On 25/12/03 8:13 am, "D�nes Bogs�nyi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The problem as I see it is that search engines have been programmed to alert > on words such as *bomb* regardless of context. You have a reference for this? Or is it just rumour? Whose search engines? Who operates them? Who do they report to? What earthly good would it do to search for phrases like 'bomb', 'terrorist' or 'attack' out of context. It would generate so many false positives as to render the results totally useless. > Thus thousands upon thousands > of emails are *flagged* because of such words. Ths raises the level of > unease and plays directly into the hands of thse who aim to create > confusion. On the contrary, too many false positives would reduce the level of unease because the data would very soon be viewed as worthless - even when it contained one actual piece of information amongst all the background noise. > D�nes So, have you a list of words we should avoid? Should we not talk about (for example) 'freedom', because that is a word that terrorists use? Terrorists work their evil by spreading Fear, Uncertainty & Doubt more than by direct action. Conceding to their agenda is to legitimise their tactics. I refuse to do it. -- Barry -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
