Freebase: Discussion about sgmils

The Carpetbaggers: Split!

2008-10-09T18:44:48.0017Z

Split into film and book please.

George Church: Self deletion

2008-10-08T05:17:57.0017Z

Must've accidentally hit the wrong button

Fantasy literature: Merge fantasy and fantasy literature?

2008-10-07T18:30:56.0012Z

I'd be in favour of merging.

MADE Clothing: Types don't appear

2008-10-07T17:46:59.0012Z

The type didn't appear until I posted this message. Now all is well.

MADE Clothing: Types don't appear

2008-10-07T17:46:03.0017Z

This topic is type company but the type doesn't appear on this page,

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    "name" : "MADE Clothing",
    "type" : [
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        "name" : "Topic",
        "type" : [
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          "/freebase/type_profile"
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        "id" : "/business/company",
        "name" : "Company",
        "type" : [
          "/type/type",
          "/freebase/type_profile"
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        "id" : "/business/employer",
        "name" : "Employer",
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Fantasy literature: Merge fantasy and fantasy literature?

2008-10-07T00:48:18.0031Z

Do we need a separate genre for each medium?

That's what the separation of fantasy and fantasy literature suggests. If so, we need to be clearer about which is which, as right now books seem to be tagged with one or the other somewhat arbitrarily.

I'm not completely convinced that merging is necessary, but some form of cleanup or disambiguation appears to be.

Matt Browne: Can we send human embryos to the stars?

2008-10-05T14:46:40.0017Z

Can we send human embryos to habitable exoplanets? It might work. We need to combine a number of key technologies (existing ones and some to be developed in the future): artificial intelligence and androids, natural language processing, cryopreservation of embryos, artificial wombs, virtual reality environments, durable materials and nanotechnology, fusion engines, powerful telescopes capable of detecting Earth-like planets. The science fiction novel called 'The Future Happens Twice' depicts one possible scenario:

For decades scientists have dreamed of sending deep-frozen humans on interstellar missions. But until this dream comes true, they must settle for a much simpler technique available: the freezing of human embryos. However, long distance space travel of this nature poses other challenges, none more so than the management of artificial pregnancies and how to raise the children produced.

One viable solution comes in the form of advanced biotechnology and highly sophisticated androids, and a large scale project has been implemented to explore these options. To prove that it can really work, the project's scientists go a step further. Somewhere in the Nevada desert and well hidden underground, they conduct an eighteen-year-long experiment using a young starship crew unaware of their true environment. Surrounded by complex simulations, the crew believes they are approaching a distant star system, one that appears to host a planet suitable for human colonization. What they also don't know is the fact that their embryos had been split prior to the implantation in the womb devices.

The scientists' bold plan is to send the twin embryos on the real mission, pioneering the frontier of space. From both identical genes and an identical environment inside the starship, they arrive at the assumption that the future is a mere repetition of the present events. And indeed, about 42,000 years later the twins grow up with the very same android parents.

But then things start to drift away from the original plan. The real starship crew now faces a constant battle for survival. Only their fortitude and strong determination to land on the extrasolar planet averts a disaster. The reward is the new exotic world that awaits them, full of overwhelming potential.

Matt Browne's beautifully worked space epic explores the bounds of human hope and invention and plumbs the depths of human duplicity. Tender relationships between the budding astronauts are pitched against the disillusion they feel when an embattled President confronts them with their true origins and purpose, only to reveal the real culprit in the entire project - something closer to all of us today.

The author's fascination with the fields of bioengineering and information technology sustains the reader's interest all the way in this futuristic roller-coaster ride. And he asks a terrifying question. Setting aside man's inhumanity to man, what if Nature herself turns against us?

This gripping novel of epic proportions skillfully mixes elements of drama, medical thriller and science fiction. As the story unfolds, Matt Browne takes his readers on a breathtaking journey through vast stretches of time and space.

For more information go to:

www.amazon.com/Future-Happens-Twice-Perennial-Project/dp/184401830X/

www.meet-matt-browne.com

Any opinions about the concept?

Publishing: Possible revision for Journal Articles

2008-10-03T21:44:02.0012Z

The more I think about it, the less I'm comfortable with the denormalization. I think we should model for the large majority of cases, and just use the CVT for now. (Stuff can always be added later, if there turns out to be a demand after we start getting journal articles in any kind of quantity.)

UBS Financial Services: Sorry, don't delete

2008-10-03T20:06:26.0017Z

The wiki page forwards to UBS AG now, but from what I can tell there still is a "UBS Financial Services Inc subsidiary" which we could use this record for.

Frida Kahlo: please split

2008-10-03T19:58:53.0017Z

I mistakenly used the same topic as an Exhibition. oops. please split to create a new topic with type = /user/frankieroberto/exhibitions/exhibition

None: Absence of information vs. information of absence

2008-10-03T19:43:18.0012Z

This topic may be poor substitutition for indicating the absense of something, but the fact that it's extremely well-used in so many situations by so many different users suggests that it serves a real purpose.

Freebase, after all, is an open data community, and the community has found a need for a "None" topic. Unless or until a better alternative is provided, this well-used topic is simply too relevant to be removed from the system.

Please keep.

None: Absence of information vs. information of absence

2008-10-03T17:33:40.0012Z

On another note... even if we deleted "None", it would keep popping up again and again as people kept trying to use it.

None: Absence of information vs. information of absence

2008-10-03T17:23:39.0012Z

I disagree with Daniel that absence of information is sufficient. However, I agree that this peculiarly polymathic poymorphic None is a poor way to indicate it. As a concrete example, on my Person topic, I have no value for the Spouse or Children properties. In one case, it is because of privacy for the other party or parties involved, and in the other, it is because of a positive lack of value. A way to concretely indicate known, negative value would definitely be useful.

None: Absence of information vs. information of absence

2008-10-03T13:51:37.0012Z

This page should be marked for deletion. It serves very little purpose. The absence of information is a sufficiant indicator that a property is empty or invalid.

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying: Please split into play and film

2008-10-01T22:14:09.0017Z

Splitting time please.

Short Story: Short Story needs more properties

2008-10-01T17:17:57.0012Z

Short stories are automatically co-typed as works of fiction, which has the property for settings.

Short Story: Short Story needs more properties

2008-10-01T07:27:32.0000Z

I think it still needs more properties.

For example, we should be allowed to add fictional/real places in addition to fictional characters.

Robinson Secondary School: Any other rams on freebase?

2008-09-30T19:20:09.0017Z

Anyone else go to robinson?

Company termination type: Can someone add this as a company termination type please?

2008-09-30T04:34:52.0006Z

and while you're add it - set it as the reason for ceasing operations for Northern Rock