Three Word Address
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Let's get back to... what is the use case for this bizarre system? Give example cases where it is in some way useful. But no example can include any case where GPS would have worked in the same situation.
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@dustinb3403 said in Three Word Address:
@scottalanmiller said in Three Word Address:
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@coliver said in Three Word Address:
@dustinb3403 said in Three Word Address:
@coliver said in Three Word Address:
@dustinb3403 said in Three Word Address:
@scottalanmiller said in Three Word Address:
@dustinb3403 said in Three Word Address:
I'm done with the conversation.
People are just being haters to hate.
Just asking for a use case.
Scott did you even watch the video? A case was directly presented in the video.
I didn't watch the video (at work) can you fill me in on the use case?
Every 3 meter square is assigned a combination of 3 words at random. That 3 word combination of 40000 words is unique in the entire world.
So if you remember your 3 word address, it's the only place in the world with that combination. Meaning you are in a universally unique location that can be given to someone.
Hey I'm at lolly.ranch.frame, see you soon.
Rather than "hey I'm at 154 elm street" which there are possibly hundreds of 154 elm streets or even multiple in the same region.
No I got that... what was the use case they supplied?
Regions that are margially developed, like Brazil. There may be a few streets in an area all interconnected. But thousands of homes in that region.
Where people are literally walking through someone elses' home to get to the road.
You are assuming that people will be using old fashioned addresses, why? If the three word system depends on something else that already has been replaced, that makes it useless. The people in those remote locations can just send their GPS data today. Problem solved.
Why would I be assuming this? This way clearly stated for locations that don't and can't use old fashion addressing as it doesn't work in that region of the world.
FFS man watch the video and come back to me once you've seen the tree. The trees were shown, very clearly.
But no place needs those. So that defines the system as useless. I HAVE watched the video, that's why I knew it was useless years ago.
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Have you watched the video? If so, and you feel there is value to the system, explain what it is.
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@scottalanmiller said in Three Word Address:
Have you watched the video? If so, and you feel there is value to the system, explain what it is.
I already have watched the video, the value is for places like gutty cities in Brazil etc.
Not for highly developed parts of the world.
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@dustinb3403 said in Three Word Address:
Why would I be assuming this? This way clearly stated for locations that don't and can't use old fashion addressing as it doesn't work in that region of the world.
That's my point exactly. The need for addresses is a solved problem that doesn't exist today. So, given the stated dependency of the three word system on something that doesn't exist as a problem, I assume you now agree that it is silly and pointless?
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@dustinb3403 said in Three Word Address:
@scottalanmiller said in Three Word Address:
Have you watched the video? If so, and you feel there is value to the system, explain what it is.
I already have watched the video, the value is for places like gutty cities in Brazil etc.
Not for highly developed parts of the world.
We jsut showed why that is wrong. So we agree, it's pointless.
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@dustinb3403 said in Three Word Address:
@scottalanmiller said in Three Word Address:
Have you watched the video? If so, and you feel there is value to the system, explain what it is.
I already have watched the video, the value is for places like gutty cities in Brazil etc.
Not for highly developed parts of the world.
What value does it have then? Why not just use GPS? I'm not "hating" on it... just seems like a solution looking for a problem that was already solved by a better more reliable way.
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They claim that without an address, you live outside of the law and might as well not exist. What BS that is. The very basis for the entire video is based on an obvious falicy.
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@coliver said in Three Word Address:
@dustinb3403 said in Three Word Address:
@scottalanmiller said in Three Word Address:
Have you watched the video? If so, and you feel there is value to the system, explain what it is.
I already have watched the video, the value is for places like gutty cities in Brazil etc.
Not for highly developed parts of the world.
What value does it have then? Why not just use GPS? I'm not "hating" on it... just seems like a solution looking for a problem that was already solved by a better more reliable way.
The problem is people have an incredibly hard time remembering numbers. Phones and GPS is great and all, if you have a device that is able to pull / share that information with the person you're in need or / talking too.
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In the TED video, he provides examples of why he wanted this system... but in it proves that the three word system can't work. His truck driver went north of Rome instead of South. But if people get words wrong, the three word system is worse, rather than better, than other options.
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TED talk also said that they wanted something simpler than GPS, but they made something more complex.
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Yeah this is horrible for addresses, but could be great for GPS.
I live in a 2nd floor condo, so the person under me has the same exact address. This is useless for mail, but great for someone to physically drive to me by car. After that point, the person would have no idea which one I live in. Also, I live where 4 "squares" meet, so I can say my home has 4 addresses, and they are all completely different.
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@dustinb3403 said in Three Word Address:
@coliver said in Three Word Address:
@dustinb3403 said in Three Word Address:
@scottalanmiller said in Three Word Address:
Have you watched the video? If so, and you feel there is value to the system, explain what it is.
I already have watched the video, the value is for places like gutty cities in Brazil etc.
Not for highly developed parts of the world.
