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more-on-low-frequency-high-impact-events

Adam's post yesterday on the agency problem got me thinking more about low-frequency, high-impact events and their predictability. His post was about Bear Stearns and how employees lost money. The interesting point for me was that those are the people that should have been in the best position to know that the potential for a high-impact event was increasing.

more-on-npv-and-aale

I had some requests for clarifications on my previous post about AALE and NPV. Hopefully this will clear up the issues.

more-on-sun-free-advice-for-jonathon

I read the NY Times article on Jonathon Schwartz take-over at Sun. My concern is that Sun is going to the consumer market for an iPod-esque homerun product.

Mr. Schwartz contends that Java is the No. 1 driver of growth at Sun, ahead of Solaris, its operating system for corporate computers. "More teenagers recognize Java than they do Microsoft, because that is what they have in their pocket on their cellphone," he said in an interview on Tuesday. "Shame on me if I can't find a way to monetize that."

i-for-one-welcome-our-ceylon-overlords

From the Register:

A US defence department advisory board has warned of the danger that American war robots scheduled for delivery within a decade might be riddled with malicious code. The kill machines will use software largely written overseas, and it is feared that sinister forces might meddle with it in production, thus gaining control of the future mechanoid military.

i-can-dig-it-he-can-dig-it-she-can-dig-it-we-can

With apologies to Friends of Distinction: An article I wrote for Howtoforge has made the front page of Digg. So can you digg it. baby?

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