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Semantic Web Under Suspicion
Dr Occult writes "Much of the talk at the 2006 World Wide Web conference has been about the technologies behind the so-called semantic web. The idea is to make the web intelligent by storing data such that it can be analyzed better by our machines, instead of the user having to sort and analyze the data from search engines. From the article: 'Big business, whose motto has always been time is money, is looking forward to the day when multiple sources of financial information can be cross-referenced to show market patterns almost instantly.' However, concern is also growing about the misuses of this intelligent web as an affront to privacy and security."
"Semantic web" might make it easier for HackerBillyBob to find a potential identity fraud victim's information. So basically, HackerBillyBob can get dumber and dumber but do more and more damage. Fortunately the good side of this is PhisherBillyBob can decrease his R&D time because SemantiGoog will give him thousands of ACTIVE email addresses EACH AND EVERY MORNING.
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Of course how would it handle typos like "smantic"?
By pointing them out and laughing at them? Seems to work around here.
How many people read this and thought "Okay, what have they done with Norton now?"
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The thing is, SKYNET was a military based computer and it gave us "Judgement Day".
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I dare hypothesize that if a truly intlligent web ever arose, it would have a strong porn background.
I shudder to think of what it's version of Judgement Day would be
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