From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
Subject: Re: Canal+ crash
Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2024 09:16:09 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <v7l0vp$hsl9$1@dont-email.me> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <v7jvvq$8pms$10@dont-email.me>
On 2024-07-21 23:52, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> On Sun, 21 Jul 2024 09:22:06 +0200, Dmitry A. Kazakov wrote:
> If you have a box full of screwdrivers, then all you have is a box full of
> screwdrivers.
>
> If you have a computer system made up of a bunch of modules interacting
> with each other, then you could have, potentially, quite a complex system
> indeed.
Tight coupling = bad design. No difference to screwdrivers. However you
can take integer arithmetic if you dislike screwdrivers. However complex
system you build, there is no need to update integers.
> Look up the term “combinatorial explosion” to learn more.
Bad design leads to explosion of non-trivial unanticipated system states
making it unpredictable. This is what happens when you add security on
top. You patch holes drilling new ones to fix the patches.
--
Regards,
Dmitry A. Kazakov
http://www.dmitry-kazakov.de
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Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-07-19 21:41 Canal+ crash Nicolas Paul Colin de Glocester
2024-07-20 7:23 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2024-07-20 7:43 ` Lawrence D'Oliveiro
2024-07-20 9:08 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2024-07-21 1:04 ` Lawrence D'Oliveiro
2024-07-21 7:22 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2024-07-21 8:00 ` Niklas Holsti
2024-07-21 9:10 ` J-P. Rosen
2024-07-21 9:34 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2024-07-21 11:11 ` Nicolas Paul Colin de Glocester
2024-07-21 21:53 ` Lawrence D'Oliveiro
2024-07-22 6:36 ` J-P. Rosen
2024-07-23 1:48 ` Lawrence D'Oliveiro
2024-07-21 9:19 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2024-07-21 11:31 ` Niklas Holsti
2024-07-21 16:49 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2024-07-21 21:55 ` Lawrence D'Oliveiro
2024-07-21 21:52 ` Lawrence D'Oliveiro
2024-07-22 7:16 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov [this message]
2024-07-23 1:49 ` Lawrence D'Oliveiro
2024-07-23 7:06 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2024-07-23 8:36 ` Lawrence D'Oliveiro
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