June 2006 Archives

*Recent Dilbert and Doonesbury favorites http://www.dilbert.com/comics/dilbert/archive/dilbert-20060628.html http://www.dilbert.com/comics/dilbert/archive/dilbert-20060623.html http://www.dilbert.com/comics/dilbert/archive/dilbert-20060622.html http://www.doonesbury.com/strip/dailydose/index.html?uc_full_date=20060618 http://www.doonesbury.com/strip/dailydose/index.html?uc_full_date=20060625

*Finance quote URLs Indexes http://finance.yahoo.com/q/cq?d=v1&s=qqqq%2cspy%2cxiu.to Toronto http://finance.yahoo.com/q/cq?d=v1&s=GWO.TO%2cBNS.TO,HR-UN.TO,GSK,GE,DEO,xiu.to VectorVest 29 Jun 2006 http://finance.yahoo.com/q/cq?d=v1&s=oii%2codfl%2cdakt%2chans%2choc%2cntg%2comni%2ctgis%2ccldn%2ciiin%2cremx%2cezpw%2cihr%2cbvx%2cfto%2cidcc%2cinin%2clqu%2cmro%2cmvk%2coxy%2cpcu%2cseic%2ctrbs%2ctso%2cann%2cazn%2cbjs%2ccsplf%2cegn%2cfti%2cimgc%2clbix%2ctti%2cxto%2cabfs%2caeos%2cbpt%2ccvh%2cexpd%2cfdx%2cgrb%2cgwr%2cintu Brazil http://finance.yahoo.com/q/cq?d=v1&s=ARA%2cBBD%2cITU%2cBRP%2cBTM%2cBAK%2cCBD%2cABVC%2cABV%2cSBS%2cCIG%2cELP%2cSID%2cRIO%2cCPL%2cEMT%2cERJ%2cGGB%2cGOL%2cPDA%2cPBR%2cSDA%2cTCN%2cTNE%2cTSP%2cTMB%2cTSU%2cUGP%2cUBB%2cVCP Mine http://finance.yahoo.com/q/cq?d=v1&s=cib%2cggb%2cgol%2cmtw%2codfl%2crio Linderman http://finance.yahoo.com/q/cq?d=v1&s=MON%2cCAS%2cCLF%2cCHRW%2cMTU%2cATI%2cSLV%2cSIL

*Critical thinking http://www.csicop.org/si/2006-02/thinking.html

I live in North America. I have no idea how phone dialing works anywhere else. Fortunately, there is a website that takes all the guessing out of it.
[How to dial anywhere in the world]

*International Dialects of English Archive http://www.ku.edu/~idea/index.htm

[Cheat sheet roundup]

*Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0140296476/

*Red Chair Software AP168321349088299

I've seen the RSI formula many times but never seen this algebraic simplification that makes the measure intuitive.

Substitute y = U / D
 
RSI = 100 - [100 / [ 1 + y] ]
RSI = 100 * [1 - 1 / [ 1 + y] ] (factor out 100)
RSI = 100 * [1 + y - 1] / [ 1 + y] (common denom of 1 + y)
RSI = 100 * y / [ 1 + y] (reduce)
RSI = 100 * [U / D] / [ 1 + U / D] (substitute y)
RSI = 100 * [U / D] / [ [D + U] / D] (common denom)
RSI = 100 * U / [D + U] (elim div by D)

esignallearning.com comments on this:

The RSI is a fairly simple formula, but is difficult to explain without pages of examples.

Clearly this is not so. RSI is the ratio of up-moves to the sum of all moves scaled onto the range 0 to 100. That's really simple to explain.

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*Price watch website http://www.secretprices.com/

*Marshalling/interop http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/02/08/CQA/ http://www.arstdesign.com/articles/interopmarshaling.html

Stolen SideKick telephone recovered

• New York Times
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*Reporting software I suggest using SQL Server Reporting Services and authoring all you reports in RDL format[0]. Then, if you don't like how SSRS is working, or don't like the licensing, you can pop over to FYIReporting[1] and get their open-source version and is RDL compliant... [0] http://www.microsoft.com/sql/technologies/reporting/rdlspec.mspx [1] http://www.fyireporting.com/

*C5 generic collection library http://www.itu.dk/research/c5/ C5 is a library of generic collection classes for C# and other CLI languages, as found in Microsoft .Net version 2.0 and Mono version 1.2.

*New York Hack New York taxi driver's blog http://newyorkhack.blogspot.com/

*CartoonRetro Los Angeles cartoonist posts doodles with commentary http://www.cartoonretro.com/

*Reverse DOS code for ASP.NET http://angrypets.com/tools/rdos