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  • Richard Andrew x64R Richard Andrew x64

    If someone suddenly offered to finance you a couple of million dollars for you to create your dream application, what would that project be? It has to be something you've always wanted to work on but never had the time or resources. For me, I think it would be the ultimate suite of reverse engineering tools.

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    An application combined with affordable personal electroencephalographic telemetry that facilitates helping "average" people reach some of the "states of mind" possible through deep meditation which current scientific research (on long-time meditators) indicate usually take 10,000 hours or so of practice to attain. Note by saying "states of mind" here, I do not mean "getting high," or "recreational altered states," in any form. I refer to "states of mind" that are inherently stress-relieving, "healing," offer deeply rational and sane insight into the "inner" self (where "deeply rational and sane" are somewhat defined within the context of pragmatic ideas found, imho, most clearly expressed in certain teachings preserved in Theravadan Buddhism as interpreted and "re-vivified" by certain contemporary interpreters). If we gotta send some magnetic fields and/or sound waves and/or sub- or super- audible waves into your brain, that's cool too. You'd have to be licensed to use that technology like you are licensed to drive a car (?) All the revenue (if any) from this project which would be public-domain and open-source would be donated to non-profit organizations who demonstrate that over 90% of their revenue goes directly to help children around the world. best, Bill

    "Many : not conversant with mathematical studies, imagine that because it [the Analytical Engine] is to give results in numerical notation, its processes must consequently be arithmetical, numerical, rather than algebraical and analytical. This is an error. The engine can arrange and combine numerical quantities as if they were letters or any other general symbols; and it fact it might bring out its results in algebraical notation, were provisions made accordingly." Ada, Countess Lovelace, 1844

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      An application combined with affordable personal electroencephalographic telemetry that facilitates helping "average" people reach some of the "states of mind" possible through deep meditation which current scientific research (on long-time meditators) indicate usually take 10,000 hours or so of practice to attain. Note by saying "states of mind" here, I do not mean "getting high," or "recreational altered states," in any form. I refer to "states of mind" that are inherently stress-relieving, "healing," offer deeply rational and sane insight into the "inner" self (where "deeply rational and sane" are somewhat defined within the context of pragmatic ideas found, imho, most clearly expressed in certain teachings preserved in Theravadan Buddhism as interpreted and "re-vivified" by certain contemporary interpreters). If we gotta send some magnetic fields and/or sound waves and/or sub- or super- audible waves into your brain, that's cool too. You'd have to be licensed to use that technology like you are licensed to drive a car (?) All the revenue (if any) from this project which would be public-domain and open-source would be donated to non-profit organizations who demonstrate that over 90% of their revenue goes directly to help children around the world. best, Bill

      "Many : not conversant with mathematical studies, imagine that because it [the Analytical Engine] is to give results in numerical notation, its processes must consequently be arithmetical, numerical, rather than algebraical and analytical. This is an error. The engine can arrange and combine numerical quantities as if they were letters or any other general symbols; and it fact it might bring out its results in algebraical notation, were provisions made accordingly." Ada, Countess Lovelace, 1844

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      What's your opinion of this technology? http://www.hemi-sync.com/[^] It might be a little hoaky.

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      • Richard Andrew x64R Richard Andrew x64

        What's your opinion of this technology? http://www.hemi-sync.com/[^] It might be a little hoaky.

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        BillWoodruff
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        Hi Richard, At best something "soothing" that might induce a "placebo" effect, at worst a "scam" preying on some fatuous folks' finding "mystery" and "mana" in the pseudo-technological. Another triumph of marketing over substance :) Probably better for you than, like Madonna, working out in the gym and dieting to the point you look like a skeleton with bulging veins, probably better for you than paying >=US $75 an hour to talk to most so-called "psycho-therapists." Nowhere near as good as made-fresh-every-day soy-milk from a street vendor in Chiang Mai Thailand. best, Bill

        "Many : not conversant with mathematical studies, imagine that because it [the Analytical Engine] is to give results in numerical notation, its processes must consequently be arithmetical, numerical, rather than algebraical and analytical. This is an error. The engine can arrange and combine numerical quantities as if they were letters or any other general symbols; and it fact it might bring out its results in algebraical notation, were provisions made accordingly." Ada, Countess Lovelace, 1844

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        • Richard Andrew x64R Richard Andrew x64

          If someone suddenly offered to finance you a couple of million dollars for you to create your dream application, what would that project be? It has to be something you've always wanted to work on but never had the time or resources. For me, I think it would be the ultimate suite of reverse engineering tools.

