Following are axioms that have been made by professionals in the field from time to time about computers and information technology. Look up each one for more details.
Law Subject
Amara's law Technology in general
Amdahl's law System and network speed
Brook's law Software projects
Clarke's laws Prediction
Cole's law Essential elements
Freedman's law Programming
Kerckhoffs' law Cryptopraphy
Metcalfe's law Network value
Moore's law Transistor capacity
Nacchio's law IP gateways
Shannon's law Channel speed
Thackara's laws Product design
Wirth's law Software bloat
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- Discussion threads 2009-11-25
- Garmin Nuvi 1690
- Garmin made a pretty big splash last year when it debuted the Nuvi 880, its first-ever Internet-connected portable navigation device PND featuring MSN Direct data service. With MSN Direct scheduled to go offline in the very near future, Garmin had to create something to fill this void, so it partnered...
- Product reviews 2009-11-24
- The medical home is reform without objections, so far
- Medical HomeThis path is already being broken. At my company, the $56/paycheck credit for not taking a company medical insurance plan has been replaced with a $20 credit IF you participate in a company-sponsored "wellness" program. You have to have a screening on company time - weight, BP,...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-23
- Internet: A threat to government or the other way around? (Part 4)
- Justice systems around the world have been turned upside down over the past several years because of the Internet. The basic sets of laws, often founded on a nation's constitution, are being used in ways that forefathers never anticipated or envisioned. by Doug Hanchard
- Blog posts 2009-11-23
- Beware business cloud dangers, says EU agency
- Spoken like someone without a clueBut then again, what can be expected from trolls anymore?Originality?Security & AccessGrant the LEAST amount of access for the end user.DENY then ALLOW, why would you open up Port 80 to the world if you only do business in the United States or local area...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-23
- A Chrome OS Video Tour
- Microsoft: Watch Out, We're Coming to Getcha!Open Source is like water, you can't stop it.Bwahahahahahhhhhhhhhh................Man this OS is a POS.There is nothing this OS can do that I can't do already with Windows 7. It looks like a piece of crap and I really wanted to give Google the...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-23
- East Anglia: Chapter 3
- Of course we are"The global warming skeptics are perfectly happy to overlook the illegality of the hacking and theft of private emails, according to this blogger."Sure, how else would this information have been made public. Many of the emails highlight to obfuscation of information, others point to the planning to...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-22
- Science of better fuel cells
- Get realSo we are going to have 1-ton work trucks with a battery.PleaseYou are an idiot, please shut up.Misleading. Not produce, STOREThis article is misleading.If you can produce excess solar energy during the day, you can use some for electrolysis to create hydrogen, which may be easier to store, and...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-20
- Hacker scores by posting East Anglia global warming emails
- Control over eating a hamburgerGood grief please stop the madness of all of these un-truths about global warming trash.I want a burger I will eat a burger, if I want to drive to town to ride around so be it, if I want to raise cattle and have them pass...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-20
- Politician wants Twitter banned from use by....wait for it -- politicians!
- I'd rather see them ban lobbyists...If there is anything that affects the quality of their service to the public, it's not Twitter. It's lobbyists. I say let them use Twitter all the time and ban lobbyists instead.Twitter abuseNot trying to put politicians and football players in the same category, but...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-19
- FCC wants public comment on digital democracy - voting online
- Online Voting - Destroying the integrity and fabric of democracy.On-line voting without safe guards against vote selling and guarantee that each vote was registered in private invalidates the intent and meaning of "one person, one vote."It's bad enough that this hole currently exists with the current mail-in voting process.RE: FCC...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-19
- Selling customer information leads to prosecution
- What's the big deal?Isn't this how everyone does it? My boss would routinely buy millions of data records from companies to conduct email campaigns.Ah, but in Great BritainThey have made it TOTALLY illegal to sell data records. You cannot do stuff like this period over there, and I applaud...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-18
- Hydrothermal 1.13 (Mac)
- The goal of Hydrothermal is to build a space colony while protecting it from invaders. You must also keep your citizens happy and balance the budget. You control every aspect of the game, including taxes, funding, laws, zoning, military, and more. Hydrothermal features over 55 unique buildings and an awesome...
- Software downloads 2009-11-18
- Internet Governance Forum goes to Egypt and hits a few snags
- Yeah, leave it to the Arab countries to defend freedom.ntAllow the UN to practice "Governance" over the Internet?I will never understand the sort of cognitive disconnect required in order to think that it's a sane idea to let the world's premier body of corruption, mostly run by the world's political...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-17
- Keep your genes to yourself after this weekend
- Keep your genes to yourself...There is enough discrimination in this world, we don't need to add genetic discrimination to the list. I realize it's appealing because of all the "good" some people believe it might do, but I think the harm that can be done far outways any benefits....
- Discussion threads 2009-11-17
- Tumble Jumble for iPhone 1.0 (Mobile)
- Tumble Jumble for iPhone contains over 60 levels you are challenged to defy the laws of physics, build around the obstacles, avoid laser, dangerous critters, and beat fellow Tumblers to the top times in the worldwide online leaderboard. The features include powerful physics engine, designed exclusively for iPhone, stylish high...
- Software downloads 2009-11-14
- I'm in a nanny state state of mind
- Business can help ...if employees who smoke during the workday are not allowed "smoking breaks" to do so. Alternatively, if non-smoking employees demanded equal breaks with smokers, business might get the drift.Some businesses do helpThere are businesses that offer smoking cessation programs on their own dime, knowing the money they'll...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-13
- Google hit again with Street View privacy concerns - in Switzerland
- It is NOT up to Google to insure your privacy in public places. These are places it is perfectly legal to be in and take pictures of, then publish the pictures. Just because the pictures are taken automatically, does not suddenly make them illegal. If you want to restrict the...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-13
- Verizon to test sending RIAA copyright warnings
- As long as...it's not a 3 strike policy... i'm relativaly ok with this particular thing...Just a notice and notice system, sometimes users dont know if they are doing something illegal. Furthermore, can they proof without anny doubt that there's a copyright infrigement?no they cannotWith such a large criminal records, the...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-13
- Psystar: Cocaine, car crashes and a chance to beat Apple
- Monopoly Much?How has apple been able to get away with this? Microsoft gets sued for sending their browser with their operating system while not blocking anyone else's browsers on their systems. Apple does not allow anyone else to use their operating system on other hardware, not sure how...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-12
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