Re: By The Dawn's Normal Light

"Dawn M. Wolthuis" <dwolt_at_tincat-group.comREMOVE> wrote:

>"Gene Wirchenko" <genew_at_mail.ocis.net> wrote in message
>news:et70o013kluk5j5tc4g6h8pkcl62ac4pq8_at_4ax.com...
>> "Dawn M. Wolthuis" <dwolt_at_tincat-group.comREMOVE> wrote:

[snip]

>> >It makese sense to me that types like video and pictures would be black
>> >boxes to the "collections engine" but a list of text has a structure that
>> >the collections engine could accomodate. --dawn
>>
>> Video and pictures have structure. Why could the collections
>> engine not know it when it can know about text structure?
>
>Yes, it could, but when querying data I would want to retrieve information
>that is given in words. Asking for all films that include Brad Pitt would

     An artificial distinction. Any information could be given in words.

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Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

Computerese Irregular Verb Conjugation:

     I have preferences.
     You have biases.
     He/She has prejudices.