The idea that an infinite number of monkeys typing at random on an infinite number of typewriters will eventually produce the complete works of Shakespeare apparently dates from 1913, and has appeared repeatedly in popular culture ever since. When the BBC Horizon team decided to make a programme about infinity. We said we needed a program to churn out random letters and match them to Shakespeare, and so they commissioned a Monkey Simulator program from Aaron Russell, which is available from this website.
The Monkey Simulator program generates random symbols from a list of 31 options: 26 lower-case letters, a space, a comma, a full stop, a semicolon and a hyphen. After a sequence of four symbols has been generated, the program searches for a match in a stored plain-text version of the Complete Works of Shakespeare, ignoring whether a letter is capital or lower-case. If the procedure finds one or more matches, it generates a further character and again checks if there is a match for five symbols, and so on, until no matches are found. Then it starts again with a new sequence of four characters. Characters are generated at a rate of 50 per second. (We note that this procedure cannot match sequences that stretch over the 36,357 line returns in the text file, and also cannot match all the other punctuation in the text, such as the 10,475 question marks and 8,827 exclamation marks.)
Monday, December 13, 2010
Business Plus- TV Channel
Business Plus is the first Pakistani channel to offer business news and analysis. The focus of Business Plus is on news and current affairs through credible and hard-hitting programming. First mover advantage resulting in high brand preference among viewers.
Business Plus is identified for its credible & authentic news & data due to its systematic editorial policy Dedicated, specialized and a professionally qualified team for all operations & programming.
Business Plus is identified for its credible & authentic news & data due to its systematic editorial policy Dedicated, specialized and a professionally qualified team for all operations & programming.
Business Account Charges by RBS Bank
Thcharges for the day to day running of your account are detailed These charges together form your ‘service charge’. The charging periods for transactions forming part of your service charge generally end when your statement is produced. The charges are then applied 14 days later.
Business Current Account –Standard Tariff
You will pay a fixed amount for each transaction that you carry out on your Business Current Account. For details of charges on your Business Current Account see ‘Standard Tariff’
Business Plus Account
If you bank online or over the telephone you may prefer the Business Plus Account which includes free automated transactions. For details of charges on your Business Plus Account see ‘Business Plus Tariff’ on
Foundation Account –Standard Tariff
If you’re starting your first business and have no trading history, or if you have a poor credit history, our Foundation Account could be just what your business needs. It provides straightforward, transaction-based business banking, giving you and your business time to establish a credit and trading record. For details of charges on the Foundation Account see ‘Standard Tariff’
Royalties Business Account
You will pay a fixed monthly fee from only £25 covering you for every day transactions. In addition, there are plenty of extra benefits to help your business, for example, you can take advantage of discounted RBS Small Business Loan rates and annual card fees. For details of charges on the Royalties Business Account see ‘Royalties Business Account’
Treasurers Account Tariff
A simple way to manage your organisation’s finances. There are no transaction charges on frequently used services.
Start-ups
If you are starting a new business, we give you two years’ free banking.
Free banking means that the charges for the day to day running of your account (known in this leaflet as your “service charge”) will not apply during the free banking period. At the end of the free banking period, you will automatically move to the Standard Tariff detailed on pages 5 and 6. Charges for “Additional Services” and “Unarranged Borrowing” detailed in this leaflet are not part of the free banking offer. Free banking applies to businesses that started trading within the past twelve months with projected or existing annual turnover not exceeding £1 million.
"Financial calculator for Pocket PC”
Key features of the program include:
- Functions, thinks, and behaves like the HP-10B/HP-10BII
- Algebraic data entry
- Labeled output
- Automatic constants
- Interest conversion
- Business percentages
- Time value of money
- Cash flows analysis
- Amortization
- One and two variable statistics
- Three key memory
Emulate the popular financial calculator, HP-10B on your Pocket PC...
Business Communication
Business Communication:communication used to promote a product, service, or organization; relay information within the business; or deal with legal and similar issues. It is also a means of relaying between a supply chain, for example the consumer and manufacturer.
Business Communication is known simply as "Communications." It encompasses a variety of topics, including Marketing, Branding, Customer relations, Consumer behaviour, Advertising, Public relations, Corporate communication, Community engagement, Research & Measurement, Reputation management, Interpersonal communication, Employee engagement, Online communication, and Event management. It is closely related to the fields of professional communication and technical communication.
Business Communication is known simply as "Communications." It encompasses a variety of topics, including Marketing, Branding, Customer relations, Consumer behaviour, Advertising, Public relations, Corporate communication, Community engagement, Research & Measurement, Reputation management, Interpersonal communication, Employee engagement, Online communication, and Event management. It is closely related to the fields of professional communication and technical communication.
