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Archive for March 10, 2003
Monday, March 10, 2003 [Tweets]
Memory Allocation and GC Myths
I just found out about this talk by Hans Boehm, co-author of a C/C++ conservative garbage collector.
Military People
As someone who almost became one of those military officers, I must take exception with Lee’s “smarter-than-the-average-automaton” crack. Despite how they may be portrayed from the Hollywonk perspective, by and large your average military officer is a highly dedicated, smarter-than-the-average-citizen…
I can’t comment on the “average” military officer, however all the military people I’ve met professionally have been extremely smart. What a relief that was to discover.
Iraq and the U.N.
Dean Esmay wrote an article about why it was a good idea for the Bush administration to go to the U.N. before proceeding against Saddam. I don’t know any people so hawkish to think that was a bad idea. Personally, I think Bush made up his mind long ago. He went ahead with the U.N. dance because, once you rule out immediate action, it’s a win from all angles. It gives time to build domestic and international support while deploying the forces. It provides the possibility that the U.S.’s action will be with U.N. approval. Most importantly, it furthers the administration’s long-term goals. They want the U.N. to be effective, or to clearly demonstrate that it is not. They probably expect the latter and are eager to increase their justification for ignoring it, both in post-war Iraq and in whatever’s next on their agenda.
But what do I know? I’m just an engineer. In that veign, Gary Robinson takes on the New York Times:
Looking at it from the point of view of many years of striving to be logical so that what I type into my computer actually makes sense, I don’t know any other way to describe the [NYT] op-ed statement but with one word: stupid.
Quote of the Day
Hofstadter’s Law: It always takes longer than you think it will take, even if you take into account Hofstadter’s Law.
—Douglas R. Hofstadter, Metamagical Themas
