by far the largest number of problems i have with chasing information down (information that was not removed, but simply moved to another location) is because it has been moved OFF the world wide web and into the INVISIBLE WEB, meaning that it is accessible through a query to some database. the thing is, that the final location of these content pieces is generally known in advance to the site that is hosting them - and then the easiest way for users to relocate content would be to attach to it tags that define its location as a function of time.
The current way people build finite state machines is using CBL (clocked boolean logic). There is a better way to do this though, called NCL, which i came across while surfing. I studied the pdfs to the degree of being able to sythesize state machines Without Clocks: NEAT!
Two things about introducing NCL to people who do state machines for a living (electrical engineers): 1. No experienced engineer would believe you. I have tried this so many times at the last place i worked (National Semiconductors) I got tired. It is not that they don't know/trust you. Timing is just a *big* problem right now. 2. If they listen long enough to understand what you mean, they get excited (good as a starter if you have really bad news to tell them).
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by far the largest number of problems i have with chasing information down (information that was not removed, but simply moved to another location) is because it has been moved OFF the world wide web and into the INVISIBLE WEB, meaning that it is accessible through a query to some database. the thing is, that the final location of these content pieces is generally known in advance to the site that is hosting them - and then the easiest way for users to relocate content would be to attach to it tags that define its location as a function of time.
The current way people build finite state machines is using CBL (clocked boolean logic). There is a better way to do this though, called NCL, which i came across while surfing. I studied the pdfs to the degree of being able to sythesize state machines Without Clocks: NEAT!
Two things about introducing NCL to people who do state machines for a living (electrical engineers):
1. No experienced engineer would believe you. I have tried this so many times at the last place i worked (National Semiconductors) I got tired. It is not that they don't know/trust you. Timing is just a *big* problem right now.
2. If they listen long enough to understand what you mean, they get excited (good as a starter if you have really bad news to tell them).