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Rich Rosen

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Would better data analysis reduce the financial bail-out?

As I understand it, the proposed bail-out is shooting seven hundred billion dollar-sized bullets into the dark. But banks know where their money is. We could figure out exactly how risky each asset is, exactly how much exposure each institution has to bad loans or collapsing stocks and bonds, and what the overall health of each institution is.

Relationship is miles ahead of frequent flyer programs

Many companies think they are investing in the relationship with their clients, but in fact, they are only establishing a points program

How Important is a Caption?

Dick, a former RIT professor, adds: "I always reminded my students that a caption is part of the photograph, part of the gestalt--just as the choice of mat and frame, and the size of the print and the surface of the paper, etc."

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Caching Datacontext?  I've started using Linqpad recently, and like it as an alternative to both SQL Management Studio and Visual Studio in several situations. It seems to take a long time (relatively speaking, 2-3 minutes) to connect to a database and display tables though. I assume this is because it's building a dummy  [O'Reilly Forums]

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A Whack On The Side Of The Head, How do you stimulate your creativity?  A famous cartoonist said he beat "cartoonist's block" by sitting at his drawing board with one foot in a bucket of hot water and the other in a bucket of cold water. Not coincidentally, perhaps, many people say they get their best ideas in the shower. How about you?  [O'Reilly Forums]

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