Fair enough, I suppose, but I've always managed to find something without the console.
Personally, I'd prefer to either ask at the front desk or go for a walk to find something, because I like to talk to people in new places rather than computer consoles. And if I didn't understand the language, the most interesting meal would probably still be the one where I had to walk into a local restaurant and point.
You could pretty much guarantee that the console would be full of chain restaurants which have signed a deal with the hotel chain. That's business.
The saddest thing in the world would be if XML led to technology which took the uncertainty and adventure from daily life.
John
-----Original Message-----
From: David Lyon [mailto:david@globaltradedesk.com]
Sent: 18 October 2001 12:33
To: Anderson, John
Cc: xml-dev@lists.xml.org
Subject: Re: [xml-dev] XML for Video, Pizza Shops & TakeOut
John,
> At the risk of sounding a bit retro, how about some old-fashioned,
> well-proven technology? What's wrong with going for a little walk to find
> one? It worked when I was growing up.
At the risk of sounding a bit progressive, howabout the case where you land
in a city, jump off a flight and go to your hotel. You're really hungry and
feel like going to get a bite to eat but you have no idea where the pizza or
any other food is because you've never been to that city or maybe you can't
even read the local language.
For a few hundred bucks cost, don't you think it would be really cool to have
a console in your hotel room to do the ordering from in a language that you
understand.
I reckon that would be a really cool xml device. It could be revenue
generating paying for itself earning money for every pizza ordered.
David
On Thursday 18 October 2001 18:31, Anderson, John wrote:
> At the risk of sounding a bit retro, how about some old-fashioned,
> well-proven technology? What's wrong with going for a little walk to find
> one? It worked when I was growing up.
>
> No matter how clever XML can be, it can't tell you whether the pizza is
> going to be good anyway (that would be taking the Sematic Web to it's next
> level. Can an Intelligent Agent taste the pizza? Would SML allow us to
> transmit odors over the internet?)
>
> Mind you, I live in the Netherlands now, and the pizza shops are a lot
> closer together.
>
> John
>
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