Okay. Random blog post thingie. I didn’t really expect to post anything but frequent, random and disjointed is a lot easier than occasional and structured/intelligent. So here goes. First of all, many of you may know/love XKCD. I mentioned to some of you but for some reason didn’t think to post that I found this [...]
So, I apparently asked a good question on Patrick Logan’s blog. And he gave me a good answer: “I can see someone making the argument in some domain I don’t usually work in that shared memory threads are better than shared nothing message passing for performance reasons. Some hard-real time scenario, some huge number crunching [...]
So, I’m thinking about blowing away 15,000 mp3s. What’s that? Heresy you say? Why would I after having amassed such a massive music library blow most of it away? Well, somewhat predictably I just don’t listen to all 17,300 some songs too often. There are about 2,500 songs that I really listen to and those [...]
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What is it? Private, Public <– ways to own. alt: exclusion-based, distribution-based Physical, Intellectual, Abstract <– types to own We will be addressing Open Source [production process\model](public, intellectual). What makes it (open source [production process]) work? Efficiency in Production Efficiency in Distribution Voluntary Governance Structures What are examples? <– good place to introduce patent problems [...]
I’m not joking. If you want to hear some really awesome ideas and get fired up about good things happening you should listen to some of the ted talks or watch them, download them, blog about them, stream them. Whatever. Do it now.