How to use/install gcc on Mac

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9353444/how-to-use-install-gcc-on-mac-os-x-10-8-xcode-4-4

2013 in review

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog.

Here’s an excerpt:

The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 11,000 times in 2013. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 4 sold-out performances for that many people to see it.

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Six Thinking Hat

I really liked the 6 thinking hats in effective thinking to decision-making. Edward de Bono created this concept. The 6 hats include:

• White hat: focusing on data, i.e. looking at the problem from data point of view
• Red hat: looking at the problems using intuition
• Black hat: looking the problems from a negative point of view
• Yellow hat: looking at the problem from positive point
• Green hat: looking at the problem from creative point of view
• Blue hat:  process control. Direct to green or black hat as needed

Algebraic Properties

 

 

 

 

Here is a list of algebra properties that are used in proof especially geometry proofs:

 

Functions and Stored procedures in SQL

Here are some notes I found useful in terms of functions and stored procedures in SQL:

• Functions are used for computational purposes and they cannot be used to perform operations such as UPDATE or INSERTS.
• Functions cannot call a stored procedure or run a dynamic SQL statement.
• Stored procedures are used to modify the data (i.e. UPDATE or INSERT statements) in database and communicate with outside. In other words outside programs cannot call a function directly but they can call a stored procedure.
• Stored procedures can call functions, other stored procedures, and run dynamic SQL statements.

Lean Thinking

Lean thinking in business strategy is to create best products/services with least amount of resources. This strategy causes the management to view organization in a bigger picture and focus on flow rather on departments.

SQL row_number

row_number() is a SQL command that provides a sequential number for the results starting from 1. The following link provides more information in this regard:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms186734.aspx

RegularExpressions in .NET

In order to use regular expressions in .NET framework System.Text.RegularExpressions namespace could be used. The following link contains more information about this namespace:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.text.regularexpressions.aspx

TIPS

TIPS: Stands for Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities. It is a set of securities that provide protection against inflation; this is done by increasing and decreasing the principle value in respect to inflation.

http://www.investopedia.com/terms/t/tips.asp

Hurdle Rate

Hurdle Rate: is minimum project return or investment return to compensate for associated risk.

http://www.investopedia.com/terms/h/hurdlerate.asp