A Fearless Author Daring to Compare Jack Bauer and Harry Potter

A fearless author Adam Hoff tries to compare Jack Bauer of 24 and Harry Potter. This is an outrageous insult to Jack Bauer, unbelivable.Mr. Hoff states in this blog “However, one of the good things to come out of my daily ponderings of 24 is that I’ve stumbled on a striking similarity between Jack Bauer, CTU Agent extraordinaire, and Harry Potter, boy wizard. This may seem like an odd pairing, but just check out the evidence.”

Here are the striking similarities between a world class hero and that stupid boy. How dare one can mention the two in the same article
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A List of English Words Ending With com, us, co, ws, ca, org, biz, me, net

I had a few minutes of nothingness in my hands today and decided to extract a list(actually a set) of English words ending with some tlds [com, us, co, ws, ca, org, biz, me, net].

Of course, many of the good ones are taken, but someone may find something useful out of this list.

You will find 4800+ almost meaningful domain names below.

The word list is from http://www.orchy.com/dictionary/index.html

i.e.  “afri.ca”

(TLD, WORD, DOMAIN)
biz,showbiz,show
ca,abaca,aba
ca,acustica,acusti
ca,africa,afri
ca,alpaca,alpa
ca,america,ameri
ca,anasarca,anasar
ca,angelica,angeli
ca,Antarctica,Antarcti
ca,aponeurotica,aponeuroti
ca,areca,are
ca,Arica,Ari
ca,armonica,armoni
ca,Armorica,Armori
ca,arnica,arni
ca,asarabacca,asarabac
ca,aspca,asp
ca,atlantica,atlanti
ca,Attica,Atti
ca,ayahuasca,ayahuas
ca,bacca,bac
ca,Barca,Bar
ca,barranca,barran
ca,basilica,basili
ca,bibliotheca,bibliothe
ca,boca,bo
ca,Boudicca,Boudic
ca,brassica,brassi
ca,britannica,britanni
ca,Broca,Bro
ca,bucca,buc
ca,ca,
ca,cachuca,cachu
ca,caduca,cadu
ca,caeca,cae
ca,cahinca,cahin
ca,cainca,cain
ca,Calderca,Calder
ca,Capablanca,Capablan
ca,carica,cari
ca,carioca,cario
ca,Casablanca,Casablan
ca,Cauca,Cau
ca,ceca,ce
ca,circa,cir
ca,Cirenaica,Cirenai
ca,cloaca,cloa
ca,coca,co
ca,Corsica,Corsi
ca,coulibiaca,coulibia
ca,Cuenca,Cuen
ca,Cuernavaca,Cuernava
ca,Cyrenaica,Cyrenai
ca,Dacca,Dac
ca,decca,dec
ca,diptyca,dipty
ca,Dominica,Domini
ca,econometrica,econometri
ca,elastica,elasti
ca,erica,eri
ca,erotica,eroti
ca,exotica,exoti
ca,fanatica,fanati
ca,felucca,feluc
ca,fica,fi
ca,Fonseca,Fonse
ca,formica,formi
ca,franca,fran
ca,gastrica,gastri
ca,Gorica,Gori
ca,Guernica,Guerni
ca,harmonica,harmoni
ca,helvetica,helveti
ca,hemorrhagica,hemorrhagi
ca,hepatica,hepati
ca,hippobosca,hippobos
ca,Huesca,Hues
ca,ileoceca,ileoce
ca,Inca,In
ca,indica,indi
ca,informatica,informati
ca,ithaca,itha
ca,Jamaica,Jamai
ca,japonica,japoni
ca,jessica,jessi
ca,judaica,judai
ca,karyotheca,karyothe
ca,koulibiaca,koulibia
ca,Legnica,Legni
ca,lexica,lexi
ca,Lorca,Lor
ca,lorica,lori
ca,Lucca,Luc
ca,maiolica,maioli
ca,majolica,majoli
ca,Majorca,Major
ca,Malacca,Malac
ca,Mallorca,Mallor
ca,maraca,mara
ca,marasca,maras
ca,mathematica,mathemati
ca,Mecca,Mec
ca,medica,medi
ca,melaleuca,melaleu
ca,Menorca,Menor
ca,Merca,Mer
ca,mesoceca,mesoce
ca,mica,mi
ca,minorca,minor
ca,mollusca,mollus
ca,monica,moni
ca,Musca,Mus
ca,myrica,myri
ca,noctiluca,noctilu
ca,Oaxaca,Oaxa
ca,oca,o
ca,onchocerca,onchocer
ca,ootheca,oothe
ca,opaca,opa
ca,orca,or
ca,paca,pa
ca,Pachuca,Pachu
ca,pacifica,pacifi
ca,paralytica,paralyti
ca,phthisica,phthisi
ca,pica,pi
ca,pinacotheca,pinacothe
ca,plica,pli
ca,Podgorica,Podgori
ca,polacca,polac
ca,polonica,poloni
ca,portulaca,portula
ca,publica,publi
ca,rca,r
ca,Rebecca,Rebec
ca,replica,repli
ca,republica,republi
ca,rica,ri
ca,Roca,Ro
ca,Salamanca,Salaman
ca,santonica,santoni
ca,sca,s
ca,sciatica,sciati
ca,sclerotica,scleroti
ca,seneca,sene
ca,silica,sili
ca,spca,sp
ca,spermatheca,spermathe
ca,spica,spi
ca,spirocerca,spirocer
ca,Subotica,Suboti
ca,Tacna-Arica,Tacna-Ari
ca,Talca,Tal
ca,tapioca,tapio
ca,theca,the
ca,theriaca,theria
ca,Titicaca,Titica
ca,Toluca,Tolu
ca,tunica,tuni
ca,turcica,turci
ca,Utica,Uti
ca,uwca,uw
ca,veronica,veroni
ca,verruca,verru
ca,vesica,vesi
ca,viatica,viati
ca,vinca,vin
ca,vomica,vomi
ca,ymca,ym
ca,yucca,yuc
ca,ywca,yw
co,acapulco,acapul
co,alfresco,alfres
co,alnico,alni
co,amoco,amo
co,Angelico,Angeli
co,arco,ar
co,Armco,Arm
co,banco,ban
co,beccafico,beccafi
co,bianco,bian
co,bronco,bron
co,bunco,bun
co,calamanco,calaman
co,calico,cali

