[PD] DIY GSoC: getting those projects done

martin.peach at sympatico.ca martin.peach at sympatico.ca
Mon Mar 23 16:40:19 CET 2009


padawan12 wrote:
> Chris McCormick wrote:
> 
> > Also, I hate to be cynical, but
> > I can't see any way even remotely in which Google could use Pd to make a
> > profit. ;) 
> 
> 
> Profit aside, you can make a fundamental partition in computing 
> between forward looking systems (predictive, generative, 
> hypothetical, AI, imaginative type systems) and backward 
> looking (retrospective, analytical, indexing, organising, 
> sort, search, existing value based systems). A bit like left 
> and right brain faculties. Most problems involve elements of 
> both, but Google's domain (search) really falls more into the 
> latter, while applications of Pd are constructive and fall 
> better into the former. 
> 

Hmmm, maybe a project to find and install any Pd external missing from a patch...

Martin

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