[rdfweb-dev] Montagues and Capulets (was: Monty Python REST joke)

[Graham Klyne]

In a similar-ish vein, there's this rather entertaining piece...

http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext/109925284/HTMLSTART

#g

At 23:15 06/04/05 -0400, Bill Kearney wrote:


>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!
>
>
>_______________________________________________
>rdfweb-dev mailing list
>rdfweb-dev at vapours.rdfweb.org
>wiki: http://rdfweb.org/topic/FoafProject
>http://rdfweb.org/mailman/listinfo/rdfweb-dev

------------
Graham Klyne
For email:
http://www.ninebynine.org/#Contact