This is one of my big beefs with the way we think about capitalism in this country: We fundamentally support what I call incumbency capitalism.
Read moreCorporate organization in the modern age.
Spoke to a friend who manages a big technology group and is working on end of year evaluations. HR has set him up with a
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Most of the diplomatic messages released by Wikileaks have been traced to a US defence department network, known as Siprnet, used for the exchange of
Read moreCopyright in a networked world
So I’d suggest that WIPO start examining how the copyright system might enable and support the development of robust, efficient copyright information systems that everyone
Read moreBranchless banking/micro-finance and wal-mart
Two Microsoft related sites discussing something similar from very different perspectives Only about one-quarter of households living in developing countries have any form of financial
Read moreModern corporate america meets FSMLabs
New Consultant: “Cort assured me there was a slide deck we could do a deep dive from. Then we can birdcage the low hanging fruit.” Deep
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int cpu_features[4]; for (int i = 0; i < 100000; i++) { cpu_features[get_cur_cpu_number()] = cpuid_get_features(); usleep(100); } for (int j = 0; j < 4;
Read moreMobile phone faking in China
The other crazy thing about the mobile phone market is that it’s not the only one. Windell said he found another market just as big
Read moreSecurity versus the dreaded “cleanup”
The summary of this error. According to a report, the problem occurs because the 32-bit call emulation layer does not check whether the call is truly
Read moreVirtualization and power use and spreadsheet games (updated)
Here’s a thought experiment. Suppose each server uses X watts idle and X+Y watts busy. If you have N programs that currently run on N
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