Admin1: XML documents do not carry information about how to display data.
Dr. Gravytee: This is very unelegant and it won't be acceptable in Alphysics circles.
A1: Single XML tags are invented by the author of the XML document, browsers do not know if a tag like *table* describes an HTML table or a dining table.
Dr. G: In Alphysics a word *word* describes any word defined by the Doctor in that namespace.
A1: This is confusing. String Theory does not conform to namespace.
Dr. G: *namespace* is a word. Therefore, in Alphysics *namespace* means whatever I say it means now. Few minutes later I will use *namespace* to mean its opposite.
A1: So in Alphysics *table* means a dining table and an HTML table.
Dr. G: Centuries ago, when mathematics was a new topic and Doctors were inventing its rules displaying mathematics was through geometry. Today mathematical displays are pictorial.
A1: Therefore, in Alphysics mathematical displays are not mathematical but pictorial and polemical.
Dr. G: Surely. Nature spared us from the ubiquitous photoshop ball stretching the fabric of spacetimes. Such a thing does not exist in nature. Both spacetimes and its fabric and the photoshop ball are elegant branding.
A1: Very Confucian.
Dr. G: Confucius fought hard against the Doctors of Alphysics of his time to rectify the language so that table meant table but he did not succeed. After Confucius many have tried. They all failed. In the 17th century Fermat tried to rectify geometry in order to remove all the scholastic and Alphysical layers of junk Doctors added on geometrical figures in order to corrupt geometry so that they can use the authority of geometry to further their careers. Fermat too failed.
Showing posts with label XML. Show all posts
Showing posts with label XML. Show all posts
Monday, October 09, 2006
Saturday, October 07, 2006
Bugs are features of the Theory
Admin1: Then, what is mathematics?
Dr. Gravytee: Mathematics is the XML of the 17th century.
A1: Or was.
Dr. G: Yes. Was. Today's mathematics has no error that is why mathematics is so bloated.
A1: Alphysics is doubly bloated.
Dr. G: In XML the program does not continue to process when it finds an error. But with HTML it is possible to create documents with lots of errors. This is the reason why HTML browsers are so bloated and why they are so incompatible. Each browser has its own way of figuring out what a document should look like when it encounters an HTML error.
A1: Wow! It's like, I mean, browsers are Doctors of Alphysics!
Dr. G: In Alphysics each Doctor of Alphysics has his own way of defining his own favorite Universe. And each of these Universes are based on an error in mathematics.
A1: For example, division by zero became the famous black hole!
Dr. G: You see why Doctors of Alphysics will never give up their authority over mathematics. If and when Doctors of Alphysics give up their authority over mathematics and, say, chose XML as their professional language they will no longer be able to invent absurdities based on linguistic abuse and sell them as true science in bestselling books.
A1: That's a scary thought. But it will never happen.
Dr. G: True. It will never happen. Once a bureaucracy is created, and in this case it is a lucrative bureaucracy feeding the giant entertainment industry, it will never go away. Never.
A1: But it will change its name.
Dr. G: Yes.
Dr. Gravytee: Mathematics is the XML of the 17th century.
A1: Or was.
Dr. G: Yes. Was. Today's mathematics has no error that is why mathematics is so bloated.
A1: Alphysics is doubly bloated.
Dr. G: In XML the program does not continue to process when it finds an error. But with HTML it is possible to create documents with lots of errors. This is the reason why HTML browsers are so bloated and why they are so incompatible. Each browser has its own way of figuring out what a document should look like when it encounters an HTML error.
A1: Wow! It's like, I mean, browsers are Doctors of Alphysics!
Dr. G: In Alphysics each Doctor of Alphysics has his own way of defining his own favorite Universe. And each of these Universes are based on an error in mathematics.
A1: For example, division by zero became the famous black hole!
Dr. G: You see why Doctors of Alphysics will never give up their authority over mathematics. If and when Doctors of Alphysics give up their authority over mathematics and, say, chose XML as their professional language they will no longer be able to invent absurdities based on linguistic abuse and sell them as true science in bestselling books.
A1: That's a scary thought. But it will never happen.
Dr. G: True. It will never happen. Once a bureaucracy is created, and in this case it is a lucrative bureaucracy feeding the giant entertainment industry, it will never go away. Never.
A1: But it will change its name.
Dr. G: Yes.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)