The Laws of Software Process

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The Five Knowledge Storage Media

This modification tends to be quite limited, restricted to the capabilities of

whatever organism the DNA creates.

Brain

Persistency. Thoughts are very transitory. Much of what we classify as

“thought” is not only transient, it is inaccessible in that the person thinking

the thoughts may be quite unaware of them. Certainly, all brain-resident

knowledge stops on the death of the person. And we can easily forget

knowledge when it is stored in the brain. It evaporates if not used or con-

sistently refreshed. It may be removed through trauma, old age, illness, and

lack of use. The brain is DRAM, not SRAM

Update Frequency. While certain modes of behavior and thought pat-

terns may be firmly ingrained in some people, and acquiring ...