Sunday, December 12, 2010
No business like this snow business
Suddenly, there's a lot of weather about. Winter has arrived, and, with it, those confusing months when it's hard to tell what the climate is up to from day to day. Some rely on the Met Office; others swear by seaweed, and many of us more experienced hands have discovered you can tell quite a bit by peeling back the curtains and looking through a window.
But that tells you only what the weather is doing in your own back yard. Obtaining a comprehensive national picture is more difficult. You can always phone friends, or, if you don't have any, scan webcams in far-flung parts. But, for a really reliable indicator of the national weather picture, you need to turn to the press. Since most national papers are produced in London, by staff living within commuting distance of the capital, the way they calibrate their snow coverage is a far more accurate way of detecting the nation's weather.
Business Ethics
Business ethics can be both a normative and a descriptive discipline. As a corporate practice and a career specialization, the field is primarily normative. In academia descriptive approaches are also taken. The range and quantity of business ethical issues reflects the degree to which business is perceived to be at odds with non-economic social values. Historically, interest in business ethics accelerated dramatically during the 1980s and 1990s, both within major corporations and within academia. For example, today most major corporate websites lay emphasis on commitment to promoting non-economic social values under a variety of headings such as ethics codes and social responsibility charters. In some cases, corporations have redefined their core values in the light of business ethical considerations, for example, BP's "beyond petroleum" environmental tilt.
Business Ethics
Business ethics (also known as corporate ethics) is a form of applied ethics or professional ethics that examines ethical principles and moral or ethical problems that arise in a business environment. It applies to all aspects of business conduct and is relevant to the conduct of individuals and business organizations as a whole. Applied ethics is a field of ethics that deals with ethical questions in many fields such as medical, technical, legal and business ethics.
Business Ethics
Business Ethics is an online magazine with a strong heritage in the fields of ethics, governance, corporate responsibility and socially responsible investing.
Now available only on the web, Business Ethics was launched in 1987 and published for 20 years as a quarterly print magazine. The mission of Business Ethics – now, as then – is “to promote ethical business practices, to serve that growing community of professionals and individuals striving to work and invest in responsible ways.”
We seek to do that by offering our readers information, opinion and cutting-edge analysis about business and the intersection of business and society.
A lot has changed in the more than two decades since Business Ethics was founded. Ethics and governance have emerged as front-page news and lead agenda items in corporate board rooms and the halls of Congress. Good corporate citizenship is now studied, advocated and sometimes practiced. Sustainability has become a goal for well-meaning small businesses as well as many of the Fortune 500.
Whether that represents real progress is open to debate. The continuing fallout from the recent economic and financial crises is a constant reminder that many systems are not working. There’s plenty to discuss. Business Ethics aims to serve as a guide.
Now available only on the web, Business Ethics was launched in 1987 and published for 20 years as a quarterly print magazine. The mission of Business Ethics – now, as then – is “to promote ethical business practices, to serve that growing community of professionals and individuals striving to work and invest in responsible ways.”
We seek to do that by offering our readers information, opinion and cutting-edge analysis about business and the intersection of business and society.
A lot has changed in the more than two decades since Business Ethics was founded. Ethics and governance have emerged as front-page news and lead agenda items in corporate board rooms and the halls of Congress. Good corporate citizenship is now studied, advocated and sometimes practiced. Sustainability has become a goal for well-meaning small businesses as well as many of the Fortune 500.
Whether that represents real progress is open to debate. The continuing fallout from the recent economic and financial crises is a constant reminder that many systems are not working. There’s plenty to discuss. Business Ethics aims to serve as a guide.
Thursday, December 9, 2010
What is a business networking group?
I was a little thrown at first, but realised I shouldn't be. I think we often assume that everyone knows more about whatever it is we do than they actually do. I met someone on a Referral Institute training course yesterday who had once written technical manuals. He said that the instructions included the advice to write so that an 8 year old can understand.
Wikipedia describes Business Networking as 'a socioeconomic activity by which groups of like-minded businesspeople recognize, create, or act upon business opportunities. A business network is a type of social network whose reason for existing is business activity'.
I realised that I needed to explain a little bit more.
I explained that there are now many more people running their own business than ever before. Many of them are specialists in what they do and do not have any marketing or sales people. They rely on personal recommendation or word of mouth for their business. Their main problem is that they need more of these opportunities than they currently have. Many of the older business support services in the public and private sector do not really help these business people with generating positive word of mouth.
Any group exists because the members share and are committed to a common cause. The common cause for the members of a business networking group will usually be helping each other in business. This may be around sharing business, support and information (or all 3). It is mainly the need to generate more business by recommendation that has lead to the growth in the market of specialist business networking groups.
A business networking group is a club where the common cause is helping each other become more successful in business.
The most important thing in an effective business networking group is that the members don't just share the same needs. They must be in a position to really help each other. That will often mean that the members share similar target markets and provide similar value services. Success is then down to the commitment and contribution they make.
Would an 8 year old understand how you describe what you do?
Good Networking!
Dave Clarke
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