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Mozy and the Petabyte
in On Storage, on July 10, 2009
... The folks at Mozy have posted a wonderful graphic explaining the concept of a petabyte (a million gigabytes) — and noting that the company now stores more than 15 petabytes of data:
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Explaining Page Rank
in The Search Engine Weblog, on June 29, 2009
If you haven't seen the piece Matt Cutts did recently on page rank, you should take a look.
Matt provides one of the best explanations of page rank I've ever read. After a good look at how to think about page rank, Matt walks through a Q&A that touches on the differece between dofollo...
Boeing remains loyal to its supply chain procedures despite angry Wallstreet analysts' reports
in Supplychainer, on June 26, 2009
...d product development but also manufacturing and the rest of the supply chain. Here comes one quote explaining the issue:
During standard test procedures, Boeing identified 'stress' in the ...
Assessing the Future of Venture Capitalism
in TJ's Weblog, on April 20, 2009
...e height of the Internet bubble. Now we're not seeing any [investor exits]." Scott takes a somewhat different view on his blog than Siguler does at Red Herring. He talks about venture capital... ... Scott Dig took a stab recently at explaining the plight of venture capital companies in terms of broad historic trends and I thought his take on the issue was interesting - especially when contraste...
Recession squeezes jails
in Sox First, on April 14, 2009
...nding back - because of the economy. Jails are shutting down, prisoners are being let out early and some offenders are managing to avoid jail, thanks to the recession. Because it costs $30,000 a ... ...e Act of 2009 reviewing the criminal justice system. Webb himself has a piece in Parade magazine explaining why the system needs to be fixed. Still, maybe the prison industry is already winding ba...
Climate change deniers on the increase
in Sox First, on March 13, 2009
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Some fascinating Gallup research showing that 41% of Americans think that global warming is exaggerated (for that read, a hoax). What's fascinating here is that the numbers are on the rise. ... ...ironmentalists and their opponents agree: after the skirmishes of the last decade about the science explaining the causes of climate change, and policy debates about carbon trading in Europe, the stag...
Stimulus Hype: Sorting Out Keynes (Part III)
in Bizinformer, on February 15, 2009
...er government" song. Republicans should stay away in droves. On this issue, they can recapture something they have lost over the past eight years - the mantra of less spending and smaller governm... ... Keynes, the Depression, and the modern critique of Keynesian economics. He also does a good job of explaining the different roles of fiscal policy and monetary policy. And he describes the role of Al...
President Obama Is A Hit In Republican Dominated Fort Myers
in Exclusive from our news room , on February 10, 2009
...by the economic crisis.
Obama was very well received during the spirited event and concentrated on explaining how his economic stimulus package will help people at the grassroots level.
Here's ...
Verizon Takes Over Alltel
in The Mobile Technology Weblog, on January 12, 2009
...zon said Alltel customers won't need to take any action, though they will soon receive a letter explaining the transition. Most will be able to keep their handsets as Verizon and Alltel share the ...
Madoff and SEC neglect
in Sox First, on December 13, 2008
... accounts, have produced compound average annual returns of 15% for more than a decade. Remarkably, some of the larger, billion-dollar Madoff-run funds have never had a down year. " When Barron&... ...rs, a publicly traded hedge-fund advisory firm offers Madoff-managed funds." The SEC has some explaining to do to investors, charities and universities that trusted Madoff with their money.
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Outline of The Google Software Stack
in Googlestack, on December 11, 2008
...erything that needs to be persistent. This file system was designed for very specific workloads and some of it's operational semantics are non-standard ones. For example, the basic write operation... ...out the one without talking about the others. This line of thinking serves as a very good basis for explaining what a Google Software Stack is.
Let's begin by naming the components and then...
Quickest Route to a Race Track? Take the Train
in Classical Drives, on November 25, 2008
...ight be scheduled to the circuit. No such luck. However UK bus drivers are a friendly lot and after explaining my predicament one helpful individual whose route passed by Silverstone offered to drop m...
