Re: [fonc] Final STEP progress report abandoned?

2013-09-05 Thread Carl Gundel
12:16 PM To: Fundamentals of New Computing Subject: Re: [fonc] Final STEP progress report abandoned? On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 8:17 AM, Carl Gundel ca...@psychesystems.com wrote: I’m not sure why you think I’m attributing special reverence to computing. Break all the rules, please

Re: [fonc] Final STEP progress report abandoned?

2013-09-03 Thread Carl Gundel
We will have singularity and real AI? We may indeed, or perhaps the last 50 years will replay itself. Progress in artificial intelligence has moved along at a fraction of expectations. I expect that there will be an incredible increase of eye candy, and when you strip it down to the

Re: [fonc] When natural language fails!

2013-04-09 Thread Carl Gundel
? Not anytime soon. -Carl Gundel -Original Message- From: fonc-boun...@vpri.org [mailto:fonc-boun...@vpri.org] On Behalf Of Casey Ransberger Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2013 4:49 AM To: Fundamentals of New Computing Subject: [fonc] When natural language fails! Here's my example. Siri

Re: [fonc] Final STEP progress report?

2013-01-04 Thread Carl Gundel
So, now that the NSF project is finished, does this mean that you are now unbounded by it and can take your research in some new direction that you didn't envision when you started, or are you going to continue exactly on the same path? -Carl Gundel From: fonc-boun...@vpri.org [mailto:fonc

Re: [fonc] Linus Chews Up Kernel Maintainer For Introducing Userspace Bug - Slashdot

2013-01-02 Thread Carl Gundel
-Original Message- From: Pascal J. Bourguignon Sent: Monday, December 31, 2012 4:22 PM To: Fundamentals of New Computing Subject: Re: [fonc] Linus Chews Up Kernel Maintainer For Introducing Userspace Bug - Slashdot Carl Gundel ca...@psychesystems.com writes

Re: [fonc] Linus Chews Up Kernel Maintainer For Introducing Userspace Bug - Slashdot

2012-12-31 Thread Carl Gundel
Kernel Maintainer For Introducing Userspace Bug - Slashdot Sent: Mon, Dec 31, 2012 7:50:13 PM On 12/31/12 12:25 PM, Carl Gundel wrote: If there are contradictions in the design, the program shouldn't compile. How can a compiler know how to make sense of domain specific contradictions? I can

Re: [fonc] Final STEP progress report?

2012-11-07 Thread Carl Gundel
Well, I do hope that VPRI has managed to find more funding money so that this doesn't have to be a final STEP report. ;-) -Carl -Original Message- From: fonc-boun...@vpri.org [mailto:fonc-boun...@vpri.org] On Behalf Of Loup Vaillant Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2012 1:45 PM To:

Re: [fonc] Final STEP progress report?

2012-11-07 Thread Carl Gundel
the state of systems research and personal computing. Please visit us online at www.vpri.org On Nov 8, 2012, at 5:23 AM, Carl Gundel wrote: Well, I do hope that VPRI has managed to find more funding money so that this doesn't have to be a final STEP report. ;-) -Carl -Original Message

Re: [fonc] How it is

2012-10-03 Thread Carl Gundel
+1 Aiming the message at children means that we don't need to trick them, or force them. -Carl Gundel -Original Message- From: fonc-boun...@vpri.org [mailto:fonc-boun...@vpri.org] On Behalf Of Loup Vaillant Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2012 4:40 AM To: fonc@vpri.org Subject: Re: [fonc

Re: [fonc] OT: Hypertext and the e-book

2012-03-08 Thread Carl Gundel
And inks are not clean either. I live in Ashland, Mass which is large superfund cleanup site. http://www.colorantshistory.org/Nyanza.html Inks and dyes are nasty. I used to work in the printed circuit industry (my first Smalltalk job!) and so I've seen firsthand how toxic it can be

RE: [fonc] Consolidation and collaboration

2011-06-15 Thread Carl Gundel
Why not use a wiki to collaborate and organize thoughts and information? -Carl From: fonc-boun...@vpri.org [mailto:fonc-boun...@vpri.org] On Behalf Of CHM de Beer Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2011 10:21 AM To: fonc@vpri.org Subject: [fonc] Consolidation and collaboration Hello fonc

RE: [fonc] Visual 6502

2011-01-07 Thread Carl Gundel
This is great. Thanks for posting. I've been planning to write my own 6502 simulator when I can find the time. I've got 6502 programming books coming out of my ears. ;-) -Carl -Original Message- From: fonc-boun...@vpri.org [mailto:fonc-boun...@vpri.org] On Behalf Of Casey Ransberger

RE: [fonc] The Elements of Computing Systems

2011-01-07 Thread Carl Gundel
I wouldn't be a subscriber to this list if not for Charles Moore and his Forth system, which led me to recognize great ideas in Smalltalk, which led me here. -Carl -Original Message- From: fonc-boun...@vpri.org [mailto:fonc-boun...@vpri.org] On Behalf Of Reuben Thomas Sent: Wednesday,

RE: [fonc] Reg. Frank

2010-12-15 Thread Carl Gundel
Vive le monstre! From: fonc-boun...@vpri.org [mailto:fonc-boun...@vpri.org] On Behalf Of Alan Kay Sent: Monday, December 13, 2010 11:29 PM To: Fundamentals of New Computing Subject: Re: [fonc] Reg. Frank Hi Casey, We still have a lot of work to do before we have a kernel of stuff that

RE: [fonc] goals

2010-07-09 Thread Carl Gundel
and languages were simple enough so that anyone with enough attention span to read a 250 page book could bend the computer to his will. That's a vision of personal computing. I think this idea is lost in our popular culture. -Carl Gundel Psyche Systems

RE: [fonc] Points of View - a tribute to Alan Kay

2010-05-21 Thread Carl Gundel
Oh, this is great. Will there be a less expensive edition later? -Carl Gundel -Original Message- From: fonc-boun...@vpri.org [mailto:fonc-boun...@vpri.org] On Behalf Of Ian Piumarta Sent: Friday, May 21, 2010 1:38 PM To: Fundamentals of New Computing Subject: [fonc] Points of View

RE: [fonc] Points of View - a tribute to Alan Kay

2010-05-21 Thread Carl Gundel
- a tribute to Alan Kay Carl, On May 21, 2010, at 11:05 AM, Carl Gundel wrote: Will there be a less expensive edition later? We are predicting there will be enough interest to run a second printing. The donation of $125 is calculated by dividing the total cost of printing/shipping 100

RE: [fonc] Any newer FoNC distribution ?

2010-05-06 Thread Carl Gundel
I'm very eager to see another update paper about the whole project. Perhaps they're racing against the clock and don't have much time for documentation now? Hopefully Alan Kay and crew will be able to secure even more funding as their NSF grant runs out. -Carl Gundel -Original Message

RE: [fonc] System A vs B, what?

2010-03-04 Thread Carl Gundel
Right, but it is easy to be too clever. ;-) From: fonc-boun...@vpri.org [mailto:fonc-boun...@vpri.org] On Behalf Of John Zabroski Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2010 10:01 AM To: Fundamentals of New Computing Subject: Re: [fonc] System A vs B, what? On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 7:20 AM, frank

RE: [fonc] System A vs B, what?

2010-03-04 Thread Carl Gundel
Most people would say that system A is simpler, otherwise the But other people would make no sense. I'm not sure how A is a system at all. There are no indications of relationships between the members in it, except perhaps that they are all members of A. -Carl Gundel Psyche Systems, Inc. http