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Algorithmic Problem Solving

Book Excerpts:

In historical terms, the digital computer is very, very new. The science of computing is yet newer. Compared to its older sister – mathematics – which is thousands of years old, it is hardly in the embryonic stage of development. Yet, computing science is already having a major influence on our problem-solving skills, amounting to a revolution in the art of effective reasoning.

Because of the challenges of programming (which means instructing a dumb machine how to solve each instance of a problem) and the unprecedented scale of programming problems, computing scientists have had to hone their problem-solving skills to a very fine degree. This has led to advances in logic, and to changes in the way that mathematics is practised. This book forms an introduction to problem-solving using the insights that have been gained in computing science.

http://www.freetechbooks.com/about373.html

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All The Business Cliché You Need

I found a file on my computer with all these cliches. I don’t know where or how I got those! A quick Python cleanup, and here is a non-sense list of business cliché you can conveniently use in your daily life.

[something] on steroids, (get on your) dance card, (Getting some) traction, (He’s gone) off the reservation, (I’ve got a) full plate, (These customers need) hand holding, (We don’t want to be) all things to all people, (We’re getting some) push-back, 800 pound gorilla, A leading provider of…, A Plus for all Stakeholders, Actionable, Architect used as a verb, At the end of the day,…, at the end of the day…., Back of the envelope, ballpark figure, Ballpark figure, Barniff, Bells and whistles, Benchmark, Best of Breed, Best Practices, Better to apologize later than ask permission first, Bio break, Blue Sky Thinking, Boots on the ground, Brick and Morter, Bring our ‘A’ game . . . , Bring to the table, Brings a lot of value to the table, Built from the ground up, Burn rate, business athlete, Business casual, Business needs, By way of housekeeping…, Cannibalize, Carpet bombing, Carrot and stick, Cast a wider net, Certified…, Change Agent, Chest thumping, circle back, Circle back around, Client-Centered, Color outside the lines, Come to Jesus, contemporize the portfolio, core competency, Corporate DNA, Cost center, create something remarkable, Crossing the Chasm, Crowd-Sourcing, Custom Engineered Solutions, customizable, Data driven, Differentiate, Directionally Correct, Disintermediation, Disruptive innovation, Divide and Conquer, Do no evil, Do you have any bandwidth?, Don’t throw out the baby with the bathwater, Downsizing, Drink the company Kool-aid, drinking from a firehose, Drinking Kool-Aid, Drop the ball, Due Diligence, Dynamic, eat our own dog food, Eat what you kill, Eat your vegetables, Eco-anything, Everyone Is Doing It, Everything is a matter of balance, Execute to plan, Face time, Faster, Cheaper, Better, fat rabbit, Feeding the hopper, Firing on all cylinders, Flexible solutions, Focused on … (i.e. results), For all your [something] needs., From a [something] standpoint, From a high-level perspective,…, Functionality, game changer, game changing, Get on your radar, Giving 110%, Giving 111%, Go off road, Going forward, Going from good to great, Good to go, Gotta raise the bar, Greed Is Good, ground breaking, Halo effect, Has legs and can go really far…, Headcount, Healthy, Herding cats, Hey, we’re not here to boil the ocean., high performance, Honestly…, Hope is not a strategy, I appreciate your candor…, I don’t have the bandwidth, I Heard It Thru The Grapevine…, I need to get flat with you, I’d like to come by and check your temperature., I’ll sharpen the pencil, I’m not throwing him under the bus, but…, Ideation, if we have the courage of our convictions, If you can’t measure it, you can’t control it, Impactful, Improve ROI, In terms of, In the … space, In the trenches with you…, In Today’s Highly Competitive Marketplace …, Incent as a verb, Incentivize, Industry