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Which is better: a) having a software designer think of n
different names for something, or b) having n different
people each think of a new name for that thing? Explain briefly
why. Explain briefly how this relates to searching by one
person vs. having different people search for the same thing.
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Do IR systems get smarter as they process more documents?
Please explain briefly if so, or why not, and give reasons
and justification regarding how you think they should behave.
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Would it be easy to build up memory hierarchies for all of
the sciences? What problems might arise? How big an effort
would this be? Please explain briefly.
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How can one obtain semi-structured messages? How does
creating them relate to authors marking up texts? Please
explain briefly.
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If you were to construct a set of message templates that
expanded upon the set used for the Information Lens, how
would you find what templates to add? How many might
be needed? Explain briefly.