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On 11 Feb 2010, at 01:14, Roy Wright wrote: |
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>> because to 'organize it properly' you would need a huge directory |
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>> tree plus |
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>> symlinks plus explaining notes to even simulate a small token of |
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>> the stuff |
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>> 'semantic desktop' can do for you.. |
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> Haven't had a problem organizing my data in 25 years ... The only |
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> "benefit" that the semantic desktop seems to deliver is to waste |
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> resources. |
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I resisted in my last email the temptation to mention that some of |
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these complaints about semantic desktop sound like my father talking. |
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But there you are ... |
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>>> Also didn't read anything even hinting at |
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>>> security awareness of the technology which is really scary |
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>>> (imagine an |
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>>> attack that get's access to the RDFs, |
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>> those RDFs are in your home directory. If someone can read your |
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>> home you are |
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>> screwed anyway. |
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>>> it'd tell the attacker exactly which |
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>>> additional files to target). |
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>> oh yes, reading stuff about emails tells him to read more emails. |
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>> That is |
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>> scary. |
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> But tagging files (say stock spreedsheets, bank records, financial |
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> bookmarks, tax records) with tags (say 'bank, money, finance') all |
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> in one place would simplify a targeted attack. |
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In the case of an attack ALL of your data will be stealthily copied so |
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that the attacker will go over it later. |
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>> and you can do that. Oh wow. That useflag only turns on soprano. |
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>> Nothing else. |
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>> Which means nothing. You are not forced to use that stuff. |
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> So just another database server wasting resources. ... |
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Do you also complain about the spellchecker wasting resources, as it |
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parses the words you type? |
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In my father's day they were taught spelling rigidly at school like |
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parrots, so they had no need for this new-fangled nonsense. In my |
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father's day they never made spelling mistakes (yeah, right!). |
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> This technology does not have a good track record (invasive cpu, |
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> memory, disk usage) for very dubious benefits. I have not found any |
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> cost vs. benefits vs. risks articles. Just a bunch of "we think |
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> this will be great if you just use it" type articles that can't even |
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> explain how it would be great. |
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My father can find all his banking records for the last 25 years |
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because he keeps them in a metal filing cabinet. He has to open the |
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correct draw, find the right file, leaf slowly through his bank |
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statements in order to find the right one. However well you claim to |
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have your files organised, I'll bet you waste time opening the wrong |
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drawer (clicking on the wrong folder) once in a while. |
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I, on the other hand, can find my statements by hitting ctrl-space, |
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typing "amex" and selecting the folder which comes up in the search |
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results. That folder is probably somewhere like /Documents/Personal/ |
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Financial/Statements/Amex, but I don't need to know that (it could be |
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in Documents/Bank/ or elsewhere) nor do I need to navigate through |
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several folders looking for it. I just type what I'm looking for and |
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it's there. |
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Stroller. |
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