As a "card carrying" physicist, I feel obliged to respond to this interesting discussion. I am writing this at 09:00 hrs on Monday, so forgive me. ... What do...
Well, David, that is a hugely impressive contribution for 9:00 a.m. on a Monday or any other time, come to that. The comparisons you make raise a very simple...
I think that is more appropriate and why most computer science departments are in the engineering schools of universities. Nothing wrong with engineering,...
Although I'm not a physicist, this was too juicy to stick to lurking as it has something to do with the work I'm doing right now. I have read Brian Greene's...
Analogies and metamorphisms aren't accurate, they should be used to "understand" (linking in our minds). But to believe there's a proof based on it opens up a...
As you know it is not my wont to hype products on Groups I run. However I must urge you to look at skype.com for free Internet telephony (point2point VoIP)....
... For me, size is relative. The small are the things one layer below the object model that you have for the current problem. As you add layers, then the...
<<The most important idea behind the On Demand Network and central to its design strategy is a concept known as The Singularity, the evolution of the Internet...
... Hi Gervas Ah you're a scotsman, excellent. We should look to convene the first meeting of the secret scottish world domination society asap in the new...
Neil, AS it so happens I live Down South at present. Your idea makes sense adn if anyone wants to set up physical meetings in the area,don't hesitate to let...
This essay: http://www.artima.com/intv/abstract.html contains some gems about the problems with distributed objects as an abstraction for distributed...
A couple of members of my Groups have asked me to found and run a Group on EII. Obviously I would be most gratified were you to join and contribute! Link...
<<1. What is TC - this `trusted computing' business? <The Trusted Computing Group (TCG) is an alliance of Microsoft, Intel, IBM, HP and AMD which promotes a...
<<At its conception, grid computing didn't include the mainframe, and grid purists still reject the notion of a single box. But the fact is, just about...
On the Internet, nobody knows you are a process By Sean McGrath Some time ago, relatives of mine where in Spain when they found themselves requiring to return...
Just a couple of thoughts on this: 1. I can't see how this story draws any link between webservices and grid computing - if there is a link then it is surely...
Dickon, A lot of the guys pushing Web Services are saying that they are the way to implement Grids. I have come across an article on IBM's site which is an...
Here is an extract from the Sun-sponsored JAVASPACES-USERS list which you might find of interest: [N.B. Toby Lehman is the chief man behind IBM's TSpaces] ...
When talking about new constructs and architectures in distributed computing "seamless" is often cosidered innately beneficial. Here is a contrary opinion...
Peter Coffee is right on target with this one. I recently told someone that we should all aim for seamless computing environments when the fashion experts are...
<<Technology transformation can bring forth life in two different ways. The big-bang plan puts everything in place and only then says, "Let there be light."...
As interesting and potentially useful tool as Javaspaces is, there are two key issues which I feel have hindered its takeup, at least in an enterprise context....
Digital voice - an e-business application of MP3? By Sean McGrath My latest gadget is digital audio voice recorder. Secreting it about my person has become a...
In message <107520607801@...>, Max Kington <mkington@...> writes ... Max, see my posting yesterday to Gervas' Javaspaces group. Keith...
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Max, JavaSpaces does have a transactional capability, and the standard jini toolkit from Sun includes a transaction management service. So in your example, if...
Gordon, That's fascinating stuff, I'll have a look at that. What would you say the advantages of using a space over, say, a distributed cache like tangosol...
I'll start by confessing that I have not used Tangosol's product. I would say the differences are down to the goals of each technology. Spaces began as a...
Following on from Gordon's posting, I too must admit to not having used Tangosols product, although I have used a lot of other object caching technologies. I...
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