The study of the meaning of words. Contrast with syntax, which governs the structure of a language. See Semantic Web.
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- A British look at global warming denial
- And this examination takes us back to the Norsemen and their settlements in Newfoundland and Greenland. And that pesky issue of the Medaeval Warming. And the semantics and geography of "Vinland." The writer correctly connects anti-global warming sentiments with anti-government sentiments. I'd say toos in a strong...
- Blog posts 2009-11-04
- Brickbats over bricks
- This is an IT Tech site, Mr. Fuller.ntCodes as gatekeepers?As an architect, I have never once consulted a building code to determine which product I should use for a building, especially considering that neither clay brick or fly ash brick is likely to be used in a structural capacity. ...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-21
- What's a brick?
- Shortly after I posted my blog on CalStar making building materials from coal ash, I heard from the American Brick Industry Association BIA. They feel CalStar is ripping off centuries of brick brand equity. Here is the email with BIA's side of the brick business: "I...
- Blog posts 2009-10-20
- Windows 7 stability and reliability update available for download
- It use to be called ...... a Service Pack. I guess it's to soon for that, it would not have looked good before the launch, so they renamed it.^o^RE: Windows 7 stability and reliability update available for downloadlooks like to me that it was not tested thoroughly. Although I...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-16
- Lawmakers to FCC: Time for a closer look at Google Voice
- Nothing alleged about it[i]the alleged rejection by Apple of the Google Voice app for the iPhone.[/i]Apple did reject the application, of this there is no doubt. Only after it was made public did Apple backpeddle and say that they are still reviewing it. The fact remains that Google submitted it...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-09
- Sony debuts Vaio X; 'world's lightest laptop': 11.1", 14-hour battery
- Processor is a Z550 (2GHz)I went to the Sony ordering page and that is what it shows as the processor.RE: Sony debuts Vaio X; 'world's lightest laptop': 11.1If I were going to go to the PC route, I would definitely get a Vaio. They are the best PC laptops...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-08
- Microsoft opens Windows Marketplace for Mobile with 246 apps
- logic"Bach told press and analysts ... that there are more than 20,000 applications available for Windows Mobile 6 and 6.1 phones ? and even if the applications focused on specific business verticals and IT tasks are subtracted, there are still ?tens of thousands? of Windows Mobile apps out there."20.000 minus...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-06
- CDW: Small businesses slowly embracing Green IT
- Although small businesses have been slow to adopt green IT policies, a new survey from CDW suggests that is about to change. So far, the data shows, only 23 percent of smaller companies with fewer than 100 employees have embraced Green IT practices. Approximately 31 percent plan...
- Blog posts 2009-10-01
- Services or subtasks? SOA and BPM may mean the same thing
- We've been debating on these pages whether SOA and business process management go together, or if they're actually two very different disciplines. Jason Bloomberg recently provided his take on the SOA-BPM discussion, saying that SOA and BPM are structurally the same. They may, in fact, be an...
- Blog posts 2009-09-22
- Do we have a deadly date with El Nino?
- Seems to be drawing a long bowOk, so there was an El Nino in 1918 and a flu pandemic started in the same year. The so-called flu season essentially follows winter around the globe - it's nearly always flu season somewhere. Given that an El Nino event occurs every...
- Discussion threads 2009-09-15
- An electrical circuit that runs entirely off power in trees
- You cannot store Voltage!If you're going to write about technical topics, please ensure that you understand what you're talking about. Voltage is electrical pressure. Just as you can't store pressure, you can't store voltage. You can store charge and you can convert a low voltage to a higher one. If...
- Discussion threads 2009-09-09
- Biorthogonality, Step-Indexing and Compiler Correctness
- This paper defines logical relations between the denotational semantics of a simply typed functional language with recursion and the operational behaviour of low-level programs in a variant SECD machine. The relations, which are defined using biorthogonality and step-indexing, capture what it means for a piece of low-level code to implement...
- White papers 2009-09-02
- Oh sure...4 days in and Gmail goes down
- RE: Oh sure...4 days in and Gmail goes downMy office lost it primary and secondary links to our data farm. We spent the morning without access to our email exchange.The servers are off site for security and redundancy reasons. We are in a location that has all sort...
- Discussion threads 2009-09-01
- Snow Leopard's malware protection only scans for two trojans
- Much hyped by whom?Here's a quote from the first link you provided emphasis mine: "Apple has [b]quietly[/b] added a new Snow Leopard feature to scan software downloads for malware..."ZDNet Apple post have degenerated into a complete jokeMisinformation, untruths, fear and now pretend disappointment.Quite frankly it's embarrassing.RE: Snow Leopard's malware...
- Discussion threads 2009-08-28
- VL2: A Scalable and Flexible Data Center Network
- To be agile and cost effective, data centers should allow dynamic resource allocation across large server pools. In particular, the data center network should enable any server to be assigned to any service. To meet these goals, the paper presentsVL2, a practical network architecture that scales to support huge data...
- White papers 2009-08-21
- My PayPal credit card beef, Part II: PayPal responds
- Ebay & PaypalDoesn't it equal "double-dipping" when both Ebay AND Paypal charge a seller when (1) an item sells on Ebay, and (2) a seller receives his payment through Paypal? A seller pays to post an item, pays when/if it sells, then has to pay Paypal again when he receives...
- Discussion threads 2009-08-20
- Time Series API 2.1.0 (Windows)
- Time Series API is a professional C++ class library for simulating backtesting and deploying financial trading strategies as well as general purpose time series modelling. The library is a stand-alone time series engine that can be extended via a component object model. Models are defined using 'formula syntax and semantics'...
- Software downloads 2009-08-17
- 7 RTM vs. Vista SP1 vs. XP SP3 - Shootout, Part 1
- 7 RTM vs. Vista SP1 vs. XP SP3 - Shootout, Part 164 Bit32 bit tests seem to be somewhat limiting given the advancement in 64 bit tech these days. Any plans for similar comparisons in 64 bit? Better yet, take a more real-world example. Since the majority of XP desktops...
- Discussion threads 2009-08-05
- Semantic-Less Coordination of Power Management and Application Performance
- A computer system often has multiple power management modules controlling different power knobs. Uncoordinated operation of these knobs not only leads to suboptimal operation but may also cause unsafe behaviors. Coordination methods have thus been proposed to jointly control the power knobs and performance. However, in many systems, such joint...
- White papers 2009-08-04
- Scalpels against five levels of medical greed
- Scalpels against five levels of medical greedMedical fraud happens for the same reasonfraud in other areas happens.Dishonesty.Of course, greed is the fun word everyone wants to use when painting their villain du jour. But the answer is simple dishonesty.Personally, I tend to apply greed to people who think their neighbors...
- Discussion threads 2009-08-03
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