Re: Demo: Modelling Cost of Travel Paths Between Towns

"Alan" <not.me_at_uhuh.rcn.com> skrev i en meddelelse news:5c0nd.10627$k%4.170_at_trndny07...

<snip - about comparing various representations of "unknown" and the meaning hereof, and the problems ... >

> Values are representations of facts, and the rules surrounding facts are
> determined by the people who use the facts, not by the universe. IOW, a
> particular value can mean different things to different people at
different
> times in different places. This is the essence of what you have a hard
time
> understanding. A symbolic representation does not always have the same
> connotation.

I must confess that I don't quite understand this. A value is a representation of a fact (?) A particular value can mean different things to different people Ergo (?)
A fact can mean different things to different people

May I assume that you are stating that the fact "Mary likes John" is in fact (no pun intended) open for interpretation, such that even if true, it may be false.
Ie. a database may contain misinterpretations of the reality. That is ceartainly true. It is a fact :-)
Oh, we have to be very carefull here... Received on Thu Nov 18 2004 - 06:37:45 CST