Kari Silvennoinen

"Yeah, it should be dead, but for some reason, it is still easier to do simple graphics in QuickBasic than say XCode. Sure, you can do web apps quite easily with all handy APIs and stuff, but every little guy wants to make games. I know I wanted =)" - Kari Silvennoinen

"Well, while a lot of stuff happened in the virtual reality, Metaverse, in Snow Crash, they did have a pretty cool implementation of Google Earth in the real world, where one could get real-time (or historical) satellite feeds on a map among other things. Sure, it didn't play any big part in the story, but it was there. The service was called... Earth. > A globe about the size of a grapefruit, a perfectly detailed rendition of Planet Earth, hanging in space at arm's length in front of his eyes. Hiro has heard about this but never seen it. It is a piece of CIC software called, simply, Earth. It is the user interface that CIC uses to keep track of every bit of spatial information that it owns - all the maps, weather data, architectural plans, and satellite surveillance stuff. Sounds pretty similar, don't you think?" - Kari Silvennoinen

"I think this topic is worth more exploration, because I've read couple of posts about this kind of retro problem we're facing with computers. These new modern computer things do not come with QuickBasic or HyperCard, which would have small learning curve to actually get something done. It's surprisingly difficult to get anything graphics-related built with the tools provided with your OS. I remember that it was actually one thing that I missed when upgrading to Windows'95. I couldn't tinker as easily with stuff as in DOS. Sure, there was something called Linux, but ... man, talk about steep learning curve. This was way before anything called broadband internet was available, so you were basically on your own if you chose that route." - Kari Silvennoinen

AKA me defending Nokia, part 3. - Kari Silvennoinen

Also, internet is suddenly full of IFRS and US GAAP accounting experts. - Kari Silvennoinen

another word for evolved naturally? Considering Twitter is so featureless, pretty much everything can be considered organic. - Vincent van Wylick

actually, "organic" seems to be "traditional" in this case, ie. manually writing RT etc and not using the button that no-one yet has. A great euphemism, really. - Kari Silvennoinen

"Thanks, I hope this story will inspire people as much as it inspired and still inspires me." - Kari Silvennoinen

I enjoy reading Ars's System Guides. It's a guilty pleasure. Hardware pr0n. - Kari Silvennoinen