Nikon's New MX Format Digital Camera Due Out Any Day
in Digital Shot, on November 10, 2008
...t you started
Take a camera with you whenever possible, and look around, you'll find a picture somewhere.
Photo Source:www.ericreagan.smugmug.com
... ...in that it will be based on a "rangefinder" design.
I don't even know where to begin explaining the differences between SLRs and rangefinders except to say that there was no way to view...
BusinessWeek.com attacked by hackers
in I got Spam?!, on September 17, 2008
...ed in an average of 2 new processes on the target machine.
Heres a link to an interesting video explaining the attack....
Coping with Sexual Harassment in the Dorm
in The Universities Weblog, on September 17, 2008
...itute sexual harassment once you've asked that a topic be avoided around you.
Naomi goes into some detail in explaining how to identify sexual harassment After all, you can't report it if yo... ...rassment once you've asked that a topic be avoided around you.
Naomi goes into some detail in explaining how to identify sexual harassment After all, you can't report it if you can't ide...
Risk managers come clean
in Sox First, on August 11, 2008
...lateralized debt obligations which were bundles of risky debt, including mortgages, bonds backed by some of the riskiest home loans in the subprime market, credit card debt, loans to private equity, a... ... they had strong analytical skills, were not necessarily good communicators and salesmen. Tactfully explaining why we said no was not our forte. Traders were often exasperated as much by how they were...
Rebuilding the corrupt organization
in Sox First, on August 8, 2008
... The only question I would raise, however, is whether the model has actually been tested. There are some organizations where the culture of corruption is too strong. In those cases, it's like gr... ...Corrupt Organization, the authors put forward a four stage process: discovering the transgression, explaining it, serving penance and rebuilding the organization's processes. It's an interes...
Bodog Says Payments Are A-OK
in Internet Poker, on August 4, 2008
... image from toptexasholdem.com
Bodog recently has had some issues with their payment processors getting tagged by the Feds. Calvin Ayre the former CEO/Owner of Bodog, issued several virtual middl... ...ports floating on the web.
Iggy to the rescue .
Over at Guinness and Poker, a letter from Bodog explaining there has been no issues with the payment processor and the story floating around has onl...
The Sharpe Ratio
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on July 30, 2008
...that we have with statistics is that regardless of how close we stick to any given standard we find someone who interprets something differently and gets different results. Often others "tweak&qu... ...ob here at what probably is the most complete (and simplest) description of the Sharpe ratio. "Explaining the Sharpe Ratio (again)"
He states, "One of the issues that we have with...
Sponsorship and Your Blog
in BlogWealth, on June 28, 2008
...hat they are in fact reaching a market best suited for their products rather than being thrown into some rotation pile of ads that could show up anywhere.
For the blogger it gives them a chance to pr... ...ticle over on Mashable about sponsorship is a smart way to monetize a blog. Here's an excerpt explaining why:
For the companies it is a win/win situation at they aren't having to worry abou...
BioArts' Cloned Dogs Up For Auction
in The Biotech Weblog, on June 20, 2008
...oning of his or her dog simply by completing an entry form by June 24th, including a 500-word essay explaining why they feel their dog deserves to be cloned.
BioArts International has been granted th...
Gender-based coding styles?
in The CIO Weblog, on June 18, 2008
...pical stereotypes: guys build code designed to show off and do so without adequately documenting or explaining it; women are more considerate in commenting code and build with a greater eye toward the...
Don't Say too much
in Biz Plan Hacks, on June 3, 2008
...p on new cars so I knew a few things about cars.
I went to the Ford dealership that was owned by someone I knew and started looking at vehicles. I was interested in a Ranger since at the time my job... ...ats, all the buttons on the radio, the airbags and how they worked and so on. In fact he was still explaining features to me after the test drive ended and I had started walking away from the vehicle....
