Comment Re:Embrace, Extend and Extinguish? (Score 1) 247
Really? IE supports VBScript, but I can't remember Firefox, Webkit or Opera having support for it.
Really? IE supports VBScript, but I can't remember Firefox, Webkit or Opera having support for it.
If you calculate money in cents, you only need integers. This is valid for many programming languages by the way and can be applied in almost all situations.
Distributed => Disassembly
Somewhat related, but not quite the solution is the Distributed Bill of Materials (DBOM): http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/freeabs_all.jsp?arnumber=924533 (and related articles); The DBOM tells the devolvers how to devolve a product and what the resulting parts are made of.
Risk = Probability x expected loss
If expected loss is not (nearly) 0, you need to manage probability as well. So while the hazard (expected loss) may be less than estimated before, it says nothing about the probability. And in my opinion it is the probability in nuclear plants that is the issue.
This is of course besides the question what a "lower hazard estimate" means. A lower hazard estimate can still be pretty high.
Linux is developed by about 70% paid employees.
Wrong. 70% of the development (i.e. 70% of the commits) is done by paid employees. See also: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13846_3-20024219-62.html
There are lots of things that I can afford but choose not to buy. It doesn't mean that no effort went into producing them, it means that their value to me is lower than their cost.
I agree. And then you even forget the opportunity costs. Even if the value of the "thing" you're considering buying is larger than its cost, you can only spend the money once. Thus, you buy the "thing" that has the highest value for the price you pay.
Once oil will not be profitable enough, Shell will just buy the company with 'the good solar array network' or some other nice green energy company.
It's not just a dog; it's a _dwarf_ dog.
Top Ten Things Overheard At The ANSI C Draft Committee Meetings: (5) All right, who's the wiseguy who stuck this trigraph stuff in here?