Lateral thinking
January 21, 2011 in Micro-Bites
Lateral Thinking
Q: The maker doesn’t want it. The buyer doesn’t use it. The user never sees it. What is it?
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Quote
January 21, 2011 in Micro-Bites
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“One of the Internet’s strengths is its ability to help consumers find the right needle in a digital haystack of data.” ~ Jared Sandberg
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Definition: Two-tiered Internet
December 19, 2010 in Micro-Bites
Definition
Two-tiered Internet refers to proposed changes in Internet architecture that would give priority to the traffic of those who have paid for premium service. Inherent in the model is the possibility for discrimination between different types of content and services.
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Lateral thinking
December 19, 2010 in Micro-Bites
Lateral Thinking
Q: A man pushes a wheelbarrow past a hotel, and sighs with relief – why?
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December 19, 2010 in Micro-Bites
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To err is human, but to really foul things up requires a computer. ~ Farmers’ Almanac, 1978
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Profile: Tony Bates
December 19, 2010 in Micro-Bites
Profile
Tony Bates is the recently appointed CEO of Skype. Bates replaced former CEO Josh Silverman in October.
Before Skype, Bates was the Senior Vice President of Cisco where he was responsible for the multi-billion-dollar enterprise, commercial and small business division.
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Definition: Pulsing zombie
December 9, 2010 in Micro-Bites
Definition
Pulsing zombie is a form of DoS attack known as a degradation-of-service attack, as opposed to a denial-of-service attack. Unlike a regular zombie that paralyzes a system by inundating it with a steady stream of attack traffic, the pulsing zombie attacks with irregular small bursts of attack traffic from multiple sources on a single target over an extended period of time.
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Lateral thinking
December 9, 2010 in Micro-Bites
Lateral Thinking
Q: There are three boxes. One is labeled “APPLES” another is labeled “ORANGES”. The last one is labeled “APPLES AND ORANGES”. You know that each is labeled incorrectly. You may ask me to pick one fruit from one box which you choose. How can you label the boxes correctly?
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Profile: Lars Rasmussen
December 9, 2010 in Micro-Bites
Profile
Lars Rasmussen is a computer scientist and a software developer best know as the co-founder of Google Maps.
Born in Denmark, Lars has a degree in Mathematics from the University of Aarhus, an MSc in Computer Systems Engineering from the University of Edinburgh and a PhD in Theoretical Computer Science from the University of California at Berkley.
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December 9, 2010 in Micro-Bites
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Technology is a way of organizing the universe so that man doesn’t have to experience it. ~ Max Frisch