Could music be the perfect bootstrap business?
in BootStrapMe, on May 29, 2008
...;, Guy Kawasaki suggests starting with a service business, especially in the field of software, explaining, "This has two advantages: immediate revenue and true customer testing of your software....
The oil squeeze
in Sox First, on May 29, 2008
... then, there are a range of factors driving up the price, says Salon's Andrew Leonard . "Explaining the high price of gasoline at my local pump requires taking into account surging demand f...
Bootstrapping by word of mouth
in BootStrapMe, on May 14, 2008
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Sometimes the best sales force is an army of satisfied customers. Mike Smith makes a point along these same lines in his recent post " Word of Mouth Marketing: Thank your referrers ."
I... ...ality content.
Malcolm Gladwell depicts another aspect of this principle in The Tipping Point , explaining that whether we're talking about the spread in the popularity of Hush Puppies in SO...
Leaders and Planning
in Biz Plan Hacks, on April 17, 2008
...f planning and how they relate to the operation of your business.
Though relatively short, it has some good information.
... ...Then the video goes on to explain the different types of planning. The video does a nice job of explaining the different types of planning and how they relate to the operation of your business.
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Send Wesley Snipes to jail: prosecutors
in Sox First, on April 16, 2008
...es to their putative "questions" and refuse to accept judicial and administrative rulings explaining the frivolousness of their theories."
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India internet outage updates
in The CIO Weblog, on April 15, 2008
...ttle recognition as such, so I've kept an ear to the ground to see if anyone could come up with some explanations for an otherwise freakishly unlikely coincidence.
The Khaleej Times is now repor... ...ich aren't clear from the story, which may be translation problems or perhaps the difficulty of explaining nautical matters to lubber reporters. One is that the explanation provided for how the da...
Launch; Retract Your Impact on the Environment
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on April 15, 2008
...ntribute to the fight against global warming.
The site discusses the climate change crisis while explaining the impacts of direct and indirect carbon footprints. Individuals are encouraged to reduce...
That's Not A Design Problem...
in The Parenting Weblog, on April 9, 2008
...d what's available now.
One thing led to another and the next thing I know this guy is taking some serious pot-shots at the engineers at Mitsubishi for "designing a TV with buttons so close... ...ng with his TV was NOT a design problem, it was a PARENTING problem.
I re-enforced my position by explaining that my kids learned very early on that touching the TV meant it got turned off and they ...
Explaining the Relationship between Wine and Soil
in Celebrate Wine, on April 6, 2008
The relationship of grapes and soil-the concept of " terroir "-is at the heart of good winemaking . Here, oenophile, Dennis Overstreet, of "The Wine Merchant" in Beverly Hills, explains the basics of this combination. VideoJug : Soil And Wine
One Billion RFID Cards Compromised by Simple Attack
in The Wireless Weblog, on March 13, 2008
...d government facilities.
The researchers also posted an extremely straightforward YouTube video explaining the hack.
"The video demonstrates how cryptography could be retrieved from readers...
More reactions to the Microsoft announcement
in The CIO Weblog, on February 23, 2008
...nted that initial position on further examination. Matthew Aslett at the 451 Group has a good post explaining why, and I think a closer reading of the decision shows that it doesn't require near...
FCPA prosecutions to increase
in Sox First, on February 8, 2008
...s, or uses the US banking system. In his D&O Diary blog , Kevin LaCroix does an excellent job explaining why foreign bribery allegations will be the next big corporate scandal. This will hap...
Overpaid, over here
in Sox First, on February 6, 2008
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Here's a note to CEOs: do you think you're paid too much? Some of the people on your board do. That seems to be the suggestion in a Heidrick & Struggles survey which showed that one ... ...ormation was easily understood and only one in 10 thought thought the information did a good job of explaining how compensation decisions were made. Clearly, the SEC has a long way to go before it sh...
