July 24th, 2007 () software engineering › yodaiken › No Comments
The trend in standard processor boards is truly an example of the tail wagging the dog. Consumer demand for locking down their PCs to make them slower, more vulnerable to viruses, more expensive, and less capable, is not high. And consumers includes both home computer purchasers and business computer purchasers. What I expect the vendors [...]
July 20th, 2007 () software engineering › yodaiken › No Comments
The UNIX file system design is one of the most brilliant constructions in programming with a combination of conceptual simplicity, utility, and suitability for implementation that is hard to match. (Note: this last quality is something that is prized in all engineering disciplines, but we don’t even have a standard term for it in programming.) [...]