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
Cole's law Essential elements
Freedman's law Programming
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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- News to know: Jerry Yang, MLB.com, Mark Cuban, USB 3.0
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- Blog posts 2008-11-18
- Oh Mamma.com: SEC charges Mark Cuban with insider trading; Cuban responds
- Updated: The Securities and Exchange Commission said Monday that it has charged Mark Cuban with insider trading for selling 600,000 shares of Mamma.com. Specifically, the SEC says that search engine Mamma.com, known today as Copernic, invited Cuban--owner of the Dallas Mavericks and former Yahoo and Broadcast.com exec--to...
- Blog posts 2008-11-17
- 11 "Laws of IT Physics"
- These important 11 "Laws," which were presented to Congress, help explain what makes IT projects succeed or fail. by Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2008-11-17
- Oerlikon Solar sees a shining future despite dark clouds over Wall Street
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- Blog posts 2008-11-16
- Lawsuit filed against NebuAd, ISPs
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- Blog posts 2008-11-13
- A Kindroid in every pot?
- A Kindroid in every pot?We need open source text books as well. Text books are still way tooexpensive, and the friction of paying the licenses and keeping track of them would kill this kind of roll-out.Silliest idea everIf you start mixing and matching functions of different devices, you turn it...
- Discussion threads 2008-11-10
- Expect pretty significant e-waste news this week
- I believe this will be a big week for e-waste news, given the certification news coming on Monday from the Basel Action Network. Hope to jump on that call, if I can rework my schedule. So, quick an eye out for some more posts. Meanwhile, since my...
- Blog posts 2008-11-09
- Black market for zero day vulnerabilities still thriving
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- Discussion threads 2008-11-03
- Software and business method patents may still be valid
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- Discussion threads 2008-11-03
- My fantasy: Robocall, meet Do Not Call Registry
- My fantasy: Robocall, meet Do Not Call RegistryRobo call registryIt is too bad that politicians continue to exempt themselves from Do Not Call law.StopPoliticalCalls.org is fighting for the privacy of the American voter.1 - Creating a Political Do Not Call Registry 2 - Testifying in the US Senate about robo...
- Discussion threads 2008-11-03
- IBM sues brainiac looking to leap to Apple; Download the docs
- IBM sues brainiac looking to leap to Apple; Download the docsDid he work in or will he work in California?If so, the non-compete is unenforceable. Even if not, he can point to the recent court case in Cali that found non-competes to be unenforceable.RE: IBM sues brainiac looking to leap...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-31
- SAP scraps year end guidance: why I'm not worried. Yet.
- SAP scraps year end guidance: why I'm not worried. Yet.SAP can't cut personnel expenses significantly within one quarterSAP, like other large companies, really can't cut employee expenses in any one quarter in any significant way. If they laid people off, they would trigger California or Federal WARN (in the...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-29
- Harvard's Charlie Neeson raises Constitutional questions in RIAA litigation
- Harvard's Charlie Neeson raises Constitutional questions in RIAA litigationPoints two and three are dubiousMind you, I tend to take the US Constitution a lot more literally than the US Supreme Court has during my lifetime, but..."Congress has violated the Constitution by putting the prosecution of a criminal statute in the...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-29
- "Joe the Plumber"'s data compromised by government insider
- "Joe the Plumber"'s data compromised by government insiderIllegal activity no big deal...because the security breach benefits the Dems, who are overwhelmingly supported by the media and government workers. Hey, slap on the wrist, don't do that again.Now, if the breach had gone the other way, it'd be front-page news...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-25
- Microsoft's "Don't Talk Like a Pirate" day
- Microsoft's "Don't Talk Like a Pirate" daySo this is code for"Love and Accept DRM Day"? Yes, please, give us more of the aphrodesiatic DRM we love so much!! MORE MORE MORE!!If they were serious, they could.Seriously, been over this with Ed. You could make the actual install activation...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-21
- Google: Evil or just overworked?
- Google: Evil or just overworked?Evil.When a company...ANY company...has the size and reach of Google, sooner or later bad things will come out of it. Egos always get in the way.M$, the original AT&T, etc. And Apple is fast approaching the point of careless regard for its customers as well.neither Google...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-20
- Linux versus Windows: another fine Microsoft TCO Analysis
- Linux versus Windows: another fine Microsoft TCO AnalysisWhen you factor in the future value ..... of money Windows will cost you more even if all of the assumptions about TOC are correct. With Windows you have to expense the funds during the initial purchase, funds that would have been diverted...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-18
- KY judge gives gambling sites 30 days to block users
- KY judge gives gambling sites 30 days to block usersI doubt this will stand a Supreme court...challenge. This is no less than stealing by the court. It is not the duty of individual site owners to block specific users from their site.I can't see where a state court could have...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-17
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