Internet will run out in 6 months

Posted on September 8, 2011 by Adrian Pintilie

Do you know that Internet will literally run out in 6 months? We will not have any more IP address for the new users that will come online.

Are you ready for IPv6? Is your organization ready for IPv6? Is your ISP ready for IPv6?

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Blackberry is going black

Posted on April 29, 2011 by Adrian Pintilie

RIM stock has plummet after the announcement of the latest quarter result. Unless they reinvent quickly, Blackberry is going quickly on the spiral death. An good coverage is also here.

Update: check the stock as well.

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Social Network 2 – sau cum viata bate filmul

Posted on April 13, 2011 by Adrian Pintilie

Se pare ca exista ceva mai mult adevar in filmul The Social Network. Ba mai mult, pe margine sa incalzeste un nou proces (link aici). Pe langa celebrii frati Winklevoss (cu care tocmai s-a incheiat definitiv procesul) a mai aparut inca un pretended, reclamantul Paul Ceglia.

Este chestionabil reclamantul de ce a asteptat 7 ani pentru pornirea procesului cu sanse inca obscure de castig. Paul Ceglia detine o serie de emailuri care detaliaza debutul proiectului. Ceglia l-a contactat pe Mark pentru realizarea unui site (defunct intre timp) iar Mark i-a oferit 50% din The Facebook cu conditia ca Ceglia sa il finanteze. In emailuri Mark ii explica cum a aflat de alti tipi din Harvard (za fratii W) care vor sa faca un proiect similar dar le impiedica proiectul. Yay! Ba mai mult, ar exista un contract semnat intre Ceglia si Mark. Ceglia a fost acuzat intre timp de frauda in alta firma, etc, povestea e stufoasa si demna de o continuare la SN 1.

Intre timp se incalzeste pe margine seful din 2003 al lui Ceglia care spune ca orice proiect pe care Ceglia l-ar fi realizat trebuie sa fie si parte a lui fiindca Ceglia lucra pentru el la momentul respectiv. Saga va continua SN 3, 4….

Doua scurte concluzii: 1) nu poti sa faci 50 bulioane legal si 2) contractele sunt foarte importante in antrepenoriat.

Asa ca data viitoare, antreprenori IT sa va luati un domeniu si un avocat!

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E.T. printre noi

Posted on April 10, 2011 by Adrian Pintilie

Un document publicat recent pe siteul FBI Vault (siteul pe care FBI publica documente oficiale care intra in Legea Transparentei) confirma ca in Roswell in 1947 (New Mexico) au fost gasite “trei asa zise OZNuri” in care s-au gasit 3 corpuri de forma umanoida de 91 cm invelite intr-un material metalic de textura foarte fina. Informatia publicata este de fapt foarte similara cu zvonurile care au aparut in presa in perioada respectiva si care au fost ulterior raspandite de adeptii teoriei conspiratiei. Departe de a lamuri misterul, nota de pe siteul FBI-ului, scrisa de altfel in termeni destul de vagi prin expresii gen “un informator ne-a zis” sau “asa-zise OZNuri”, nu face decat sa ridice mai multe intrebari si sa starneasca noi valuri conspirationiste. Si totusi, ce s-a intamplat atunci? Obama imi spui?

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Value thresholds or limits in public acquisitions Romania (SEAP)

Posted on December 9, 2010 by Adrian Pintilie

As i receive questions regarding public acquisitions (via SEAP) in Romania, here are the limits:

The contracting authority shall have the right to directly purchase products, services or works to the extent that the purchase price is equal to or less than the equivalent in RON:
· €15,000 for each purchase of goods or services, (According to legislation, the old threshold was $10,000. For comparison, in Poland, that threshold is €14,000 and €15,000 in the Czech Republic)
· €15,000 for each purchase of works. (According to legislation, the old threshold was €10,000. For comparison, in other EU countries this threshold is between €10,000 – €20,000)

The contracting authority will be entitled to apply to the bidding procedure only if the estimated value without VAT of the public procurement contract is equal to or less than the equivalent in lei of the following thresholds:
· For supply contract – €100,000 (This threshold was €75,000 in Romania, in Poland is €80,000 and €100,000 in the Czech Republic)
· For services contract: €100,000 (This threshold was €75,000 in Romania, in Poland is €80,000 and €100,000 in the Czech Republic)
· For works contract: €750,000. (This threshold was € 500,000 in Romania, while in Poland and the Czech Republic this threshold is €750,000)

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