The Saddest Moment: Byzantine fault tolerance [pdf]

Re:The Saddest Moment: Byzantine fault tolerance [pdf] by jordan0day on Saturday December 14, 2013 @02:22PM (#6906730)

This is the second article I have read written by this author and I've found both of them to be mildly informative and wildly entertaining. Sort of like a Dave Berry of computer science writing.

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Re:The Saddest Moment: Byzantine fault tolerance [pdf] by Strilanc on Saturday December 14, 2013 @02:53PM (#6906852)

There's two more near the bottom of the author (James Mickens)'s Microsoft Research page[1]. The page itself is also funny.

1: http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/people/mickens/

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Re:The Saddest Moment: Byzantine fault tolerance [pdf] by sedev on Sunday December 15, 2013 @03:20AM (#6908768)

I was also getting a strong Dave Barry vibe. It's not bad - but it's easy to let the schtick get old, and Dave Barry is still alive. Maybe the guy is testing the theory that if you understand it well, computers are as crazy as Florida and thus capable of generating as many bizarre anecdotes suitable for column grist as Florida. Plausible.

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Re:The Saddest Moment: Byzantine fault tolerance [pdf] by hristov on Sunday December 15, 2013 @01:38AM (#6908610)

I agree, he is like Dave Berry. Absolutely horrible.

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