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I wish I *knew* what it was about. It is, at the moment, really in the realm of wishes and fantasy on my part. <BR>
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We somehow have followed a path of following using keyboards and screens and mouses to interact with computers, with software that is written to somehow make the best of this. We can do incredible and amazing things with things as they are. But, if we take a step back and take a look at where things stand, you'll have to admit that even the best written software is incredibly tedious (at best!). For instance -- think of your favorite program. What steps do you need to take to get the ideas in your mind to be expressed through that software? We can get really good at those steps (and we do!). But, what if those steps were more intuitive to someone who hasn't practiced those steps for as long as us geeky people have put into them? What if they somehow fit into the way we've lived life for the last zillions of years of evolving on the planet?<BR>
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Like I said, these are totally vague, and abstract, thoughts at the moment. Of course, there are invasive means imaginable, such as electrodes in our brains, but maybe there are less intrusive measures, too? But, in any case, whatever all ways we could possibly come up with, what could it be like if there were some way(s) to interact with powerful computing machines in ways that weren't so damn cumbersome and tedious?<BR>
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There's got to be ways to get beyond this current computer paradigm of keyboards, screens, pointer-devices...<BR>
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Mitch.<BR>
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Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2010 09:45:01 -0700<BR>Subject: Re: [Noisebridge-discuss] usb 'dead drops' at noisebridge?<BR>From: emprameen@gmail.com<BR>To: maltman23@hotmail.com<BR><BR>What is this about? What do you mean a different computing paradigm? This is something I'm extremely interested in, but I feel like it has a lot to do with physics and biology and chemistry which I only understand at varying basic levels. <BR><BR><BR>
<DIV class=ecxgmail_quote>On Sun, Oct 31, 2010 at 10:42 PM, Mitch Altman <SPAN dir=ltr><<A href="mailto:maltman23@hotmail.com">maltman23@hotmail.com</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR>
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<DIV>> Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2010 00:01:56 -0500<BR>> From: <A href="mailto:rubin@starset.net">rubin@starset.net</A><BR>> To: <A href="mailto:maltman23@hotmail.com">maltman23@hotmail.com</A><BR>> CC: <A href="mailto:noisebridge-discuss@lists.noisebridge.net">noisebridge-discuss@lists.noisebridge.net</A>
<DIV class=ecxim><BR>> Subject: Re: [Noisebridge-discuss] usb 'dead drops' at noisebridge?<BR>> <BR></DIV>
<DIV class=ecxim>> Mitch, you could just not run Windows and then be about 99% ahead of the<BR>> Trojan curve. :)<BR><BR></DIV>As it turns out, I've never had a trojan, virus, worm, or any other unwanted software on my computer. So, regardless of OS, I'm 100%. :)<BR> <BR>I really do hate all operating systems ('cause they all suck -- really, they do). And, since I need to use Windows to run the free, yet Windows-only proprietary software that is needed to develop various microcontrollers I use, do I really need to install another OS just so I can appear to not use Windows (which I already paid for anyhow?).<BR> <BR>As powerful as these computer-thingies are as they currently exist, my dream is that we can develop an entirely new computing paradigm that has much more to do with the way we evolved over the last 3 million years than this bizarre way we use keyboards and screens (and mouses -- which I avoid whenever possible). I wish I had some concrete ideas on how to proceed to make that a reality. But, for now, I'll just let it keep seething in the background of what's left of my mind...<BR> <BR>Mitch.<BR> <BR></DIV><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Noisebridge-discuss mailing list<BR><A href="mailto:Noisebridge-discuss@lists.noisebridge.net">Noisebridge-discuss@lists.noisebridge.net</A><BR><A href="https://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/noisebridge-discuss" target=_blank>https://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/noisebridge-discuss</A><BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR> </body>
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