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- Metric
- Measurement. Although metric generally refers to the decimal-based metric system of weights and measures, software engineers often use the term as simply "measurement." For example, "is there a...
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- Disaster averted: But (sob) my next notebook might not be an Apple one
- Disaster averted: But sob my next notebook might not be an Apple oneSo your Basing your decision on a single criteria?How close does the Apple get to gold?Do you even know?How about this, since you can use a five year old power book g4 and there is no way in...
- Tags: Notebooks, Apple Inc., notebook
- Discussion threads 2008-05-17
- Automatic eyeglasses prescriptions?
- For its space missions, NASA wants astronauts with excellent vision without corrective lenses or glasses. This doesn't prevent its Vision Science and Technology Group to study human vision of ordinary people like you and me. Two members of this group recently discovered that a new formula connecting optical quality with...
- Tags: NASA, Vision, Model, Metric, Strategy, Management, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-05-16
- Security metrics: Is there a better way?
- A report arguing that the first year of Vista has been more secure--or at least has had fewer vulnerabilities--than XP and other operating systems has raised a ruckus. The issue raises a question about whether there are any metrics that could accurately capture whether an operating system is more secure....
- Tags: Operating System, Vulnerability, Metric, Functionality, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-01-25
- Does AMD 'Average CPU Power' metric have legs?
- With AMD's launch of Barcelona comes a new metric: Average CPU Power. While the Average CPU Power ACP metric reflects a need--everyone wants to know how much power servers are gobbling up--it won't gain significant traction until others follow suit. Until then, ACP is marketing for...
- Tags: Advanced Micro Devices Inc., CPU, Metric, Average CPU Power, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2007-09-10
- Windows v Linux - Days of risk in 2006
- Windows v Linux - Days of risk in 2006So Microsoft’s Jeff Jones really said that? Really?After all, it is Jeff Jones' job to say that Microsoft products are the best, most secure, and have the lowest total cost of ownership of any available in the market. That is precisely what...
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, SECURITY, vulnerability, Microsoft Corp., Jeff Jones, Microsoft Windows, Linux, metric
- Discussion threads 2007-06-15
- Fear and loathing in the Internet echo chamber
- Ever since Leon Festinger first formulated his theory of cognitive dissonance people have, usually reluctantly, accepted the reality that we seek out information confirming our beliefs while actively avoiding contrary information. The obvious lesson for people who are aware of this is...
- Tags: Unanswered questions, General
- Blog posts 2007-05-07
- 2006: The year of dual core, virtualization, WiMax
- 2006: The year of dual core, virtualization, WiMaxDual-core/ Multi-threads: What about software?With all the news and discussion about dual-core and multi-thread Intel HT capable processors, I have heard nothing recently about the present state of the software that runs on these processors. Sure, operating systems such as Win2K/XP, Linux,...
- Tags: Processors, metric, dual-core, processor, virtualization, WiMAX
- Discussion threads 2006-04-19
- Transaction Completion: The New Performance Metric for Service Oriented Architecture Environments
- Enterprise business processes and partner relationships will become more integrated, more automated, and more dynamic over time because of advances in service oriented architectures. The dynamic interaction of multiple services will mask the root cause of many transactional problems, particularly those caused by applications returning errors instead of valid transactional...
- Tags: Partnership, Performance, SOA, Metric, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Business Structures, Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance
- White papers 2005-11-01
- Signal-Specialized Parameterization for Piecewise Linear Reconstruction
- This paper proposes a metric for surface parameterization specialized to its signal that can be used to create more efficient, high-quality texture maps. Derived from Taylor expansion of signal error, the metric predicts the signal approximation error - the difference between the original surface signal and its reconstruction from the...
- Tags: Metric
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- Route Fragility: A Novel Metric for Route Selection in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks
- A key factor deciding the performance of a routing protocol in mobile ad hoc networks is the manner in which it adapts to route changes caused by mobility. Exploiting the intuition that a less dynamic route lasts longer, this paper proposes a new metric, the Route Fragility Coefficient RFC, to...
- Tags: Expansion, Route, Mobile, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Contraction, Metric, Route Fragility Coefficient, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing
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- Expected Data Rate: An Accurate High-Throughput Path Metric for Multi-Hop Wireless Routing
- This paper presents a new metric, Expected Data Rate EDR, for accurately finding high-throughput paths in multihop ad hoc wireless networks. The metric is based upon a new model for transmission interference which is a critical factor in determining path throughput. This paper constructs a realistic and practical transmission interference...
