You know, everyday about 100,000 people place their lives in the trust of software 'black boxes' on planes and not a peep from the newly political geeks.
You gonna have to trust somebody, sometime.
The bigger issue is how the votes are going to be tallyed? Hook them all up to the 'net so we get faster returns. Oh goodie...
These things have considerable energy. Anybody remember the recent amputation accident in Japan? Should be fun when you make a programming error:
SAGA -- A famer lost his leg Wednesday in a freak accident when a radio-controlled helicopter he was operating came crashing into him, police said.
The injured man, Narichika Aoki, was operating a crop-dusting helicopter over rice paddies in Takeo, Saga Prefecture, when he suddenly lost control of the aircraft shortly before 8 a.m.
The helicopter flew straight into the 35-year-old man and cut off his right leg with its rotor blade, police said.
Investigators said the radio-controlled aircraft, which is 2.4 meters in length and has 1.35-meter blades, belongs to the local Saga Midori agricultural cooperative.
Aoki was working with three other men when the accident occurred. (Mainichi Shimbun, Japan, July 30, 2003)
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Oh crap. Try to pick from a list of 20,000 items (invoices, names, places, etc) in a web app. I have hit this ceiling time and time again. No way to solve it using a web browser.
If you want crisp response, you have to use tighter coupling between the client and the server. In a lot of ways a hosted character app is looking better and better. Put a GUI face on it and poof, back to 1984.
They *think* they made an exact copy...
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to be writing articles. This is the nice way. --paul
You know, everyday about 100,000 people place their lives in the trust of software 'black boxes' on planes and not a peep from the newly political geeks.
You gonna have to trust somebody, sometime.
The bigger issue is how the votes are going to be tallyed? Hook them all up to the 'net so we get faster returns. Oh goodie...
-ps
Obvious, but needs pointing out...
Up and Down - still impressive, what were the Virgin tickets $100,000?
-paul
These things have considerable energy. Anybody remember the recent amputation accident in Japan? Should be fun when you make a programming error:
SAGA -- A famer lost his leg Wednesday in a freak accident when a radio-controlled helicopter he was operating came crashing into him, police said. The injured man, Narichika Aoki, was operating a crop-dusting helicopter over rice paddies in Takeo, Saga Prefecture, when he suddenly lost control of the aircraft shortly before 8 a.m. The helicopter flew straight into the 35-year-old man and cut off his right leg with its rotor blade, police said. Investigators said the radio-controlled aircraft, which is 2.4 meters in length and has 1.35-meter blades, belongs to the local Saga Midori agricultural cooperative. Aoki was working with three other men when the accident occurred. (Mainichi Shimbun, Japan, July 30, 2003)
Oh crap. Try to pick from a list of 20,000 items (invoices, names, places, etc) in a web app. I have hit this ceiling time and time again. No way to solve it using a web browser.
If you want crisp response, you have to use tighter coupling between the client and the server. In a lot of ways a hosted character app is looking better and better. Put a GUI face on it and poof, back to 1984.
--cheers
I want to name a band "Double Quotes"
-arf
Be very afraid...