NODE d21d356eOrthogonality and Disaster Recovery (fwd)
Jim Choate <ravage@ssz.com>Sun, 26 Oct 1997 05:07:14 +0800
Forwarded message:
> Date: Sat, 25 Oct 1997 13:52:05 -0700
> From: Tim May <tcmay@got.net>
> Subject: Orthogonality and Disaster Recovery
> One of the themes of modern computing I strongly support is that of
> "orthogonality," or clean functionality.
Any idea how a term meaning 'at right angles' came to hold all the various
interpretations it now does?...
I see this word in a lot of my reading and it almost never implies any sort
of 'indipendent multi-variant reference system'.
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NODE 4a760eaaRe: Orthogonality and Disaster Recovery (fwd)
Kent Crispin <kent@bywater.songbird.com>Sun, 26 Oct 1997 15:41:01 +0800
On Sat, Oct 25, 1997 at 04:28:52PM -0500, Jim Choate wrote:
> Forwarded message:
>
> > Date: Sat, 25 Oct 1997 13:52:05 -0700
> > From: Tim May <tcmay@got.net>
> > Subject: Orthogonality and Disaster Recovery
>
> > One of the themes of modern computing I strongly support is that of
> > "orthogonality," or clean functionality.
>
> Any idea how a term meaning 'at right angles' came to hold all the various
> interpretations it now does?...
>
> I see this word in a lot of my reading and it almost never implies any sort
> of 'indipendent multi-variant reference system'.
I can't believe that you haven't studied vector spaces, Jim. In that
particular niche of mathematics, the meaning you quote is precisely the
meaning of 'orthogonal'. Vector algebra underlies a very large part
of mathematics, and modern physics would not exist without it.
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