Delicious LiveJournal Links for 9-4-2009
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Maps of the USA broken down by sinfulness (well, kinda)
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It's not bad. Could be bigger
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The research shows men who spend even a few minutes in the company of an attractive woman perform less well in tests designed to measure brain function than those who chat to someone they do not find attractive.
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Fascinating look at some comics from behind the Iron Curtain
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Also - they cause AIDS.
This is what you get when computers try to parse English... -
When the right-wingers go nuts because President Obama hosting a Ramadan dinner, do point out that President Bush did every year too...
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Let's hear it for barking people all over the world!
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Date: 2009-09-04 11:29 am (UTC)That was good for a chuckle. But the triumph of the Semantic Web is just around the corner! No, really. It'll be really big Real Soon Now. Certainly by next year. Saint Tim Berners-Lee says so, and he invented the web, so he ought to know.
(Not yet in the league of Xanadu but give it time. To be perfectly fair, though, unlike Xanadu, there are specific applications of Semantic tools and technologies that do work well in particular contexts.)
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Date: 2009-09-04 12:05 pm (UTC)Understanding natural language is hard enough for people - I think it unlikely that computers will manage this week :->
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Date: 2009-09-04 04:13 pm (UTC)cheers
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Date: 2009-09-06 10:26 am (UTC)has my current address/phone number (as does Facebook, when you get around to signing up for that).
I'll be in and out all day - lots of flat stuff going on, but give me a go at some point!
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Date: 2009-09-04 09:41 pm (UTC)... ... NetBase thinks Jews are.. ..slugs? *boggles*
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Date: 2009-09-07 09:02 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-09-07 10:12 pm (UTC)