Re: [ossig] Any software : (person's name) -> (cultural information)

[Christopher DeMarco <cdemarco@fastmail.fm>]

On Mon, Jun 30, 2003 at 06:04:21PM +0800, Imran William Smith wrote:
> It would be of  use to enhance the  interaction between software and
> humans, so that the software interacts with us in a more sympathetic
> way to our culture, religion, gender etc.

Aside from a great tool for "market research" types, this seems like a
fascinating  project...     although  close  enough   to  19th-century
ethnography   that  I imagine  you  in  one  of those  cool  handlebar
moustaches     poring over a  collection  of   skulls in phrenological
rhapsody...

<ahem>

What immediately sprang to mind was  WIKI!  It seems like you're going
to     have   to   rely   on   a    community    of   specialists like
dictionary/encyclopedia editors have;  and from what I understand Wiki
is an ideal format for that kind of consensual collaboration... have a
look at http://wiki.org/wiki.cgi?WhatIsWiki or the FREE-TIME-DEVOURING
http://www.wikipedia.org if somehow you've  managed never to encounter
one before ;)


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  Christopher DeMarco
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