Pick Up A Piece of Enron

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A Piece-By-Piece Guide to the Most
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A Piece-By-Piece Guide to the Most
Advanced Bots 06/25/2004 04:54 PM

J.D. Edwards 5 Delivers CRM Piece by
Piece

J.D. Edwards 5 Delivers CRM Piece by
Piece 03/14/2003 01:28 AM
J.D. Edwards 5 is a Web-enabled, integrated family of offerings that covers everything from ERP, supply chain management, and supplier relationship management to CRM, business intelligence and collaboration, and integration.

I have a question, I have an answer -
pick me, pick me!

I have a question, I have an answer -
pick me, pick me! 06/22/2004 12:58 AM

Syndication city
by Scott Rosenberg

I'm a late addition to a panel at the Supernova conference this Thursday, June 24: I'll be joining some very interesting people (Technorati's David Sifry; blogger, XML leader and now Sun engineer Tim Bray; and Paul Boutin of Wired and Slate). We're talking about syndication and RSS. The question the panel faces: "Is there more to syndication than reading 300 blogs at once?" What interesting, useful applications for RSS and RSS-like tools are out there or just around the corner?

I've got my own answer(s), but in the decentralized spirit of the conference, I'll open the floor here in comments, and present anything you folks suggest, too.

[Scott Rosenberg]

I have five questions/answers for Scott - I hope he picks me.....

1. How will the evolution of new kinds of micro-content, like Reviews, Events and music playlists - effect the existing blogosphere? A: it will enhance it, making it not onyl richer and deeper, but also make it more relevant to average people - who don't want or feel the need to blog, but who have opinions on movies, books and reataurants.

2. How will FOAF interconnect entire social networks, on-line communities and blogging tool userbases together? A: by enabling digital IDs that encompass multiple presences, end-users will be able to move freely from system to system without having to recreate their strong ties every time.

3. Finally - Salon was one of the first content sites to offer it's readership Blogs. Now that the AlwaysOn Network is also offering social networking - will Salon also offer social networking? I say - yes.

A little bit of Enron in us all

A little bit of Enron in us all 07/03/2004 02:17 AM
Sunday Times South Africa Jul 3 2004 5:16AM GMT

Buy a Piece of Big Mac

Buy a Piece of Big Mac 02/12/2004 03:40 PM

You can now buy a piece of the history-making Virginia Tech Supercomputer. MacMall is selling refurbished Apple G5 computers that came from Virginia Tech. In my opinion the Apple-refurbished systems are priced a bit high at $2799, which is only $200 less than a new G5, but they do come with 1GB of memory (instead of the standard 512MB), plus a little history.

You'll recall that in June of 2003, VT made history by linking 1100 2MHz Dual Processor G5's together to create a low-cost supercomputer, known as System X (but nicknamed Big Mac.) System X made a big splash in the technical world by coming in third in the list of the Top 500 Supercomputers, and making it there at a fraction of the cost of many of the other entries on that list... System X cost a mere $7 million, compared to $250 million for the Japanese Earth Simulator Center's NEC-built 5120-CPU rig and $215 million for the Los Alamos National Laboratory's 8192-chip AlphaServer-based ASCI-Q machine.

Last month Virginia Tech took delivery of 1100 new xServe G5's to replace the original G5 towers. The xServes will benefit the project by yielding the same horsepower but only taking up 1 unit of rack space, requiring only 1000 square feet of space compared to the 3000 used by the original System X. The xServes also run cooler and have a lower power usage, which should save VT a bundle on electricity and cooling.

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War and Piece:

War and Piece: 08/28/2004 10:34 PM
Here is what I was told .. Laura Rozen .. more

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"piece"

"piece" 03/13/2003 03:47 PM

Want a piece?

Want a piece? 12/03/2003 02:57 AM
CNET Asia Dec 3 2003 1:46AM ET

NFL Pick 10

NFL Pick 10 04/13/2004 07:50 PM
NFL Pick 10 - Designers/Developers Wanted

See a PIN and Pick It Up ...

See a PIN and Pick It Up ... 03/13/2003 10:22 AM
Hospital's new computerized transcription system requires a PIN for access, but one older doctor can't manage to log in. "I didn't have time for the instruction class -- how do I do this?" he asks.

