[rdfweb-dev] Fw: [xml-dev] Monty Python REST joke

[Bill Kearney]

Oh my, aren't the XML folks just so clever lately?

-Bill Kearney

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Champion" <michaelc.champion at gmail.com>
To: "xml-dev mailing list" <xml-dev at lists.xml.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 10:50
Subject: Re: [xml-dev] Monty Python REST joke


> SEMANTIC KNIGHT:
>     None shall pass without formally defining the ontological
> meta-semantic thingies of their domain something-or-others!
> HACKER:
>     What?
> SEMANTIC KNIGHT:
>     None shall pass without using all sorts of semantic
> meta-meta-meta-stuff that we will invent Real Soon Now!
> HACKER:
>     I have no quarrel with you, good Sir Knight, but I must get my
> work done on the Web. Stand aside!
> SEMANTIC KNIGHT:
>     None shall  find anything on the Internet without semantic metadata!
> HACKER:
>     So be it!
> HACKER and SEMANTIC KNIGHT:
>     Aaah!, hiyaah!, etc.
>     [HACKER chops the SEMANTIC KNIGHT's first argument off by building
> efficent statistical/heuristic search engines]
> HACKER:
>     Now stand aside, worthy adversary.
> SEMANTIC KNIGHT:
>     'Tis but a scratch.
> HACKER:
>     A scratch? Your argument has been cut off!
> SEMANTIC KNIGHT:
>     No, it isn't.
> HACKER:
>     Well, what's that, then?
> SEMANTIC KNIGHT:
>     I've had worse.  None shall have an effective syndication network
> without RDF Site Summaries!
>     [clang]
>     Hiyaah!
>     [clang]
>     Aaaaaaaah!
>     [HACKER chops the SEMANTIC KNIGHT's second argument off by
> building the blogs/RSS/Aggregators/Bloglines/etc. network ]
> HACKER:
>     Victory is mine!
> SEMANTIC KNIGHT:
>     Have at you!
>     [kick]
> HACKER:
>     Eh. You are indeed brave, Sir Knight, but the fight is mine.
> SEMANTIC KNIGHT:
>     Oh, had enough, eh?
> HACKER:
>     Look, you stupid &^%$# You've got no arguments left.
> SEMANTIC KNIGHT:
>     Yes, I have.
> HACKER:
>     Look!
> SEMANTIC KNIGHT:
>     Just a flesh wound.
>     [kick]
> HACKER:
>     Look, stop that.
> SEMANTIC KNIGHT:
>     You won't be able to get machine-machine services without an
> ontology to formally describe all the relationships!
>     [kick]
> HACKER:
>     Right!
>     [whop]
>     [HACKER chops the SEMANTIC KNIGHT's third argument off by building
> SOAPy and RESTful services with only implicit semantic descriptions]
> SEMANTIC KNIGHT:
>     Right. I'll do you for that!
> HACKER:
>     You'll what?
> SEMANTIC KNIGHT:
>     Come here!
> HACKER:
>     What are you going to do, bleed on me?
> SEMANTIC KNIGHT:
>     I'm invincible!
> HACKER:
>     You're a looney.
> SEMANTIC KNIGHT:
>     The SEMANTIC Knight always triumphs! Have at you! Come on, then. I
> have an battalion of KR theorists on my side
>     [whop]
>     [HACKER chops the SEMANTIC KNIGHT's last argument off with an 
> army of actual code writers]
> SEMANTIC KNIGHT:
>     Oh? All right, we'll call it a draw.
> HACKER:
>     Come on, folks, let's go.
> SEMANTIC KNIGHT:
>     Oh. Oh, I see. Running away, eh? You yellow ^&^%$s! Come back here
> and take what's coming to you. I'll bite your legs off!