Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sat 7th Nov 2009 14:33 UTC, submitted by J!NX
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think of the hurd project of a bacteria sleeping in a dry desert for some years until the rain:
If we all have a million processors in our devices to get some real artificial intelligence this is the time for that projects awakening. And it could have prevented some patents through prior art!
RE[3]: Hurd is coming soon!
by sbergman27 on Wed 11th Nov 2009 15:20
in reply to "RE[2]: Hurd is coming soon!"
Not to mention they difficulties added by using a microkernel architecture. It is doubtful whether the hurd will ever leave the lab stage, but it's an interesting project, nonetheless.
When did dead ends become interesting? Or do you mean that it is interesting to watch groups of people perseverate on dead end projects?
Edited 2009-11-11 15:20 UTC






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Not to mention they difficulties added by using a microkernel architecture. It is doubtful whether the hurd will ever leave the lab stage, but it's an interesting project, nonetheless.