Google seemed to be looking to the web for meaning, but they should be building their own Ontology of Everything, based on what they find in the content. Let Cyc loose on there caches perhaps would be a good start. Then integrate their Ontology of Everything with those Formal Ontologies that already exist.
About Intelligent Searching, when a person asks me for advice, I tap into my Personal Ontology, which has overlap with other ontologies in a domain specific way.
i.e. I read information, much of it structured, I then fit it into my Personal Ontology and if required expand my ontology to fit the new information. I may even face a paradigm shift that requires a major restructuring of my Ontology, i.e. I need to have a set of new transforms to link the old with the new in a way that lets me sanely access both. At this point I have acquire new Knowledge which I can now share with people that ask me questions.
When I'm talking to a Knowledgeable Source I need to find the Transforms that allow me to incorporate "knowledge of shared knowledge" as well as knowledge of our unique knowledge. This is how we are able to communicate and learn from each other.
If I am dealing with a Naive Searcher I need to Probe their Personal Ontology or World View until I am able to construct enough domain specific transforms to allow me to know what they are trying to learn and how best to find it and Teach it to them.
Here are the key points from the article, for those who seem to be having comprehension problems.
* a photo identity card * you don't have to have one, or need to carry it if you do have it * only for Medicare and welfare payments * replace 17 EXISTING "dumb"cards!! * used to check identities for immigration and security purposes and to crack down on fraud. * cost $1 billion, but save $3 billion a year. * the idea is welcomed by non-paranoid types and rejected by those who are paranoid (have a irrational fear of persecution by authority). * both sides of politics support the idea in principle.
The irony of the paranoid anti-card arguments is that Melbourne Australia has the largest group of Holocaust survivors outside of Israel and there is no mention of that community's opinion! Given the card will help to protect them from terrorists that would like to finish the Holocaust that the Nazis started, I doubt the Jewish Australian community would be against such a card, but maybe somebody should ask them what they think.
The current problem with the existing 17 types of "dumb" cards is that they allow widespread petty parasitism on the Australian welfare system and that fraud adds up to billions of dollars each year, which the honest majority of Australians have to fund through high taxation. It is the price they currently pay for having one of the best and most inclusive medical/welfare systems in the world. If you are kind, there will always be some pest that wants to suck you dry. The card is a balancing act between the need to have a humane society (i.e. one that is better than the USA) and the need to protect yourself from evil people.
Linux is open source and the MIT folks are very smart people, so just do it! How hard can it be for MIT to take a FOSS project and tweak it to their exact needs? There are already versions of Linux + X Windows that run off 2 floppy disks. 1 month is all it should take to get a beta version out, or are they not half as smart as they would like us to think they are?
The problem is with the email client, it should send a link, not the data, this protects the data too as the person/s on who get the email must have access to the data to see it.
:-) it's about time that was pointed out! I'm sick of the "racist" comments from the Americans that suggest that Australians are the genetically defective descendants of criminals.
I'm a (very) proud descendant of James O'Malley Walshe, who as a free settler helped to create the Australia we have today. I don't feel as if I have less freedom when I'm home in Australia and I feel a lot safer than I did in L.A.!!
All these people and companies fighting it out for top spot on the "nice guys list" seem to have overlooked an important lesson from the religion that many of them claim to follow. Jesus had something to say about people who seek fame and recognition for their "good deeds", basically he said they were hypocrites and that if they really cared about people they would just get on with making the world a better place and not expect recognition (profit) from their actions. I think that Siddhartha would have agreed with him.
i.e. JUST SHUT UP AND DO IT, STOP THE "LOOK AT" ME ANTICS!
My best argument was my initial post and it has already answered your questions.
PC based systems can be deactivated both locally and remotely, it would seem that you know as little about the realities of being a modern parent as you do about IT security.
Malware can deactivate content filters as easily as it can knock out virus filters and with the likes of Sony spreading root kits the job for the porn sellers has just got a lot easier.
I suggest you read what I have already posted, and think about it for a while, currently you are going in loops and ignoring key points that I have already made.
The entire issue is not a problem for me, I know how to build Linux based routers and filtering web caches, but 99% of PC users do not and their Windows based systems are already full of spyware, adware and malware. Even a lot of companies have trouble keeping their Windows systems clean and secure.
