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"You misunderstand. Our goal is to make computers easier to use, not to make
them more useful."
http://commandcenter.blogspot.com/2011/09/we-open-in-well-lit-corporate.html
--
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
How come I never get only one kudo?
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On 27/09/2011 01:53 AM, Darren New wrote:
> "You misunderstand. Our goal is to make computers easier to use, not to
> make them more useful."
This would be quite amusing - if it wasn't actually /true/...
In seriousness, their goal is probably more like "to make products that
consumers will pay money for".
There's a whole bunch of things going on in this conversation -
management that don't know what they're trying to produce, engineers who
want to implement features just because it's possible to implement them,
and a man who's name is Dick...
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On 9/27/2011 4:12 AM, Invisible wrote:
> In seriousness, their goal is probably more like "to make products that
> consumers will pay money for".
^^ Truth.
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~Mike
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Darren New <dne### [at] san rrcom> wrote:
> http://commandcenter.blogspot.com/2011/09/we-open-in-well-lit-corporate.html
"Books have never had search. If we add search, we'll just confuse the
user."
The correct answer should have been:
"Yes they have. Ever heard of indices? Also tables of content serve the
same role. That's how you know which page to jump to in order to find a
specific chapter. Indices can be used to search using a specific word. The
only difference is that in a physical book the amount of such words is
limited, which on a computer there's no limit."
--
- Warp
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On 27/09/2011 10:23 PM, Warp wrote:
> "Books have never had search. If we add search, we'll just confuse the
> user."
>
> The correct answer should have been:
>
> "Yes they have. Ever heard of indices?
Books had O(log N) lookup before computers were invented! :-D
--
http://blog.orphi.me.uk/
http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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On 28/09/2011 9:31 PM, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> On 27/09/2011 10:23 PM, Warp wrote:
>
>> "Books have never had search. If we add search, we'll just confuse the
>> user."
>>
>> The correct answer should have been:
>>
>> "Yes they have. Ever heard of indices?
>
> Books had O(log N) lookup before computers were invented! :-D
>
Ever heard of catalogues or stacks?
--
Regards
Stephen
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>> Books had O(log N) lookup before computers were invented! :-D
>>
> Ever heard of catalogues or stacks?
Catalogues yes, stacks no.
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Orchid XP v8 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> Books had O(log N) lookup before computers were invented! :-D
Computer algorithms are much older than computer themselves. Consider that
the first person who formalized the concept of "algorithm" as well as many
key concepts of computability was Alan Turing (yes, that Turing), who died
in 1954.
--
- Warp
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On 29/09/2011 11:33 AM, Warp wrote:
> Orchid XP v8<voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
>> Books had O(log N) lookup before computers were invented! :-D
>
> Computer algorithms are much older than computer themselves. Consider that
> the first person who formalized the concept of "algorithm" as well as many
> key concepts of computability was Alan Turing (yes, that Turing), who died
> in 1954.
The first "computer" was arguably the design by Babbage, and the first
"algorithm" was allegedly written by Ada Lovelace, who died almost
exactly 1 century before Turing.
Now if we could establish when the first book with an index was created...
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> On 29/09/2011 11:33 AM, Warp wrote:
>> Orchid XP v8<voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
>>> Books had O(log N) lookup before computers were invented! :-D
>>
>> Computer algorithms are much older than computer themselves. Consider
>> that
>> the first person who formalized the concept of "algorithm" as well as
>> many
>> key concepts of computability was Alan Turing (yes, that Turing), who
>> died
>> in 1954.
>
> The first "computer" was arguably the design by Babbage, and the first
> "algorithm" was allegedly written by Ada Lovelace, who died almost
> exactly 1 century before Turing.
>
> Now if we could establish when the first book with an index was created...
From www.merriam-webster.com:
Origin of INDEX
Latin indic-, index, from indicare to indicate
First Known Use: 1561
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