Archive for May, 2006
Monday, May 15th, 2006
Microkernels
To follow the Linus/Tanenbaum microkernal debate I needed to brush up on my microkernel knowledge. Enter Wikipedia.
A microkernel is a minimal form of computer operating system kernel providing a set of primitives, or system calls, to implement basic operating system services such as address space management, thread management, and inter-process communication. All other services, those […]
No Comments » - Posted in Technology, Linux, Networking by dkaz
Saturday, May 13th, 2006
Sort Algorithms, Collations & Lexicographical Order
It took me a minute or two to grok the intersection of these three concepts…
Wikipedia to the rescue, once again.
In computer science and mathematics, a sorting algorithm is an algorithm that puts elements of a list in a certain order. The most used orders are numerical order and lexicographical order. Efficient sorting is […]
No Comments » - Posted in Wikipedia, Math, Programming by dkaz
Saturday, May 13th, 2006
Toccata and Fugue in D minor
Here is a must-see visualation of Bach’s masterpiece
I was hoping to embed it within this post, but TinyMCE kicked my ass.
No Comments » - Posted in Video, Music by dkaz
Friday, May 12th, 2006
Frame Rate
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frame_rate
Once in a while I like to read up on a topic that I know only superficially. Today’s topic was “frame rate” or “frame frequency”. Here are a couple of more interesting snippets of the Wikipedia page:
Frame rate, or frame frequency, is the measurement of how quickly an imaging device produces unique consecutive images called […]
1 Comment » - Posted in Technology, Wikipedia, Video, TV by dkaz
Friday, May 5th, 2006
Consultants and Incompetence
“A prince who is not himself wise cannot be wisely advised? good advice depends on the shrewdness of the prince who seeks it.”
This article strikes close to home.
