[bibshow sort=author order=asc file=conferences.bib,workshops.bib,other.bib]Yesterday Boudewijn and I were talking about an interesting issue in CPN Tools. The problem was that using performance analysis yielded different results on two different CPN models. To understand why that is, let us discuss fairness in simulation of CPN models. Fairness in simulation of CPN models is a difficult beast. […]
Poll: Preferred Society
Here are the income distributions of two societies. That is, this chart shows how large a percentage of the population (y-axis) in each society earns a certain salary (x-axis). I’ve have not put numbers on the axes to keep this independent on actual money. While it may not seem so, the area under both curves […]
Plumbing
Installing a dishwasher proved to a bit more involved than anticipated. Dirk went twice to the DIY and after enough plumbing to provide the entire plot for a bad porno, we finally got installed. It involved this: Now, we’re just hoping that the five years of plumbing-academy that went into this assembly pays off with […]
Party
I think we’ve got the outline of a party… […]
Attention: Students
To all my Master’s and PhD students: You now have one opportunity less to gain your degree. Except for taking care of the lawn, your only options now is to actually write your theses. […]
CrashPlan
Giving CrashPlan a spin. Chances are, this will saturate my internet connection for a day or two (or a week…) CrashPlan is backup to the cloud, your own harddisk or a friend’s computer. I’m going for the cloud to have off-site backup (Amazon is just too expensive). Note, it’s quite different from Dropbox, as the […]