Busy Week Next Week in SJ, May 20 - 22, 2014

I am from the SF Bay Area.  I was born in SF, raised in Saratoga, went to UC Berkeley, then worked at HP and Apple before heading to Redmond to work for Microsoft. Next week is part of my regular trips to the bay area to see friends and do business.

Here is a list of things I plan on doing.

  • Chat about asset management, mobile, cloud, operations
  • See Olivier Sanche’s family
  • See my family
  • Meet with friends at Facebook, Apple, and Google
  • Host a party with data center friends
  • Attend another party with construction friends
  • Meet random friends who are in town
  • Demo mobile stuff

Uptime Symposium Expo Passes are Open, except for me

I’ll be down in SJ next week meeting with some clients.  Uptime Symposium is going on at the same time and some friends asked if I would come by the booth to say hi and see their latest technology.  

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Sorry I won’t be able to attend the exposition given my work with others companies creates a "perceived conflict of interest” (451 Group’s word) and I am not allowed to register for the expo.

Unless I change who I work with I will not attending any Uptime Symposium events in the future. 

There is no impact because I can meet my friends away from the booth or see them at 7x24 Exchange in Boca.

EU's Demands on Google Search is the first step in Regulation

There is all kinds of news out there on how good or bad the EU’s action is on Google to erase search results.

Wall Street Journal

European Court Lets Users Erase Records on Web

New York Times-16 hours ago
The highest court in the European Union decided on Tuesday thatGoogle must, in some cases, honor requests from its search engine users to ...
Google Faces Challenges in Europe After Privacy Ruling
Wall Street Journal-14 hours ago
 
New European ruling game-changing for US companies
In-Depth-USA TODAY-May 13, 2014
 
Google Must Delete Personal Data When Asked, European Court ...
Blog-NPR (blog)-May 13, 2014
 
Europe court ruling reboots Web privacy rules for Google, others
In-Depth-Los Angeles Times-13 hours ago
 
Europe tells Google to delete data. Corrupt politicians will be thrilled ...
Blog-Telegraph.co.uk (blog)-6 hours ago

If this does go away though, there will just be something else that comes back.  Why?  Because this ruling is just the first step in efforts to regulate the operations of a Google and other technology companies.  What comes next after a regulation is compliance which requires a disclosure of data.  This data can then be used to create more regulations and more compliance.

Consider this.  What ability does the EU have to control operations of Google?  

What's More Evil Nuclear Power or the People Who Implement Nuclear Power Poorly?

If you bring up Nuclear Power there are many who are anti-nuclear and bring up the danger of nuclear power.  The attacks are focused on nuclear as a thing and things don’t defend themselves.

Reading The Multidisciplinarian’s post on a Japanese Nuclear Reactor closer to the epicenter of the Mar 11, 2011 earthquake than Fukushima.

The Onagawa Reactor Non-Meltdown

On March 11, 2011, the strongest earthquake in Japanese recorded history hit Tohuku, leaving about 15,000 dead. The closest nuclear reactor to the quake’s epicenter was the Onagawa Nuclear Power Station operated by Tohoku Electric Power Company. As a result of the earthquake and subsequent tsunami that destroyed the town of Onagawa, the Onagawa nuclear facility remained intact and shut itself down safely, without incident. The Onagawa nuclear facility was the vicinity’s only safe evacuation destination. Residents of Onagawa left homeless by the natural disasters sought refuge in the facility, where its workers provided food.

The excellent point is how the focus has been anti-nuclear as opposed to the cause by the regulators.

Despite these findings, the world’s response Fukushima has been much more focused on opposition to nuclear power than on opposition to corrupt regulatory government bodies and the cultures that foster them.

For more details check out this report.

Two scholars from USC, Airi Ryu and Najmedin Meshkati, recently published “Why You Haven’t Heard About Onagawa Nuclear Power Station after the Earthquake and Tsunami of March 11, 2011,” their examination of the contrasting safety mindsets of TEPCO, the firm operating the Fukushima nuclear plant, and Tohoku Electric Power, the firm operating Onagawa.

Check out this youtube video of Onagawa to get an idea of Tsunami’s impact.