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- The UNIX file system as a recursive function
- Apple’s A5 chip made in Austin
- Richard Stallman speaks
- Dennis Ritchie
- Droning on about computer security
- The multics file system
- Fukushima Robot Blog
- Sinking in too many layers
- Computer architecture, power, and PHP
- VCs bailing on signed term sheets
- American corporate management
- Apple’s Patents possibly covering android
- Computer Science 101
- Why computers are more and more devices for generating heat from electricity
- Dutch masters
Monthly Archives: March 2010
Notes on modularity
Modularity is a desirable but elusive design property for large scale programs and computer systems [10, 11]. Designs that appear modular may, once put into practice, actually turn out to be example of “false modularity” because of interdependencies between components. … Continue reading
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Oh snap – Maurice Wilkes on Alan Turing
He was a real mathematician except that he only learned one little bit of mathematics and then didn’t learn any more. He was no practical organizer and, well, if you had Turing around in the place you wouldn’t get it … Continue reading
Peer review in the electronic age
In academic computer science, conferences are often more important than journals, but The current system of publication in biomedical research provides a distorted view of the reality of scientific data that are generated in the laboratory and clinic. This system … Continue reading