Friday, October 28, 2011
Friday, October 14, 2011
Occam's razor
The principle is often inaccurately summarized as "the simplest explanation is most likely the correct one." This summary is misleading since in practice the principle is actually focused on shifting the burden of proof in discussions. That is, the razor is a principle that suggests we should tend towards simpler theories (see justifications section below) until we can trade some simplicity for increased explanatory power. Contrary to the popular summary, the simplest available theory is sometimes a less accurate explanation. Philosophers also add that the exact meaning of "simplest" can be nuanced in the first place.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occam's_razor
Quote about C on HPC Wire. RIP Dennis Ritchie
While many criticized the admittedly dangerous features of C (dangling pointers, unbounded array copies, promiscuous data type casting, and so on), it became popular in part because it was a no-holds-barred type of language, and allowed the programmer free reign to pursue all sorts of mischief -- both good and bad. That reflected the US software culture of the times.
http://www.hpcwire.com/hpcwire/2011-10-13/another_computer_legend_passes_into_the_history_books.htmlSunday, October 9, 2011
Saturday, October 1, 2011
Bookmarlet for the new delicious on ipad
If you are looking for a bookmarklet for delicious on your ipad, here
is what I use:
javascript:(function()%7Bf='http://www.delicious.com/save?url='+encodeURIComponent(window.location.href)+'&title='+encodeURIComponent(document.title)+'¬es='+encodeURIComponent(''+(window.getSelection?window.getSelection():document.getSelection?document.getSelection():document.selection.createRange().text))+'&v=6&';a=function()%7Bif(!window.open(f+'noui=1&jump=doclose','deliciousuiv6','location=1,links=0,scrollbars=0,toolbar=0,width=550,height=585'))location.href=f+'jump=yes'%7D;if(/Firefox/.test(navigator.userAgent))%7BsetTimeout(a,0)%7Delse%7Ba()%7D%7D)()