The Future of Programming: Ignorance and Superstition?

Published at: 08:05 pm - Thursday May 14 2009

Lamport: “The Future of Computing: Logic or Biology?” “We understand automobiles. There are no homeopathic automobile repair shops, that try to repair your car by putting infinitesimal dilutions of rust in the gas tank. There are no automotive faith healers, who lay their hands on the hood and pray. People reserve such superstitions for things […]

Posted in: Philosophy, SoftwareArchaeology, SoftwareSucks by Stanislav 19 Comments

Encyclopedias

Published at: 09:05 pm - Sunday May 03 2009

This is a repost of my  YC news comment on the subject.  Lame reposting is not a capital offense (yet…) My first encyclopedia when I was young was a CD-ROM edition of Britannica. It had a superficially deep article on almost everything, and made for endless hours of joyful exploration. Then one day I found […]

Posted in: Books, NonLoper, Progress by Stanislav 5 Comments