...a community weblog and a time-based karma system, and I imagine it might work well. There must be some appreciation of private property here though---community property is quickly ruined without oversight.
Personally, I don't see this scaling beyond 1st- and 2nd-tier friends.
No Foo - it wouldn't work because people don't think that way about their computers. Traveling around a cube or sphere or something is pretty, sure, but inherently nonlinear and time consuming. I'm all for a new breed of GUI, but one that takes account limited screen size---limited considering the thousands and thousands of files we like to browse---and one that provides random access to all the of the computer's functions and files. I imagine a search engine would be very integral in something like this, and maybe new input devices. Interesting problem.
I posted above, but here it is again - my mom helped start Compute! back when I was growing up. If you have some kind words for her, I'll be glad to pass them on.
She helped start Compute! back when I was growing up. It's one of the prouder episodes in her life. If anyone has kind words or rememberances, I'll be glad to forward them on.
I see no redeeming features of this endeavor, whatsoever. Hundreds of millions of dollars are spent on research, proprietary research that is most probably redundant and will never see the light of day or a peer reviewed journal. All for some billionaire to get his rocks off at the finish and a 10 second mention on the nightly news.
Maybe it gave a job to some people who would have looked to employment in fields they don't enjoy as much, maybe that's the redeeming quality here, but it certainly doesn't look like a bargain.
"Security did not allow photographs to be taken of the motor under the car. It is plainly visible, however, from the back of the car. Mr. Tilley had the same type motor in the box for the crowd to inspect."
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...a community weblog and a time-based karma system, and I imagine it might work well. There must be some appreciation of private property here though---community property is quickly ruined without oversight. Personally, I don't see this scaling beyond 1st- and 2nd-tier friends.
Bob
Games for sale - Make some moolah.
Food for sale - Ditto.
Diesel powered generator - Was employed at @LANta.con with success in power-starved room.
Am I the ONLY one that ever saw that movie? Man!
No Foo - it wouldn't work because people don't think that way about their computers. Traveling around a cube or sphere or something is pretty, sure, but inherently nonlinear and time consuming. I'm all for a new breed of GUI, but one that takes account limited screen size---limited considering the thousands and thousands of files we like to browse---and one that provides random access to all the of the computer's functions and files. I imagine a search engine would be very integral in something like this, and maybe new input devices. Interesting problem.
WHAT THE F*CK???? Mod this UP, morons, not down. You're just as bad as the freaking SIAA!
Bob Klepfer
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Bob Klepfer
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I see no redeeming features of this endeavor, whatsoever. Hundreds of millions of dollars are spent on research, proprietary research that is most probably redundant and will never see the light of day or a peer reviewed journal. All for some billionaire to get his rocks off at the finish and a 10 second mention on the nightly news.
Maybe it gave a job to some people who would have looked to employment in fields they don't enjoy as much, maybe that's the redeeming quality here, but it certainly doesn't look like a bargain.
"Security did not allow photographs to be taken of the motor under the car. It is plainly visible, however, from the back of the car. Mr. Tilley had the same type motor in the box for the crowd to inspect."
Yup, that looks like the clincher.
Sure it is - 666 seconds per bit....bandwidth of the Beast. :-)
hmmm....minute-man, huh? :-)
I wonder how long you could run that site before being sued.....
OSSlut ;-)
...than an iMac...impressive.