RE: Are you the right programmer?
Brian Broker wrote:
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> You also replied to irv with: "And i am looking for such a sponsor as this,
> but he just gave you all the data he wouldn't give me about the project."
> Are you suggesting he just gave irv the data *without* an NDA?
"CoolStuff" apparently gave all of us on this list the 'data', such as it
was: just an example of one seemingly simple decision to be made.
I believe it was a contrived example; perhaps to avoid revealing
the actual idea, which he seems to think is original and has value.
Note here: "intelligent systems" have already been invented. Patented, too,
most likely. They are used in medical diagnosis, for example.
We know that far too many people have unrealistic ideas of what a computer
can do. Perhaps CoolStuff is one of those people. Perhaps not. He (or she)
has not been forthcoming enough to make that determination. From what
we know, we can guess that this idea lies somewhere between the
8-ball* decision making toy (which is probably patented) and real
"intelligent systems" which are also probably patented (and horribly
expensive).
Given the depth of information available to us, we might as well give a
quote for the programming task: $35 for something similar to the 8-ball,
$35 million (and up) for something at the other end of the scale.
*Note: A computer program even simpler than the 'executive 8-ball'
would tend to make better decisions than the average Harvard MBA*,
so perhaps this is indeed a product with a great future.
*Note 2: Computers (and 8-balls) pay no attention to anyone from
the Marketing dept, so they already have a significant advantage.
Irv
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