On 2003-12-26 5:58, "Barry Wainwright" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 25/12/03 8:13 am, "Dénes Bogsányi" <[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? Simply listening to radio and tv. > > 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. They are *positives* that have to be investigated further. In the meantime the authorities raise the level of *threat* creating fear and uncertainty. > >> Thus thousands upon thousands >> of emails are *flagged* because of such words. This 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. An increase of such *noise* is used as the excuse to raise the level of *threat* and consequently the level of fear. > >> Dénes > > 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? Simply we have to be aware that the unnecessary and loose use of such words increases the level of such noise. > > 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. It is the authorities responding to traffic using such words that raise the level of *threat* and increase the level of fear playing right into the laps of those who use the methods of terror to further their own aims. > Dénes -- Dénes Bogsányi 133 Osburn Drive MACGREGOR ACT 2615 Australia Tel: +612 6254 3636 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] URL: www.homepage.mac.com/denesbogsanyi -- 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/>