Pick two

Pick two 04/05/2005 11:38 AM

I've always liked the old designer's adage of "good, fast, or cheap, pick two". That is, a project can be completed quickly, it can be done cheap, and it can be done well, but you need to choose which two of those you want. If you want a good project done quickly, it's gonna be expensive. Fast and cheap? It's gonna suck. In his talk at SXSW, Jason Fried outlined another pick two scenario clients need to be aware of: "fixed scope, fixed timeframe, or fixed budget". Here are some more variations:

Elegant, documented, on time.
Privacy, accuracy, security.
Have fun, do good, stay out of trouble.
Study, socialize, sleep.
Diverse, free, equal.
Fast, efficient, useful.
Cheap, healthy, tasty.
Secure, usable, affordable.
Short, memorable, unique.
Cheap, light, strong.

In considering these sets of trade-offs -- accepting that they are cliches and therefore both overly general but also fairly accurate across a range of diverse situations -- two questions come to mind.

• Why is "pick two out of three" the rule? Why not "one out of two" or "four out of six"? Or is "pick two out of three" just a cultural assumption?
• Is there some underlying scientific or economic relationship here? What do the situations in which "pick two" logic applies have in common? In clumsily casting about for an appropriate explanation/metaphor, I considered the triangle (all interior angles add up to 180 degrees), thermodynamics and entropy, Boyle's Law, Hooke's Law, the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle (although that's a "one out of two" thing), Ohm's Law, and Newton's Second Law of Motion, but none seem to fit well.

I've poked around a bit online looking for discussions of "pick two" systems and have come up empty. Anyone have any ideas about this? Any good resources to check out? Something tells me I'm missing something obvious here. (Or onto something interesting.)

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Ex-Enron CEO Taken to NY Hospital

Ex-Enron CEO Taken to NY Hospital 04/10/2004 01:01 AM
Reuters via Wired News Apr 10 2004 4:43AM GMT

Ex-Enron CEO Said Taken to N.Y. Hospital
(AP)

Ex-Enron CEO Said Taken to N.Y. Hospital
(AP) 04/09/2004 09:08 PM
AP - Former Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling was picked up by police early Friday after acting erratically, a police spokesman said. Skilling's attorney disputed the account, saying his client and his wife called police after they were assaulted by two men who had followed them.

The Enron Tapes

The Enron Tapes 06/03/2004 01:33 PM

In the annals of corporate corruption, the words of the Enron Energy traders who chortled (CBS) over the screwing their company was giving California and other western states in the 2000 energy crisis are amazing mostly for their brazen quality. Still, if California's political leaders -- from both parties -- hadn't made such a mess of deregulation, the crooks from Enron and other companies never would have had the opportunity in the first place. That doesn't excuse them, any more than a burglar is excused for entering a residence where the owner forgets to lock all the doors. Someday we'll know who Cheney's energy buddies were -- the ones he's trying so hard to shield from the public. The only surprise will be if Ken Lay and Jeff Skilling aren't among them.

Enron remix MP3

Enron remix MP3 06/17/2004 01:10 PM
The infamous Enron tapes (in which innocent, electricity-using grandmothers are scorned) and some random Bush quotes are mashed up with Snap!'s The Power in this MP3. Link to descriptive blog text, and Link to MP3. (Thanks, Dav)

Doing the Enron math

Doing the Enron math 07/16/2004 01:52 PM
Well, the good news is that if Martha Stewart deserves 5 months in jail for what she did, then by the same calculus it's going to be hard to let the Enron boys off with anything short of the chair....

A piece of the action

A piece of the action 06/13/2004 11:02 PM
Personal Computer World Jun 14 2004 2:41AM GMT

No peace for piece of art

No peace for piece of art 01/17/2004 10:42 PM
Israeli ambassador to Sweeden vandalises artwork. This is front page stuff in my part of the world and I truly hope, but doubt, that he will find himself out of work tomorrow. The question is: what was he thinking? Was it intentional? Could he have chosen to interpret the upsetting work of art in another less disturbing way?

"this piece about the need for more U.S.
government aid to tsu..."

"this piece about the need for more U.S.
government aid to tsu..." 01/01/2005 04:44 AM

Microsoft: want a piece of IP?

Microsoft: want a piece of IP? 12/03/2003 04:10 AM
Silicon.com Dec 3 2003 3:45AM ET

USA Today piece

USA Today piece 09/21/2004 02:45 PM
unimpeachable

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Own a piece of that Mac G5 supercomputer

Own a piece of that Mac G5 supercomputer 02/12/2004 10:03 AM
MacMall is selling off all those Mac G5s that were part of System X, Virgina Tech's supercomputing cluster. Virginia Tech isn't abandoning Apple, they're just...

Time-Piece-DB2-0.02

Time-Piece-DB2-0.02 05/12/2004 12:04 AM

My Little Piece Of Google

My Little Piece Of Google 05/20/2004 09:51 PM
Forbes May 21 2004 1:47AM GMT

Want a Piece of Goggle?

