On Tue, 17 Feb 2015 16:07:09 -0800, Tom Brennan wrote:

>You made me look -
>http://www.amazon.com/Minder-Wink-App-Enabled-Smart-Tray/dp/B00GN92KQ4
>I can't believe it :)
> 
Hauntingly reminiscent of:
    https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~coke/history_long.txt
... perhaps even a patent conflict.

And somewhere, perhaps in the Amazon reviews, someone questioned the
reason for 14 compartments when eggs come in modules of 12.  I had simply
assumed that allowed sending the re-order notification before the tray was
entirely empty.

>But I do somewhat agree with the shipping culture.  I've created some
>small applications myself for various people, and if you initially ask
>them "What do you want?", they can't tell you.  But if you show them
>something - anything - then they start to get ideas and you can go from
>there.
>
I have long felt that if only the Wright Brothers had enjoyed the counsel
of an MBA they could have become the world's leading franchiser of
bicycle repair shops.

-- gil

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