N2EY:

I like to think I gauge each and every man and woman on their merits. How
broadminded they are, how current they are, how adaptive they are, if
their pursuits are near mine, if they don't take themselves too seriously,
if they can communicate on the complex, the unique, if they are not
hampered by too many preconceived notions, if they are interesting, if
they are fun, if they are educated (and a few have done a darn good job
of educating themselves with little formal education--and a discussion
with them quickly will disclose that), etc, etc...

I have found about 3-5 out of a hundred are worth a persons time, out in
the general world--usually, at work that ratio comes close to a 50-50%.

I think that is a fairly accurate take on it--a person mileage may vary
with location and type of employment, of course in heaven I suspect this
ratio would be much higher, and in hell it would drop to zero...

John

On Tue, 23 Aug 2005 09:46:18 -0700, N2EY wrote:


wrote:
John Smith wrote:
N2EY:

If there are going to be fully automated nets run by automatons, then
practical "open" protocols and hardware need to be established. Wide
experimentation of many different protocols needs to be experimented with
and the best one or two adopted--and, the ease which "newbies" can
participate should be given a substantial weight in this endeavor. A
narrow range of freqs would best be established for robots, it can always
be widened if there is sufficient call for such.

A protocol where a "control robot" to be chosen, and adaptive
procedures so the control can change as necessary. A protocol where a
robot requests entrance in the net and its' traffic logically queued and
handled in a "ring" approach. Also, a protocol which allows for a human
operator (with the correct software/hardware) to get info and interact in
an emergency or otherwise situation.

I find discussion of these matters highly exciting and believe amateur
radio should help foster such directions, seems it would be beneficial to
all...

John

Hey Jim, does this ring a familiar bell . . . ? Node clashes . .

"Everything old is new again"

It's really funny to see the neophiles ignore history and what has
already
been learned as "old stuff", then go out and try to solve the same
problems all over again.

Then when you try to Elmer them, you get called a dinosaur.

73 de Jim, N2EY