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          the skynet singularity. either that or a vb hello world project in all languages

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          • C Chris Maunder

            Porting VBScript to .NET. Come on - you know you want it.

            cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP

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            Chris Maunder wrote:

            Porting VBScript to .NET.

            I suppose your biggest thrill must have been to find C# 4.0's dynamic keyword which now means your code can be pretty similar to how it was during the VBScript days :rolleyes:

            Regards, Nish


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            • C Chris Maunder

              Porting VBScript to .NET. Come on - you know you want it.

              cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP

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              Andy Brummer
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              Amen, I still think it was the best pre .net language Microsoft came up with. C# never matched it's simplicity and has done nothing to prevent the mounds of horrible code that VBScript got a bad rap for.

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              • M Marc Clifton

                Richard Andrew x64 wrote:

                your dream application

                So you are meaning a software app, right? Actually, I really wouldn't do anything in software. I've pretty much decided that making software applications sucks. However, there is one thing I'd like to do: something like a cross between Star Trek's computer AI (Next Generation) and Minority Report. Marc

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                Vikram A Punathambekar
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                Marc Clifton wrote:

                Actually, I really wouldn't do anything in software. I've pretty much decided that making software applications sucks.

                Wow, one of CP's old-timers feels the same way I do. Only, I realised it FAR earlier in my life/career than you do.

                Cheers, Vikram. (Proud to have finally cracked a CCC!)

                Recent activities: TV series: Friends, season 10 Books: Fooled by Randomness, by Nassim Nicholas Taleb.


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                • Richard Andrew x64R Richard Andrew x64

                  If someone suddenly offered to finance you a couple of million dollars for you to create your dream application, what would that project be? It has to be something you've always wanted to work on but never had the time or resources. For me, I think it would be the ultimate suite of reverse engineering tools.

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                  An iPhone Porn Browser. Reckon I could pay my investors back easy!

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                  • Richard Andrew x64R Richard Andrew x64

                    If someone suddenly offered to finance you a couple of million dollars for you to create your dream application, what would that project be? It has to be something you've always wanted to work on but never had the time or resources. For me, I think it would be the ultimate suite of reverse engineering tools.

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                    Mark_Wallace
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                    I don't know, but it would certainly involve ice cream. And maybe belly dancers.

                    I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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                    • B BillWoodruff

                      An application combined with affordable personal electroencephalographic telemetry that facilitates helping "average" people reach some of the "states of mind" possible through deep meditation which current scientific research (on long-time meditators) indicate usually take 10,000 hours or so of practice to attain. Note by saying "states of mind" here, I do not mean "getting high," or "recreational altered states," in any form. I refer to "states of mind" that are inherently stress-relieving, "healing," offer deeply rational and sane insight into the "inner" self (where "deeply rational and sane" are somewhat defined within the context of pragmatic ideas found, imho, most clearly expressed in certain teachings preserved in Theravadan Buddhism as interpreted and "re-vivified" by certain contemporary interpreters). If we gotta send some magnetic fields and/or sound waves and/or sub- or super- audible waves into your brain, that's cool too. You'd have to be licensed to use that technology like you are licensed to drive a car (?) All the revenue (if any) from this project which would be public-domain and open-source would be donated to non-profit organizations who demonstrate that over 90% of their revenue goes directly to help children around the world. best, Bill

                      "Many : not conversant with mathematical studies, imagine that because it [the Analytical Engine] is to give results in numerical notation, its processes must consequently be arithmetical, numerical, rather than algebraical and analytical. This is an error. The engine can arrange and combine numerical quantities as if they were letters or any other general symbols; and it fact it might bring out its results in algebraical notation, were provisions made accordingly." Ada, Countess Lovelace, 1844

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                      Vikram A Punathambekar
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                      A bit funny and sad that you have to qualify your "states of mind" expression.

                      Cheers, Vikram. (Proud to have finally cracked a CCC!)

                      Recent activities: TV series: Friends, season 10 Books: Fooled by Randomness, by Nassim Nicholas Taleb.


                      Carpe Diem.

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                        Painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel a nice shade of magnolia.

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                        You use Subversion rather than CVS then. ;P

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                        • V Vikram A Punathambekar

                          A bit funny and sad that you have to qualify your "states of mind" expression.

