Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Interesting Citations


Software engineering books

Assume nothing, manage everything: sounds like being a parent of a toddler.
Source: Blueprints for High Availability - Marcus & Stern

Think of logging as engineering jornalism: use the five Ws: who, what, why, when and where (and don't forget the H: how).
Source: Blueprints for High Availability - Marcus & Stern


Security Administrator Tool for Analyzing Networks (SATAN) was the most popular security test tool in the year 90s. For those offended by the name, the package contains a program called repent, which changes everything named SATAN to SANTA.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SATAN



About youth soccer team database design: This relationship also implies that each player has a single parent... but if a player's parents are separated and remarried, you might need up to four parents... It might make the most sense to just allow a player to have any number of parents and not ask too many questions.
Source: Beginning database design solution by Rod Stephens pg. 212

Machine Learning books
Mathematics / Physics books
Parenting books


Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior... Here are some things my daughters were never allowed to do:
• get any grade less than an A
• not be the No. 1 student in every subject except gym and drama
• play any instrument other than the piano or violin
• not play the piano or violin.
Source: Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother - Amy Chua