[Videos]Conversation with scientist, engineer and database legend Jim Gray

[视频地址]Conversation with scientist, engineer and database legend Jim Gray

• 笔记：

1. The Singularity is near.这本书已经两个人推荐过了。一个是Craig Murdie，一个是Jim Gray。抽时间看看。还有一本Gödel,Escher,Bach
2. Gray真是nice。一些人在评论里面提问，他都不厌其烦地解答。
3. 最后讲的他最喜欢的数据结构里面，Kilroy没怎么听懂，cmpxchg之前没有碰到过，实际上Gray用到的是cmpxchg8b

• 引用：

1. How can a developer be more effective and efficient?  I think the simple answer is think more write less.  If you are like me, you are lazy and just sit down and write the code.   I really have to force myself to think.  Then the phone rings or an email arrives or some other distraction comes up.  So, thinking is both very hard and at least for me, requires some quiet time -- a scarce commodity these days.
2. What's exciting? My problem is that almost everything interests me.  The challenge is focusing on a FEW things and making a contribution there.   Long term, I think we are on a path to make intelligent life and extend human life indefinitely, and completely change the human condition (Kurtzweil's "the singularity is near".)  That's pretty exciting