- Tags: Metric, University Of Utah, Transmission Interference, Wi-Fi, Wireless
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- iPhone gas application roundup
- On 18 June 2008 I published my iPhone app wishlist and I'm happy that most of my most requested applications have been released (Thank you Texas Hold'Em!). Two my most request applications dealt with fuel, specifically a fuel economy tracker and a cheap gas finder. Several iterations...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Vehicle, MPG, AccuFuel, Gas Finder, Roi/Tco, GPS, 3G, Handhelds, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Cellular Phones, Hardware, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- Proving Scoble wrong, Qik lives on and opens public beta to boot
- Proving Scoble wrong, Qik lives on and opens public beta to bootKyte ClarificationsHi, this is Gannon from Kyte. I'd like to clarify a few issues raised by your article:Your article compares kyte.com to qik.com. First off, Kyte.com is our corporate site, not our service, so this comparison is irrelevant. Our...
- Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Blogging, public beta, Qik, Kyte
- Discussion threads 2008-07-21
- How much is a unit of cloud computing?
- How much is a unit of cloud computing?It will never be as easy as kwh, but, we do need a way to pay for usage.And it needs to be fine grained. Amazons method is WAY to course.RE: How much is a unit of cloud computing?Phil,We at GoGrid decided on...
- Tags: cloud computing, GoGrid, Mosso
- Discussion threads 2008-07-16
- Big Brother Getting Bigger Part 2: United Kingdom
- Big Brother Getting Bigger Part 2: United KingdomDatabasesSince you're paying attention... look at bills, proclamations, edicts, etc. in other parts of the world including the USA.The senate just passed a sweeping communications bill that has the same effect as the UK's "proposal". Seems that the G8 or some other organization...
- Tags: Food & Beverage, Nate, Big Brother Getting Bigger Part 2, Microsoft Windows NT
- Discussion threads 2008-07-16
- Windows Update versus Ubuntu Update
- Windows Update versus Ubuntu UpdateAnd you will find some reason why Linux is worse.Just watch and enjoy the spin.They'll find some reason why Windows is worse.Just watch and enjoy their spin.RE: Windows Update versus Ubuntu UpdateI always did find it amusing at how the Ubuntu crowd simultaneously defend the sudo...
- Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Windows Update, Microsoft Windows, operating system, Microsoft Windows Vista, Ubuntu, Linux
- Discussion threads 2008-07-15
- PDF Text Stamp COM Component (zip)
- PDF Text Stamp software automates the process of applying page numbers, bates numbers, roman numerals, fonts, font sizes, font types, colored text, angled text, centered text, right justified, from any edge of page & any text to multi page, rotated & different sized pdf's. PDF Text stamp contains many special...
- Tags: Adobe PDF, Font, COM, PDF Text Stamp, PDF Text Stamp Software
- Software downloads 2008-07-14
- Apple's iPhone app parade begins; Salesforce, Oracle get early jump
- Apple's iPhone app parade got an early jump on the 3G version of the popular device Thursday, but business and productivity apps seem to be lagging in the back of the line. Aside from Salesforce.com and Oracle, enterprise heavyweights seem to be sitting out the early wave...
- Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Apple iPhone, Oracle Corp., Apple Inc., App, Business Indicators Software, 3G, Cellular Phones, Sales Force Management, Digital Music, Wireless, Digital Media, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sales, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-10
- Measuring IT: "Operational Health"
- The subject of IT metrics is an important and sometimes controversial topic. Regardless of one's perspective, metrics do serve the valuable function of connecting business goals to IT operations. A Forrester Research report, written by Craig Symons and titled "The Five Essential Metrics...
- Tags: Information Technology, Health Care, Strategy, Management, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2008-07-09
- If Twitter buys Summize now... are its priorities in order?
- If Twitter buys Summize now... are its priorities in order?Twitter should have a lot of money left over if this happensI would hope that twitter would not spend more the $3 million for Summize, leaving it with plenty of money to rebuild the network. Summize is definitely nice. I started...
- Tags: Twitter, Summize
- Discussion threads 2008-07-08
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