Excerpt from this site :
"Our sophisticated proprietary automation and unparalleled client service delivers an enhanced execution that is virtually unmatched in our industry"
"One of the critical ingredients in creating the added value..."
"The firm uses a variety of futures, options, and other instruments to hedge its positions and limit its risks"
"...these highly prudent risk management policies protect the interests of clients as well."
"...the firm can customize client reports and deliver them electronically in whatever format best meets the needs of clients"
"...has one of the most sophisticated disaster recovery facilities found anywhere in the securities industry"
"...maintains a fully equipped and staffed facility located near LaGuardia Airport" (With a plane ready to fly away ?)
And, best of the best :
"The owner's name is on the door"
"Bernard Madoff has a personal interest in maintaining the unblemished record of value, fair-dealing, and high ethical standards that has always been the firm's hallmark".
samedi, décembre 13, 2008
mercredi, octobre 15, 2008
Big brother ...
Sometime, you are just at the wrong place at the wrong time ... I'm not sure that this guy will appreciate to discover that he has been shoot by Google in a hot place near Paris. The girl near by is not exactly waiting the bus :)
vendredi, octobre 03, 2008
NightlyWTF...
Trying to access the web site of one of the biggest french telco company, I'm quite pleased to discover that they are using tomcat (well, an old version) on a Linux system :
jeudi, juillet 31, 2008
It's a small planet...
Here is a very interesting - and scary - conference about global warming :
http://storage02.brainsonic.com/customers2/entrecom/20080227_Spie/session_1_uk_new/files/index.html
http://storage02.brainsonic.com/customers2/entrecom/20080227_Spie/session_1_fr_new/files/index.html
This guy is not one of those crazy ecofreak, he is quite sane and have worked with the ADEME, the french agency for environment and energy management. He has also been appointed by the french governement during what has been called the "grenelle de l'environnement", a big think-tank organized last year to forsee what we should do in order to cut by 50% our energy consomption by 2020.
His web-site : http://www.manicore.com/
http://storage02.brainsonic.com/customers2/entrecom/20080227_Spie/session_1_uk_new/files/index.html
http://storage02.brainsonic.com/customers2/entrecom/20080227_Spie/session_1_fr_new/files/index.html
This guy is not one of those crazy ecofreak, he is quite sane and have worked with the ADEME, the french agency for environment and energy management. He has also been appointed by the french governement during what has been called the "grenelle de l'environnement", a big think-tank organized last year to forsee what we should do in order to cut by 50% our energy consomption by 2020.
His web-site : http://www.manicore.com/
lundi, juillet 21, 2008
Apache DS 1.5.3 is out !
For the first time in three years, we were able to release a new version roughly three months after the previous one : ADS 1.5.3!
Nothing special about this version, but a lot of bug fixes, and some improvement (mainly new installers, better performances, and a few more things).
We are now moving to the next release (1.5.4) which will be much more important, as we have done a _lot_ of changes in the core server. The idea is to be able to release a 2.0 table version around Q3, and I think we are still on schedule for this.
Thanks to the team, and to the contributors for their reports.
We are now expecting a new version for Apache Directory Studio (1.2.0) which will be release very soon !
Nothing special about this version, but a lot of bug fixes, and some improvement (mainly new installers, better performances, and a few more things).
We are now moving to the next release (1.5.4) which will be much more important, as we have done a _lot_ of changes in the core server. The idea is to be able to release a 2.0 table version around Q3, and I think we are still on schedule for this.
Thanks to the team, and to the contributors for their reports.
We are now expecting a new version for Apache Directory Studio (1.2.0) which will be release very soon !
mercredi, juin 04, 2008
Just don't do it !
Seems like some people are either pessimistic, or simply too tight with some oil companies :
http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/48619/story.htm
Like it or not, as we are (have ?) reaching a peak oil, and considering that demand for coal and gas will surge soon (China is building two coal plants EACH WEEK !), you better be prepared !
Having spent one week in Florida lately, I must say that I was surprized : I have seen no solar panel at all... And Florida claims to be the 'Sunshine state' ...
I'm not very pleased with what I see - or don't see - in France too. Compared to Germany, we are very late. Having build more than 50 nuclear plants make us feel comfortable. When you know that electricity is only 17% of our global energy consumption ... Politicians are just acting as if they just discovered the problem (make me think that they are not acting : they are reacting).
Anyway, facing an important problem and simply saying : "we won't be able to do it" is just irresponsible. Shame on you, Mr Watson.
http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/48619/story.htm
Like it or not, as we are (have ?) reaching a peak oil, and considering that demand for coal and gas will surge soon (China is building two coal plants EACH WEEK !), you better be prepared !
Having spent one week in Florida lately, I must say that I was surprized : I have seen no solar panel at all... And Florida claims to be the 'Sunshine state' ...
I'm not very pleased with what I see - or don't see - in France too. Compared to Germany, we are very late. Having build more than 50 nuclear plants make us feel comfortable. When you know that electricity is only 17% of our global energy consumption ... Politicians are just acting as if they just discovered the problem (make me think that they are not acting : they are reacting).
Anyway, facing an important problem and simply saying : "we won't be able to do it" is just irresponsible. Shame on you, Mr Watson.
mercredi, mai 21, 2008
Two interesting words
As I'm visiting Alex Karasulu in Florida (lucky guy !!), and enjoying the sun, sea and warm days, I wanted to point out those two words which have different meanings in USA and in France :
- Service : This is definitively not a french word. The french revolution has seen the privileges being abolished, and it's still remanent in waiters mind... You have to be known to be "served" in a restaurant in Paris. In Jacksonville - but this is also the case in all the US cities I having been -, service means something.
- Resources : Seems to be unlimited in US. Cars are pissing gaz crazy. Electricity is like for free, as you never switch off the bulbs, because, eh, the switch is on the other side of the room ! (like in USSR, where you never switch off the oven, as matches are more difficult to find than gaz :). Obviously, Resources is not a french word either...
Both combined makes life confortable in US. Much more than any european who never travel accross the ocean can imagine (this is always bugging me when I read gross approximation about "how hard is it to live in the USA for those who are not billionaires" : people seems to be pretty happy here...). The question is : for how long ?
Good to be with some good friend, sharing some good technical discussion about ApacheDS, with a glass of cool white wine (a french Chablis 1999 ;), in front of the ocean, while dolphins are jumping out of the sea.
- Service : This is definitively not a french word. The french revolution has seen the privileges being abolished, and it's still remanent in waiters mind... You have to be known to be "served" in a restaurant in Paris. In Jacksonville - but this is also the case in all the US cities I having been -, service means something.
- Resources : Seems to be unlimited in US. Cars are pissing gaz crazy. Electricity is like for free, as you never switch off the bulbs, because, eh, the switch is on the other side of the room ! (like in USSR, where you never switch off the oven, as matches are more difficult to find than gaz :). Obviously, Resources is not a french word either...
Both combined makes life confortable in US. Much more than any european who never travel accross the ocean can imagine (this is always bugging me when I read gross approximation about "how hard is it to live in the USA for those who are not billionaires" : people seems to be pretty happy here...). The question is : for how long ?
Good to be with some good friend, sharing some good technical discussion about ApacheDS, with a glass of cool white wine (a french Chablis 1999 ;), in front of the ocean, while dolphins are jumping out of the sea.
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