The lines to get the new iPad were long. Seemingly, everyone wanted one.
Well, not everyone …
He probably isn't trying to steal Wi-Fi either.
Something to Think About.
Apple stock is at about $350 per share right now. If you had invested in Apple instead of buying that Apple PowerBook G3 250 in 1997, you'd have stock valued at $330,563.
To see other comparisons like this, read "What If I Bought Apple Stock Instead"?
The lines to get the new iPad were long. Seemingly, everyone wanted one.
Well, not everyone …
He probably isn't trying to steal Wi-Fi either.
Something to Think About.
Apple stock is at about $350 per share right now. If you had invested in Apple instead of buying that Apple PowerBook G3 250 in 1997, you'd have stock valued at $330,563.
To see other comparisons like this, read "What If I Bought Apple Stock Instead"?
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So, here is a new Jeopardy Question?
"The name of the machine that first won on Jeopardy."
Answer : What is IBM Watson ?
You probably heard that IBM's supercomputer Watson crushed human champions Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter in Jeopardy this week.
Here is a link to The Jeopardy Watson minisite.
Jon Stewart joked last night that "Apparently they have run out of qualified human contestants for Jeopardy." Video below.
| The Daily Show With Jon Stewart | Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c | |||
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The pace of technology is quickening … The future is so close you can build it.
Image by Getty Images via @daylife
So, here is a new Jeopardy Question?
"The name of the machine that first won on Jeopardy."
Answer : What is IBM Watson ?
You probably heard that IBM's supercomputer Watson crushed human champions Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter in Jeopardy this week.
Here is a link to The Jeopardy Watson minisite.
Jon Stewart joked last night that "Apparently they have run out of qualified human contestants for Jeopardy." Video below.
| The Daily Show With Jon Stewart | Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c | |||
| Intro – Watson Competes on Jeopardy | ||||
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The pace of technology is quickening … The future is so close you can build it.
I had friends in from Asia and they wanted to experience some Dallas nightlife.
Mooyah Burgers and Hard Eight Barbecue wasn't their speed.
With a little help from some friends whose palettes are a little more up-scale than mine, they dined at Charlie Palmer's at the Hotel Joule.
You Know It's Fancy When …
Notice the tablet computer.
That is an interactive wine-list called the eWinebook. It sorts and sifts by type, country, region, vintage, or price.
Once you narrow down your selections to a few choices, a live person is available to help you make your decision.
On one hand, it helps the consumer feel better about their choice; and on the other, it increases the restaurants average wine bill. To a "Win – Win" proposition. Cheers.
The march of technology continues …
There is a new version of Google Goggles that is faster and smarter than ever before.
How fast and smart? Google's image-based search app is now powerful enough to finish your Sunday morning Sudoku. Literally.
Take a picture of the puzzle, and the app does the rest. Check out the video below to see Google Goggles in action.
There is a new version of Google Goggles that is faster and smarter than ever before.
How fast and smart? Google's image-based search app is now powerful enough to finish your Sunday morning Sudoku. Literally.
Take a picture of the puzzle, and the app does the rest. Check out the video below to see Google Goggles in action.
The Joy of Stats is spreading.
You can watch a history of the modern world, in less than five minutes.
I'm surprised by how many people have sent links to this YouTube preview of The Joy of Stats.
Somehow, with nothing more than animated bubble charts, Hans Rosling has become quite famous.
This four-minute clip shows Rosling presenting world development in the context of income versus lifespan. Rosling uses Gapminder, the software he and others had developed, to show multiply varying statistics as animations.
The material is more or less the same as his TedTalks; but this time around, the motion chart isn't projected on a screen. The data is CGI'd into the air where Rosling can pluck and grasp at points as he highlights the significance of specific points in history.
Until you’ve seen Hans Rosling in action you can have no idea just how moving a bunch of blue bubbles moving down a screen can be.
The BBC writes that:
Despite its light and witty touch, the film nonetheless has a serious message – without statistics we are cast adrift on an ocean of confusion, but armed with stats we can take control of our lives, hold our rulers to account and see the world as it really is. What’s more, Hans concludes, we can now collect and analyse such huge quantities of data and at such speeds that scientific method itself seems to be changing.
"I kid you not, statistics is now the sexiest subject on the planet" says Hans Rosling, presenter of The Joy of Stats.
