Category Archives: Answers

The best wireless router?

Posted on June 1, 2008 by NC

A question from Askville: which wireless router has the best speed You may find it hard to believe, but it doesn’t matter. Most modern routers provide either 54 or 108 Mbps.  However, those speeds are only attainable within your local … Continue reading →

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PHP project ideas

Posted on June 1, 2008 by NC

A question from Askville: I am just looking for ideas for a project in php. I want to learn some more but don’t feel I have any real good ideas at the moment for an online web app/site. So any … Continue reading →

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Creating a FAQ

Posted on May 28, 2008 by NC

A question from Askville: How do you and a FAQ list to a website? I would like the have the questions show-but not the answers until the user clicks on a link. I see them everywhere, but don’t know how … Continue reading →

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On PHP, Python, bloggind, and learning

Posted on May 25, 2008 by NC

A question from comp.lang.php: So, here’s my delimna: I want to start a blog. Yeah, who doesn’t. Yet, I want learn the guts of it instead of just booting up some wordwank or whatever. Here’s a simple computation to consider… … Continue reading →

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The gold bug bites again

Posted on May 22, 2008 by NC

A question from Yahoo! Answers: I have been doing a lot of research on the gold standard. Since hearing Ron Paul talk about it, I have been a supporter of it. Even though this is the case, I still have … Continue reading →

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My take on Wicked

Posted on May 21, 2008 by NC

A question from Askville: Has anyone else read the book Wicked, by Gregory Maguire? What did you think of it? Did you find it an easy, smooth read? Or difficult to get through? Did you like the main character, Elphaba? … Continue reading →

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Converting from Access to Oracle

Posted on May 21, 2008 by NC

A question from Askville: Can anyone provide any high level tasks, details etc. surrounding the steps that one would take to plan, execute and test a data conversion/move from a Microsoft Access database to an Oracle database? Access databases store … Continue reading →

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Enhancing the value of a multinational company

Posted on May 14, 2008 by NC

A question asked privately: What can a multinational company do to enhance its value? Mathematically, the value of equity P is determined by earnings E and the “fair” (in investors’ collective opinion) price-earnings multiple P/E: P = E * (P/E) … Continue reading →

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Keynes and international loanable funds

Posted on May 12, 2008 by NC

A question from Yahoo! Answers: How is the international loanable funds market a criticism of Keynes? Classics thought that supply of loanable funds is a function of interest rate. Keynes posited that it’s a function of disposable income; if everyone … Continue reading →

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Presidential inauguration and the stock market

Posted on May 8, 2008 by NC

A question asked privately: After the inauguration of Russian president-elect Dmitry Medvedev, the Russian stock market rose by 200+ basis poins over a single day. Was this a significant reaction? Let’s look at it numerically. Here’s the daily history of … Continue reading →

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