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I just read an interesting short report by Jim Gray. The gist of the matter is that, since 2000, the rate of increase in computer performance per dollar has gone down. It is still exponential, but the rate of growth is much, much smaller. Gray blames memory latency. As a side-note, how fast can you…
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I’ve stopped coffee. Not one shot yesterday. I got a terrible headache, and toward the end of the day, I felt like throwing up. But I feel much better today. My beautiful wife bought me some decaf this morning, so I’ll get some of the taste, but hopefully without the addiction. Interestingly, I…
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David Eppstein has made available a a command-line Sudoku puzzle solver/generator. Even the great scientists love Python and do stupid puzzles! (My wife loves these Sudoku puzzle, so I may need to use this software one day!)
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It looks like Coffee May Raise Heart Disease Risk. Before you pour that next cup of coffee or head to the corner cafe, you may want to get up to speed on the latest coffee research. Drinking even moderate amounts of coffee may raise your risk of heart disease, according to a Greek study. I’m…
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Coffee May Raise Heart Disease Risk
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I wrote earlier that IBM announced it would no longer sell its DB2 OLAP Server. It looks like the move by IBM might mean that they plan to focus on their own OLAP product: in fact it’s more to do with their current focus on their Cube Views product, which in his opinion is more likely to be…
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Nicolas points to this new Google tool called mygooglepagerank allowing you to figure out what you PageRank is. This is of limited use but can be funny for a time. I would want a richer tool allowing me to understanding the rankings.
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IBM killed its DB/2 Olap Server
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Journals with RSS feeds
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According to COMPUTERWOCHE ONLINE, IBM is killing its DB/2 Olap Server by breaking its deal with Hyperion. This somewhat surprising move brings questions as to what IBM will do in the Business Intelligence arena… partner with Oracle or Microsoft, or do do something else? Maybe get out of the OLAP…
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Through Downes’, I got to this list of journals having a RSS feed. This is just amazing! It could be tremendously useful!
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Through the Geomblog, I got to a post in “Lowerbounds, Upperbounds” which reproduces a speech given by Hamming. Here’s what Hamming had to say about great researchers: I claim that some of the reasons why so many people who have greatness within their grasp don’t succeed are: they don’t…
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Internet killing researchers?
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IT Curriculum Committee Seeks Input on Guidelines
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This came to me today: if I didn’t have Internet, I would probably work much less. There is just too much to read, too many people to get in touch with. Generally, there is no excuse not to do great research. I suspect that researchers now spend far more hours working because of the this. How…
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ACM IT Curriculum Committee is seeking feedback regarding its preliminary report. Basically, they describe what a 4-year degree in IT should look like. In the report, IT is defined as an academic discipline that encompasses all aspects of computing technology. As a discipline, IT focuses on…
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Who are the technology natives?
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From Downes’, I read Tuttle SVC objection to Mark Prensky’s interview where he claims that 20 years ago, intellectually, life was boring. Here’s the gist of Tuttle SVC’s message: I am thirty six, and I AM A DIGITAL NATIVE. I know you baby boomers have a hard time coping with this concept…
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Expert Opinion: An open letter to Bill Gates
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Michael wrote an open letter to Bill Gates. Michael is a smart guy. (…), unless things have changed drastically in Redmond while I’ve been away this past year, your technical employees (and those of other companies; this is not unique to Microsoft) put in far more than 40 hours per week. It…