- From: Hugh Glaser <hg@ecs.soton.ac.uk>
- Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2011 00:01:59 +0000
- To: Toby Inkster <tai@g5n.co.uk>
- CC: "<gouadjed@eoweo.com>" <gouadjed@eoweo.com>, "<semantic-web@w3.org>" <semantic-web@w3.org>
Sometimes these lists just so remind me of the Harry Enfield character:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Enfield's_Television_Programme#Mr_You-Don.27t-Wanna-Do-It-Like-That
On 21 Nov 2011, at 23:45, Toby Inkster wrote:
> On Thu, 17 Nov 2011 18:40:17 +0100
> "Ghalem Ouadjed (EOWEO)" <gouadjed@eoweo.com> wrote:
>
>> a property like "number of friends"
>
> Even if we put semantic web issues like the open world entirely to one
> side, this property sounds pretty useless to me.
>
> Who enumerates their friends? Friendship is a fluid property. Somebody
> who is my friend today, I might consider an acquaintance tomorrow - not
> due to any particular grievance, but because of normal fluctuations in
> the size of the circle of people I consider to be friends.
>
> --
> Toby A Inkster
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> <http://tobyinkster.co.uk>
>
>
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