January 2010
3 posts
The worlds are colliding
mrgan:
Epic knowledge dropped by stevenf tonight:
In the New World, computers are task-centric. We are reading email, browsing the web, playing a game, but not all at once. Applications are sandboxed, then moats dug around the sandboxes, and then barbed wire placed around the moats. As a direct result, New World computers do not need virus scanners, their batteries last longer, and they...
Resolved!
I have removed my previous post. I would like to clarify a few points and explain how Philip and I solved this. The potential long-term impact on Philip’s reputation of my posting that entry is serious. He took a shortcut that he shouldn’t have taken, but it’s not exactly the crime of the century. He has admitted his mistake and we’ve come to an agreement on how to make...