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Re: XHTML adoption curve

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• Subject: Re: XHTML adoption curve
• From: Ronald Bourret <rpbourret@r...>
• Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2002 02:17:31 -0700
• References: <175.6dbb8d0.29efdfcf@a...>

AndrewWatt2000@a... wrote:
> Perhaps you are confusing the notion of being certain (or do I mean
> confident?) of the origin of a page with the notion of trusting the
> content.

But knowing the origin of the page is useful in deciding whether to
trust the content:

if (know_origin)
{
   if (trust_origin) // personal decision, not machine decision
      trust = true;
   else
      trust = false;
}
else
   trust = false;

> It illustrates the more general point that knowing the origin of
> content is of limited value in knowing whether the content can be
> trusted or not.

Really? I always consider the source of information when trying to
decide if I believe that information. Of course, as a general rule,
anything on the Web gets a high untrustworthiness rating simply because
it is on the Web...

-- Ron

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