Terry Jones

Archive for March, 2007

why data (information representation) is the key to the coming semantic web

Monday, March 19th, 2007 Posted under me, representation, tech. | 5 Comments »

In my last posting I argued that we should drop all talk about Artificial Intelligence when discussing the semantic web, web 3.0, etc., and acknowledge that in fact it’s all ... Read more..

the semantic web is the new AI

Sunday, March 18th, 2007 Posted under me, representation, tech. | Comments Off on the semantic web is the new AI

I’m not a huge fan of rationality. But if you are going to try to think and act rationally, especially on quantitative or technical subjects, you may as well do ... Read more..

more on flight costs

Tuesday, March 13th, 2007 Posted under travel. | Comments Off on more on flight costs

Continuing from the last post, let’s suppose fuel costs are constant across all airlines. On my 6-hour Air Comet flight, I will be paying about $8/hr for fuel and $10/hr for ... Read more..

jfk to madrid for 83 euros

Tuesday, March 13th, 2007 Posted under companies, travel. | 2 Comments »

I’m about to book a cheap flight from JFK to Madrid with Air Comet. There are some alarming and amusing comments about the airline online. See this page for example ... Read more..

orwell on dickens

Tuesday, March 6th, 2007 Posted under books. | Comments Off on orwell on dickens

I’ve not read a single word of Dickens. I don’t know the plot of a single book, apart from superficial knowledge of Oliver Twist. For a long time this has ... Read more..