FuckI'mDoingIt,PostingSomethingIWrote:A Convergence of Culture and Communication

3 points by RevRal 10 years ago | 9 comments

I can't post the whole thing here due to character limit.

...A new bbs..

...something almost exactly like a .torrent file...

...a peer-to-peer protocol, a means to collectively yet independently, in great synchronicity, network our information...

...information within this system is either a location or syntax or content...

...all entries start with the location of the entry itself...

...location is generated by combining all relevant IDs and the sequence number...

...this allows for a predicable means to sequence entries...

...syntax contains content, content can contain syntax...

...design an expansive syntax for causes and effects, must include syntax for tables, text, vectors, and functions...

...syntax must be substantial enough a platform to describe theories, readable by humans and computers...

...convert descriptions of theories and models into this syntax...

...content: everything else. Content type declared in the containing syntax, the rules of the content’s interpretation either declared from within the container or referenced from elsewhere. Content to frequently be code, raw information, executables...

...content can reference and use the syntax of any other entry...

...within content, referenced syntax can contain content referencing syntax from another entry...

...content can hold computation within objects...

...an easy means to conduct p2p computation...

...objects can have any combination of inputs and outputs, objects can be of any size...

...computation within objects is propelled by a computation scheme, computed by the individual computers hosting the content...

...thus [de|a]scends the nesting nature of this structure...

This is part of the thing! I guess I'm just testing the water with this. Also, when I originally wrote this, the scope encompassed political activity which I am also passionate about.

I'm trying to get a team together to work on this with me, basically. Volunteers only :).

RevRal 10 years ago |

The Problem [I'm trying to solve]

Current research dissemination platforms repeat these problems with every publication:

The research is presented in a publication layout (ever try converting a research paper PDF into an ePub or simply linear text?)

Data are not stored in a data array (tables are static, values and functions used are not clear or represented in a searchable format)

Graphs and other aids are stored as images rather than vector functions

Functions per axis or table range are not reduced to a standardized, searchable, syntax

Linkage of ideas, categories, subjects, functions, and what-have-yous across research is cumbersome

Descriptions within the research are not clearly separated as nested descriptions. That is: the boundaries between descriptions are not clear. Or, when fuzziness is inherent in the subject, then the degree of fuzziness is unclear.

A means to coherently discuss the research

The process of peer review is nearly invisible; the discourse during the process of peer review is mostly unavailable; "reviewers" are basically anonymous and there is no simple way to reference their contributions to other peer reviews

There is no seamless way to reconcile information within research to other research: it can be needlessly difficult to conduct redundancy checks between studies. This process is a component of the present peer review process, but current research is not set up for continuous peer review. The processes is invisible and gives no room for research to just evolve and branch out on its own.

Matching data between hosts: Maybe this is silly but there is no good process to determine if my physical copy of a journal has no errors.

These issues by their necessity to the current platform create resistance to the expansion of our scientific knowledgebase. The dissemination of knowledge must be completely open and standardized. The issues here expressed inform the remedy’s structure, syntax, means of access, a means for discourse, and a means to represent people.

Starting now, it is important that this principle be upheld: An entity can never obtain more than one ID.

asimuvPR 10 years ago |

It would be nice to have this presented visually. It is a bit hard to grasp. Not being negative. Just asking for a better explanation of what seems like a really interesting system. :)

RevRal 10 years ago | |

Thanks... yeah, I'm trying to figure out the best way to present it on here. It might all actually be a bit hard to describe without them. For instance, the special binary I had to develop to overcome some technical issues.

http://i.imgur.com/p4pr8b9.jpg

asimuvPR 10 years ago | | |

That's interesting. Mind explaining it using the picture?

RevRal 10 years ago | |

...content can hold entirely different location schemes, but must still use the same sequencing scheme...

...how does one maintain a coherent reference-ability of syntax within entries...

...to answer that question I must describe the means to sequence the entries themselves...

...the sequencing scheme is: Start at 0, every new entry attaches to the next unused natural number...

...by using the sequencing scheme, an entity other than the entry creator exists to generate a sequence of numbers for use by entry creators...

...every entry sequence generator is given a unique ID to append their generated sequence number...

...EntryCreatorID to append SequenceGeneratorID and Sequence...

...[EntryCreatorID][SequenceGeneratorID][Sequence]...

...another sequence generator, this one generates creator IDs. This sequence generator must have a unique ID as well...

...[EntryCreatorID-GeneratorID][EntryCreatorID][Sequence-GeneratorID][Sequence]...

...[EntryCreatorID] can choose any [Sequence-GeneratorID] for any given entry...

...the creation and operation of any GeneratorID entity must be done with utmost transparency and fairness...

...any new ID sequenced must follow the sequencing scheme...

...develop a type of scientific notation to describe large sequence numbers...

...all of this allows for a synchronization system without the requirement of mediaries for coordination...

...this system is a little like the Dewey Decimal System...

...this is a numbering system for cataloging and referencing ideas...

...everything is sequenced in binary...

...entries are never allowed to be edited, revisions are submitted as a subset to the entry...

...it is possible for entries to be “forgotten” if nobody else looked at the entry...

...meaning if the entry exists on more than one computer, it cannot be forgotten until it is deleted from each computer...

...merely looking at entries temporarily stores the entry onto the looker’s computer...

...we each specify how we like to retain such information on our computers by default...

...every entry is actually a complicated number. [location].[syntax][content]. That’s, location, decimal point, syntax, and content...

...every single bit has an inherent location ID, its value and distance from the decimal point...

...more on that later...

...discussions to fit within the format of this structure...

...creators can choose a sequence generator to use...

...this is an information space. A data-web. A model with infinitely interconnecting parts and the potential to accommodate the rapid expansion of knowledge. Its a platform for discourse, a means to conduct rapid responses to existential risks, and a potential means to vote...

...And imagine being able to run a query to return all the tables within recorded research within a specific parameter.