I have looked over the actual thread and the order of the posts. I never criticized any posts or poster. I only offered my suggestions. Only after I have been attacked have I attempted a defense of my ideas or questions the motives of those who have attacked me... The order of events matters. Fairness matters. Substance matters.
To answer the one questions you have asked: Most words in a natural language are synonyms to other words (with subtle variation of context or meaning). When words are grouped with their synonym cousins, a dimensionallity frequently appears that defines a range of general to specific. Sprint is a specific form of run which is a specific form of locomotion which is a specific form of motion which is more specific than the most general word in this chain, move. Having access to an anthology that associates words into these overlapping chains of specificity is a fantastically rich resource for the automated derivation of meaning (semantic processing). Creating such a beast, at the user level is prohibitive to all but the most driven (insane) amongst us. Doing it once at the tool level so that all can profit... That is a reasonable goal. randall -----Original Message----- From: Randall Reetz <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, August 22, 2009 11:15 AM To: How to use Revolution <[email protected]> Subject: RE: Syllabic division of words Wow, I am intimately and directly involved on a daily and hourly actual productive labor towards these goals. The assumptions you make without asking are sad. I have dedicated my life to these goals. I write code every day exactly towards these goals. I advise corporations and startups on semantic technology and applying evolution to software and processing. I have conversations with doug engelbart and others like him frequently. But ideas don't have to be attacked as some of you seem driven to do. Especially ideas as well thought through and defined as mine. I can't remember ever reading a list like this and cultivating as some of you seem to be, for the opportunity to disqualify anything suggested that might present actual fodder for significant progress. No tool no matter how perfect means much if it is available only to the few and the privileged. Everything hypercard offered could be programmed in pascal or c or some data base api. What set it apart was the way it offered these functions to the average joe. But twenty five years have passed. Much has changed. Has xtalk kept up? -----Original Message----- From: Brian Yennie <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, August 22, 2009 10:04 AM To: How to use Revolution <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Syllabic division of words Randall, You seem to have a great thirst for striking down the state of technology, without actually contributing much to it, nor (as far as I can tell) understanding much about it. Here's an idea -- how about just discussing your ideas instead of chastising anyone who fails to grasp your genius? Do you get upset about the lack of flying cars every time you change a tire, and call out engineers as afraid of innovation? I have no idea what "hierarchical thesaurus semantic chains" are. Can you explain why I should want them in my development environment and give a concrete example? Or are you, as I suspect, just throwing around buzz words and condescension? This is about how I react to your descriptions: http://blogmaverick.com/2009/08/19/success-motivation-what-entrepreneurs-should-not-do/ I see lots of words and claims, but nary one little example of what you are actually trying to say. > What would it take to scare a bunch of computers jockeys? Not > much. Innovation? You don't get on top of everest in one leap. > And you don't wait around for miracles if you want to move up a > hill. Nobody is asking for perfection or completion here. Just > some baby steps. Phonemic and phrase chunking isn't exactly rocket > science. But it is if you expect it to be pulled of at the scale of > user level scripting. Hierarchical thesaurus semantic chains would > be a fairly simple addition as well. Oh well. I have been well > whipped for speaking out for what WILL matter. God forbid we go > there first. Scared, controlling, and mean spirited. That is > exactly what I have come to expect of geeks. Sad. _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