GT 5: Prologue available for pre-order
in Wangtam, on February 3, 2008
...s-roots support for Obama, the site lets supporters upload videos explaining why they are going to vote for the candidate. The videos can then be voted up or down Digg-style....
Take Note Moms: Listen to Your Kids!
in Straightfromthedoc, on January 30, 2008
... effective to try to get kids to explain things themselves instead of just telling them the answer. Explaining their reasoning, to a parent or perhaps to other people they know, will help them underst...
Dave Perry Does Malware
in I got Spam?!, on January 26, 2008
...matter, but here is a new and informative video from Trend Micro that takes a lighter approach to explaining and examining malware.
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Active Value Investing
in Businesspundit, on January 24, 2008
...hen, despite earnings growth, there is a P/E contraction. Katsenelson spends the first few chapters explaining range bound markets, and arguing that we are in, or about to enter one.
The second part...
Finally: Explaining the Death of Packard
in Classical Drives, on January 12, 2008
I still find it hard to believe that a luxury marque I grew up with and once was the standard of America could so quickly fade away. How could the factories, the designers, the dealers, and the thousands of employees simply disappear? In 1955 Packard introduced the marque's first V-8 engines ...
Your Turn to Respond
in On Storage, on January 3, 2008
...in the virtual storage network world. IBM struck the first blow, firing this quote to yours truly explaining why they beat the bejeezuz out of EMC in the virtual storage arena. In the interest of fa...
Easing up on corporate crime
in Sox First, on December 16, 2007
...Oxley was introduced post-Enron. First, there's been the rise in the Dow Jones which has dulled some of the anger towards corporations. Second, Sarbanes-Oxley has reassured the public that corpora... ...
Earlier this year, I did a blog entry explaining that the fight against corporate wrongdoing always eases up when there is a stock market bubble. The Economist confirms that argument in the piec...
Personality test problems
in Sox First, on December 14, 2007
...ssy and unpredictable, as they are based on self-reporting. Giving that sort of test is like asking someone if they are intelligent and the answer could change according to gender or self-confidence o... ...nge according to gender or self-confidence or other things. In the past, I have written a column explaining that what you see with tests is not always what you get. Starting off with the Myers-Brig...
Fun With Draft Day Overreactions
in End Zone Buzz, on December 14, 2007
...t he was destined to fail, and the other two were headed straight to Canton. Let's revisit what some writers said about the Texans' selection of Williams at the time.
- Len Pasquarelli, ESP... ...idity ... All we know for sure this morning is that they look dumb ... Once the Texans are finished explaining their decision today, they can release one other bit of information: the phone number tha...
Will The United States Go Bankrupt?
in Businesspundit, on December 7, 2007
...ue I struggle with is how to tell when the doom and gloom prophets are being reasonable (and seeing some data point the rest of us don't), and when they are being fearmongers.
One gauge I use to... ...nd I suspect that if this happens, it will occur only after many pundits are on national television explaining why it won't. These are, of course, the people who don't want it to happen and ar...
Bootstrap your elevator pitch
in BootStrapMe, on December 5, 2007
...neur members and the number of credible users they draw to the site to hear the pitch.
Here are some other ways of bootstrapping your elevator pitch on line so to speak.
• Create a blog explain... ... are some other ways of bootstrapping your elevator pitch on line so to speak.
• Create a blog explaining your idea, pitching it to potential investors and explaining related topics.
• Create an ac...
Nintenblogs: Best of the Nintendo Blogs
in House of Nintendo, on December 5, 2007
...Here's some tasty bits from the Nintendo internets, with commentary from yours truly:
Nintendowiifanboy has a regular feature called "Revolutionary." This week, they imagine the G... ...m sure that doesn't make any sense to you, as I got the 'WTF face' plenty of times when explaining my plan to friends. But read on and I'll tell you how to shred. How to shred down NFS...
Bootstrapping business traffic with Technorati
in BootStrapMe, on December 4, 2007
...y in turn encourage them, and others visiting their profile, to visit and link to you.