That is the REALITY of the situation.
I suggest you go out into the big room for a while and stop getting high off your own emissions. Get back to me when you are in touch with reality again.
Are you a parent? Be honest!
If not, are you qualified to comment on this issue?
As for your comments, the REALITY of modern life sees kids at home after school on their own, changing that would be great, but would cost billions.
The issue of equity in careers for people with children is an entirely separate matter and one that will not get fixed easily or quickly. My wife is a MD, but she needs to take years out of her career for each child we have, yet if smart women don't have kids the population, on average, will have a lower IQ. How do you fix that!
Secure by default, just like Unix and Linux, open it up as you need, when you need. The principle is sound, unlike the M$ way of doing things.
It is not censorship because it would take a single phone call or email to turn it off, or even a web page.. No problem at all, for an adult.
Using the existing Australian system for content rating is a good idea too, who wants your filters configured by some company from another country!
The claims of a performance hit is bullshit, it is just a routing issue and most web traffic is going through ISP proxies anyway. i.e. if you are on the filtered list you are sent to a group of proxies that have pace holders for blocked content. The existing transparent proxies are forced onto users now, for reasons of profit, so stop f'n telling lies about this issue!
If people are running PC based filters their kids can turn them off or worse a virus can be designed to do it.
The centralised and professional managment of content streams based on official rating systems and opt-out lists is a good idea, unless you have a vested intrest in profiting from porn/violent content being served up to children.
then try to given them what they need, ignore what M$ has to say, they are never going to do OOs a good service or give good advice.
It is logical and obvious to conclude that any comment from M$ is bullshit and should be ignored, they are not in the business of telling the truth, they never were and never will be.
Remember they like to destroy things (and perhaps groups of people) that scare them. That is now a fact which is "on the record".
With current motors at around 80% efficiency I doubt there is room for the claimed x4 improvement. The math does not make sense to me. How can you have 220% more power ouput than your input?
Just using the right motor for the right job is more important.
Great for Business, but we still need FREEDOM of CHOICE.
If I am running a business which requires a high level of protection for it's intellectual property I am going to be very happy with such technology. It will stop my knowledge leaking out, or at the very least I will know who leaked it.
BUT! For the average consumer this technology is a clear threat to their right to have FREEDOM of CHOICE. The solution is to have MANDATORY DEACIVATABILITY to ensure that the owner of the hardware can install any operating system they choose.
The media copy protection issue is secondary, most content these days is crap and we can live without it, but we can't allow other people to lock us out of our own property and dictate to us what operating systems to use, that would be intellectual slavery.
I never did understand why some people seem to spend so much time in the loo, it must be a blocked up meat eater thing....I guess they can use the time to surf the net and learn about colon cancer.;-)
Don't take risks with the health of children, not while the cell phone radiation debate is still hot!
A $100 laptop is a much safer option, add WiMax for VOIP and a optional plug-in handset (radiation free) and you everything Gates offers, without the risks. The only catch is, Bill will never profit from it, however humanity will.
Cellphones are also like drugs, they suck the $ out of the poor who don't know how to manage their accounts and learn the hard way what the real costs can be. How would you like to get into a ten year debt in the space of a few weeks of ignorant phone calls?
Radiation free, fixed cost computing and communications is that only rational and selfless proposal that I can see. Anything else looks like cynical stealth marketing.
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Google seemed to be looking to the web for meaning, but they should be building their own Ontology of Everything, based on what they find in the content. Let Cyc loose on there caches perhaps would be a good start. Then integrate their Ontology of Everything with those Formal Ontologies that already exist. About Intelligent Searching, when a person asks me for advice, I tap into my Personal Ontology, which has overlap with other ontologies in a domain specific way. i.e. I read information, much of it structured, I then fit it into my Personal Ontology and if required expand my ontology to fit the new information. I may even face a paradigm shift that requires a major restructuring of my Ontology, i.e. I need to have a set of new transforms to link the old with the new in a way that lets me sanely access both. At this point I have acquire new Knowledge which I can now share with people that ask me questions. When I'm talking to a Knowledgeable Source I need to find the Transforms that allow me to incorporate "knowledge of shared knowledge" as well as knowledge of our unique knowledge. This is how we are able to communicate and learn from each other. If I am dealing with a Naive Searcher I need to Probe their Personal Ontology or World View until I am able to construct enough domain specific transforms to allow me to know what they are trying to learn and how best to find it and Teach it to them.
