Comment by jart
Comment by jart 10 months ago
There needs to be something like a Nobel Prize for this kind of thing.
Comment by jart 10 months ago
There needs to be something like a Nobel Prize for this kind of thing.
Many things which receive an Ig Nobel (but not all) are bona fide <thing> that just happen to be funny or have a particularly strong aspect (not necessarily in their entirety) of triviality. I'd be honored if I did a project like this that got enough attention and generated enough amusement to deserve an Ig Nobel instead of offended I'm on the same list as projects that weren't all genuinely representative works of the field.
Running a modern kernel on a 4004 just doesn't sound too far from running it on an incandescent light bulb or on a potato. No doubt sorcerer level engineering.
Running Linux on a computer? I could understand your comment if the display was something very non-conventional like a series of lightbulbs instead of digital output.
It's a cool project don't get me wrong, but Nobel Peace Prize? What is this thread? I would consider something like a strandbeest to be more award-worthy - but it too is just a neat invention, not contributing to world peace or anything near it.
Probably closest would be the Ig: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ig_Nobel_Prize