X-Git-Url: http://www2.svjatoslav.eu/gitweb/?p=sixth.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Findex.org;h=a4d464c8f649c5404635edc7ad700d9400e8f1c7;hp=75d1e3f3f156b8e20163bdad657f1f87420b14e7;hb=d7abb2f5dfabd382d37a31a9a52a0f0654b44c48;hpb=533a274bb661ac95d9b48b33732df6a849fd5a4a diff --git a/doc/index.org b/doc/index.org index 75d1e3f..a4d464c 100644 --- a/doc/index.org +++ b/doc/index.org @@ -14,44 +14,98 @@ - [[http://svjatoslav.eu/programs.jsp][other applications hosted at svjatoslav.eu]] +* (document settings) :noexport: +** use dark style for TWBS-HTML exporter +#+HTML_HEAD: +#+HTML_HEAD: +#+HTML_HEAD: " +#+HTML_HEAD: + +* Vision / goal - A tool to amplify human ability + :PROPERTIES: + :ID: 1f4e1c17-d25f-4d92-aa9b-5785f1d86f4f + :END: +In short, this is what I want: + +- [[id:4224d52c-2ee1-411a-bd89-77c286322b21][Perfect data storage and computation engine]] + +- Feeds lots of complex data into your brain in intuitive to explore, + understand and manipulate form by extensively relying on realtime 3D + graphics and fast feedback loop. (including virtual reality support) + + #+BEGIN_QUOTE + “Virtual reality holds the key to the evolution of the human mind” + Dr. Lawrence Angelo, The Lawnmower Man (1992) + #+END_QUOTE + +- Why such name ? + - In short: it's just a number. + - Many years ago inspired by the ideas of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forth_(programming_language)][Forth (programming + language)]] I decided to create my own implementation [[http://www2.svjatoslav.eu/gitbrowse/fifth/doc/index.html][Fifth]] + (computing/programming environment). + - Then I realized I miss type safe object oriented capabilities. So + I updated the name to Sixth and switched to Java. + +** Perfect data storage and computation engine + :PROPERTIES: + :ID: 4224d52c-2ee1-411a-bd89-77c286322b21 + :END: + +I hate to choose between good things. Figuring out a way to combine +below properties in one system would be beyond awesome. + +(That`s the high level overview, details are slowly being worked +out...) + +*** Computation ++ Lisp (programming language): + + Almost no syntax. + + Code and data intercangeable. + + Easily self modifying. + + (The big Lisp idea: https://dev.to/ericnormand/the-idea-of-lisp ) + ++ Smalltalk (programming language / runtime): + + Everything is object. + + On the fly modifiable / reprogrammable. + + Anything can be suspended/resumed from persistent storage on the + fly. + ++ Hadoop (computation system): + + Many individual connected computers behave as one big + computer. System is horizontally linearly scalable. + + Programming abstraction and execution model that naturally divides + problems te be solved in parallel and result easily combined. + + Data is spread across nodes, automatic failover, built in + resiliency. + + Small pieces of code are automatically transferred to the node + that contains relatively big data that needs processing (network + efficiency). + +*** Data storage +See: [[http://www2.svjatoslav.eu/gitbrowse/sixth-data/doc/index.html][Sixth data subproject]] + ++ Relational databases: + + Transactional + + Indexable / Quickly searchable + ++ Git (version control system) + + Versionable + + Branchable / mergeable. + + Transparent cansistency, checksumming and deduplication. + + (Git as a database: + https://www.kenneth-truyers.net/2016/10/13/git-nosql-database/ ) * Current status -There is nothing useful for regular people yet. ++ Formulated high-level [[id:1f4e1c17-d25f-4d92-aa9b-5785f1d86f4f][vision / goal]]. -Sixth is presently in research / prototyping and ideas collecting phase. Some -working parts are already implemented: ++ In the process of implementing some of building blocks: + - [[http://www2.svjatoslav.eu/gitbrowse/sixth-data/doc/index.html][Data storage engine.]] -- First layer of storage: Simple persistent key-value map. - -- In software, pure Java realtime 3D rendering engine. - -* Vision -- A tool to amplify human ability. - -- Properly visualizes and immerses user in completely various forms of - information and provides intuitive and powerful ways to explore, interact and - manipulate it with fast feedback loop to immediately see results. - -#+BEGIN_QUOTE -“Virtual reality holds the key to the evolution of the human mind” -Dr. Lawrence Angelo, The Lawnmower Man (1992) -#+END_QUOTE - -* Features to implement in the future - -- Semantic networks / knowledge trees. - - Is able to use natural language for knowledge mining and question answering. - This could potentially lead to self aware artificial intelligence. Because - of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Laws_of_Robotics]["Three laws safe"]] design, there is nothing that can go wrong. - -- Become an alternative to KDE, Gnome, Canonical Unity or similar desktop user - interfaces. - -- Become an open source scientific computing engine of structured data as an - alternative to proprietary Wolfram Alpha. - -- Become an open source solution for unstructured knowledge extraction and - processing, similar to IBM Watson. - -- P2P (Peer to peer) distributed computation system. + - [[http://www2.svjatoslav.eu/gitbrowse/sixth-3d/doc/index.html][In software, pure Java realtime 3D rendering engine.]] + - [[http://www2.svjatoslav.eu/gitbrowse/sixth-3d-demos/doc/index.html][3D engine demos]] ++ System is nowhere near complete (given magnitude of effort required + and my free time available). Contributions welcome ! :)