Comments on: Quailty Products http://gregorytomlinson.com/encoded/2009/10/18/quailty-products/ my digital life by gregory tomlinson Sat, 06 Mar 2010 19:52:32 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: gregory http://gregorytomlinson.com/encoded/2009/10/18/quailty-products/comment-page-1/#comment-1946 gregory Sun, 18 Oct 2009 19:23:05 +0000 http://gregorytomlinson.com/encoded/?p=429#comment-1946 If the folks who made my cable box spent even 1 second debating the 'halting problem' and not writing better code that doesn't leak memory, I can see why it needed to be restarted :)<br><br>But seriously, that is an interesting issue. As we move forward in time, it's more and more likely that programs will never halt as they are integrated into our daily lives and routines. Though I would have a hard time proving that mathematically. Regardless, we are becoming more and more dependent on the software that powers our lives. <br><br>Humans may rest, sleep or relax, but that only halt when they die. Luckily for software, it can be restarted. If the folks who made my cable box spent even 1 second debating the 'halting problem' and not writing better code that doesn't leak memory, I can see why it needed to be restarted :)

But seriously, that is an interesting issue. As we move forward in time, it's more and more likely that programs will never halt as they are integrated into our daily lives and routines. Though I would have a hard time proving that mathematically. Regardless, we are becoming more and more dependent on the software that powers our lives.

Humans may rest, sleep or relax, but that only halt when they die. Luckily for software, it can be restarted.

]]> By: juliomiy http://gregorytomlinson.com/encoded/2009/10/18/quailty-products/comment-page-1/#comment-1945 juliomiy Sun, 18 Oct 2009 19:06:03 +0000 http://gregorytomlinson.com/encoded/?p=429#comment-1945 Agreed but Look up the "Halting Problem" and what level of certainty is achievable ahead of time that a program won't get into the state your poor cable box got into Agreed but Look up the “Halting Problem” and what level of certainty is achievable ahead of time that a program won't get into the state your poor cable box got into

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