[TriLUG] OT: on SNR and efficiency (was: RE: Windows Managers Survey)

[Brian Henning]

I think that's why a general tenet in software development is something like
this:

"When's the right time to optimize for performance?"
"Not yet."

Unless of course you're trying to mix 24 channels of 24-bit 48kHz audio in
real-time on a slightly-overclocked PIC32 microcontroller[1].  THEN it might
be time.

Anyway, if I might philosophize: Sometimes this list has brilliant threads
rich with the wisdom of the ages.  Other times it has big bursts of noise.
Sometimes I get hopping mad over the things said on this list (rarely, but
it happens), and other times I get a good guffaw.  Almost all of the time, I
learn something.

Personally, I think that's exactly how it should be.

Cheers,
~Brian

[1] My current hobby project at home.  Sad to say the only Linux tie-in
there is I'm using the Linux version of the Microchip toolchain.

-----Original Message-----
From: trilug-bounces at trilug.org [mailto:trilug-bounces at trilug.org] On Behalf
Of John Vaughters
Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2013 8:24 AM
To: Triangle Linux Users Group General Discussion
Subject: Re: [TriLUG] Windows Managers Survey

Pete,
 
That is awesome, thanks for the useful humor. I agree, Engineers and
Programmers aften struggle with this delima. 
 
John Vaughters


________________________________
From: Pete Soper <pete at soper.us>
To: trilug at trilug.org 
Sent: Monday, April 29, 2013 8:08 PM
Subject: Re: [TriLUG] Windows Managers Survey


My counter argument:

    http://xkcd.com/1205

-Pete

PS Right, I'm a major sinner on this list with various forms of 
momentary idiocy. Maybe this is sin number 483.

On 04/29/2013 03:04 PM, John Vaughters wrote:
>>  Soliciting postings like this is not a great use of our resources or the
time of the subscribers
>  
> I respectfully disagree. I find it very informative as a learning
experience to know what others are doing. Much of my learning comes from
what others do and this question is pertinent. I think that many other
conversations to me are not pertinent, but I just delete them. After all,
this is an email list that is fairly active and I personally delete 70-80%
of it due to lack of interest or no time to read all of it. So I check them
off and delete. That is the nature of these lists. IMHO