Benoit Mandelbrot and Richard L. Hudson spend good amount of time for making it understandable in the book “The (Mis)Behavior of Markets” “Markets are much riskier than we have been led to believe. They are prone to violent, unpredictable swings, and these swings are not mere anomalies but part of the natural order of things.” This quote highlights Mandelbrot’s critique of traditional models that underestimate market risk and fail to account for extreme events. “The…
Rule #1 – There would always be a question mark on if it would be successful or not? Once you google “The Tortoise Trainer” you will get the most expensive piece of art in Turkish Painting – Painted by Osman Hamdi. The Tortoise Trainer is a painting by Osman Hamdi Bey, with a first version created in 1906 and a second in 1907. Hamdi’s painting of an anachronistic historical character attempting to train tortoises is…
This report aims to analyze the economic impact of SAP Turkey, which has been offering solutions for the digitalization needs of enterprises in Turkey for more than 20 years. The report has been prepared by Policy Analytics Lab (PAL). The methodology comprises data analysis of both publicly available and SAP data, in-depth interviews with stakeholders (SAP Turkey’s departments, SAP business partners, and SAP users), as well as expert surveys (SAP business partner survey and SAP…
Source:http://www.fastcodesign.com/multisite_files/codesign/imagecache/1280/slides/ju-information-graphics-05.jpg I was just surfing and came across this info graphics. The resolution was not clear but it is clear that they (I do not know who they are) just visit the home page and visit cnn.com when there is an election.
From Wikipedia: an algorithm is an effective method expressed as a finite list of well-defined instructions for calculating a function. Algorithms are used for calculation, data processing, and automated reasoning. In simple words an algorithm is a step-by-step procedure for calculations. Now let’s analyze OkCupid.com it is a famous web site. On 2-Feb-2011 Match.com had acquired OkCupid for $50 million in cash. Many users expressed distress, worrying that they would now have to pay for…
“Intel and SAP engineering teams have collaborated extensively on SAP HANA™ and SAP In-Memory Computing technology. Comparing the in-memory system performance with a classical relational database, the query time was reduced from 77 minutes to 13 seconds when run on the Intel ® Xeon® processor 7500 series. We are thrilled with this result, and it showcases once again the powerful impact of joint problem solving between our two companies.” – K. Skaugen, Intel Vice President and General Manager of the Data Center Group …
I was amazed to see the relation between military investments/research and internet roots. “History of the Internet” is an animated documentary explaining the inventions from time-sharing to filesharing, from Arpanet to Internet. http://vimeo.com/2696386
Hasso On Hasso. Disk is yesterdays type. 20 min to 1 second. Dunning program. Will programming models change?