What value does it have then? Why not just use GPS? I'm not "hating" on it... just seems like a solution looking for a problem that was already solved by a better more reliable way.
The problem is people have an incredibly hard time remembering numbers. Phones and GPS is great and all, if you have a device that is able to pull / share that information with the person you're in need or / talking too.
No, that's not a problem. People don't need to remember anything. That's the whole point, to use this system you need to be digital and the need for remembering addresses doesn't exist.
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Governments can literally go around and paint the 3 word address of every home in the gutter cities of the world on the side of the building.
If there is an emergency all that needs to happen is you call for help and say Im at little.scotch.horse and then the help knows how to get directly to you.
Which it is way easier to paint 3 words on the side of every house then it is to paint the exact coordinates of every house with the minutes to be as pinpoint.
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@dustinb3403 said in Three Word Address:
@coliver said in Three Word Address:
@dustinb3403 said in Three Word Address:
@scottalanmiller said in Three Word Address:
Have you watched the video? If so, and you feel there is value to the system, explain what it is.
I already have watched the video, the value is for places like gutty cities in Brazil etc.
Not for highly developed parts of the world.
What value does it have then? Why not just use GPS? I'm not "hating" on it... just seems like a solution looking for a problem that was already solved by a better more reliable way.
The problem is people have an incredibly hard time remembering numbers. Phones and GPS is great and all, if you have a device that is able to pull / share that information with the person you're in need or / talking too.
What part of the three word system alleviates that? They would still need a device to find their three word location and the person on the other end would still need a device to decipher the three word location.
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@scottalanmiller said in Three Word Address:
@dustinb3403 said in Three Word Address:
@coliver said in Three Word Address:
@dustinb3403 said in Three Word Address:
@scottalanmiller said in Three Word Address:
Have you watched the video? If so, and you feel there is value to the system, explain what it is.
I already have watched the video, the value is for places like gutty cities in Brazil etc.
Not for highly developed parts of the world.
What value does it have then? Why not just use GPS? I'm not "hating" on it... just seems like a solution looking for a problem that was already solved by a better more reliable way.
The problem is people have an incredibly hard time remembering numbers. Phones and GPS is great and all, if you have a device that is able to pull / share that information with the person you're in need or / talking too.
No, that's not a problem. People don't need to remember anything. That's the whole point, to use this system you need to be digital and the need for remembering addresses doesn't exist.
No the point is to not rely on digital once every 3 meters is marked.
You're clearly missing it the forest for the trees.
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@dustinb3403 said in Three Word Address:
Phones and GPS is great and all, if you have a device that is able to pull / share that information with the person you're in need or / talking too.
Which you must in order for any reasonable scenario of using the three word system to exist. You never answered my key question... HOW does someone need this system in a scenario where they can't use GPS?
Every example case for three words didn't need three words to do what is given in the example.
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I went through the video again, it's absolute crap. He gave no value to the system and not one use case that was real. Not one. It's was nothing but a commercial for his silly database company.
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@coliver said in Three Word Address:
@dustinb3403 said in Three Word Address:
@scottalanmiller said in Three Word Address:
Have you watched the video? If so, and you feel there is value to the system, explain what it is.
I already have watched the video, the value is for places like gutty cities in Brazil etc.
Not for highly developed parts of the world.
What value does it have then? Why not just use GPS? I'm not "hating" on it... just seems like a solution looking for a problem that was already solved by a better more reliable way.
I suppose I get it - if your house in those gutty cities don't have an address, and the resident doesn't have a cell phone, I suppose they could ask someone who does, to stand there and give them the GPS coordinates, and then paint those numbers on the house.
The problem I see is when the resident is away from the house, how will they remember those coordinates? I remember my street address because it's short and uses words I know. When someone gives me their address I must write it down, otherwise I will mess it up.
back to my earlier question - does everyone in those gutty cities have a phone with GPS and memory in the phone so they can recall their home address when needed? if yes, then abstracting those difficult to recall coordinates becomes a non issue.
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@coliver said in Three Word Address:
@dustinb3403 said in Three Word Address:
@coliver said in Three Word Address:
@dustinb3403 said in Three Word Address:
@scottalanmiller said in Three Word Address:
Have you watched the video? If so, and you feel there is value to the system, explain what it is.
I already have watched the video, the value is for places like gutty cities in Brazil etc.
Not for highly developed parts of the world.
What value does it have then? Why not just use GPS? I'm not "hating" on it... just seems like a solution looking for a problem that was already solved by a better more reliable way.
The problem is people have an incredibly hard time remembering numbers. Phones and GPS is great and all, if you have a device that is able to pull / share that information with the person you're in need or / talking too.
What part of the three word system alleviates that? They would still need a device to find their three word location and the person on the other end would still need a device to decipher the three word location.
No, the governments that have already picked up this system are going around and literally painting the 3 word address on every 3 meters so people know where they are exactly that moment.
All the people have to have is a dumb phone and be able to call for help should something happen.
