Comments on: When 99.9% reliability is not good enough http://www.manu-j.com/blog/when-ninetynine-point-nine-percent-reliability-is-not-good-enough/61/ Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. - Clarke's Third Law Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:27:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: manuhttp://www.manu-j.com/blog/when-ninetynine-point-nine-percent-reliability-is-not-good-enough/61/comment-page-1/#comment-14 manu Sat, 01 Nov 2008 17:34:12 +0000 http://www.manu-j.com/blog/?p=61#comment-14 I will check out that book. Interesting to note that the most helpful review in amazon for that book is the one written for slashdot. I will check out that book. Interesting to note that the most helpful review in amazon for that book is the one written for slashdot.

]]> By: Mohanhttp://www.manu-j.com/blog/when-ninetynine-point-nine-percent-reliability-is-not-good-enough/61/comment-page-1/#comment-13 Mohan Sat, 01 Nov 2008 17:09:53 +0000 http://www.manu-j.com/blog/?p=61#comment-13 Very true, it's easy to get lost in the floating point errors when people use slyly crafted fractions!"It is not the average downtime that gets you but the spikes." - You should read Taleb's "Fooled by Randomness", if you have not already done so. The central theme of the book is how the events that shape _most_ of our lives are these 'spikes' (which he calls 'Black swans'). It has a finance flavor to it, and I'm quite sure you'll like it. Very true, it’s easy to get lost in the floating point errors when people use slyly crafted fractions!

“It is not the average downtime that gets you but the spikes.” – You should read Taleb’s “Fooled by Randomness”, if you have not already done so. The central theme of the book is how the events that shape _most_ of our lives are these ’spikes’ (which he calls ‘Black swans’). It has a finance flavor to it, and I’m quite sure you’ll like it.

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