Updated (and again, and even again – below) It should also be recognized that circuit arrangements are typically designed and fabricated at least in part
Read moreLow wage programming
Greenspan did put forward a proposal on how to reduce the growing inequality of incomes in the United States — admit more skilled immigrants into
Read moreWatering down computer science, Java, and feminism
This old note by Spolsky explains why the shift to java-only in computer science classes is harmful and reminds me of two events in my
Read moreDifference between theory and practice in security and reliability.
Theory of how F-22 Fighter software is going to be made bulletproof. Practice. Update: More practice (noted by Ben_k on Bruce Schneier’s weblog). Update2: See
Read moreOperating system interfaces are what you bump into…
Operating system interfaces are what you bump into when you are trying to do your work. There is no need for workaday users to see
Read moreMoving on
FSMLabs is about to make a major change in direction – with a focus on “enterprise” computing. Some of what we plan to do is
Read moreSecurity notes
David Elliot Bell has an interesting essay on the US government and software security – little “inside baseball”, but informative. He cites my critique of
Read moreJim Gray and the existence of working software
Jim Gray disappeared and I hope he will reappear unharmed. I met him once at a Supercomputing show when Cort Dougan and had just been
Read moreBooks on operating system design and paleontology
There is the classic by Vahalia on UNIX implementation (new edition supposedly coming out ) which, is in my always humble opinion the only worthwhile
Read moreWhen mathematicians get mad
From Outlaws of the Marsh, translated by Sidney Shapiro The second [bandit] was Jiang Jing, from Tanzhou in Hunan. Originally he had studied for the
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