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Category: General
Posted by: afeldstein
Just the other day, ABC Corporation's (not their real name) staffing department sent me an email. It said, "We received your application ... [ABC Corporation] conducts business with uncompromising integrity & professionalism ... Replies to this message are undeliverable and will not reach the Staffing Department."

I don't know what "uncompromising professionalism" means to you, but to me it means at least that ...

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Category: General
Posted by: afeldstein
A few important computers existed before 1950, and there has been some controversy about which were the most significant developments and who deserves credit. Early computers got us moving toward where we are today. What's your favorite, and why? Mine is ...

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Category: General
Posted by: afeldstein
Published in August is a SPECfp_base2006 result for the Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 showing that it matches the performance of POWER6. This processor implements Intel® 64 Architecture, an extension of the legacy ...

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