Algorithms For Dummies

Finding data everywhere

Scientists  began  fighting  against  impressive  amounts  of  data  for  years  before 

anyone coined the term big data. At this point, the Internet didn’t produce the vast 

sums for data that it does today. It’s useful to remember that big data is not just 

simply a fad created by software and hardware vendors but has a basis in many of 

the following fields:

CONSIDERING THE POLITICAL ASPECTS  

OF VARIOUS LAWS

Depending on whom you talk with, the whole issue of whether a law will stand the test 

of time can look different because that person will have a different perspective. This 

book isn’t here to convince you of one point of view or another, but simply reports the 

prevalent view. For example, it’s possible to argue that Moore’s Law is every bit proven 

as the laws of thermodynamics. If you look into conventional physics more, you can find 

many discrepancies with its laws and many of its assumptions. It’s not a matter of deval-

uing science in any way — just pinpointing the fact that everything in science, including 

its laws, is a work in progress.

As to whether Moore’s Law will cease to exist, generally speaking, laws don’t stop apply-

ing; scientists refurbish them so that they are more general. Moore’s Law may undergo 

the same transformation. Linear or overly simplistic laws rarely apply in a general sense 

because there are no straight lines anywhere in nature, including its temporal models. 

Therefore, the most likely scenario is that Moore’s Law will change into a more sigmoi-

dal function in an attempt to adhere to reality.

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CHAPTER 12