myth

People may or may not learn from their own mistakes, but apparently, the idea that people learn from other folks’ mistakes is a myth.

I love mythology and there's nothing like hearing a technology myth to make my day complete. Just today someone applied one of the following myths in a conversation with me.

I didn't say anything but it gave me the idea for this post. Here are the five myths related to *nix systems that I hear most often when dealing with technical and non-technical people alike.

You'd be surprised as to how often even the most technical people spout these myths to each other and to the unsuspecting and unknowledgeable bystander.

I have to bite my tongue when I hear them.

Skeptical kids can doubt whether Santa Claus exists. But for stock-market statisticians, there's not much debate: The year-end lift known as the Santa Claus rally is no myth.

Cash is the use of paper money or coin currency in an exchange of goods. Over the ages, this has evolved into the big one, Plastic cards and credit.

In scanning the relevent material concerning credit and scoring, one thing stands out.

Cyber Monday is generally considered the online equivalent of Black Friday, the holiday season’s single busiest shopping day.

However, it hasn't ever really been that. Things are changing though.