A lot of what he is talking about here is what they are now calling Machine Learning. I didn't 'fully' understand how this worked. But a few paragraphs from Mr Atkinson here helped me immensely. I'm all the better for it. Thanks, Bill, on so many levels.
Sean Cole *Pi Digital Productions Ltd* www.pidigital.co.uk +44(1634)402193 +44(7702)116447 'Don't try to think outside the box. Just remember the truth: There is no box!' 'For then you realise it is not the box you are trying to look outside of, but it is yourself!' eMail Ts & Cs <http://pidigital.co.uk/emailTCs.rtf> Pi Digital Productions Ltd is a UK registered limited company, no. 5255609 On 20 October 2017 at 20:29, Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > By the way, according to this article, we already knew > which could be the next breakthrough in technological > progress... but, we don't know who will pour their blood, > sweat and tears to build and sell it to the people. > > https://zurb.com/blog/the-next-big-innovation-it-s-already-10-o > > > On Fri, Oct 20, 2017 at 2:20 PM, Alejandro Tejada <capellan2...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Hi All, > > > > Being English my second language, frequently I have to > > read again (and reread some time after) many of the > > messages that I post in the mail list and in the forum. > > > > In the forum, we could simply edit, reedit and edit again > > any message until it means what we meant... but in the > > mail list that is not possible. > > > > After reading again my message about the origin of HyperCard, > > I found that it's easy, very easy, to understand that in my > > message I am dismissing Bill Atkinson's breakthrough as > > an intentional copy of previous works. > > > > That was NOT my intention. If Bill Atkinson says the he > > invented HyperCard under the effects of LSD, then we have > > to believe him... but when you read about any topic, it's logical > > and necessary to learn and analyze other people's opinions. > > > > I already written about Walter Cooke and Paul Helckel opinions, > > so here is my own opinion: > > > > HyperCard was so successful as an innovative breakthrough > > because it followed the natural path of technological > > progress. Hypercard was the next step in > > computer advancement. > > > > Who is credited with the conceptual foundation of HyperText? > > Vannevar Bush with his description of the "Memex": > > http://www.archivejournal.net/notes/as-we-may-now-think/ > > > > While Vannever Bush described a mechanical device, > > electronic engineers where already creating the foundations > > of computer science and demonstrating that numbers could > > represent and store texts, images and sounds: > > http://royal.pingdom.com/2008/04/08/the-history-of-computer- > > data-storage-in-pictures/ > > > > After the creation of text-only hypertext systems, > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypertext > > Which was the next logical step in technological > > progress? > > > > The creation of an Image and Text hypertext system. > > On Macintosh, it's name was HyperCard. > > > > Al > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode