On Sep 17, 2010, at 12:52 PM, lsi wrote: > But what of homegrown systems that cannot be taken to work, or made > part of a commercial product, that were just made because it could be > done?
The Maker community has a lot to say on this point, probably way better than I can, http://makerfaire.com/ > And I did get some ideas, but the general response seems to be "apart > from R&D, unless you're a mathematician or scientist, not much"... I > think this is why it needs the institutional environment - because it > needs at least two skillsets to be useful. One to build the box and > another one to build the apps. And probably another skillset again > to use the apps, interpret the output etc. Most backyard rocketeers aren't going to Mars either, but they learn a lot in the process of getting a small payload a couple of meters off the ground. charlie _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org sponsored by Penguin Computing To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