So here are some suggestions if you have an on line business that needs traffic to boost overall sales:
• First... ...music store.)
• Join the appropriate social networks and create a profile for your business explaining who you are and what you do.
• Start networking like crazy, make friends and link to folks you fi...
A Sneak Peek at the 2008 Pirelli Calendar
in Classical Drives, on December 4, 2007
...ten about the Pirelli calendar before ( the 2007 Edition included Sophia Loren, still sexy at 71 ), explaining its exclusivity and museum quality: You can't buy one; they're given away in limi...
Learning the Sarbox ropes
in Sox First, on November 30, 2007
...er shows that businesses are getting better at identifying business risks, even if they still have some way to go. So with companies learning the ropes, it means there will be less heat on lawmakers ... ...
Earlier this month, I did a blog entry explaining why Sarbanes-Oxley was unlikely to get overhauled in the near future. Simply put, businesses and auditors are getting used to it and getting rid ...
Get to know about various Sun Java Certifications
in Java Entrepreneur, on November 30, 2007
...t of vacancies out there but for getting this certification you need to have some good experience in software architectural design and J2EE. I agree with Peter on the issue that these certifica... ... small business system according to the problem and write an essay defending the solution and explaining the design and programming decisions.
• Sun Certified Web Component Developer (SCWCD) : This ...
Jonathan Trenn Gives Us the REAL 411 on Facebook Beacon- and It's NOT a Good!
in Cool Picking, on November 27, 2007
...ive the thumbs down if they object.
So the system is supposed to be opt out. But there's been some circumstances
where the information is just automatically sent without approval or even
not... ...ost about a new program featured on Facebook called Facebook Beacon . Abraham does a great job explaining what this program is- and isn't- and perhaps the operative word is ISN'T- because...
Digital Television Transition Digital-to-Analog Converter Box Coupon
in The Digital TV Weblog, on November 26, 2007
.... Get more DTV converter box coupon details here.
There are a variety of PDF brochures and links explaining the DTV discount and rules, at the Department of Commerce's National Telecommunicatio...
Black and Decker VPX Starter Kit Review
in The Gadgets Weblog, on November 26, 2007
... -multiple power tools that use the same battery. I wrote about the system previously , but I have some real-world experience to share. Did it hold up to it's promise? Are the tools good? Details...
Linux ain't Linux
in The CIO Weblog, on November 20, 2007
...of Linux out there, each with its own priorities and strengths, a state of affairs which surely has some of their advocates gritting their teeth behind the scenes as they attempt to build businesses a... ..., as the distro is basically Red Hat before it hits quality control... he has both the challenge of explaining to potential enterprise clients why frequent patches are cool, and trying not to sound li...
Cause and Effect: ATV Crash Videos
in Under My Helmet, on November 17, 2007
...r readers here at Under My Helmet for several months now. Perhaps it's time I start showing you some videos, and explaining the cause and effect.
I'll start with this mental midget in... ... Under My Helmet for several months now. Perhaps it's time I start showing you some videos, and explaining the cause and effect.
I'll start with this mental midget in the sand on a qu...
Cubic Mobile, a.k.a. Pirelli DP-L10
in The VoIP Weblog, on November 16, 2007
Earlier in the week, my present from Cubic Telecom CEO Pat Phelan arrived: Cubic Mobile. It is a Cubic Telecom-branded DP-L10 from Pirelli Broadband Solutions complete with a MAXroam SIM. It comes with everything you see here:
This review is going to focus more on the handset itself and le...
Instant Messaging Productivity Tips
in Home Based Business, on November 15, 2007
...real life, but they waste your time on chat. Block them (if you need to, send them a polite message explaining that you're cutting back on using chat because you're trying to get more done).
...
StarCraft II Nearing Release?
in PCGamers Blog, on November 9, 2007
...at the highly anticipated sequel to the massively popular RTS, StarCraft, is closer to release than some people might have expected. Below is the full content of his post.
