Always validate your requirements. We initially assumed teams needed gap-free IDs and strict global ordering, but after some uncomfortable conversations realized they could live without both. That ...

Correlation Vector (a.k.a. cV) is a format and protocol standard for tracing and correlation of events through a distributed system based on a light weight vector clock. The standard is widely used ...

Abstract: This paper presents the uniformly distributed (UD) coordinate rotation digital computer (CORDIC). It receives this name because the distance between its rotation angles is uniform. The paper ...

Abstract: Sigma-Delta modulated signals over fiber is proposed for fronthauling of distributed signals. Analog Radioover- Fiber (ARoF) provides perfect synchronization, but linearity is directly ...

Particles with internal inclusions or cores are ubiquitous in the atmosphere. One example is dust particles coated with water-soluble aerosols such as sulfate or nitrate. For these particles, the dust ...

Insects use path integration (PI) to maintain a home vector, but can also store and recall vector-memories that take them from home to a food location, and even allow them to take novel shortcuts ...

After a dozen years and nine major releases, OS X has had a full life: the exuberance of youth, gradually maturing into adulthood, and now, perhaps, entering its dotage. When I am an old operating ...