... had been mining huge amounts of data for decades. But as the vague-but-catchy term for applying tools to vast troves of data beyond that captured in standard databases
Big Data has nothing to do with standard databases and "mining of huge data" for decades. Data is modeled fundamentally differently than in relational systems. Indeed, that is why one invariably doesn't use SQL with the likes of Hadoop and Cloudera. Think of them more like distributed hash tables and you'll be closer to the mark.
I worked as an intern for two summers at the Casino Dealers School in Atlantic City in the late 1980s. Roulette wasn't a legal game in the casinos there at the time, but he had a table in the back for kicks (nobody was trained on it). He said anyone who's dealt roulette for 10 years could make the ball land wherever he wants 8/10 times or more. He then showed me first-hand, telling me in advance the color and number on which the ball would land. 8/10 times.
After Elric, read the Corum series. Michael Moorcock writes about the same battle scenes in both series but from the perspective of each character manifestation. Very cool and unique in my reading experience.
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... had been mining huge amounts of data for decades. But as the vague-but-catchy term for applying tools to vast troves of data beyond that captured in standard databases
Big Data has nothing to do with standard databases and "mining of huge data" for decades. Data is modeled fundamentally differently than in relational systems. Indeed, that is why one invariably doesn't use SQL with the likes of Hadoop and Cloudera. Think of them more like distributed hash tables and you'll be closer to the mark.
FoxyProxy for Chrome is being released this week, early next week at the latest. disclaimer: I'm one of the developers.
It may support Cherokee, but my Iroquois book of haiku most definitely does not display. I consider this racism in its most basest form.
When you subscribe to Verizon FiOS, Verizon gives you a free ActionTec wifi router with custom firmware. No doubt it has similar backdoors.
Second-mover advantage
At current rates of production, $16 billion (or 320 tons) in gold and $5 billion (7500 tons)
And it takes just about $16.1 billion to recover that gold, and $5.1 to recover that silver.
Just sayin. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geordi_La_Forge
Doesn't Google already have that name trademarked or patented?
Your mom?
Titles says it all.
if a decade from now the MS-bashing will seem as quaint and misplaced as IBM-bashing does today.
IBM-bashing is still a daily occurrence to anyone who uses their software development products (RAD, Websphere, etc)
Are you a candidate for the trip? If not, why not?
Isn't Shackleton's Crater where the Apollo 18 crew did their filming?
What? Shackleton's crack is permanently dark?
Saying "at the end of the day, ..." makes everything better to me. It is corporate-speak that gives me the warm-and-fuzzies.
this is the schiz nit!
and Jackson said in a videotaped message
Ironic, no?
Oranges are orange.
Meh. I use hotbits, random numbers based on nuclear decay.
The pit bosses are trained to watch for that.
I worked as an intern for two summers at the Casino Dealers School in Atlantic City in the late 1980s. Roulette wasn't a legal game in the casinos there at the time, but he had a table in the back for kicks (nobody was trained on it). He said anyone who's dealt roulette for 10 years could make the ball land wherever he wants 8/10 times or more. He then showed me first-hand, telling me in advance the color and number on which the ball would land. 8/10 times.
Those cards are only anonymous if you fund them with cash, not credit or debit cards.
I remember in the early 80s when people tried to label Ozzy Osbourne albums with similar nonsense. It only made me want the records more :)
After Elric, read the Corum series. Michael Moorcock writes about the same battle scenes in both series but from the perspective of each character manifestation. Very cool and unique in my reading experience.
Dear Justice Department, Can you please take down godaddy.com? Thanks, NameCheap.com