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Thanks Mike! Your post represents the conflict that exists between human to human interaction battling a future where we have more of machine human interactions (read computer human interaction CHI for now) and perhaps machine to machine interaction a bit further down the line(with a gradual extinction of humans). Humans like to resound with practical pluralism. Common sense is one facet of it. Machines led by CHI researchers are trying hard to learn all that but they are still in their infancy as present computer human artificial intelligence program interfaces are more to do with imitation of human behavior than actual generation of anything simulating human cognition ( I am sure Arin will classify this as an unduly strong statement). So for now I don't see any possibility of mixing well structured EBM language with minimally structured human language. rakesh On 10/26/07, Ted Harding <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > On 25-Oct-07 13:14:04, Mike McDowall wrote: > > Sorry, couldn't resist this slightly OT response to Michael Power's > > request. > > Very nice, Mike! Just one comment. > > > ================================ > > Today we mourn the passing of a beloved old friend by the name of > > Common Sense, who has been with us for many years. > > > > No one knows for sure how old he was, since his birth records were > > long ago lost in bureaucratic red tape. > > > > He will be remembered as having cultivated such valuable lessons as > > knowing when to come in out of the rain, why the early bird gets the > > worm ... > > But not forgetting that it's the second mouse that gets the cheese. > > Best wishes, > Ted. > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > E-Mail: (Ted Harding) <[log in to unmask]> > Fax-to-email: +44 (0)870 094 0861 > Date: 26-Oct-07 Time: 11:16:40 > ------------------------------ XFMail ------------------------------ >