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“We are used to building distributed systems on top of large middleware platforms like those implementing CORBA, the Web Services protocols stack, J2EE, etc. In this article, we take a different approach, treating the protocols and document formats that make source...

My topic today sounds humorous but unfortunately I am serious. I am going to argue that extraterrestrials lie behind global warming. Or to speak more precisely, I will argue that a belief in extraterrestrials has paved the way, in a more...

This is a fascinating talk about how the Internet allows groups to form and make changes... and a bunch of other stuff..

We recommend the introduction of a new exception type: throw new SchrödingerException("Value should not be null."); It is impossible to determine if any exception is a SchrödingerException, as any attempt to examine or test its type will cause the exception more...

“On Friday afternoon, Nassim Nicholas Taleb could be found on the veranda of a hotel bar in Louisville, Kentucky, knocking back bourbon in the warm afternoon sunlight. No wonder the Lebanese-born trader turned author feels like relaxing: his book, The source...

“F]rom about 1963 to 1968, I tried to work out - in particular in the three works published in 1967 - what was in no way meant to be a system but rather a sort of strategic device, opening its more...

Just because Apple's selling the whatever-it's-called doesn't mean it made very many of them. The world is not overflowing with people willing to spend that kind of money on what is essentially not a computer but a trailer for one more...

“ I've spent a lot of my free time making websites that I thought were great ideas. Many had gimmicky names. "BlitzList" was an easy-to-use site for hosting mailing lists. "2000 Pounds" was a site for making lists of anything, more...

It is as you believe.

The system is emergent.

Describing Web 2.0 as the "latest fashion", Mr Nielsen said many sites paying attention to it were neglecting some of the principles of good design and usability established over the last decade. Good practices include making a site easy to more...

“Alright folks, let’s generate some discussion here! I have a guest article for you all that should have you reconsidering your computer’s intelligence. I’ll hold off significant comment for now, preferring not to bias the reader too much. However, I source...

strongly recommend that you find a vocation in your life where you just really enjoy the act itself. Not just the results, not just the external incentives. The actual work. There's not enough time to spend it doing anything else.

A cool short cartoon contemplating the meaning of persistent identity.