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When I think big data, I think Large Hadron Collider big. As in "petabytes per millisecond" big. As in "we can't use standard hardware any more because no drive (spinning, solid state, RAM or otherwise) writes fast enough" big.
Anything less is marketers re-using a word they know nothing about.
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Not sure I agree - the "everything being sold at all Target stores worldwide" to me is the classic example. That, and a lot of broad actuarial data to me qualify as "big data".
But yeah, sorry. Maybe I do see what you mean. I've heard people calling their website log files as "Big data". Not even close there.
TTFN - Kent
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Meet Firefox Hello, the easiest way to connect for free over video with anyone, anywhere. "Is it me you're looking for?"
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Are we in a mood today?
Lionel Richie...really! 
Tell me you didn't think disco was just a fad.
New version: WinHeist Version 2.1.0
There's a fine line between crazy and free spirited and it's usually a prescription.
I'm currently unsupervised, I know it freaks me out too but the possibilities are endless.
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I was going to add an apology to that one. Guess I really should have. 
ABBA coming up next 
TTFN - Kent
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 Kent Sharkey wrote: ABBA coming up next
At least you have a well rounded music appreciation!
New version: WinHeist Version 2.1.0
There's a fine line between crazy and free spirited and it's usually a prescription.
I'm currently unsupervised, I know it freaks me out too but the possibilities are endless.
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ABBA, well-rounded, shurely you're thinking of the Weather Girls.
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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I don't have a firefox account.
So I was thinking about it because of this Firefox Hello thing.
But then I noticed I have to use an email address and another password.
I passed out. 
Why not social account login, I wonder?
Please don't tell me why. I just wonder. 
Yes, I'm kidding. What is the answer? Why don't firefox use social login (google, twitter, liveid) someting, someting so I don't haf to member no more p'words?
modified 14-Jan-15 7:33am.
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newton.saber wrote: no more p'words
You use more than one?
BDF
The internet makes dumb people dumber and clever people cleverer.
-- PaulowniaK
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Thank God. For a moment I thought we were dangerously close to running out of video conferencing solutions.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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"Can you see me now?"
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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I can. Now that the rain has gone.
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What does the FireFox say?
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A domain name says a lot about who you are and what you do. For businesses especially, picking out the right domain name is often the starting point to building a successful online presence. With new domain endings like .recipes and .clothing, there are now more options to choose from than ever before. Google gets into the domain selling game (US only at the moment)
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The perennial problem of bug disclosure has provoked a new squabble between Microsoft and Google. "A plague on both your houses"
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Can software code, and application programming interfaces in particular, be copyrighted? That is the question. Because the people you want deciding about code are nine (very) senior citizens
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The Republicans had made a good job to to set "their people" at this Court in outmanouvering the Democratic Party. 
Press F1 for help or google it.
Greetings from Germany
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I worked on FreeType a decade ago, when Apple warned the project of the patents he had about font hinting...It became obvious we can not do 1 + 1 without infringement the patent!!!
And that's because those who approve patent request understand nothing but bureaucratic process...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Copyrighted, yes. Patented, no.
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Google today made available an iOS app for its Chrome Remote Desktop technology that allows you to access your computer from anywhere. Probably just VLC under the covers, but there you go
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Do you mean VNC? 
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Derp. Yeah.
Then again, maybe it's got VLC in there as well. Streaming music or something. 
TTFN - Kent
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While not a new concept, a new decentralized service is beta testing a peer-to-peer network that would "rent" unused capacity from your computer's hard drive as part of a cloud service to store files from other users. OK, never mind that Seagate guy. Problem solved.
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yikes, the legal minefield this jumps into spread-eagled, should have surely killed the project before it even starts.
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Mark Whitby, SVP of branded products at Seagate, walks us through the fascinating world of storage, warning us of the dangers of not producing enough data and introducing us to the concept of the Zettabyte. Well, maybe they could get busy then?
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