Yes, it was a joke. I don't think I said anywhere that all of these were bad ideas. The point was that everyone was trying lots of different ideas, because no o

Yes, it was a joke. I don't think I said anywhere that all of these were bad ideas. The point was that everyone was trying lots of different ideas, because no one had any solid theoretic basis to tell them what might actually work. Review by domain experts would be nice, but keep in mind this is just a hobby blog, not an academic publication.