How they could get infected is a mystery but DNA tests should be done ASAP, on all of the staff.
Here are the key points from the article, for those who seem to be having comprehension problems.
* a photo identity card
* you don't have to have one, or need to carry it if you do have it
* only for Medicare and welfare payments
* replace 17 EXISTING "dumb"cards!!
* used to check identities for immigration and security purposes and to crack down on fraud.
* cost $1 billion, but save $3 billion a year.
* the idea is welcomed by non-paranoid types and rejected by those who are paranoid (have a irrational fear of persecution by authority).
* both sides of politics support the idea in principle.
The irony of the paranoid anti-card arguments is that Melbourne Australia has the largest group of Holocaust survivors outside of Israel and there is no mention of that community's opinion! Given the card will help to protect them from terrorists that would like to finish the Holocaust that the Nazis started, I doubt the Jewish Australian community would be against such a card, but maybe somebody should ask them what they think.
The current problem with the existing 17 types of "dumb" cards is that they allow widespread petty parasitism on the Australian welfare system and that fraud adds up to billions of dollars each year, which the honest majority of Australians have to fund through high taxation. It is the price they currently pay for having one of the best and most inclusive medical/welfare systems in the world. If you are kind, there will always be some pest that wants to suck you dry. The card is a balancing act between the need to have a humane society (i.e. one that is better than the USA) and the need to protect yourself from evil people.
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http://dan.3-e.net/
Linux is open source and the MIT folks are very smart people, so just do it! How hard can it be for MIT to take a FOSS project and tweak it to their exact needs? There are already versions of Linux + X Windows that run off 2 floppy disks. 1 month is all it should take to get a beta version out, or are they not half as smart as they would like us to think they are?
The problem is with the email client, it should send a link, not the data, this protects the data too as the person/s on who get the email must have access to the data to see it.
Fix your email client.
:-) it's about time that was pointed out! I'm sick of the "racist" comments from the Americans that suggest that Australians are the genetically defective descendants of criminals.
I'm a (very) proud descendant of James O'Malley Walshe, who as a free settler helped to create the Australia we have today. I don't feel as if I have less freedom when I'm home in Australia and I feel a lot safer than I did in L.A.!!
All these people and companies fighting it out for top spot on the "nice guys list" seem to have overlooked an important lesson from the religion that many of them claim to follow. Jesus had something to say about people who seek fame and recognition for their "good deeds", basically he said they were hypocrites and that if they really cared about people they would just get on with making the world a better place and not expect recognition (profit) from their actions. I think that Siddhartha would have agreed with him.
i.e. JUST SHUT UP AND DO IT, STOP THE "LOOK AT" ME ANTICS!
Perhaps it is the bored person who has the psych. problem. :-)
If they care about being secure then they should buy gear and OS from the likes of Sun, BSD, SELinux etc.
A hardware/BIOS root kit is very doable, but Windows already has enough holes in it, so why go to those lengths if you want to spy?
My best argument was my initial post and it has already answered your questions.
PC based systems can be deactivated both locally and remotely, it would seem that you know as little about the realities of being a modern parent as you do about IT security.
Malware can deactivate content filters as easily as it can knock out virus filters and with the likes of Sony spreading root kits the job for the porn sellers has just got a lot easier.
I suggest you read what I have already posted, and think about it for a while, currently you are going in loops and ignoring key points that I have already made.
The entire issue is not a problem for me, I know how to build Linux based routers and filtering web caches, but 99% of PC users do not and their Windows based systems are already full of spyware, adware and malware. Even a lot of companies have trouble keeping their Windows systems clean and secure.
That is the REALITY of the situation. I suggest you go out into the big room for a while and stop getting high off your own emissions. Get back to me when you are in touch with reality again.
I didn't tell you that you are anything, I asked a question! Are you trying to censor my right to ask questions? Care to answer my question?
