] "Abstract: There is something fundamentally wrong with
] the way we create software. This article describes a
] silver bullet solution to the problem of software
] reliability and productivity. The solution requires a
] fundamental change in the way we program our computers. I
] will argue that the main reason that software is so
] unreliable and so hard to produce has to do with a custom
] that is as old as the computer: the practice of using the
] algorithm as the basis of software construction. I will
] argue further that moving to a pure signal-based,
] synchronous software model will result in at least an
] order of magnitude improvement in both reliability and
] productivity."

Interesting and well written. Although I don't agree with everything it had to say, it was worth reading.

The Silver Bullet or Why Software Is Bad

]] "Urge Your Representative to Co-Sponsor the DMCRA! "

]There is a law on your side... You ought to support it.

There is a law on _our_ side... You ought to support it.

Electronic Frontier Foundation Action Center

It is almost as though they are trying to the the world into a bad sci-fi movie on purpose. It'd be funny if it weren't so frightening.

You Are a Suspect

I'm somehwhat suprised that NPR is on that list. They are usually at a level that seperates them from the other names on the list. Oh well...

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