Is that the case? I'm a bit confused. I've read the fascinating reports
about Frank, and I was wondering what's the closest thing one can download
and run right now. Could you guys please clear it up for me?
i +1 this, with the addition that writing up anything remotely
official answer would
that is a description of random data, which granted, doesn't apply to most
(compressible) data.
that wasn't really the point though.
I thought the original point was that there's a clear-cut limit to how
much redundancy can be eliminated from computing environments, and
that thousand-fold
Figured this was broadly applicable enough for a cross-post. Also left a
note at the Scratch site. They're talking about bringing someone
experienced on to tackle some of the bigger (read: social) challenges
around education reform, and they also seem to be looking for some kind of
killer app.
And I forgot the link. Naturally :/
http://www.forbes.com/sites/georgeanders/2012/03/11/x-prize-founder-seeks-ideas-to-fix-education/
On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 11:53 AM, Casey Ransberger casey.obrie...@gmail.com
wrote:
Figured this was broadly applicable enough for a cross-post. Also left a
On 3/12/2012 10:24 AM, Martin Baldan wrote:
that is a description of random data, which granted, doesn't apply to most
(compressible) data.
that wasn't really the point though.
I thought the original point was that there's a clear-cut limit to how
much redundancy can be eliminated from
Since it's your own system end-to-end, why not just stop editing source as
a stream of ascii characters? Some kind of simple structured editor would
let you put whatever you please in strings without requiring any escaping
at all. It'd also make the parsing simpler :)
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On 3/12/2012 6:31 PM, Josh McDonald wrote:
Since it's your own system end-to-end, why not just stop editing
source as a stream of ascii characters? Some kind of simple structured
editor would let you put whatever you please in strings without
requiring any escaping at all. It'd also make the
On 13/03/2012, at 1:21 PM, BGB wrote:
although theoretically possible, I wouldn't really trust not having the
ability to use conventional text editors whenever need-be (or mandate use of
a particular editor).
for most things I am using text-based formats, including for things like
On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 8:13 PM, Julian Leviston jul...@leviston.netwrote:
On 13/03/2012, at 1:21 PM, BGB wrote:
although theoretically possible, I wouldn't really trust not having the
ability to use conventional text editors whenever need-be (or mandate use
of a particular editor).
for
