User: bmillerward

Re:The State..

On: Pentagon Soft-Pedals Total Information Awareness

I really don't see total information awareness as a bad thing, its just a logical use of our increasing technology.

...as would be a 'Borg collective.

Re:So .Net is like C++?

On: Hijacking .NET

In Java, the bytecode interpreter makes sure you can't access private class members. Java's reflection API allows this check to be disabled, via the Member.setAccessible() method.

Well,

On: Virtual Machine Design and Implementation in C/C++

At least we know what C++ programmers are good for.

Re:Code Review, Code Review, Code Review

On: Properly Testing Your Code?

"Code reviews find more defects, per staff hour, than any other activity, including all kinds of testing." Sure, but a project can get two tester hours for the price of one coder hour.

It's called a "parasitic network".

On: Peer-to-Peer Cell Phones?

This type of dynamic wireless network is generally called a "parasitic network".