charles H. Duell, Commissioner, U.S. Office of Patents, 1899.
"640K ought to be enough for anybody." --Bill Gates, 1981
Artificial Intelligence is no match for Natural Stupidity