Leader, Industry Standard, integrated approach, Integrated Marketing, intelligent engineering, It is what it is, It is what it is, It’s a birdnest on the ground, It’s a no-brainer, It’s all good, Just for sh_ts & giggles., Just my 2 cents, Lead the charge, Leave money on the table, Lessons will be learned, let’s be carbon neutral, let’s be proactive here people, Let’s get granular, Let’s hit the ground running., Let’s make sure we’re on the same page…, Let’s remember the rule of 212 degrees, Let’s take a deeper dive, Let’s take this off-line, Lets Do Lunch!, Lets Trade Links, Level Playing Field, Level set, leverage resources, Like facebook but for [something], Like minded, Lone ranger, Long tail, Look the part, Loss Leader, Low-hanging fruit, Manage expectations, Marketing-driven, Maximize customer satisfaction, Maximize leverage, Mindshare, mission critical, Momentum, Monetize, monetize, Money talks and bull$#!^ walks, Move the Needle, Moving up the value chain, Multi task, my success is your success, My way or the highway, net-net, Never trust a Salesman, New and Improved, Next Generation, Next steps, No Achievement is Without Sacrifice. dc, Noise in The System, Now More Than Ever, Off- Ramp, offline, On the [something] side,…, On-Ramp, open kimono, organic growth, Our go-to-market strategy, Our people are our best asset, Our Talk Track, Out-Of-Pocket, Paradigm, Paradigm Shift, Passing the Buck, Paving the cowpath, Perfect storm, Pick it up and sit on it, Ping, Plug-and-Play, Points of Distraction, Polishing a Turd, Pound the table, precision engineered, proactive, Pull-through Sales, purple cow, Push the envelope, Put a face to the name, Put a stake in the Ground, Putting lipsitick on a pig, Quality is job one, Quick Wins, Quite frankly…, Ramp-up, Razors and razorblades, Re-Imagine, Re-invented, Re-organization, Reach out, Ready, fire, aim, Real Time Meeting, Reduction of force, Resonate, Rightsizing, Rigor, Robust, Robust and customer-focused, Robustize, Rubber hits the road, Run it up the flagpole and see who salutes, scalability, Scalable, Screw the pooch, seamless integration, SEO (to describe anything on the internet), SEO (to describe anything on the internet), Shared Vision, Shit Happens, Shoot first, ask questions later, showstopper, Silo, Six Sigma, Skate to where the puck is going, Skyrocket your profits, Smile and dial, Solution, solutions, Someone (who is) plug and play, Spending more time with my family, Spray and pray, stae-of-the-art, Stakeholder, Stay on message, Stealth, step up to the plate, Step up to the plate, stick a fork in it…. its done, Stick to your knitting, Strategic, Strategic…, Surface key learnings, sustainability, Synergy, Take him out behind the wood shed, Take it to the Next Level, take one for the team, Team building, Team player, Teamwork, Tearing down the silos…, That’s not all!, The 8,000-foot view, The 80%-20% rule, The bottom line, The customer is always right, The Elephant in the room (or the corner), The genie is out of the bottle, The Glass Ceiling, The iPod of ___insert industry___, the scenery only changes for the lead dog, The take-aways, the way forward, There will be blood., Thinking outside of the box, This moment in time, This thing’s going to happen, Thought Leader, Time to market, Tipping point, Today, more than ever…, Too many chiefs and not enough Indians, touch base, Transparency, Transparent, Trending, under the radar, Under-promise and over-deliver, Underemployed, Up and to the right, Upsell, User-experience, User-Focused, USP, Value-added proposition, viral, Visionary (job title), We Have No Choice…, We’ll Fix It In ‘Post’, We’ll loop you in…, We’ll make sure to revisit this, We’re getting the band back together, Web 2.0, Whatever it takes, When the rubber meets the road, When The Rubber Meets The Road.., Who Moved My Cheese?, win-win, win-win situation, With all due respect, work around, Work Life Balance, World Class, x-Killer (i.e. iPod Killer like the Zune), Ya Think ?, Yes AND no., You are what you are, “You have to “”care”", You have to spend money to make money.

