On Thu, Jan 03, 2013 at 08:27:53PM -0500, Miles Fidelman wrote:
> you might want to google "biological computing" - you'll start finding
> things like this:
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/blog/2009/jul/24/bacteria-computer
> (title: "Bacteria make computers look like pocket calculators")
On 1/3/2013 7:27 PM, Miles Fidelman wrote:
BGB wrote:
Whoa, I think you just invented "nanotech organelles", at least this
is the first time I've heard that idea and it seems pretty
mind-blowing. What would a cell use a cpu for?
mostly so that microbes could be programmed in a manner more li
BGB wrote:
Whoa, I think you just invented "nanotech organelles", at least this
is the first time I've heard that idea and it seems pretty
mind-blowing. What would a cell use a cpu for?
mostly so that microbes could be programmed in a manner more like
larger-scale computers.
say, the micro
On 1/3/2013 2:25 AM, Simon Forman wrote:
On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 10:35 PM, BGB wrote:
On 1/2/2013 10:31 PM, Simon Forman wrote:
On Tue, Jan 1, 2013 at 7:53 AM, Alan Kay wrote:
The most recent discussions get at a number of important issues whose
pernicious snares need to be handled better.
I
Alan
>
> From: David Barbour
>To: Alan Kay ; Fundamentals of New Computing
>
>Sent: Wednesday, January 2, 2013 11:09 PM
>Subject: Re: [fonc] Current topics
>
>
>On Tue, Jan 1, 2013 at 7:53 AM, Alan Kay wrote:
>
>As humans, w
On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 10:35 PM, BGB wrote:
> On 1/2/2013 10:31 PM, Simon Forman wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, Jan 1, 2013 at 7:53 AM, Alan Kay wrote:
>>>
>>> The most recent discussions get at a number of important issues whose
>>> pernicious snares need to be handled better.
>>>
>>> In an analogy to sen
On Tue, Jan 1, 2013 at 7:53 AM, Alan Kay wrote:
> As humans, we are used to being sloppy about message creation and sending,
> and rely on negotiation and good will after the fact to deal with errors.
>
You might be interested in my article on avoiding commitment in HCI, and
its impact on progra
On 1/2/2013 10:31 PM, Simon Forman wrote:
On Tue, Jan 1, 2013 at 7:53 AM, Alan Kay wrote:
The most recent discussions get at a number of important issues whose
pernicious snares need to be handled better.
In an analogy to sending messages "most of the time successfully" through
noisy channels
On Tue, Jan 1, 2013 at 7:53 AM, Alan Kay wrote:
> The most recent discussions get at a number of important issues whose
> pernicious snares need to be handled better.
>
> In an analogy to sending messages "most of the time successfully" through
> noisy channels -- where the noise also affects what
rably larger than any
> individual's single effort.
>
> Paul.
>
> --
> * From: * Alan Kay ;
> * To: * Fundamentals of New Computing ;
> * Subject: * [fonc] Current topics
> * Sent: * Tue, Jan 1, 2013 3:53:25 PM
>
> The most recent disc
Inline.
On Tue, Jan 1, 2013 at 7:53 AM, Alan Kay wrote:
> The most recent discussions get at a number of important issues whose
> pernicious snares need to be handled better.
>
> In an analogy to sending messages "most of the time successfully" through
> noisy channels -- where the noise also af
Hah, wrong button. Sorry all! Meant to hit forward, as I really enjoyed
this one and wanted to share it:)
On Tue, Jan 1, 2013 at 6:40 PM, Casey Ransberger
wrote:
> Read this guy!
>
> On Tue, Jan 1, 2013 at 7:53 AM, Alan Kay wrote:
>
>> The most recent discussions get at a number of important iss
Read this guy!
On Tue, Jan 1, 2013 at 7:53 AM, Alan Kay wrote:
> The most recent discussions get at a number of important issues whose
> pernicious snares need to be handled better.
>
> In an analogy to sending messages "most of the time successfully" through
> noisy channels -- where the noise
My thinking has been going the other way for some time now. I see the problem
as the need to build bigger systems than any individual can currently imagine.
The real value from computers isn't just collecting the input from a single
person, but rather 'combining' the inputs from huge groups of p
The most recent discussions get at a number of important issues whose
pernicious snares need to be handled better.
In an analogy to sending messages "most of the time successfully" through noisy
channels -- where the noise also affects whatever we add to the messages to
help (and we may have im
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