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[Frederik Nnaji <frederik.nnaji@xxxxxxxxx>]

2010/5/13 Diego Moya <turingt@xxxxxxxxx>

> 2010/5/13 Martín Soto:
> > The number of hidden automations in our daily lives boggles the mind! If
> > they all had an override mechanism, our world would be full with red
> buttons
> > behind Plexiglas covers. I'm glad this isn't the case, by the way.
>
> You've never pressed the wrong floor button in an elevator? That's the
> kind of overriding I'm referring to, not big "emergency stop red
> buttons" everywhere.
>

take this idea to an elevator manufacturer [1] [2], but GPL it first!
The russians have it already [3], but communism doesn't acknowledge patents
[4] :D
(Undo button for the elevator UI) ;) tellem to run the UI computer with
busybox :D
i'm sure this time Eben Moglen wouldn't have too much work on his hands, if
you do it right from the start!
great metaphor, i won't forget this one for months to come!

I'm afraid this conversation is becoming too offtopic for the thread,
>
as we're mainly talking about general design principles. I suggest
> either creating a new thread or taking it off-list except for the bits
> where we actually comment on the sound panel design.
>

:/ +1


[1] http://www.whynot.net/ideas/185
[2] http://jackodile.com/2009/09/21/i-want-a-cancel-button/
[3] http://www.flickr.com/photos/ifl/4116127364/
[4]
http://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~eroberts/cs201/projects/communism-computing-china/intelproperty.html