That use of "orthogonal" is common in computer science. Axes at right ang
les ("orthogonal") are
used to represent independent variables. These variables can be manipulat
ed independently. So in
this sense "orthogonal" and "independent" are similar. But in computer sc
ience they talk about
"orthogonal design", rather then "independent design", because the latter
could mean many other
things.
I'm with Alan, and not just because he spells his name right!
Alan Ackerman
Alan (dot) Ackerman (at) Bank of America (dot) com
On Thu, 8 Mar 2007 09:00:58 +0100, Rob van der Heij <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> w
rote:
>> Alan Altmark wrote:
>> > Architecturally, the number of cylinders is orthogonal to the model
>> > number. It just so happens that our model 'n' has 'm' number of cyl
inders
>> > on it. The number of cylinders actually comes from the device itsel
f.
>
>Sir Alan probably had the thumb at the wrong spot in the dictionary.
>Maybe he meant "independent" or "not defined by" instead. Working with
>mini disks we have learned not to expect the model number to define
>the number of cylinders, and we probably rarely have to.
>
>IMHO it's an omission that the number of cylinders of the disk is not
>in the monitor data.
>
>Rob
>--
>Rob van der Heij
>Velocity Software, Inc
>http://velocitysoftware.com/
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