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Boston Area Big Data Summit, October 22, 2009(hypecycles.wordpress.com)
5 points by amrith 17y ago|2 comments
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by amrith 17y ago
what's the problem that you are planning to solve? Clearly, someone who reads more should (and will) have a larger influence on popularity.
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An interview question you had better know how to answer(hypecycles.wordpress.com)
34 points by amrith 17y ago|30 comments
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Oracle fined for violating TPC fair use rules(hypecycles.wordpress.com)
1 points by amrith 17y ago|0 comments
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Multithreaded File I/O:Reflections on Dr. Dobb’s article by Stefan Wörthmüller(hypecycles.wordpress.com)
3 points by amrith 17y ago|0 comments
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by amrith 17y ago
I worked with a system administrator once. He didn't understand two factor security. So he told everyone to remember two passwords. Maybe he now works at American Express. I see exactly the same thing with most "security improvements". Henc
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by amrith 17y ago
The issue with providing an answer that is a meaningful response is that one can in fact guess and often get it right. Second, most sites that use these secret answers (favorite color, first car, ...) don't have a mechanism to lock out afte
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by amrith 17y ago
I used a password manager and synchronize my desktop with my PDA. Check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Password_manager
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Challenge-response: the use of incorrect responses in validating identity(hypecycles.wordpress.com)
6 points by amrith 17y ago|6 comments
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by amrith 17y ago
Not really. When I wrote this post, 3.5 was not an available UPGRADE for 3.0. You end up with both 3.0 and 3.5 on your system, and still do. I have no issue with the name. The issue with many Linux bigots is that they think the rest of the
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Facebook's OpenId implementation is dumb(hypecycles.wordpress.com)
2 points by amrith 17y ago|0 comments
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Can't get OpenID to work Does anyone have this working?(hypecycles.wordpress.com)
1 points by amrith 17y ago|0 comments
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by amrith 17y ago
There, my friend, you have a point! Yes, my grouse is with Network Manager but that is really a distinction without a difference. I have a problem with Ubuntu by extension.
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How do travel sites "get" airline fares?
6 points by amrith 17y ago|5 comments
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by amrith 17y ago
Yes, I saw that but it doesn’t work too well if you can’t use Network Manager to begin with. See bug 55434 that I reported in december about this. https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/55434 I had to switch to WiCD which did allo
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by amrith 17y ago
I do something similar, maybe it will help. Go to Settings->Accounts and Imports There you can configure other POP3 enabled mail systems and retrieve mail as well as send email as if it were from that system. In that way google (and the
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Bye Bye Linux (Ubuntu), Hi Again Windows(hypecycles.wordpress.com)
11 points by amrith 17y ago|35 comments
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by amrith 17y ago
bad link. Use http://owocki.com/2009/09/01/how-to-not-piss-off-your-users-...
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Configuring and using OpenDNS, some gotchas?(hypecycles.wordpress.com)
1 points by amrith 17y ago|0 comments
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by amrith 17y ago
More on this topic and a follow-on post at http://hypecycles.wordpress.com/2009/09/01/opendns-again/
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Why would someone use OpenDNS on a per-PC basis? I must be missing something.(hypecycles.wordpress.com)
4 points by amrith 17y ago|6 comments
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Cloud computing events near Boston (recap of aug 13 event)(hypecycles.wordpress.com)
1 points by amrith 17y ago|0 comments
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Twitter: The beginning of the end?(hypecycles.wordpress.com)
12 points by amrith 17y ago|29 comments
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Panoramic Photographs vs. Short Focal Length lenses(hypecycles.wordpress.com)
1 points by amrith 17y ago|1 comments
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Look Ma NoSQL(hypecycles.wordpress.com)
1 points by amrith 17y ago|0 comments
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by amrith 17y ago
Great post. NoSQL seems to be a band-aid. And for some problems, the best solution is to rip off the band-aid :) My thoughts at http://hypecycles.wordpress.com/2009/08/05/look-ma-nosql/ SQL has survived because it is reasonably portable,
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by amrith 17y ago
I doubt that very much. There is a point of diminishing returns, I agree. If the charge were $1, less people would leave than if the charge was $100. But, the value of facebook or other social networking sites is in the social aspect. For p
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by amrith 17y ago
I was a member of Mensa till I found that it was totally useless. Your mileage may vary so it is worthwhile understanding what you want to get out of it. Here are some things that I have found: * a benefit to put it on your resume: NO * a p
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Over-engineered products(hypecycles.wordpress.com)
1 points by amrith 17y ago|0 comments
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CPU emulators using FPGA and data warehouse appliances(hypecycles.wordpress.com)
1 points by amrith 17y ago|0 comments

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