Comments on: Page’s Law? Try Wirth’s Law. Or Gates’s. http://thenoisychannel.com/2009/05/29/pages-law-try-wirths-law-or-gatess/ Mon, 21 May 2012 05:21:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Jim http://thenoisychannel.com/2009/05/29/pages-law-try-wirths-law-or-gatess/comment-page-1/#comment-4121 Jim Wed, 05 Aug 2009 20:12:33 +0000 http://thenoisychannel.com/?p=2157#comment-4121 "Google’s search engine hasn’t slowed down appreciably over the years!" This is totally false. Try using Google over dial-up, it's unbearably slow. You just don't notice over broadband. “Google’s search engine hasn’t slowed down appreciably over the years!”

This is totally false. Try using Google over dial-up, it’s unbearably slow. You just don’t notice over broadband.

]]> By: Daniel Tunkelang http://thenoisychannel.com/2009/05/29/pages-law-try-wirths-law-or-gatess/comment-page-1/#comment-3751 Daniel Tunkelang Thu, 04 Jun 2009 17:44:50 +0000 http://thenoisychannel.com/?p=2157#comment-3751 My wife is about to get a netbook, and that's probably what she'll do. So we'd better hurry up and decide whose law it is! I'll tentatively accept it as David's. My wife is about to get a netbook, and that’s probably what she’ll do. So we’d better hurry up and decide whose law it is! I’ll tentatively accept it as David’s.

]]> By: Jim Morris http://thenoisychannel.com/2009/05/29/pages-law-try-wirths-law-or-gatess/comment-page-1/#comment-3749 Jim Morris Thu, 04 Jun 2009 17:19:15 +0000 http://thenoisychannel.com/?p=2157#comment-3749 That's why I'd LOVE to get a NEW computer, running Windows XP. Take new hardware and pair with OLD software and you feel like a king. Most software like SnagIt 9 appear to jump the shark at some point. I reverted to SnagIt 8. That’s why I’d LOVE to get a NEW computer, running Windows XP. Take new hardware and pair with OLD software and you feel like a king. Most software like SnagIt 9 appear to jump the shark at some point. I reverted to SnagIt 8.

]]> By: Jamie Edwards http://thenoisychannel.com/2009/05/29/pages-law-try-wirths-law-or-gatess/comment-page-1/#comment-3713 Jamie Edwards Sat, 30 May 2009 00:42:06 +0000 http://thenoisychannel.com/?p=2157#comment-3713 He actually coined the term a lot longer before that (I was lectured by him). I'll try find out He actually coined the term a lot longer before that (I was lectured by him). I’ll try find out

]]> By: Daniel Tunkelang http://thenoisychannel.com/2009/05/29/pages-law-try-wirths-law-or-gatess/comment-page-1/#comment-3712 Daniel Tunkelang Sat, 30 May 2009 00:37:08 +0000 http://thenoisychannel.com/?p=2157#comment-3712 I can't find anything on David's Law earlier than 2005, e.g., <a href="http://www.cs.bris.ac.uk/~dave/moore.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.cs.bris.ac.uk/~dave/moore.pdf</a>. That's a decade later than the date cited for Wirth's Law. I can’t find anything on David’s Law earlier than 2005, e.g., http://www.cs.bris.ac.uk/~dave/moore.pdf. That’s a decade later than the date cited for Wirth’s Law.

]]> By: Jamie Edwards http://thenoisychannel.com/2009/05/29/pages-law-try-wirths-law-or-gatess/comment-page-1/#comment-3711 Jamie Edwards Sat, 30 May 2009 00:27:40 +0000 http://thenoisychannel.com/?p=2157#comment-3711 Daniel; I actually think David's law pre-dates Wirth's. Unfortunately I do not know of any citation for it (nor does the Wikipedia article author). Oh well Daniel; I actually think David’s law pre-dates Wirth’s. Unfortunately I do not know of any citation for it (nor does the Wikipedia article author).

Oh well

]]> By: Daniel Tunkelang http://thenoisychannel.com/2009/05/29/pages-law-try-wirths-law-or-gatess/comment-page-1/#comment-3710 Daniel Tunkelang Sat, 30 May 2009 00:25:17 +0000 http://thenoisychannel.com/?p=2157#comment-3710 Jamie, nice catch--sorry I missed that one! Jamie, nice catch–sorry I missed that one!

]]> By: Jamie Edwards http://thenoisychannel.com/2009/05/29/pages-law-try-wirths-law-or-gatess/comment-page-1/#comment-3709 Jamie Edwards Sat, 30 May 2009 00:17:05 +0000 http://thenoisychannel.com/?p=2157#comment-3709 Don't forget May's law: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_May_(computer_scientist) Don’t forget May’s law:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_May_(computer_scientist)

]]> By: Daniel Tunkelang http://thenoisychannel.com/2009/05/29/pages-law-try-wirths-law-or-gatess/comment-page-1/#comment-3706 Daniel Tunkelang Fri, 29 May 2009 18:07:56 +0000 http://thenoisychannel.com/?p=2157#comment-3706 Indeed, it would have been much more biting to refer to it as Gates's Law--though perhaps a bit too catty. :-) By the way, welcome to The Noisy Channel! I appreciate your engaging me on my home turf re: newspapers charging for content. It's not everyday I see a <a href="http://www.wordyard.com/about/" rel="nofollow">co-founder of Salon</a> in these parts! Indeed, it would have been much more biting to refer to it as Gates’s Law–though perhaps a bit too catty. :-)

By the way, welcome to The Noisy Channel! I appreciate your engaging me on my home turf re: newspapers charging for content. It’s not everyday I see a co-founder of Salon in these parts!

]]> By: Scott Rosenberg http://thenoisychannel.com/2009/05/29/pages-law-try-wirths-law-or-gatess/comment-page-1/#comment-3704 Scott Rosenberg Fri, 29 May 2009 17:51:04 +0000 http://thenoisychannel.com/?p=2157#comment-3704 Good catch. I covered Wirth's Law extensively in Dreaming in Code. I would think Sergey would know about it -- particularly since Google's own software practice is a pretty good counterexample (Google's search engine hasn't slowed down appreciably over the years!). Good catch. I covered Wirth’s Law extensively in Dreaming in Code. I would think Sergey would know about it — particularly since Google’s own software practice is a pretty good counterexample (Google’s search engine hasn’t slowed down appreciably over the years!).

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