From: thunk Date: 2010-04-06T16:00:07+09:00 Subject: Re: ThunkGen released! The original Thunkatron "problem space" was the "Is this a 'system'" and if so, then what can we tell the shopping basket person? That "problem space" seems to be totally untapped but the thunk appreciates the problem much better - real expertise is needed. Real expertise and experience is floating around out there. There are likely 1000 computer junkies plugged into a forum this moment doing their geeky things and slinging bloblets of text at each other. One of the most particular ways that these things ru'ids seem interesting is this: ================= The thunk cannot see why a "Knowledge Farm" could not be built parallel to any technical forum about anything that resembles a "system". ================= Read that carefully? This is a favorite "gedankengang" - (??) - thought path for the author, NOT his field of major interest, not his expertise, not his paygrade. But something the old thunker keeps going to, to push and pull ideas around and play "what if", "why not", "wtf - why haven't those very bright guys with all their very bright tools, started doing this yet" OK? Its a question I have, it is not crystal clear, crystal clear is for past tense. Like the war in Afganistan - the president of thunkastan did not threaten to join the enemy today - his problem domain is much simpler :) Take a gedankengang with the author?? Instead of 20 postings zinging right and left, and often at each other, lets visualize that the people here could "author a ru'id" by simply doing not too much more than a click, and then answering a series of multiple choices. And when he is done, in LESS time than is spent composing many postings - instead of another bloblet of text - there is in "problem space" - SOMEWHERE - a new ru'id that does basically no more, and no less than the Ru'ids the author is playing with. Now - the next time a posting is made on such a thing as: :PROGRAMMING, :LEARNING, :DKJAKS_SLKDJFKD all the Ruids of the Universe known play in this "problem space" get "fired" at the subject. Nothing may happen, but one or one hundred may "hit". The hits form a pattern (if there are a quantity of hits) - now the question writer is presented with a table/dashboard of the hits with colors, and icons and that kind of stuff - (automatic). This dashboard is PASSIVE, not in your face flashing and stupid advertising or that sort of thing, it says basically that your question has been "HIT" there is a pattern, if you would rather look at the results, at any level of detail, than proceed with your question then be our guest. This is NOT the author's favorite Gedangengang, this is NOT the author's direct field of expertise, IT IS ONLY SOMETHING HE CANNOT FIGURE AN ANSWER TO. ok? thunktocktor