Algorithmic efficiency in the face of inelegance算法的效率,在面对inelegance

Saturday, March 1st, 2008 周六, 2008年3月1日

Seed magazine published a wonderful crossover article between the worlds of biology and engineering "Algorithmic Inelegance" The complexity of developmental regulation isn't a product of design at all, and it's the antithesis of what human designers would consider good planning or an elegant algorithm.种子杂志发表了一份精彩的文章之间的交叉世界生物学和工程“的算法inelegance ”的复杂性发展的规管是不是一个产品的设计,都和它的对立面是什么人的设计师会考虑良好的规划或一个优雅的算法。 It is, however, exactly what you'd expect ...然而,它正是您期望...

Can code be bad for the planet?可以代码是坏为地球?

Sunday, October 14th, 2007 周日, 2007年10月14日

Alistair has an interesting post on Earth2Tech, the thesis of which is that inefficient coding practices can lead to environmental harm.阿利斯泰尔有一个有趣的职位就earth2tech ,论文,其中是没有效率的编码的做法可能导致的环境损害。 I almost misled myself into thinking AC is blaming virtualization and SaaS/IaaS (infrastructure as a service) on creating such inefficiencies.我差点误导了6-6平,比赛进入交流思想,是怨天尤人,虚拟化和saas / iaas (基础设施作为一个服务) ,创造这样的效率低下。 Rather, he skipped past the obvious environmental benefits of server ...相反,他跳过去明显的环境效益的服务器...

Welcome to the jungle: finding quality in the internet content ecosystem and why editors are so important欢迎您到丛林:寻找质量在互联网上的内容生态系统和编辑,为什么是如此重要,

Thursday, November 9th, 2006 周四, 2006年11月9日

I agree vehemently with Alistair that folks who spent time decrying the lack of general quality in the blogosphere or on Flickr or the internet in general are missing the point.我同意极力与阿利斯泰尔说,乡亲谁花的时间decrying缺乏总体质量在博客或Flickr或在互联网上一般缺少点。 Average quality doesn't matter.平均质量也不要紧。 Who cares if my free stock photo site has mostly crap on it, the question ...谁在乎如果我的自由,风景, Photo网站大多crap上,问题...

Emerging from the Chaos…摆脱混乱…

Sunday, July 2nd, 2006 周日, 2006年7月2日

Adam over at Emergent Chaos clarifies some Network Neutrality concepts for his readers in his post Innovation, Emerging From Chaos.亚当超过在急诊混乱,澄清一些网络中立性的观念,他的读者在他的邮政创新,摆脱混乱。 He points out that "the regulatory apparatus has fairly clearly been captured by the regulated".他指出, “规管仪器已相当清楚,被抓获所管” 。 Basically the big telecom corporations have learned how to thrive on regulation, and this has implications ...基本上是大型电信公司已经学会了如何发展壮大的规管,这已影响...

The Internet Wants to Be Free在互联网上希望得到免费

Sunday, June 4th, 2006 周日, 2006年6月4日

In my previous post I argue that internet neutrality legislation could help ease the transition to an internet society and economy.我在以前的邮政我认为互联网中立的立法可以帮助缓解过渡到互联网的社会和经济。 On further thought and debate I'm not really sure that regulation would be the most constructive response to the threat of network discrimination.关于进一步的思考和辩论,我不是真的确定规例将是最有建设性的威胁作出的反应网络的歧视。 The internet has a long history ...在互联网上有着悠久的历史...

Fair use and network neutrality - is there a stable solution?合理使用和网络的中立性-是否有一个稳定的解决办法?

Tuesday, May 23rd, 2006 周二, 2006年5月23日

In his post "Fair Use and Network Neutrality" Lessig draws a connection which did not seem to previously exist but appeals to me as I have been looking for an excuse to talk about both in the same breath.在他的邮政“公平使用和网络中立” ,莱斯格提请连接,其中似乎没有以前存在,但我呼吁,正如我一直在寻找的借口,谈谈双方在相提并论。 He says: "...in a fundamental sense, fair use (FU) and network neutrality ...他说: “ … …在根本意义上说,公平使用(富)和网络中立...

Infreemation and The Evolution of Memes - Rip, Mix and Burn infreemation和演变memes -食价,结构和烧伤

Tuesday, October 26th, 2004 周二, 2004年10月26日

Why does "information want to be free"?为何不“信息要成为自由”呢? I think the phrase is a good way of explaining to most people that information is really hard to treat like property.我认为这句话是一个很好的方式解释,大多数人的资料,实在是很难处理想的财产。 The cost of reproduction and transportation is absurdly low, thus it is trivial to distribute freely, in the sense of "free as ...成本的繁殖和运输是荒谬的低,因此,这是微不足道的分发自由,在意识“免费为...