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Basic Requirements for CMS Projects

Excerpt from http://www.wareprise.com/open-source-php-content-management/

• People with average knowledge of word processing can create the content directly.
• Little or no HTML knowledge needed.
• Content is managed through a cycle of capture, storage, retrieval publication, presentation, versioning, and archiving.
• Users are assigned roles and permissions that prevent them from editing content which they have no rights.
• Publishing of content can be time-controlled, hidden for later use or require user login with password.

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Call of Duty 4 Prestige Mode Icons

I keep forgetting about those every time I play COD 4. Finally decided post the “prestige mode icons” over here, instead of going out on search engines and looking for what they represent every single time.

• 
  Level 1 Prestige Mode
• 
  Level 2 Prestige Mode
• 
  Level 3 Prestige Mode

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Computer Quotes

I came across some interesting “computer qoutes” on http://www.brainyquote.com. Couldn’t help it but post a few here.

A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing.
Emo Philips

Computers make it easier to do a lot of things, but most of the things they make it easier to do don’t need to be done.
Andy Rooney

The good news about computers is that they do what you tell them to do. The bad news is that they do what you tell them to do.
Ted Nelson

The real danger is not that computers will begin to think like men, but that men will begin to think like computers.
Sydney J. Harris

Why is it drug addicts and computer afficionados are both called users?
Clifford Stoll

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Deming’s 14 points

So true !

• Create constancy of purpose.
• Adopt the new philosophy.
• Cease dependence on mass inspection to achieve quality.
• Minimize total cost, not initial price of supplies.
• Improve constantly the system of production and service.
• Institute training on the job.
• Institute leadership.
• Drive out fear.
• Break down barriers between departments.
• Eliminate slogans, exhortations, and numerical targets.
• Eliminate work standards (quotas) and management by objective.
• Remove barriers that rob workers, engineers, and managers of their right to pride of workmanship.
• Institute a vigorous program of education and self-improvement.
• Put everyone in the company to work to accomplish the transformation.

The points were first presented in William Edwards Deming’s (October 14, 1900 – December 20, 1993) book Out of the Crisis (1986)

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Four C’s of Innovation

Just some thing flashed on my mind the other day.

• Creation
• Creativity
• Chaos
• Compliance

Don’t you think, almost anything you can think of goes through those phases?

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Generate Random Names for yourself, places, things…

Manon has a pretty cool site for generating names for stuff. Links to generators are inside. Come on in…

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