                          Cheers, Vikram. (Proud to have finally cracked a CCC!)

                          Recent activities: TV series: Friends, season 10 Books: Fooled by Randomness, by Nassim Nicholas Taleb.


                          Carpe Diem.

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                          BillWoodruff
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                          Namaskaram, Sri Vikram-ji, Well, if I were in India, posting on hamburgers, maybe I would need to specify the difference between a double-bacon-Whopper and a Big Mac :) best, Bill "raghu pati raghavu raja Ram" : was that how it goes ?

                          "Many : not conversant with mathematical studies, imagine that because it [the Analytical Engine] is to give results in numerical notation, its processes must consequently be arithmetical, numerical, rather than algebraical and analytical. This is an error. The engine can arrange and combine numerical quantities as if they were letters or any other general symbols; and it fact it might bring out its results in algebraical notation, were provisions made accordingly." Ada, Countess Lovelace, 1844

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                          • Richard Andrew x64R Richard Andrew x64

                            If someone suddenly offered to finance you a couple of million dollars for you to create your dream application, what would that project be? It has to be something you've always wanted to work on but never had the time or resources. For me, I think it would be the ultimate suite of reverse engineering tools.

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                            Working on hotel island software, based in the Seychelles.

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                            • Richard Andrew x64R Richard Andrew x64

                              If someone suddenly offered to finance you a couple of million dollars for you to create your dream application, what would that project be? It has to be something you've always wanted to work on but never had the time or resources. For me, I think it would be the ultimate suite of reverse engineering tools.

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                              I would want to design a Surface-compatible control system for myan underground lair

                              Between the idea And the reality Between the motion And the act Falls the Shadow

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                              • Richard Andrew x64R Richard Andrew x64

                                If someone suddenly offered to finance you a couple of million dollars for you to create your dream application, what would that project be? It has to be something you've always wanted to work on but never had the time or resources. For me, I think it would be the ultimate suite of reverse engineering tools.

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                                Jorgen Sigvardsson
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                                I'd build a house. And by building it, I mean doing it myself (and not just pay someone to do it for me).

                                -- Kein Mitleid Für Die Mehrheit

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                                • B BillWoodruff

                                  Namaskaram, Sri Vikram-ji, Well, if I were in India, posting on hamburgers, maybe I would need to specify the difference between a double-bacon-Whopper and a Big Mac :) best, Bill "raghu pati raghavu raja Ram" : was that how it goes ?

                                  "Many : not conversant with mathematical studies, imagine that because it [the Analytical Engine] is to give results in numerical notation, its processes must consequently be arithmetical, numerical, rather than algebraical and analytical. This is an error. The engine can arrange and combine numerical quantities as if they were letters or any other general symbols; and it fact it might bring out its results in algebraical notation, were provisions made accordingly." Ada, Countess Lovelace, 1844

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                                  BillWoodruff wrote:

                                  "raghu pati raghavu raja Ram"

                                  FTFY

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                                  • Richard Andrew x64R Richard Andrew x64

                                    If someone suddenly offered to finance you a couple of million dollars for you to create your dream application, what would that project be? It has to be something you've always wanted to work on but never had the time or resources. For me, I think it would be the ultimate suite of reverse engineering tools.

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                                    Pete OHanlon
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                                    Richard Andrew x64 wrote:

                                    what would that project be?

                                    A program that works out the optimum way to apply lotion to the Bikini babes. Obviously, there'd have to be lots of hands on work - a lot of research, gathering requirements and the like. It's a dirty, sticky job, but someone's gotta do it.

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                                    • Richard Andrew x64R Richard Andrew x64

                                      If someone suddenly offered to finance you a couple of million dollars for you to create your dream application, what would that project be? It has to be something you've always wanted to work on but never had the time or resources. For me, I think it would be the ultimate suite of reverse engineering tools.

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                                      For me.. it would just be the Ultimate MMORPG..

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                                      • Richard Andrew x64R Richard Andrew x64

                                        If someone suddenly offered to finance you a couple of million dollars for you to create your dream application, what would that project be? It has to be something you've always wanted to work on but never had the time or resources. For me, I think it would be the ultimate suite of reverse engineering tools.

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                                        homegrown
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                                        are you offering? ;P

                                        <>< :: have the courage to use your own reason

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                                          hehe... thanks!

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                                          that is just great, I was LOL

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