Comments on: Polyglot content on the OLPC http://blog.melchua.com/2007/03/30/polyglot-content-on-the-olpc/ Braindump of the Mel. Seek coherency and relevance at your own risk. Mon, 06 Sep 2010 03:18:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Mel http://blog.melchua.com/2007/03/30/polyglot-content-on-the-olpc/comment-page-1/#comment-218 Mel Fri, 30 Mar 2007 20:49:00 +0000 http://blog.melchua.com/2007/03/30/polyglot-content-on-the-olpc/#comment-218 Cool! I've seen quadtrees (or quadtree-like objects) used in collision detection algorithms before, but had no idea they had a name. It would go a long way towards keeping the hierarchy from getting unbalanced.<br/><br/>I wonder whether any taxonomy of human knowledge can remain naturally balanced, though. Seems like information growth is a weirdly unpredictable organic thing that defies attempts to put it in boxes. Wikipedia is messy, but it works (and I think the messiness is a big part of why it works, but that's a different topic). Cool! I’ve seen quadtrees (or quadtree-like objects) used in collision detection algorithms before, but had no idea they had a name. It would go a long way towards keeping the hierarchy from getting unbalanced.

I wonder whether any taxonomy of human knowledge can remain naturally balanced, though. Seems like information growth is a weirdly unpredictable organic thing that defies attempts to put it in boxes. Wikipedia is messy, but it works (and I think the messiness is a big part of why it works, but that’s a different topic).

]]> By: Katie Rivard http://blog.melchua.com/2007/03/30/polyglot-content-on-the-olpc/comment-page-1/#comment-217 Katie Rivard Fri, 30 Mar 2007 20:10:00 +0000 http://blog.melchua.com/2007/03/30/polyglot-content-on-the-olpc/#comment-217 <i>Okay, you could specify the format of the msgid and parse it to create a structural hierarchy, but... really, there must be a better way. Any ideas?</i><br/><br/>If you *were* going to structure the msgid, you might want to use quad trees. Which are really cool. Okay, you could specify the format of the msgid and parse it to create a structural hierarchy, but… really, there must be a better way. Any ideas?

If you *were* going to structure the msgid, you might want to use quad trees. Which are really cool.

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