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> ... on a related note, who's reading Cryptonomicon?
I finished it a couple of weeks ago, and loved it. I think it could have
benefited from tighter editing in places, though.
If I remember correctly, Van Eck phreaking and Tempest attacks apply only
to CRT-based screens. Anyone know if it's actually possible to remotely
detect what's being displayed on an LCD screen? Seems like a much harder
problem.
I've been a Stephenson fan since Snow Crash, so after Eric Raymond's talk
at Microsoft Research a few weeks ago I went up to him and introduced
myself. I'm sure he remembers me as the jerk who introduced himself but
had nothing interesting to say except that he was enjoying _Cryptonomicon_
so far.
It's probably been a year since I posted anything here, so I should
re-delurk. I'm usually a CS grad student and currently an intern at
Microsoft Research. I read and argue a lot.
For a couple of days it looked like our six weeks of sun started after
July 4, but now it's cloudy again. Damn.
Joebar is so right about the Seattle burbs east of Lake Washington lacking
a soul. The whole Bellevue/Redmond thing looks like it was built around
1985 by sadistic aliens who decided that the crowning achievement of human
architecture was the strip mall. To be fair, though, it's not any worse
than Northern Virginia or most of the LA area.
Anyone see this article about software bloat by a MS programmer?
http://www.slate.com/webhead/99-07-06/webhead.asp
It's interesting to note that the 200MB used by Office 2000 costs around
$3. How much would 5-10MB of disk space have cost in 1988? I bet more
than $3. So what is the proper reaction to bloatware? Is it to be
morally outraged because "in my day, we fit programs into 1MB, and we
liked it?" Rather, as somebody on Slashdot pointed out, we should
separate size bloat from feature bloat. People who complain about size
bloat should join the 90s and buy a new hard disk. Feature bloat, on the
other hand, is actually harmful since it makes these products a severe
pain to learn and use. There are so many menu options in Office 2000 that
by default it hides infrequently-used menu items. Scary.
John
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