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Disruptive Technology
Oracle buys Sun microsostyems for $7.4 billion. They’re acquiring a number of powerful technologies including Java and Solaris. But what I find interesting is the acquisition of MySQL.
MySQL, the free open-source database, was purchased by Sun for $1 billion back in 2008 . MySQL is a textbook example of what Clayton Christensen dubs a “Disruptive [...] -
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You Are Here
Earth as imaged by Voyager 1. Taken at the galaxy’s edge, 4 billion miles away.
Look again at that dot. That’s here. That’s home. That’s us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and [...] -
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African Einstein
I am somehow less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein’s brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.
Stephen Jay GouldNew Scientist: Will the Next Einstein come from Africa?
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Google Energy
There has been a lot of buzz (GigaOm, TG Daily, Wired, Fast Company) about Google’s foray into the energy market. Working with GE and other energy companies Google hopes to bring networked meters into the home.
By having accessible/real time metrics for household power consumption consumers can make real attempts at saving power. Much like [...] -
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Headed for Miami?
My freshmen year…
My Junior Year…
This team is a lot better than the one two years ago,” said Spurrier, whose previous worst loss in Gainesville was a 33-21 setback in 1993 against rival and eventual national champion Florida State. “This team they have now is a lot stronger than that one in my opinion.
ESPN: UF hands [...]
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