Archive for August, 2008

Dijkstra on Ferragosto

15 Aug, 2008  No Comment

No, Ferragosto is an Italian Holiday only. Here we are working (quite) hard.
But a break is allowed to everyone, isn’t it?

E.W.D.

I found this “extract” of Selected Writings on Computing: A Personal Perspective, by Edsger W. Dijkstra (Springer-Verlag, 1982. ISBN 0–387–90652–5).
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I like angry techs

12 Aug, 2008  No Comment

I wrote about Hadoop some time ago (for “some reasons”) and I did EXACTLY what Ted Dziubas says here.

The Register

But I’m not offended at all: he is 100% right! And I strongly suggest to take a look at this article: in the middle of his swearing there is, actually, some good stuff about “what is going on in the Web2.0 Yet Again Exploding Bubble!!!

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Cinguettio

3 Aug, 2008  1 Comment

Ma che sfaccimm!!!
A 3 giri dalla fine? -_-

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