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Colbert Bump a scientific reality

July 15, 2008 11:18 a.m.

Stephen Colbert is pretty funny and I enjoy his show for what it is - comedy. So imagine my surprise when I read that - among his overarching claims of self-importance - there is scientific truth to the phenomenon, "The Colbert Bump."

In fact, there is more than one scientific-ish study to indicate the reality of the Bump. Each one has pretty graphs to prove their scientific-ness.

One is from Mozilla. On his show, Steven Colbert made mention of the download frenzy of Firefox 3. Within two minutes of the mention, there it was - in all its graphical glory - the Bump ...

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Updated 07/14/10 @ 11:18AM CDT by brian

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Loss of T1 allows vendors to shine

July 08, 2008 11:20 a.m.

Last week our office T1 stopped working. For a Web company, the loss of our connectivity is a body blow.

It turns out that a new tenant is moving into our building, replacing an auto body shop. This new tenant is a microbrewery, so its arrival is quite popular with staff. I know I'll be happy to replace the too-often smell of fiberglass resin and exhaust with whatever odors result from the beer making process. I mention this because within that space is the main phone "nest" that powers the building and our T1.

As part of the tenant ...

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Updated 07/14/10 @ 11:20AM CDT by brian

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Categories: Business Technology