Re: SUO: *Date 19 Mar 2002 -- Modus Ponens
On Thu, Mar 21, 2002 at 05:47:15PM +0100, Jean-Luc Delatre wrote:
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> [foreword to cross posted lists: If you don't like it just ignore it]
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> Bill Andersen a écrit :
> >
> > On 3/20/02 11:10, "Jean-Luc Delatre" <jld@club-internet.fr> wrote:
> >
> > > I feel my contributions to this list, specially the present one, to be
> > > *valuable* informations about the design, if not of a "top" ontology, but of
> > > interoperability of ontologies. Not "just references, discussion or opinion"
> > > (AP), too bad the SUO Scope & Purpose assumed from the start that such
> > > interoperability must rely *mainly* on a "common ontology"!
> >
> > Jean-Luc...
> >
> > Speaking for myself, it's not the content but the packaging, that gets
> > people so upset. In a field full sometimes arrogant people, you have
> > demonstrated yourself to be the king of the hill.
> >
> > Enough of the sweeping generalizations about Americans, ok? It makes you
> > look like a bigot. If you're going to do this, then don't forget to insult
> > the Canadians, British, and Italians (to name a few) that are on the list
> > and have expressed opinions congruent with those you deride.
>
> Ah! Don't waste your time.
> I am *not* politically correct and I guess I will never be.
> This is a known problem, I warned Jon Awbrey once about that:
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> > (I know, I know, I am a nasty bastard, but you will have to get
> > used to it if we keep talking, the sooner the better)
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> > This would all go a lot smoother if you'd care to write, in a couple of
>
> Smoother? May be, what that will buy us?
> I mean, what extra benefit will I, you or someone else on the list will get?
> Feeling good?
> Is this really the purpose of any discussion list? (except may be for Jon)
>
> But I *do* see some benefits of not being "smooth":
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> - getting to the point faster
> - scraping useless considerations
but apparently not scraping so deep as to erase self-quotations from the
(ever growing, I presume) Awbrey-Delatre corpus.
OTOH, I do agree that that device helps one to 'get to the point faster',
although unintentionally I think.
> You know, the Japanese failed the ICOT project and were bound to fail
> because they are too polite! (kidding, but not entirely)
this being just the sort of thing that makes one yearn for political
correctness
greetings,
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