Furthermore, x86 represents a worst case in the areas where it differs significantly from RISC-style processors…
Paul Barham, et al., Xen and the art of virtualization, SOSP 2003. Emphasis original, deliberately taken out of context.
Archive for the ‘Quoting’ Category
CISC vs RISC in 2003
Wednesday, March 18th, 2009Lessig on motivation
Tuesday, March 10th, 2009If the Internet has taught us anything, it is that you can always get people to do what they already want to do.
Lawrence Lessig, NYTimes
David Jackson’s facebook status
Tuesday, May 20th, 2008This is probably only interesting to the folks who’ve taken at least one CAT course…
David Jackson
walked downstairs yesterday to see Peter John and Linda Strauss chillin smokin and drinkin and drumming and strumming on my patio. Sweet.
Updated on Monday
Danny on being ticklish
Saturday, May 17th, 2008Danny: “Joe, are you ticklish?”
Me: “NO! F— off!”
I promptly get tickled by six people for a cool minute.
Rushi: “That was probably the worst response possible.”
somebody: “There is no really good response.”
Danny: “Yes: ‘I have diarrhea.’”
Paul on tracking bugs
Thursday, April 3rd, 2008I’ve always wanted a Trac for the world. Rwanda: wontfix. China: worksforme.
Rushi on link quality
Thursday, April 3rd, 2008Professor Varghese: So where in the networking stack do you think most data gets dropped?
Rushi: Level 3
Ben on corporate cultures
Monday, March 17th, 2008That’s the other reason Apple terrifies me. Nothing but Kool-Aid. All the beverages.
On movements and interest groups of all kinds
Monday, March 10th, 2008Successful institutionalization projects often produce a collective amnesia about their recent origins and possible alternatives.
–Elizabeth A. Armstrong
Best Epitaph Ever
Thursday, November 8th, 2007Thanks Ryan!
Requiring the Impossible
Sunday, August 26th, 2007This is only a “SHOULD” and not a “MUST” requirement because it has been proven to be impossible. [see the Halting Problem]
HTML 5 requirements for conformance checkers