depth first search

“We can only see a short distance ahead, but we can see plenty there that needs to be done."

The One in Which I Disagree with Ad Hoc Analysis

The problem with random theorizing on the web (and I include myself in the category of people subject to this critique) is that it often causal theories are presented without evidence or with only anecdotal evidence. Moreover, evidence and arguments are often used to delineate amongst classes of people whose mode of division actually has [...]

Quote of the Day

Indeed, it’s not really clear to me that operating systems is a valid academic field at all. If someone had axed its funding (the dirtiest word in the English language has seven letters and starts with “F”) in 1980, how different would your computer be? Bear in mind: someone would also have a few billion [...]