2008/5/9 Alan Kay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > We are now several dimensions off topic ... > > Cheers, > > Alan
The Research mailing list is available for such discussions. > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Carl-Daniel Hailfinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Bert Freudenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: Education <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; OLPC Devel > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, May 9, 2008 4:59:04 PM > Subject: Re: [Its.an.education.project] An OLPC Development Model > > On 10.05.2008 00:13, Bert Freudenberg wrote: >> On 09.05.2008, at 20:31, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >>> Bert, >>> if you try and say that the entire world is wrong in how it writes >>> software, >>> >> >> Actually, that's exactly what I think, and "entire world" includes >> yours truly ;) >> But this isn't the place to talk about that (if you're curious, visit >> VPRI [*]). >> >> No, it's not foremost about how the software is written, but about how >> it is presented to the user. Unfortunately, interface design is much >> harder than just writing software. >> > > The VPRI stuff is scary because it proposes the equivalent of using > assembler code to speed up C programs. Performing model checking against > one piece of code, then replacing that piece of code with another one > for speed reasons in production is really a horrible plan. It also makes > it obvious that the mathematically correct code is expected to be > unusably slow. > > >> [...] >> For example, the fastest way for me to retrieve a file is typing it in >> the system-wide search box on my machine, or into google. It doesn't >> matter where in the file system hierarchy or on which server it is >> stored. That is pretty much what the Journal would do, too. Also, the >> Journal will allow tagging, which is equivalent (but more powerful) to >> a directory hierarchy. Etc. >> > > Actually, tags are just the equivalence of file names and they are more > efficient to use than simple searches. If you know exactly what you want > and where to find it, searching for it is one of the worst choices > possible besides random walking and active avoidance. With > Mozilla/Firefox/Seamonkey, typing in the first few letters of the URL > takes you faster to an often-used site (due to autocompletion) than > using any search engine. In real life, searching is a last resort if > direct access is impossible. If you keep your bike at a fixed location > you can remember among other bikes in a bike shed, you walk straight to > your bike and don't search for it. > > >> [*] see http://vpri.org/html/work/ifnct.htm >> > > Regards, > Carl-Daniel > _______________________________________________ > Its.an.education.project mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.lo-res.org/mailman/listinfo/its.an.education.project > > ________________________________ > Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it > now. > _______________________________________________ > Devel mailing list > Devel@lists.laptop.org > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel > > -- Edward Cherlin End Poverty at a Profit by teaching children business http://www.EarthTreasury.org/ "The best way to predict the future is to invent it."--Alan Kay _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel