# HG changeset patch
# User Robert McIntyre <rlm@mit.edu>
# Date 1376369197 14400
# Node ID 05e666949a4faffd4072b32c23ac7a88fc56d986
# Parent  d2d0559f808dc0c9fba614d1053743ecfe867d96
update ideas.

diff -r d2d0559f808d -r 05e666949a4f org/ideas.org
--- a/org/ideas.org	Fri Aug 02 14:37:28 2013 -0400
+++ b/org/ideas.org	Tue Aug 13 00:46:37 2013 -0400
@@ -29,6 +29,26 @@
 /There's no end to what a man can accomplish if he doesn't care about
 getting credit/ 
 
+- server culture : mirrors :: make a distributed system where people
+     can mirror the websites of people they like -- essentially cover
+     the server costs of favored websites. This could make popular
+     websites run at no cost. The system would require that the
+     mirrored content be the same as the official source. Sort of like
+     bittorrent for websites.
+
+- map programming :: one problem with functional programming is that
+     in order to remain functional, you have to pass up arguments up
+     into each calling function to get the full range of behaviour
+     from the lower level functions. Normally people come to a
+     compromize involving abstraction and sparing use of dynamic
+     variables to configure runtime behaviour. What would be the
+     advantages of making a programming language where every function
+     recieves one argument, a map, which contains all the symbol
+     bindings it would ever need? This map is passed on to all
+     subordinate functions. This way, you could replace functions on
+     the fly, and arrange for there to be sensible defaults,
+     etc. Might cause more harm than good but is an interesting idea.
+
 - rest nest :: a small EEG device you would attach to your head when
                you go to sleep at night. ML algorithms would determine
                your particular sleep cycles. This would mostly be an