From: thunk <gmkoller@...>
Date: 2010-04-06T18:10:07+09:00
Subject: Re: ThunkGen released!

On Apr 6, 12:19 am, Mark T <paradisaei...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Here's a problem space which may fit the description of the thunkaTron.
>
> The set of browsers available increases each month.
> Some are derivatives of a common code base.
> Though these can have different javascript engines.
> So across the javascript implementations, there are many differences.
> There have been attempts to shim these.
> Could a swarm of boids be sent flying around web sites:
> 1) Gain an element location, pick up the 'twig' = 'URL + xpath'.
> 2) Return this to a set of browser proxies.
> 3) Take the result to a 'nest' where growing javaBoids eat at the
> edges until a single rule is obtained which:
> Results in a shim routine which normalizes the behavior of a script.
> The path of javascript over the next 5-10 years, coupled with the
> xhtml (svg) + javascript could do with such a project.
>
> Boids or no boids.
>
> MarkT

Damned!

That's what "boids" can do?  Seriously?  I thought you were making fun
of thunk at first.

Way Short ans:   no.

More thoughtful short ans:   yes

Explain?   I think I like "ru'ids" as part of this tightly packed
"100% ruby set of modules".   There is messynesses in this already - a
demo requires a weblet - and that weblet would really help all this
make sense.  I don't want to "over advertise" this, seriously, but the
"ru'id" is born distributed to be distributed and to be a small part
of this bundle that can use them on any machine that can execute ruby,
anywhere, over and over, I guess, or once an hour, or once a day.   it
is - maybe - more about "signals" and "broadcasting"
than .....????? ...........  this would be nice to chat about with
some professor someplace.

a ru'id is trained to respond in a scrpted way to some particular set
of keys....  like the example above.  "it" leaves a coded mssg that
the swarm_reader must decode.   its all a tight "bundle" of dynamic
action - lots of reflection - the "magic" comes from how simple it is
to take a urRuid and get it ready to go on it's mission - which is
basically "to listen" - think about instructions to a wwII pilot as a
part of a set of planes going on a single misssion - his instructions
could be:

follow your usual guy
use your usual handle
follow in the usual formation
report anything interesting (what ain't water)

or - "do it again, fly boy" might be all he needs to hear

the urRu'id has all the otherstuff, and the pilot gets that free.

AND why are you doing "Boids" on the author??   you teasing/testing
him?

======================

could a Ru'id do that??   let them watch "TopGun" a few times, and
watch out?!

seriously, they could get fibered and go on much longer missions - and
that would raise the consulting fees but that's not what they were
born to do.

Perhaps, however, if building a nest of shim-sticks (?) is worth
something more than bombarding NewEgg shopping baskets - then who am I
to say - I can say that would seem to be more fun! that what the
author is doing now - but getting something done rather than writing
about it also is a consideration.


thunktocktor