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Instead of UTF-8 or ASCII, this font would encode concepts
and modifiers, e.g. dog, cat or 'this','that'
For modifiers, it would be encoded as function in Reverse
Polish Notation.
This if designed well, would be a compact way to transmit
concept in a standard format that can be translated
into
the viewer's language.
haha kanji
http://nihongoichib...om/2011/04/6bcd.gif
[not_morrison_rm, Sep 26 2014]
or the old character for "verbose"
http://i.stack.imgur.com/mwqxm.png
[not_morrison_rm, Sep 26 2014]
John Wilkins, 1668
http://books.google...v=onepage&q&f=false
table of figures for concepts and modifiers ("genera" and "differences") [pocmloc, Sep 26 2014]
Braille
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braille
Braille has 6 dots+ How many dots to cover most concepts? [popbottle, Sep 30 2014]
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Hmm, slippery slope to kanji, one culture's pictures don't always make sense to other cultures...see linky of haha kanji and then tell me what's the meaning...linky |
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No sneaky looking it up in a dictionary.... |
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"Verbose" is still my favourite, but never used these days.. |
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[AIRPLANE][ARROW] = This way to the airport. |
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[LINED CIRCLE][BABY] = No babies allowed! |
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I suspect that once you try to render more complex or subtle ideas, you're on your way to creating another language. |
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I'm afraid this idea is well baked, and philosophically flawed. For a great analysis and discussion see Umberto Eco, The search for the perfect language, Blackwell 1995, especially chapters 10 to 15 on a priori philosophical languages. |
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Well I was thinking of many language having similarities in
that you have "names" and "functions". |
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e.g. Bob sees Tod => See(Bob, Tod) |
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So in reverse polish notation, that would be... |
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Also isn't most language translation system consist of
"input language"-> Intermediate representation -> "output
language". So in a sense, a conceptual representation
font, could be seen as a more compact and machine
readable intermediate language.(Which, if people
wanted to, could perhaps enter in directly) |
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I wonder if the Sims has some sort of internal shorthand like this. |
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A native Mexican holding hand up saying hello
An idiot trying to solve the equation 1+1
A tin of tuna fish
The letter U
A Jewish formal divorce document
After leaving its mark, it may lead to an answer. |
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