Linguistic Engineering
I’m going to found the field of Linguistic Engineering. I wish to study the relationship between what people think (algorithms) and what they say (programs), with the end goal being a set of design principles for the creation of programming…
Humanity’s self-conception
In most of the Sci-Fi that I’ve read humans are depicted primarily as a wild unknown of unequalled potential. When Jane and the Bugger Queen discuss humanity, it is pointed out that humans have a crude system by which many…
Self Replicating Robots
I had a nice discussion with Elvee today about robots. One of the problems with robots is that of self-replication. In order to create an electronic life-form, we need to gift robots with the ability to reproduce on their own….
Google Uprising
I had an interesting thought today as I was surfing the net about business culture and eXtreem Programming. I ran across a news item about Guido van Rossum finally finishing up a his first project since getting hired at Google….