31st March 2007 Archive
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Is Gartner's Magic Quadrant really magic?
Database myths and legends (Part 8) The disappearing act
In this series we're looking at the myths and legends of the database world; some are true, some false. The myth under the spotlight today is whether Gartner's Magic Quadrant really is magic. (True, Gartner's Magic Quadrant (MQ) isn't just applied to databases, but its recent application to the area of BI platforms, for me at …
Developer 31 Mar 2007, 07:02
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Spitzer spies potential planet-harbouring binaries
Paging Mr Skywalker
Astronomers using the Spitzer space telescope have discovered that, contrary to expectations, twin-star systems are actually more likely to have indictors of planetary systems than single stars are. The discovery has got everyone very excited because it means Luke Skywalker's home world, with its double sun, is not a total* …
Space 31 Mar 2007, 07:02
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Tim Berners Lee: The readers speak
Letters Fan Flames for the Greatest Living Briton
It's no fault of Sir Timothy Berners Lee that he's been knighted and feted as The Greatest Living Briton™. It's no fault of Sir Timothy that he's paraded before the world at every opportunity, with every gnomic utterance greeted as Chance The Gardener from Being There. It's no fault he lives in an age when The Greatest Living …
Letters 31 Mar 2007, 10:02
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Will there ever be a real 'Lie Detector'?
Column Polygraph Pollyannas
Lie detectors figure prominently in the sauciest dramas, like espionage and murder, but they deeply polarize opinion. They pit pro-polygraph groups like the CIA, the Department of Energy and police forces against America's National Academy of Sciences, much of the FBI, and now the US Congressional Research Service. The agencies …
Biology 31 Mar 2007, 10:02
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The Screwpole Emails: Fytte the Fourth
Mr Screwpole gets warm and fuzzy about people...
Despite being left in a position of near-victory, Screwpole’s calamitous nephew Mugwort somehow failed to lead his project manager’s payment engine project into disaster. Pleased with the way the manager saved his project from disaster, his bosses have handed him a bold new task, with a bulging new budget. The manager must …
Developer 31 Mar 2007, 12:02
