On May 24, 2:19 am, "Peter J. Seymour" <[email protected]> wrote: > On 2011-05-23 23:08, singhals wrote: > > > Tom Wetmore wrote: > >> Cheryl, > > >> I'm not asking what you should store so you can convince others of the > >> accuracy of your work. > > >> I'm asking what do you want to do with the evidence you have gathered > >> about people you MIGHT be interested in, but BEFORE you have figured > >> out who was who. Since the evidence might apply to persons you are > >> interested in, I assume you wouldn't throw it out. Since you don't > >> know who it refers to yet, you can't add it to any person record > >> already in your database. In what form would you want that evidence, > >> and what would you like to be able to do with it? > > > I want a piece of paper, filed where it seemed to me to be a good idea > > to file it. > > > Paper because I find it easier to shuffle paper than electrons -- for > > one thing, I can spread two dozen pieces of paper on the table-top and > > STILL be able to read them, something I find I cannot do with even 4 > > windows open on the monitor. > > > Cheryl > > Absolutely. For all my interest in computers, my real underlying > interest is in information. Computers are only a tool to help dealing > with this. I keep the evidence (and some printouts) in lever arch files > roughly organised on a surname basis. Yes, you can take several pieces > of paper and spread them out in front of you to study and compare them. > That is something you cannot do on a computer. > > The issue of evidence for people you MIGHT be interested in is a good > point. However, my feeling is that throwing it all straight onto a > computer is likely to be unhelpful even if the software can cope. > > Peter Anybody know what kind of approach IBM used in programming Watson for Jeopardy?

On 05-25-2011 06:59, steve wrote: > Anybody know what kind of approach IBM used in programming Watson for > Jeopardy? http://www.sciencemag.org/content/331/6020/999.short http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160289611000262 http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/740079 http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1854275 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watson_%28computer%29 http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/tech/will-watson-win-jeopardy.html http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/tech/smartest-machine-on-earth.html http://www.google.com/search?q=watson+jeopardy -- Wes Groleau There are two types of people in the world … http://Ideas.Lang-Learn.us/barrett?itemid=1157