Re: By The Dawn's Normal Light

From: Dawn M. Wolthuis <dwolt_at_tincat-group.comREMOVE>
Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2004 08:21:50 -0500
Message-ID: <clqrq5$i2d$1_at_news.netins.net>


"Laconic2" <laconic2_at_comcast.net> wrote in message news:k7udnR8gNIOHcR3cRVn-vA_at_comcast.com...
>
> "Dawn M. Wolthuis" <dwolt_at_tincat-group.comREMOVE> wrote in message
> news:clpg83$28d$1_at_news.netins.net...
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> > 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
> > be a search against words related to the video, not to the bytes in the
> > video value.
>
> Why?
>
> Why wouldn't you want to do a search that says to retrieve all films that
> include this guy: <jpeg of Brad Pitt>?

Yes, indeed, and I was limiting myself to the text currently searched and stating that we would want to know the internal structure of a collection type that handles text. So, I was not intending to prohibit such advances, just looking at the baby steps related to text-based data.

> This isn't such a silly example. If you have a webcam at the airport,
and
> a database of pictures of dangerous enemies
> like Cat Stevens ;-), this is exactly what you want.

we sure know how to make the U.S. look silly, eh? --dawn Received on Thu Oct 28 2004 - 15:21:50 CEST

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