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- Occam
- A parallel processing language designed to handle concurrent operations. The INMOS Transputer executes occam almost directly. In the following statements, two items of data are read and incremented...
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- Updating the Windows 7 release schedule
- Updating the Windows 7 release scheduleAre they ..."Microsoft has been doing an admirable job of suppressing leaks about its Windows 7 release plans. But someone in Redmond needs to do a better job of teaching its own employees when not to hit the Publish button on web pages."Are they looking...
- Tags: Operating systems, OCCAM, Theere, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-03-26
- Obama resisters claim campaign to silence blogs
- Obama resisters claim campaign to silence blogsThe TV footage of Obama is oldIt could be that Obama died.More Clinton tricks I suspectMake the other guy look guilty ...Anything Obama is pure SPAM by definitionSPAM is unwanted junk that is usually a scam.Bloggers are distributors of unwanted propaganda that is mostly...
- Tags: Blogging, blog, Obama
- Discussion threads 2008-07-01
- Funny.+5%2F3+Bank+advertises+malware+site+in+brochure
- Funny.+5%2F3+Bank+advertises+malware+site+in+brochureMaybe a "friendly customer" wanted to help?Although I find it believable that an ignorant bank employee would recommend such a site, it is also possible that a scam artist left the literature in the bank in a fishing attempt.There have been news stories of fake "depositories" being placed next to...
- Tags: Financial services, bank, OCCAM
- Discussion threads 2008-02-07
- Patches in ten f***ing days? Not really, says Mozilla
- Patches in ten f***ing days? Not really, says MozillaSo, somebody gets carried away at a "do"...... and all of a sudden it's a commitment? Give the guy a break.Even if they turn out the patches in 20 days, rather than 10, they are still more than a week ahead...
- Tags: Linux, Patches, OCCAM, zealot, Mozilla Corp., patch management
- Discussion threads 2007-08-06
- Microsoft still has more OS tricks up its sleeve
- Microsoft still has more OS tricks up its sleeveOccam's razor and the end of service packsWhy not take the most straightforward view?Service packs end, replaced by RollUps which can occur more frequently because of the internet.New versions of Windows are issued at 2 year interviews, satisfying everyone's need for profits.Given...
- Tags: Operating systems, .NET, Application servers, OCCAM, operating system, Microsoft Corp., sleeve
- Discussion threads 2006-12-14
- Juniper Symantec: Two bumbling giants reacting to marketing hype
- Juniper Symantec: Two bumbling giants reacting to marketing hypeRefreshingEnjoyed reading your article and for your willingness to be a naysayer. Nice to hear a voice of dissension in a sea of lemmings...perhaps too mixed of a metaphor but I think the meaning is clear.ChallengedSomeone sent me an email...
- Tags: Data centers, SECURITY, OCCAM, marketing, Symantec Corp., data center, Juniper Networks Inc.
- Discussion threads 2006-09-13
- Occam's Tree 2.5 (Windows)
- Use Occam's Tree to rapidly build professional decision trees with decisions optimized for maximum pay-off in situations of risk and uncertainty. The software is easy to learn and can help you making better decisions for a better life of yourself and those you are responsible for your company, your family,...
- Tags: Visionary Tools, Occam, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Microsoft Windows, Sales, Operating Systems, Software
- Software downloads 2006-06-16
- Simplicity is bliss
- Simplicity is blissOccam's Razor versus the swiss army knifeThe advances in mathematics come from finding a simpler way of doing something that was previously complicated. As software is a branch of applied mathematics the same applies by inference to software. Essentially we apply Occam's razor to cut away the complexity...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, PRODUCTIVITY, Blade servers, Utility computing, Middleware, Enterprise software, OCCAM, software, blade, tool, CORBA, swiss army knife, army knife
- Discussion threads 2005-07-19
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- Google celebrates birthday of H.G. Wells
- It sounds like people were reading too much into the logos leading up to today -- the birthday of H.G. Wells. For the past couple weeks, Google had been showing off some unidentified Google logos that raised much speculation. Lots of people, including myself, were hoping...
- Tags: Google Inc., Logo, Birthday, Garett Rogers
- Blog posts 2009-09-20
- Elvis, your e-passport is ready!
- Elvis, your e-passport is ready!I forwarded this to the Dutch mediaLet's see whether they'll understand the severity of the issue.http://www.linkslife.co.ukthat is a joke passportRE: Elvis, your e-passport is ready!Years ago a movie called "The Net" with Sandra Bullock hit the scene, and everyone freaked. Yes it was a little over...
