Ok Shakespeare. But in plain english you appear to be saying that corporations are inherently greedy and have a tendency to be evil. Sure, but we expect more out of GOOG. This is not MSFT we are talking about.
On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 12:13 PM, Michael Snow <wikipe...@verizon.net>wrote: > Brian wrote: > > On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 11:44 AM, Michael Snow <wikipe...@verizon.net > >wrote: > > > >>> The dataset you need to train an OCR system to be as good as theirs is > >>> > >> the > >> > >>> raw images and the plain text. They aren't making it easy to get either > >>> > >> of > >> > >>> those things :( They have presumably improved the software in other > ways > >>> > >> as > >> > >>> well.. > >>> > >>> WTF GOOG? > >>> > >> Well, when your shorthand uses their stock ticker symbol, your argument > >> has already been coopted. > >> > >> --Michael Snow > >> > > I get the joke but um, I used it on purpose and which one of my arguments > > been "coopted" ?? > > > Coopting is not like rebutting; it does not bite chunks out of specific > pieces, it swallows whole. Symbols are powerful things, perhaps even > more so outside the mathematical logic of argument. They do not serve > only your purposes, even if you use them purposefully. My observations > may be wry, but they are not entirely in jest. > > --Michael Snow > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
