Re:Not just mouse: the mother of all demos
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If you want to hear more about Doug Englerbart, I recommend reading What the dormouse said by John Markoff. It discusses in detail not only the technical achievements of the main players in the personal computing but also provides a deep look at their individual philosophies.
I have that problem with my research but solved it using several machines (about 20) in parallel to compute the fitness function. As hardware gets cheaper and cheaper such a solutions is getting more and more feasible.
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If you want to hear more about Doug Englerbart, I recommend reading
What the dormouse said by John Markoff.
It discusses in detail not only the technical achievements of the main players in the personal
computing but also provides a deep look at their individual philosophies.
Here is an interview with Suzanne Corkin that includes taped dialog with H.M. featured at NPR.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=7584970
He sounds like a very nice person. Dr. Corkin is with the Dept. of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at MIT.
And that's why the editorial complains about the lack of respect to the game industry in general.
Without a more established award, it will take longer for mainstream acceptance of them (it will happen sooner or later, anyway).
If you let it roam around earth a little bit, it will get most likely stolen ;-)
I have that problem with my research but solved it using several machines (about 20) in parallel to compute the fitness function. As hardware gets cheaper and cheaper such a solutions is getting more and more feasible.