Monthly Archives: August 2010

Creation, Ownership, Drive, and Motivation

Posted by svec on August 22, 2010 0 comments

Ben Pieratt says: “Creation is entirely dependent on ownership. Ownership not as a percentage of equity, but as a measure of your ability to change things for the better. To build and grow and fail and learn. This is no small thing. Creativity is the manifestation of lateral thinking, and without tangible results, it becomes [...]

Assigning Task Priorities with RMA

Posted by svec on August 15, 2010 0 comments

Embedded gurus Michael Barr and David Stewart have written a couple of great articles about assigning task priorities with RMA (the Rate Monotonic Algorithm): Introduction to Rate Monotonic Scheduling, by David Stewart and Michael Barr 3 Things Every Programmer Should Know About RMA, by Michael Barr The first article lays out the basics: RMA is [...]

Computers and Pigs in Space

Posted by svec on August 15, 2010 0 comments

The first computer went into space on March 25, 1965, according to this PragPub article by Dan Wohlbruck: http://www.pragprog.com/magazines/2010-08/when-did-that-happen It took 12 more years to launch Pigs in Space: http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Pigs_in_Space Only history can judge which was the greater accomplishment.