Talk:Danny Hillis
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This sounds more like hagiography than something one would expect to read in an Encyclopedia. RodC 23:00, 7 Mar 2004 (UTC)
- It was also a probable copyright violation from [1] (http://www.goertzel.org/benzine/Hillis.htm). I've reverted to the version before that was added. Angela. 23:13, Mar 7, 2004 (UTC)
- Now restored. It was a contrib by the author of that webpage, as suggested by the username of the contributor. Verified by email, Oct 11, 2004 : "Confirmed, it was contributed by me and was GFDL's[sic] with my consent..." As for the laudatory tone, someone please take it down a few notches. +sj+ 00:37, 12 Oct 2004 (UTC)
- Not easy, as the article would have to be rewritten from scratch. It's tone is that of a newspaper feature - which it is -, not an encyclopedia article. I really don't know about the subject, so, for now, I've just corrected the titles' capitalization style... RodC 20:42, 23 Nov 2004 (UTC)
- Now restored. It was a contrib by the author of that webpage, as suggested by the username of the contributor. Verified by email, Oct 11, 2004 : "Confirmed, it was contributed by me and was GFDL's[sic] with my consent..." As for the laudatory tone, someone please take it down a few notches. +sj+ 00:37, 12 Oct 2004 (UTC)
A conversation between Alan Kay and Danny Hillis was published in the second year of Wired Magazine at [2] (http://wired-vig.wired.com/wired/archive//2.01/kay.hillis.html?person=danny_hillis&topic_set=wiredpeople), which sheds light on his thinking and approach to modeling complexity / cybernetics.
Edge has a more complete biography of Danny Hillis at [3] (http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/bios/hillis.html)