management of general information about accelerators and experiments
Fascinating how such a specific use-case evolved over time to become one of the most generalized platforms to exist! Never underestimate the scope of an idea.
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www.w3.org www.w3.org
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cs.brown.edu cs.brown.edu
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Schemesforalltheseneedsexist,having been workedout withinourproprietary data-structureframe-work.
Goes to show how in-depth this report or publication actually is!
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And achange mu•t scnehow beknownthrough-outthen•~rktheinstantithap-pens.withnewthingsatonceassim-ilatedtothegreatcorpus.
Similar to the hurdles faced by blockchain technologies today.
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All of storage nearandfarbe-comes aunited whole-whatisnowcalleda"distributed data base."Ac-tual locations areessentially invisi-ble to the user: or, in that tradi-tional phrase,"Youdon't carewhereit'sstored."
Amazing how the Internet has accomplished such a design. Though, maybe not as organized and perfect as Ted envisioned it to be.
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pops your previous addressfrom a stack
A Stack seems like a very suitable data structure to use in order to keep track of sequenced history (LIFO)
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share coanonstorage of thedocument ' s fragments
This is a smart way to save storage space. By allowing common text, code, etc to reside in common memory while letting the differences reside in their own memory space.
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t rack - and-sector
Each platter of a hard disk is divided into a number of concentric tracks. Each track is divided into a number of sectors, each of which can store the same amount of data - Google
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Thu• there is no "main"versi on of a thing,
Having a "main" version does seem to have its advantages though in modern version control systems like GitHub. It allows non-concrete changes to go on backstage while having a robust, clean version for the world to see.
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Potemkinvillages
A "Potemkin village" signifies any deceptive or false construct, conjured often by cruel regimes, to deceive both those within the land and those peering in from outside. - Google
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it is an ongoingchanging flux.
This is a smart way to think about the evolution of a document or piece of literature through it's lifecycle. It would be edited, deleted, changes made and undone, styles applied and changed repeatedly.
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A more fundamental use is to keeptrack of former states of the work, incase mistakes or wrong decisions needto be undone. This need, backtrack,is serious and important.
Basis of all version control systems that exist today.
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belles-lettres
From Google: essays, particularly on literary and artistic criticism, written and read primarily for their aesthetic effect.
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The user has no direct con-tact with technicalities.
I would believe this is one of the early examples of abstractions of complicated logic and functions of the computer that led to its adoption by the masses.
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itwill shortly existasafunctioningcomputer programwithmanyuse s .
Ted Nelson's confidence in his system is admirable here. He is so sure that it is of great value and would definitely exist in the short future, even if the prototype may not have been feasible computationally or economically at that time.
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drive.google.com drive.google.com
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The camerahound of the future wears on his forehead a lump a littlelarger than a walnut: It takes pictures 3 millimeters square,later to be projected or enlarged, which after all involvesonly a factor of 10 beyond present practice.
Would be amazing to see Bush's reaction to cyclists and motorists wearing GoPro's on their helmets today!
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The scientists, burying their oldprofessional competition in the demand of a commoncause, have shared greatly and learned much
This statement makes me feel both respectful and sad. Sad because the long war caused immense suffering, damage, and loss, but it also lead to huge advancements in technology, industrialization and communication that propelled humankind forward at breakneck speed.
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