[squeak-dev] Re: offtopic: Hydra's name (was "The Primitive: I am
not a number- I am a named prim! ")
nicolas cellier
ncellier at ifrance.com
Thu Jul 3 19:43:25 UTC 2008
Joshua Gargus a écrit :
>
> That's an interesting observation; I hadn't thought of it. I've
> definitely moved into the "real programmers" camp; I used to have an
> image that was basically a multimedia concept-map
> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concept_map). Today I have a very
> slightly customized image that I clone throwaway copies from. A big
> part of the problem was my inability to migrate my content into a newer
> Squeak version.
>
> (as an aside, I still have hopes that Sophie could step into that role
> for me, but it currently feels too heavyweight... it's more suited for
> "real multimedia authoring" than for supporting cognitive processes in
> real-time)
>
> I wonder if there is any causal link between the trend toward throwaway
> images, and the larger societal trend toward more disposable objects in
> general (thinking of the free inkjet printers used as a loss-leader for
> expensive ink sales... ugh!)
>
> Cheers,
> Josh
>
Ah yes, the cloning model is very limited.
Who diddn't ever dream of a sexual reproduction of images.
Wouldn't the children of Croquet and Sophie be viable?
Nicolas
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