Are you a parent? Be honest! If not, are you qualified to comment on this issue? As for your comments, the REALITY of modern life sees kids at home after school on their own, changing that would be great, but would cost billions. The issue of equity in careers for people with children is an entirely separate matter and one that will not get fixed easily or quickly. My wife is a MD, but she needs to take years out of her career for each child we have, yet if smart women don't have kids the population, on average, will have a lower IQ. How do you fix that!
Secure by default, just like Unix and Linux, open it up as you need, when you need. The principle is sound, unlike the M$ way of doing things. It is not censorship because it would take a single phone call or email to turn it off, or even a web page.. No problem at all, for an adult. Using the existing Australian system for content rating is a good idea too, who wants your filters configured by some company from another country! The claims of a performance hit is bullshit, it is just a routing issue and most web traffic is going through ISP proxies anyway. i.e. if you are on the filtered list you are sent to a group of proxies that have pace holders for blocked content. The existing transparent proxies are forced onto users now, for reasons of profit, so stop f'n telling lies about this issue! If people are running PC based filters their kids can turn them off or worse a virus can be designed to do it. The centralised and professional managment of content streams based on official rating systems and opt-out lists is a good idea, unless you have a vested intrest in profiting from porn/violent content being served up to children.
then try to given them what they need, ignore what M$ has to say, they are never going to do OOs a good service or give good advice.
It is logical and obvious to conclude that any comment from M$ is bullshit and should be ignored, they are not in the business of telling the truth, they never were and never will be.
Remember they like to destroy things (and perhaps groups of people) that scare them. That is now a fact which is "on the record".
With current motors at around 80% efficiency I doubt there is room for the claimed x4 improvement. The math does not make sense to me. How can you have 220% more power ouput than your input?
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Just using the right motor for the right job is more important.
There is a nice write up of it here;
http://www.psnh.com/Business/SmallBusiness/Motor.
and here;
http://www.advancedenergy.org/progressenergy/moto
(Another five minutes of my time wasted on google because some fool posted something without doing a bit of research first.)
Great for Business, but we still need FREEDOM of CHOICE.
If I am running a business which requires a high level of protection for it's intellectual property I am going to be very happy with such technology. It will stop my knowledge leaking out, or at the very least I will know who leaked it.
BUT! For the average consumer this technology is a clear threat to their right to have FREEDOM of CHOICE. The solution is to have MANDATORY DEACIVATABILITY to ensure that the owner of the hardware can install any operating system they choose.
The media copy protection issue is secondary, most content these days is crap and we can live without it, but we can't allow other people to lock us out of our own property and dictate to us what operating systems to use, that would be intellectual slavery.
duh!
There are very few good Graffiti artists and they get paid to do their work anyway, even by local gov, to do themed work on walls in public places.
There is no such thing as a bill of rights in Australia so you can't claim the right to be a dickhead or a vandal, under the guise of free speech.
A suspect will not be able to get away with such a lie, because of advances in functional MRI.
It can't be legal! It is not ethical to profit from a problem that results from your failure to do due diligence.
Big brains and open minds are welcome in Victoria, Australia and we don't suffer from the extremes of religiosity that divide so many other places.
We don't have the huge budgets of some countries, however the CSIRO still does world class science.
http://www.liveinvictoria.vic.gov.au/ViewPage.acti on
I never did understand why some people seem to spend so much time in the loo, it must be a blocked up meat eater thing....I guess they can use the time to surf the net and learn about colon cancer. ;-)
Don't take risks with the health of children, not while the cell phone radiation debate is still hot! A $100 laptop is a much safer option, add WiMax for VOIP and a optional plug-in handset (radiation free) and you everything Gates offers, without the risks. The only catch is, Bill will never profit from it, however humanity will. Cellphones are also like drugs, they suck the $ out of the poor who don't know how to manage their accounts and learn the hard way what the real costs can be. How would you like to get into a ten year debt in the space of a few weeks of ignorant phone calls? Radiation free, fixed cost computing and communications is that only rational and selfless proposal that I can see. Anything else looks like cynical stealth marketing.
http://www.cafepress.com/dsmatthews.43337864
Does M$ even know exactly who coded/designed all the buggy code that has been found in the last few years?
Mole or idiot? I doubt we will ever know.