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RE: The Rule of Least Power - does it miss the point?

• To: "Andrew S. Townley" <andrew.townley@b...>
• Subject: RE: The Rule of Least Power - does it miss the point?
• From: "Bullard, Claude L \(Len\)" <len.bullard@i...>
• Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 15:56:16 -0600
• Cc: "Gavin Thomas Nicol" <gtn@r...>,"XML Developers List" <xml-dev@l...>
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• Thread-topic: The Rule of Least Power - does it miss the point?

Thanks.  Let's continue this conversation.  It is going 
towards something:  automated-topic generation, aka, 
control emergence.   It is all well and good to 'wire 
the web' but in most systems, that has to be done with 
pre-built ontologies or drag-and-drop controls.  Nothing 
says that is wrong but it isn't always effective.  

Watching Steve Pepper of Ontopia conduct his topic map class  
at XML 2004 pleasurable in the extreme because he applies interview 
techniques to topic map generation.  This is a learning 
model that constructs a 'local reality'.  It is only one way 
to get it done but it exhibits exquisite sensitivity, 
legitimacy and autonomy when using an expert model (Steve + 
the software) with a novice model (the persons seeking 
his advice) to create a local/global topic (the summary 
of the common topics resulting by interview).

I posit: the rule of least power isn't incorrect, but it 
is misleading unless contexts are applied.   For a system 
to be a pragmatic system it must be a learning system. To 
provide an effective coupling between social benefits and 
economic benefits, it should account for at least three 
features:

1.  Legitimacy (social benefits coupled to economic benefits)

2.  Sensitivity (it is a real time system and does not overreact or
underreact)

3.  Autonomy: the construction of a local environment is autonomous 
    and relationships with global environments are negotiable)

That's a good place to say, have a good weekend and thanks for 
the fish this week!

len


From: Andrew S. Townley [mailto:andrew.townley@b...]
Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 3:34 PM

On Fri, 2006-03-10 at 21:04, Bullard, Claude L (Len) wrote:
> In response to Andrew:  since it is possible 
> that interacting with my accountant was the 
> source of the identity theft (a low paid 
> person on her staff was jailed for fraud), 
> of the options, TurboTax is the best risk 
> given cost, knowledge necessary, and convenience.

Ok.  I see where you're coming from now.  You're right, it's highly
likely that that's where it happened.  Still, I think the trust
relationship's there whether it's with a person or a machine, but,
you're right.  The machine's a bit more predictable in most cases :)

I was a little thrown by the QBE example, because I wasn't thinking
about software like TurboTax.  I know of it, but never used it.  I still
have an accountant because with income from two countries, it's just a
whole lot less hassle.  Plus, I've known the firm since I was small. 
That's how I learned VisiCalc & MultiMate Advantage II. :)

Thanks for the clarification.

> I don't find embedded scripts abhorrent.  I 
> find the idea that all pages must be equally 
> indexable abhorrent.  Since page indexing was 
> the use case provide in the RLP finding, it is 
> the best place to begin a critique of the rule.

Based on what I was saying earlier about security models, I agree with
you 100% on this one.  It will be curious to see what happens with the
longer-term ramifications of the problem.

Have a nice weekend.

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