Enoyls: Yes, I'm prett... ... Starcraft, War3 and WOW I was pretty active gathering feedback, informing people about changes and explaining new features and philsophy. I don't post on the WOW forums much anymore because Tigol...
Spammers Now Using Google to Defeat Filters
in I got Spam?!, on November 6, 2007
...t actually redirects to the spammer's website. Here's an excerpt from Symantec's report explaining how it's done:
Here's what the spammer did to pull off this little magic trick...
OTC NSAIDs May Reduce Risk of Parkinson's Disease
in Straightfromthedoc, on November 6, 2007
...ng burden of Parkinson's disease as people age, there's a pressing need for further studies explaining why these drugs may play a protective role.
Our findings suggest NSAIDs are protective a...
Tips to Avoid Business Miscommunication Situations
in Home Based Business, on November 2, 2007
...ication using online tools and other technological devices:
POOR GRAMMAR AND SPELLING CAN HINDER - Some people are especially conscious of their grammar and spelling skills and can therefore take an ... ...biting ill manners and not you.
THE USE OF SMILEYS - These and other emotion icons help greatly in explaining the emotion behind the words you type. They are not however advisable to use with busines...
Lawyers, guns and money
in Sox First, on October 31, 2007
...is already pushing past $200,000, according to The Paycheck Report in The American Lawyer . And at some firms, profits per partner are soaring well into the six digit territory. Of course, in a plac... ...pensive as Manhattan that sort of money does not necessarily make you rich. But it does some way to explaining why those legal fees are so high....
Redirecting Links in Spam Messages to Avoid Detection On The Rise
in I got Spam?!, on October 30, 2007
...sages without causing false-positives. This latest technique is coming in a flurry of messages that sometimes has breaks in the sending - implying the spammer is evaluating techniques to see what mess... ...o the spammer sites," explained Ben Westbrook, CTO of Mail-Filters. Mr. Westbrook continued by explaining, "Because the hyperlink appears to be to a legitimate site, most anti-spam te...
MomSpit!
in The Parenting Weblog, on October 29, 2007
... Ok, ok. Before you get grossed out, it's not what you think it is. It's not some elementary schooler's over-the-top concoction. It's actually a skin care product. You ok now? Hehe.
... ...r's spit. Just inspired, not bottled. Here's is an excerpt from the companies' website, explaining the reason behind the name.
Someone said, "I'd love to make beautiful and exot...
How to Think Like Warren Buffett, Part 26
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on October 23, 2007
...to be counter to the interests of shareholders. In those cases, collegiality trumped independence.
Some direct advice to investors, something Buffett rarely gets into in his Letters:
Three suggestio... ... died, golf clubs for sale'."
I won't go into it here, but Buffett spends a long time explaining the danger of derivatives, a subject most of us can not get our heads around. Buffett'...
The five stages of bootstrap entrepreneurship
in BootStrapMe, on October 21, 2007
... venture process.
Indeed, few bootstrap entrepreneurs would dream of refusing to reinvest at least some of the proceeds of their effort to continue to grow the business for the future and even outsid... ...er more accessible. We may also be assembling a book (likely to be offered on the network), a guide explaining in more detail how to use PostRanger to its full potential
5. Fund or sell -In the dist...
Protecting Yourself from Spam and Malware
in I got Spam?!, on October 20, 2007
...our email address as carefully as you would your bank account or social security card. When you buy something or register at a website, message board, or any other place on the web that asks for your ... ... a message to anyone who attempts to email you and asks them to go to a website and fill out a form explaining who they are and why they want to email you. It then sends this form to you and you decid...
What's More Important: SEO Spiders or Readers?
in Bizinformer, on October 19, 2007
...ie. What?
My passion is writing for the benefit of the reader; understanding them, their needs and explaining how my customer's products or services will benefit them. Part of what I love about ...
