Well, my career progressed from card decks (80 column, then 96 column) and MICR sort machines, then flat files that we had to write sort utilities to reorder, through indexed...

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Ken, I prayed for your recovery and wellness first thing this morning when I heard.  Hoping for the best outcome for you.

Rick

I have suggested this earlier, but it has been several years, so will put it out here again.  I found that a great source for me to dabble in new...

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"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication"  Leonardo da Vinci.

Thank you for this information, Rick. I've tried to refinance my home a couple times before, but never got anywhere with it. I've no idea why, because when I...

Hey, folks, speaking of mortgage payment rounding, I will share with you all something that is happening right now with mortgages.

A year ago I relocated and took a mortgage instead...

Good lord... I had to work through all of that...

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This is a very good article.  I shared it with another discussion group regarding the very popular Quicken personal financial package which has for years suffered from two bad design...

... nothing is more permanent than a "temporary" solution?

David, I just have to add this to my collection on my computer that I call 'Bits of Wisdom'.  I love this!

Wow, we're definitely not in Kansas anymore.  I sure am happy to be retired.

This all depends on WHERE you place the gate!  If the gate is at the start of the process, then you will have problems.  If the gate is at the...

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Steve, it's good to know that you weren't truly flat-lined during those missing days.

It's incredibly concerning. The most worrying thing is that, having gotten onto some list through bad data matching or a poor algorithm, it's often incredibly hard to get off,...

My point more is that we need to be careful here, and do a better job of analyzing our data, transparently disclosing how it is used, and reacting when...

What I've found is that "Data" is always correct.  "Information" derived from the data is not.  And even if the "Data" is skewed, it is still correct but incomplete.

I...