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I have a good friend who is in the job market. The Internet media company he worked for since 1998 closed its doors a few weeks ago. The company was based on a bold idea that could have changed the way the media operates. The changes might occur someday (probably will), but this company was too early.
In Canada, we have a federal tax called the GST (goods and services tax). From the looks of it, it was created without clear specifications or business rationale. It's like a bunch of folks hid out for a weekend and, over a few dozen drinks too many, penned the rules that make up the tax. What else could explain the fact that salted peanuts are GST-able and unsalted ones are not?
RESEARCHERS APPLY DATA MINING
My career in the computer industry has involved a considerable amount of travel during the past 30 years, to every corner of the US and to some three dozen countries around the world. Almost as soon as I achieved my road-warrior status, one thing became evident: different cities, states, and countries have rather different concepts of what's "current" and "state of the art" in the field.