21 APR 2014 by ideonexus
Red Queen Hypothesis of Computer Viruses
We know, historically, that the "walled garden" approach can have benefits during the early adopter phase. AOL's walled garden provided parental controls, security and organization of online content that was useful to introduce the Internet to mass adoption. But, as we know from IBM, AOL, Microsoft, Apple, etc., keeping the walls too high or for too long can hurt the relationship with consumers, distribution partners and other market participants. The day will come when viruses and other mal...Folksonomies: evolution information systems
Folksonomies: evolution information systems
Computer viruses force or IS to evolve.
28 AUG 2011 by ideonexus
Karl Popper's Conclusions About Good Theories
It is easy to obtain confirmations, or verifications, for nearly every theory — if we look for confirmations. Confirmations should count only if they are the result of risky predictions; that is to say, if, unenlightened by the theory in question, we should have expected an event which was incompatible with the theory — an event which would have refuted the theory. Every "good" scientific theory is a prohibition: it forbids certain things to happen. The more a theory forb...Summarized by the criteria of falsifiability, or refutability, or testability.