Thanks for the info, Chaz. Quite a bit more useful than just a subject line.
> According to the website http://www.agentcities.org/About/ > > "The ultimate aim is to enable the dynamic, intelligent and autonomous > composition of services to achieve user and business goals, thereby creating > compound services to address changing needs." > > compare with this from the REBOL website > " IOS is for group communications. It lets people work together privately > and in real-time from anywhere in the world. It transforms physically > separated groups of individuals into productive, unified teams by providing > a direct, secure, and responsive environment for collaboration and sharing. > " > > Agentcities appears to be an initiative that could easily be implemented in > REBOL. The downside about joining Agentcities is that it's attracted a lot > of academicians who would rather talk than code. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Charles" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, March 24, 2002 9:55 PM > Subject: [REBOL] Re: Agentcities > > > > And yet, what does it have to do with... anything? And what's AS? And > > what's Agentcities? And why should we care? > > > > > > > > AS sufferers are in constant denial, and as such are resistant to > therapy. A > > committe was created in 1963 at the University of California, Berkeley to > study > > therapy options. > > > At last word, the committee.... > > > > > > ...elected seven to the AS Task Force Sub-committee, who'll report to > the 12 > > on the AS Task Force, appointed by the 15 on the Trustee Board. Their > > recommendation will be reviewed by the Finance Executive Committee of 5, > who'll > > place it on the agenda of the 18 member Finance Committee. If they > approve, > > they'll bring a motion to the 27 Member Faculty Board, who'll appoint > another > > 12 member review committee. If they recommend that the Faculty proceed, a > > resolution will be brought to the Berkeley Business Meeting. They'll > appoint > > another 8 member review committee. If their report to the next Berkeley > > Business Meeting supports the AS Task Force, and the Congregation votes in > > favor, the issue will be passed on to the Trustee Board. > > > > > > So, at least it's getting somewhere now. > > > > > > TB > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" in the > > > subject, without the quotes. > > > > > > > -- > >> To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" in the > >> subject, without the quotes. > >> > >>I think Agentcities suffers from what I call "Academia Syndrome", or AS. > AS > >>is "when folks trained in a university think just a wee bit too much, to > the > >>point of becoming absurb." University committees are especially prone to > >>this ailment as it grows exponentially when more AS suffers are together. > >>When a project becomes infected by AS, it... > >>- goes round and round and round.... very...very... slowly. > >>- becomes bloated with jargon, diagrams, charts, formulas, studies, > >>technical commitees, working groups, specs, reports, memos, drafts, > >>consortiums, processes... (point truncated by 4,242 bytes). > >>- is debated to death, literally. > >>- can produce output, but only if you understand Latin. > >> > >> > >>I first encountered AS working with four clinical psycologists on a > >>multimedia cd project that was being distributed to 2000 physcians... > where > >>one such person insisted that a bright blue background with yellow text > was > >>the best format because his study showed that some doctors are color > blind, > >>and that color combination is the best for them. Of course, this was > >>discussed for two days (I'm not kidding) and was concluded that yes, blue > >>and yellow IS the best way to go. (Ack, grieved just thinking about it.) > >> > >>XML creators obviously suffer from AS. > >> > >>project would be a niche for Rebol. Could piggyback on Rugby. > >> > >>TBrownell > >>PS - Rebol does not suffer from AS, nor does Rugby. > >> > >>>----- Original Message ----- > >>>From: "chaz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>>Sent: Saturday, March 23, 2002 1:37 AM > >>>Subject: [REBOL] Re: REBOL] Agentcities - was OWL > >>> > >>> http://www.agentcities.org/rec/00002/actf-rec-00002a.pdf > >>> Am I right in assuming that you're suggesting that we collaborate on > >>> creating "REBOL city" > >>> and implementing the programs "PingAgent" and other services in REBOL > >>> > >>>> ----- Original Message ----- > >>>> From: "Terry Brownell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>>> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>>> Subject: [REBOL] REBOL] Agentcities - was OWL > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Check out what agentcities is up to... > >>>> http://www.agentcities.org/ > >>>> > >>>> "Agentcities is a global, collaborative effort to construct an open > >>>> network > >>>> of on-line systems hosting diverse agent based services." > >>>> > >>>> A well-heeled international project. > >>>> > >>>> TB > > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" in the > subject, without the quotes. > -- To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" in the subject, without the quotes.
