Seth Russell's Blog

If You're Happy And You Know It Bomb Iraq...

Wed, 12 Feb 2003 21:13:08 GMT

If you cannot find Osama, bomb Iraq.
If the markets are a drama, bomb Iraq.
If the terrorists are frisky,
Pakistan is looking shifty,
North Korea is too risky,
Bomb Iraq.

If we have no allies with us, bomb Iraq.
If we think that someone's dissed us, bomb Iraq.
So to hell with the inspections,
Let's look tough for the elections,
Close your mind and take directions,
Bomb Iraq.

It's pre-emptive non-aggression, bomb Iraq.
To prevent this mass destruction, bomb Iraq.
They've got weapons we can't see,
And that's all the proof we need,
If they're not there, they must be there,
Bomb Iraq.

If you never were elected, bomb Iraq.
If your mood is quite dejected, bomb Iraq.
If you think Saddam's gone mad,
With the weapons that he had,
And he tried to kill your dad,
Bomb Iraq.

If corporate fraud is growin', bomb Iraq.
If your ties to it are showin', bomb Iraq.
If your politics are sleazy,
And hiding that ain't easy,
And your manhood's getting queasy,
Bomb Iraq.

Fall in line and follow orders, bomb Iraq.
For our might knows not our borders, bomb Iraq.
Disagree? We'll call it treason,
Let's make war not love this season,
Even if we have no reason,
Bomb Iraq.

       by John Robbins

via Julie Vogt ... thanks !

If you really want to know where you are in the grand scheme of things ...

Thu, 30 Jan 2003 00:48:24 GMT

... well at least if your a carbon atom on a oak lief in Florida. This is super kewl ... thanks, Boing Boing.

It is said that reasoning on the semantic web must be monotonic. Why is this so .....

Sat, 25 Jan 2003 00:39:27 GMT

From the last call RDF Semantics document ...

"All logics based on a conventional model theory and a standard notion of entailment are monotonic. Monotonic logics have the property that entailments remain valid outside of the context in which they were generated. This is why RDF is designed to be monotonic."
Nonmonotonic conclusions can be said to be valid only in some kind of 'context', and are liable to be incorrect or misleading when used outside that context. Making the context explicit in the reasoning and visible in the conclusion is a way to map them into a monotonic framework.

D'oh! Then why dont we get a way to explicitidly express context in RDF ??

Language evolved in a leap (Article in Nature)

Fri, 24 Jan 2003 19:11:23 GMT

"The richness of human languages is a fine-tuned compromise between the needs of speakers and of listeners" ...
"A language that conveyed all information unambiguously, would have a separate word for every thing" ... would be "ideal for the listener, who wouldn't have to work out any meanings from a word's context."
but "Ideal for the speaker is a language of few words, where simple, short utterances serve many purposes."

Hmmmm ... I wonder where the compromise is for the AI mechinisms of the Internet to start to understand each other ? According to this, RDF is ideal for the listener (yes it is), but rediculously hard for the speaker (ever try to look up all those URI and their correct namespaces). Me thinks our software tools need to evolve to be able to look up these URI for the speaker, allowing us to revert back to natural language grunts.

Why is this so facinating ?

Thu, 23 Jan 2003 12:15:38 GMT

... it demonstrates dynamically how many people are viewing a page and allows us to see each other. Very kewl !

Shaggy the Luv Pup

Tue, 21 Jan 2003 18:56:24 GMT

This is just soooo cute ... Shaggy ... he sings and dances to the song "Only You" while he begs for your love. The manufacturer thinks it will be the hottest thing since Big Mouth Billy Bass.

Have a listen ...

Does anyone know how deep is the river and how fast it is flowing?

Thu, 09 Jan 2003 20:37:53 GMT

Of course I'm talking about the river of text that is defined by all RSS feeds of all versions. Does anyone have a python tool for sampeling the entire river as it flows by?

I'm interested in downloading some python code to poll all the RSS feeds and see how easy or hard it would be for me to tap into that river of text with key word searches. I realize that Janes' Blogosphere is playing with some of the same ideas, but i'm finding it hard to find the current things I'm looking for in his search results.

Also what is the best source of the URL's for the all of the RSS feeds ?

Going beyond Google by tapping into the river of text flowing in blogs ...

Wed, 08 Jan 2003 21:53:26 GMT

Google is great, but it's not very good if you want to know what's being said right now. Has anyone established the streme of text flowing in a a selection of blogs and reported only the items that match specific key word searches showing the key words like Google does in their cache?