Book Reviews
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Tuesday, January 27, 2004
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Mydoom spreading as fast as Sobig: "The latest e-mail computer virus could be worse than last year's Sobig worm which infected millions of computers." [BBC News | Technology | UK Edition]
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Antitrust Ruling Near for Microsoft in Europe: "According to people present at the closed hearing, the commission's misgivings about the way Microsoft competes were confirmed in the presentations."
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Power, up to a Point: "Some say PowerPoint should be abolished for spreading incomprehensible jargon, while others say they could not survive their working day without it."
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Book on solving optimization problems -- Comment()
My textbook on optimization is in press. The book is written in Finnish, and this is the third revised edition. The book is already available on the web in PDF format. Here is the bibliography data for the book: Optimointitehtävien ratkaiseminen (Solving Optimization Problems).See the dokument Books on the Web for more of my books on the web.
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Return of the King Wins Four Golden Globes: "Lord of the Rings: Return of the King' won 4 Golden Globes, for Best Picture - Drama, Best Director (Peter Jackson), Best Original Score (Howard Shore), and Best Original Song ("Into the West" by Howard Shore, Fran Walsh and Annie Lennox)." [Slashdot]
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The bloated, dysfunctional world of Enterprise Solutions: 'What the hell happened to the "best tool for the job" policy? Does the industry really have the money to invest in bloated projects, implemented with non-productive technologies that are just not right for the job at hand? I think not. Why then, does it happen? My theory it has to do with the magic slogan "Enterprise Solution".' [kuro5hin.org]
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Strung Out by Woody Allen may be the first to use string theory in a humor piece: "What I do know about physics is that to a man standing on the shore time passes quicker than to a man on a boat - especially if the man on the boat is with his wife."
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