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Grand Challenges For The Next 20 Years

Posted by michael on from the things-to-sink-your-teeth-into dept.

terrapyn writes "Infoworld is reporting: 'A group of British computer scientists have proposed a number of grand challenges for IT that they hope will drive forward research, similar to the way the human genome project drove life sciences research through the 1990s.' Did they get it right? What are some other worthy computing challenges?"

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  1. Here's an IT challange... by bulliver · · Score: 2, Funny

    Make Windows secure.

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  2. What are some other worthy computing challenges? by IWantMoreSpamPlease · · Score: 2, Funny

    How about an OS that doesn't suck?

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  3. I'm still waiting for things promised by Y2K by bigtallmofo · · Score: 4, Funny

    What about all the fanciful things we were supposed to have "By the year 2000!"?

    What a joke that turned out to be. I'm still making calls with an audio-only phone and I have yet to come across a practical hover-car.

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    1. Re:I'm still waiting for things promised by Y2K by eln · · Score: 4, Funny

      Hover cars are redundant, since the way my wife drives, the tires rarely touch the road anyhow.

  4. What about ... by blogeasy · · Score: 2, Funny

    a decent IT system that can manage the projects we've been waiting for. Namely, the flying car and Duke Nukem Forever. One day we'll see this future materialize.

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  5. Cell phones by Reignking · · Score: 3, Funny

    I think we need to develop cell phones that can cook, clean, and drive my car. For $25. Oh, and I guess they need to be able to send and receive phone calls.

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    1. Re:Cell phones by TommydCat · · Score: 2, Funny
      I think we need to develop cell phones that can cook, clean, and drive my car. For $25. Oh, and I guess they need to be able to send and receive phone calls.

      Talk about being married to your cellphone...

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  6. Most important goal... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Come on people, we need to break the one million mark on the number of different text editors for unix based systems!

  7. nonclassical methods by k4_pacific · · Score: 2, Funny
    From TFA: "Journeys in nonclassical computation: Classically, computation is viewed mathematically in terms of algorithms, but there are other ways to look at it. These include rethinking the rigid classification schemes computers use and turning to others based on family resemblance or on metaphor"

    I know! I'll develop a new type of database that is indexed by the degree to which the primary key sounds either "woody" or "tinny" when spoken. I'll make millions!!

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  8. A Slashdot Dupe Checker by OverlordQ · · Score: 4, Funny

    Should be easy right? Never the less it has stumped slashdot editors for many many years.

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  9. Re:Just ONE request... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I wish my girlfrield would last as long as my Palm.

    Sheesh!

  10. Here's a challenge... by joshsnow · · Score: 4, Funny

    What are some other worthy computing challenges?

    Making Firefox on Linux as quick as Firefox on Windows... ;-)

  11. Re:Teleportation by CosmeticLobotamy · · Score: 2, Funny

    This distinction is important because we will learn to telecopy objects and telecopy live organisms before we learn to teleport them.

    Helloooooo, lawsuit.
    -.+AA

  12. Re:What are some other worthy computing challenges by damiena · · Score: 1, Funny

    Don't worry. The HURD should be out by then. Maybe.

  13. Re:Simulated Sex should be our next challenge... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny
    Do you mean a simulation other than your left hand?

    Right hand?