- Tags: Dutch Passport, e-passport, ELVIS, passport, RFID
- Discussion threads 2009-07-19
- The Microsoft ads are working
- The Microsoft ads are workingThat's BSROI and TCO compared to what???the iDiots have struck again!!Oops !NTStupid consumers ;)[i]"I don?t care about the Macs. Whatever. We have a Mac base in many of our schools that is serving us well and that we have on lease for another three years. I...
- Tags: ROI/TCO, Desktops, Microsoft AD, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Corp., TCO, advertisement
- Discussion threads 2009-04-14
- IP Security Management (IPSM): BLC 6000 Multi-Service Access Platform
- This paper provides a general overview of Occam Networks' BLC 6000 multiservice access platform IP Security Management IPSM capability. Innovations that simplify network operations and deliver a higher Quality of Experience QoE to subscribers are necessary if service providers plan to remain competitive. Occam Networks understood this when, in 2000,...
- Tags: Software, Microsoft Access, IP, Occam Networks, IPSec, Networking, Ethernet, VPNs, Network Technology, Network Security
- White papers 2009-04-01
- The many-core performance wall
- The many-core performance wallUltimately, software will need to changeThe problem with parallel computing has always been contention over shared resources.For computational problems that can be solved using a divide-and-conquer strategy, there is a solution: give each processor core it's own private bank of memory (whether it is on the chip...
- Tags: Performance management, Processors, CPU, performance wall, performance, memory
- Discussion threads 2008-12-11
- A virus in our genes, think about that....
- Really fascinating news: Virus is passed from parent to child in the DNA. Researchers found that roseola, an infection that everyone apparently gets but only 20 percent of children develop the characteristic rash that gives it its name, is actually in our DNA. It co-evolved into us, which raises some...
- Tags: DNA, Chromosome, Virus, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Mitch Ratcliffe
- Blog posts 2008-09-03
- "More SCI/tech headlines"
- "More SCI/tech headlines"Science for science's sakeUntil Universities start offering Bachelor of Arts in Computers, IT will be equated to science. Computer Science is more like creative technical writing. Programs follow an algorithm - which is a set of rules. Literature follows a set of rules too (into, body, conclusion, other...
- Tags: theory
- Discussion threads 2008-04-10
- An (Imaginary?) Hannaford Conspiracy
- An (Imaginary?) Hannaford ConspiracyJust what is Linux?Linux is JUST the kernel, GNU Linux is the OS core. Many, many add-on packages are included in a Linux distro. Unlike Windoze, the Linux distro is made up of many different independent programs - each one with it's own ownership and licensing.There is...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, Hannaford, Good security, security, point-of-sale
- Discussion threads 2008-04-08
- World Series team: We're under attack! (but by whom?)
- On Monday at 10:00am, tickets for the World Series went on sale. At 10:15am, the server crashed. The ticketing web site, evenue.net, is still unavailable as I write this, although apparently it was up long enough Tuesday to sell out about 50,000 tickets. Evenue.net...
- Tags: Team, Malicious Attack, Attack, Evenue.net, Team Management, Hacking, Security, Viruses And Worms, Management, Ed Burnette
- Blog posts 2007-10-23
- Google Analytics: Should Google be minding YOUR Web business?
- Google is doing a full court press for “V2” of Google Analytics. Occam’s Razor blog by Avinash Kaushik, an “independent consultant” and author of “Web Analytics, an hour a day”:Version 2 is so radically different and provides such a compelling value proposition to users of web analytics that I...
- Tags: Metrics, Google Software Applications, Google, Enterprise
- Blog posts 2007-05-09
- Does Apple's latest "Get a Mac" ad target Vista's weak spot?
- Does Apple's latest "Get a Mac" ad target Vista's weak spot?CHUMPs with WowI'll go for a CHUMP anytime; a simple installation of Ubuntu Linux 7.04, combined with Beryl, will give me all the visual Wow that I want, on weak hardware! Talking about saving money.... :-)Apple is sympathetic, high...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, PC ecosystem, Apple Macintosh, Adrien, Does Apple, Apple Inc., weak spot, advertisement, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista
- Discussion threads 2007-05-08
- Encyclopedia of Philosophy - FREE 3 chapters in the trial version. (Mobile)
- Boost Your grades with this illustrated comprehensive quick-study guide. Navigate from TOC or search for words or phrases. FREE 3 chapters in the trial version.AudienceIntended for everyone interested in Philosophy, particularly undergraduate and graduate students.Features Clear and concise explanations. Search for words or phrases. Comprehensive Glossary.Table of Contents I. Introduction...
- Tags: Mobile, Philosophy, Business Ethics, Leadership, Management
- Software downloads 2007-04-25
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