Afternoon Report

Microsoft announces Vista will be delayed in the retail market to early next year. Corporate users can have it sometime in November. Yeah, let the corporate slaves in cubicle farms test it out first before rolling it out to the serious home users.
Earlier, Sony also announced PS3 won't ship until November.
For people who dig fancy UI, you don't have to wait for Vista, Mac OS X is available, now.

Paris is burning, again. This time is about entitlement, it's all about entitlement. The new law is supposed* to increase youth employment but at the same time allows employer to fire, without cause, any new hires who are 25 or younger, within the first 2 years of employment. I like to work in such an environment, like you can't be fired. And you are entitled to this and that. I never work under any contract and I think many people don't. Here is like "employment at will." One can simply walk away from work, or get fired on the spot. Of course, if you are not happy being fired, you can sue your employer. But that's another story. In essence, nobody owes any 1 month notice kind of crap to his employer. There is no contract, and hence no contract to dispute, isn't it neat? Picture credited to Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images, linked from the New York Times. (*note "supposed" is believe it or not, a freaking BIG word, like I am suposed to punch out at 5PM every day, but then I am a corporate slave, I never leave on time ....)