Voter Activation Network.
FSMLabs move to New Zealand is postponed indefinitely
Thanks to Ohioans. (and Virginians, Floridians, Iowans, … ). phew.
future of the data center
This article from Ars Technica discusses a talk over the summer by Merrill Lynch’s chief technology architect, Jeffrey Birnbaum on “stateless cloud computing” – most concretely on distributed file systems. Birnbaum believes that one of the key foundational elements of
Operating system research – 16 years perspective
(links and dates fixed March 15 2015 – thanks to Luu and pm90 at news.y.combinator for digging this up) October 2008: It’s somewhat funny and somewhat sad to read this thread on the old USENET. Starting out with Andy Tanenbaum’s proposed list
Avaya’s bizzare business model
Years ago, we got some equipment from Avaya – not terrible, but not wonderful. A junior tech with no signature authority signed a contract with them that says in big letters on the top “until 2005”. In 2007 we got
Reliable broadcast algorithms: after 20 years
New paper with short description of the Chang/Maxmchuk algorithm I have been championing for 20 years or more.
Investors and software patents
Talking to possible investors, smart people with a lot of business experience, is a reminder of how critical patents are to innovative small business. Every new idea attracts imitators and worse, and small companies, by definition, do not have the
SCADA system security in the internet era
This Washinton Post article on a SCADA failure at a US nuclear power plant was noted in Slashdot, but not much elsewhere. Specifically, experts worry that vulnerabilities were introduced into the systems that regulate the electrical grid as power companies
Cleantech and history of software
I’m on my way to Linz, Austria to participate in a panel at an event called Cleantech Venture Forum. We’ve spent a lot of the last two years looking at ways to save power in data centers and mini-data centers
Patent trolling and guilty knowledge
Mr. Myhrvold: All of this fear is from people who have guilty knowledge of their own actions. There are lots of major tech companies that grew from zero to gigantically successful in a very short period of time without investing