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merge ideas.
author Robert McIntyre <rlm@mit.edu>
date Sat, 13 Jul 2013 02:28:04 -0400
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11 be automitacally split up to every person who has ever 11 be automitacally split up to every person who has ever
12 contributed to emacs in proportion to the amount of 12 contributed to emacs in proportion to the amount of
13 community esteem, code quantity, bugs fixed, whatever the 13 community esteem, code quantity, bugs fixed, whatever the
14 community decides. This might make it posibe for 14 community decides. This might make it posibe for
15 programmers to live entirely off of free programming. 15 programmers to live entirely off of free programming.
16
17 - Browser based graphics-card accelerated distributed computing API.
16 18
17 - pronouns :: use capital letters A-Z instead of pronouns. They solve 19 - pronouns :: use capital letters A-Z instead of pronouns. They solve
18 pronoun referents and gender neutrality, are short to 20 pronoun referents and gender neutrality, are short to
19 say, and you can encode useful information into the 21 say, and you can encode useful information into the
20 choice of letter. For example, instead of "Meetings 22 choice of letter. For example, instead of "Meetings
37 might be the mirror neurons. 39 might be the mirror neurons.
38 40
39 - resturant reciept :: use a carbon copy reciept instead of two stupid 41 - resturant reciept :: use a carbon copy reciept instead of two stupid
40 copies. 42 copies.
41 43
44 - anti google glass :: glasses with mounted lasers and computer vision
45 that targets the cameras in google glass and destroy them.
46
42 - wearable towel :: towel with clasp, velcro, whatever, that allows 47 - wearable towel :: towel with clasp, velcro, whatever, that allows
43 one to wear the towel more securely than just 48 one to wear the towel more securely than just
44 wrapping it tightly and hoping for the best. 49 wrapping it tightly and hoping for the best.
50
51 - Easiest way to disguise onself as a woman is to wear a burka.
45 52
46 - book-mode :: intelligent color highlighting for books and 53 - book-mode :: intelligent color highlighting for books and
47 articles. It would disambiguate pronouns and involved 54 articles. It would disambiguate pronouns and involved
48 references. For example, if "Rachael" as red, and "the 55 references. For example, if "Rachael" as red, and "the
49 blonde haired girl" refers to "Rachael", then "the 56 blonde haired girl" refers to "Rachael", then "the
393 400
394 - psychic crystal :: in a science fiction story, this would be an 401 - psychic crystal :: in a science fiction story, this would be an
395 object that is very easy to move physically but is extremely 402 object that is very easy to move physically but is extremely
396 difficult to move with telekinesis. 403 difficult to move with telekinesis.
397 404
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400 ** From Jacob's idea list 405 ** From Jacob's idea list
401 406
402 - Roommate-cancelling headphones: uses roommate's laptop mic to seed 407 - Roommate-cancelling headphones: uses roommate's laptop mic to seed
403 noise cancellation alg in your headzphones (would this 408 noise cancellation alg in your headzphones (would this
404 work?). -Update on sound canceling headphones that take feed from 409 work?). -Update on sound canceling headphones that take feed from
410 415
411 - ClackerAlert -- tells if you slam the keys too hard using sound data 416 - ClackerAlert -- tells if you slam the keys too hard using sound data
412 (and speed/jerkiness data)!.Prevents RSI ~jcole@mit.e 417 (and speed/jerkiness data)!.Prevents RSI ~jcole@mit.e
413 418
414 - Panic Pin :: separate pin that you can tell someone if forced to 419 - Panic Pin :: separate pin that you can tell someone if forced to
415 identify your PIN (idea from idea about credit cards 420 identify your PIN (idea from idea about credit cards)