http://gregluck.com/blog Thu, 19 Jan 2012 01:41:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://gregluck.com/blog/archives/2004/12/the-metric-system-a-case-study-in-technical-standard-setting/ http://gregluck.com/blog/archives/2004/12/the-metric-system-a-case-study-in-technical-standard-setting/#comments Sun, 05 Dec 2004 18:45:19 +0000 Greg Luck http://gregluck.com/blog/2004/12/the-metric-system-a-case-study-in-technical-standard-setting/ dzone_url = "http://gregluck.com/blog/archives/2004/12/the-metric-system-a-case-study-in-technical-standard-setting/";I have just finished reading The Measure of All Things : The Seven-Year Odyssey and Hidden Error That Transformed the World. It is a fascinating case study in how international standards are set. As of 2004, the only countries in the world whose official system of measures is not the metric system are Myanmar (formerly [...]]]> http://gregluck.com/blog/archives/2004/12/the-metric-system-a-case-study-in-technical-standard-setting/feed/ 4 http://gregluck.com/blog/archives/2004/11/brave-new-world-the-jump-represented-by-fedora-core-3-64-bit-amd64-and-jdk1-5-0/ http://gregluck.com/blog/archives/2004/11/brave-new-world-the-jump-represented-by-fedora-core-3-64-bit-amd64-and-jdk1-5-0/#comments Tue, 16 Nov 2004 16:37:28 +0000 Greg Luck http://gregluck.com/blog/2004/11/brave-new-world-the-jump-represented-by-fedora-core-3-64-bit-amd64-and-jdk1-5-0/ dzone_url = "http://gregluck.com/blog/archives/2004/11/brave-new-world-the-jump-represented-by-fedora-core-3-64-bit-amd64-and-jdk1-5-0/";In the world of open source, it seems there are periods of inching forward punctuated by large jumps. I believe we are in the middle of one of those jumps now. In this post I argue that the combination of Fedora Core 3, AMD64, the emergence of Firefox, Java 5 64 bit makes for one [...]]]> http://gregluck.com/blog/archives/2004/11/brave-new-world-the-jump-represented-by-fedora-core-3-64-bit-amd64-and-jdk1-5-0/feed/ 0 http://gregluck.com/blog/archives/2004/10/fatland/ http://gregluck.com/blog/archives/2004/10/fatland/#comments Sat, 09 Oct 2004 05:00:57 +0000 Greg Luck http://gregluck.com/blog/2004/10/fatland/ dzone_url = "http://gregluck.com/blog/archives/2004/10/fatland/";When I went to the US in June for the Agile Development Conference, I was paranoid about putting on weight. I avoided all fast food, ate only at restaurants and was careful to eat small. It seemed to work. On previous trips to the US I have always put on weight. Two years ago I [...]]]> http://gregluck.com/blog/archives/2004/10/fatland/feed/ 0