глупости всякие тут в ноутпэде записывал...
new ways to think of software
- customizable ad nausea, but no complex options dialogs
speech interface: "I want this thing to work like this"
- software development
could shift to creating building blocks the user will be able combine into final 'products'
суббота, 23 февраля 2008 г.
четверг, 21 февраля 2008 г.
GoogleOS already on the way?
Just dawned on me. Ain't Google chock full of brilliant people? If I can see the deficiencies of each of the existing solutions for a desktop OS (Windows/Linux/Mac), sure these guys do, too?
Of course, the collective intelligence at Google being immensely smarter than I am, they may also see well past that into the future. Kurzweil promises gradual transition of the traditional computers to the back stage while smart integrated devices take their bite of the people's computing needs.
Could it be that they see the imminent demise of the desktop and choose to concentrate on things like Android instead.
OTOH what do you replace your corporate worker's email/word/excel with?
Of course, the collective intelligence at Google being immensely smarter than I am, they may also see well past that into the future. Kurzweil promises gradual transition of the traditional computers to the back stage while smart integrated devices take their bite of the people's computing needs.
Could it be that they see the imminent demise of the desktop and choose to concentrate on things like Android instead.
OTOH what do you replace your corporate worker's email/word/excel with?
singularity scratchpad
- Kurzweil: Turning off the fat insulin receptor gene, for example, enabled animals to eat as much as they want and remain slim and get the health benefits of being slim
- Kurzweil: And we have new forms of gene therapy that allow us to add new genes to adults
- Kurzweil: The major religions emerged in prescientific times. There is still wisdom there but we need to consider that a major motivation was rationalizing death as a good thing.
- Kurzweil: And we have new forms of gene therapy that allow us to add new genes to adults
- Kurzweil: The major religions emerged in prescientific times. There is still wisdom there but we need to consider that a major motivation was rationalizing death as a good thing.
среда, 20 февраля 2008 г.
четверг, 7 февраля 2008 г.
пятница, 1 февраля 2008 г.
An OS that doesn't suck? Anyone? Please?
- an open source kernel
- utf-8
- Unix line endings (LF)
- a graphical environment that tries to be fast and user friendly first, worries about "network transparency" later
- mount volumes without creating a mount point first
- eject the cd-rom even if there are open files
- change process priority without being root
- signed binaries
- universal binaries
- run (legacy) Windows applications
- application oriented filesystem hierarchy (see Windows/OS X/Gobo Linux)
- document oriented (as opposed to Mac OS X)
- application-modal popup dialogs (see Mac OS). Stick to current application window, move with the window, don't show up in taskbar
- Windows taskbar until, if ever, something better is invented
- application settings stored in text files (xml?), machine parsing/writing oriented but human -editable. Alternatively, use a sort of registry but make it mountable as a filesystem
- utf-8
- Unix line endings (LF)
- a graphical environment that tries to be fast and user friendly first, worries about "network transparency" later
- mount volumes without creating a mount point first
- eject the cd-rom even if there are open files
- change process priority without being root
- signed binaries
- universal binaries
- run (legacy) Windows applications
- application oriented filesystem hierarchy (see Windows/OS X/Gobo Linux)
- document oriented (as opposed to Mac OS X)
- application-modal popup dialogs (see Mac OS). Stick to current application window, move with the window, don't show up in taskbar
- Windows taskbar until, if ever, something better is invented
- application settings stored in text files (xml?), machine parsing/writing oriented but human -editable. Alternatively, use a sort of registry but make it mountable as a filesystem
Unanswered questions
- What is humor? What is music? Are these just random exploits of the brain mechanics? Or the product of sexual selection?
(to be continued)
(to be continued)
A new religion
Is it possible for a new full-blown religion to appear these days? Not a sect or cult run by charismatic crackpots, not a commercial enterprise like Scientology, but a religion to rival Christianity/Islam/Hinduism/etc, (for the most part) run by true believers?
Crackpot predictions
- A perpetual motion machine of the second kind can be built
- Faster-than-light communication is possible
- Strong AI can and will be created. 21st century? Really wanna see it happen in my lifetime, but seeing how so many predictions in the middle of 20th century proved to be vastly optimistic, it could take another couple of centuries.
Some random ideas (haven't given much thought to it really):
- thermonuclear energy is finally harnessed (21st century)
- practical electric cars are built and largely replace ICE cars (20-50 years)
- an operating system built on open standards gets a major share of the desktop market
- Faster-than-light communication is possible
- Strong AI can and will be created. 21st century? Really wanna see it happen in my lifetime, but seeing how so many predictions in the middle of 20th century proved to be vastly optimistic, it could take another couple of centuries.
Some random ideas (haven't given much thought to it really):
- thermonuclear energy is finally harnessed (21st century)
- practical electric cars are built and largely replace ICE cars (20-50 years)
- an operating system built on open standards gets a major share of the desktop market
FIRST POST!! LOLZ
How much would you pay for a one-way ticket to Mars? I would give away all I have (which is basically nothing atm :/), and wouldn't even bother looking at the small print. The only thing I would ask for is to have at least around 90% estimated chance to get there alive, and perhaps 50% to make it through the first few years there.
I wouldn't give a flying fuck if I ever get to come back, although the chances of that happening would probably steadily improve with time. Or maybe not, because the inevitable physiological changes due to living in 0.376 g could well be permanent. That's okay. All I care is that my condition is enough for sustained living there, and I'm pretty sure a human body's auto-adjustment mechanisms would readily provide just that.
I wouldn't give a flying fuck if I ever get to come back, although the chances of that happening would probably steadily improve with time. Or maybe not, because the inevitable physiological changes due to living in 0.376 g could well be permanent. That's okay. All I care is that my condition is enough for sustained living there, and I'm pretty sure a human body's auto-adjustment mechanisms would readily provide just that.
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