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In accordance with the intent of the tallying agent. It is the intent of the tallying agent that has to be measured and valued. This is generally called 'oversight'. As I said to Jeff, at times and in some cases weak means are sufficient. Otherwise, not. Be sure the control is worth the trouble and design no controls that cannot be enforced. (A guideline is a weak control. A law is a strong control.) See RISS (Regional Information Sharing Systems). Note the CFR 28 Part 23 requirement. Contrast this with ChoicePoint or Google. Note that a problem of RSS is that like HTML, it is a generalized format which makes value-assignments tougher (not impossible, just tougher). Note that the format is only a part of the solution. The rules which are the consequents of the value antecedents (aka, business rules for a business of some type) are important. The format should be designed to enable rule evaluation. (NSS). As to Google: I don't agree with the article cited. It works reasonably well differentiated by the skill of the human at creating a keyword list. The combination [someWord definition] works reliably. The combination [someWord someotherword] may not. The intent to get a definition is clearly expressed. In the second case, the intent is less precise; however, given a need to research serendipitously (ie, what is intended is to connect previously unconnected items), it works well and has the cost of reading lots of stuff perhaps. What is then useful is the vetted score for the information retrieved which is the last item on your list. But before we go too far, let's remember that a virtue of the web as an information source is precisely that it is inclusive, not exclusive. Otherwise, it becomes one of those highly tailored sources of news where all the spin favors one or another political viewpoint. It is the filters being applied by higher authorities that are the really scary development. Again, the intent of selection of the filter before passing on the information has to be measured. Google works as long as the interface remains simple and the user has to learn by experiment how to query it in accordance with their own values. That it also returns junk is undeniably true. There is a lot of junk out there to return. Caveat emptor. len From: sterling [mailto:sstouden@t...] How should the values of the Blog be tallied? immediate and breaking news source open response unformatted presentation uncensored exposition the diverse thousands focus on the specific idea generator related issues exploration. delination of the facts into revelant vs. non relevant. sterling
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