Want a Piece of Goggle? 01/07/2004 05:18 PM
Plus, investing in defense, and JetBlue goes pay-per-view.

Own a Piece of History

Own a Piece of History 01/05/2005 07:05 PM

It’s finally time. I’m ready to part with my T reo 600 now that I’m set up on the new T reo 650. My first 600 had problems that caused it to frequently reset itself. I didn’t realize this until I got the replacement 600, which is much more stable. So I’m selling the Treo 600 (for Sprint’s network), a case, and a keyboard for $250. If you’re interested in owning the device that started the infamous What’s on My Treo 600 page, email or IM me (cybrarygal on AIM).

Interesting tangent: I thought Kate’s 19–year old daughter Clare would want it for Christmas, but she says no. Even though she’s all about messaging (which is why I thought the keyboard and full IM capability would be a no-brainer for her), she says it’s too big. She’d rather have something she can easily fold over clamshell-style and fit in her pocket. She truly would rather text message using a phone dialpad than carry a larger phone. Go figure.

this opinion piece

this opinion piece 06/22/2004 11:50 PM
Debra Burlingame .. Divided We Fall .. published today

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this piece in Esquire

this piece in Esquire 07/30/2004 08:20 AM
What if he's right .. Tom Junod

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MSNBC piece

MSNBC piece 04/13/2005 05:29 PM
This is what I wrote out, intending to jarvis it on MSNBC this afternoon. I'm not sure what I actually said. There's been a fair bit of discussion about the fact that tech conferences, for all their good intentions, haven't been able to attract enough women onto panels or into the audience. So a group of women bloggers have started a conference, called Blogher, July 30 in Santa Clara. One of the contributors to the Blogher blog, Surfette, or Lisa Stone, says that the conference is being organized as a do-ocracy - you want a topic on the schedule, then...

"News.com ran this piece "

"News.com ran this piece " 03/21/2003 09:14 AM

A Little Piece Of Home

A Little Piece Of Home 05/26/2004 01:36 PM
Dark Horse releases Star Wars: Empire #20 today, which features a solo Princess Leia story by Ron Marz, Tomás Giorello and Brad Anderson. Leia takes off with C-3PO to to to locate a new base for the Rebel Alliance, and she comes to a moon in the Ryloth system owned by an old boyfriend. The trouble is, the moon also serves as a game preserve, and Leia finds herself stranded face to face with some of the wilder inhabitants! All under a cover by Doug Wheatley. Be sure to check out the special preview for this book at Dark Horse's site.

"opinion piece"

"opinion piece" 05/22/2004 02:19 AM

Interesting piece

Interesting piece 08/21/2004 08:16 PM

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Time-Piece-DB2-0.01

Time-Piece-DB2-0.01 05/11/2004 04:37 PM

My NYT Mag piece on robots

My NYT Mag piece on robots 11/15/2003 02:18 PM
I wrote a piece on home robotics for the New York Times Magazine as part of a section on Home Automation with contributions from James Gleick, Paul Boutin, Clive Thompson and others; it shipped today:

Home robots were the jet-pack future's sweetest lie: personal assistants working tirelessly and without complaint -- companions, servants and pets. They would be nimble and able, and computers would be blinking omniscient behemoths.

How wrong they were. Just as millions of users defied the first engineers' narrow visions of what a home computer could be, and figured out how to make PC's bend to their will, the cheapness and flexibility of commodity computer components are now enabling a new hobbyist revolution in home robotics. C.P.U.'s -- the brains of a PC -- are cheap like borscht, and the sensors that allow computers to see, hear, feel and smell have likewise plummeted in cost. (Pinhead digital cameras, for example, are so cheap these days that it's hard to find a pocket-size gizmo that doesn't have one built in.) All it takes to turn these pieces into a robot is packaging the brains and the senses atop a mobile platform and stirring in some clever code.

Link (Thanks, Paul)

Time-Piece-DB2-0.03

Time-Piece-DB2-0.03 05/12/2004 12:04 AM

Need some help with this piece of code

Need some help with this piece of code 10/02/2002 09:26 AM

Time-Piece-DB2-0.05

Time-Piece-DB2-0.05 06/01/2004 05:09 PM

Everyone wants a piece of Microsoft

Everyone wants a piece of Microsoft 11/12/2003 08:02 PM
Already the media and the plaintiff bar is wondering how Google will handle Microsoft's professed interest in integrating search technology into its Windows ...
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