just got back from australia and caught up on some fort blog since the australia post. in quick response to the issues brought up:

• i believe that a fast person is indeed the whole of a much larger set than the fast running human. therefore, it is well worth arguing that specifying the action that is fast is necessary to get your idea across. you can specify this action - whether it is driving or running - in a direct or indirect manner. in making this indirect or direct specification, you lay out what is known in AI as a semantic network. therefore, if you asked an AI agent who the fastest race car driver is, it would most likely connect race car driving to fastest person and respond with dale earnhardt (god bless).


• I hope I never get a penis panic


• MiX0R, congrats on being proficient in Japanese

In other news, Roxanne and I are officially engaged to be married! Mark, you'd be pleased to know I asked her father's permission beforehand with your advice as a factor in my decision to do so. I proposed out of breath after we reached the top of Mt. Kosciuszko, the highest point in Australia (not nearly as impressive, of course, as the other 6 continental summits, but still 14 miles hike in a day). Lucky for me, I wasn't turned down and made into a sad bastard for the remainder of the trip. We celebrated with Tim Tam ice cream and beer at the Lake Jindabyne campground later that night. We haven't set any wedding dates or anything but all of you should expect to receive wedding invitations (and hopefully bachelor party invites as well). Please post or email me your mailing address. Needless to say, I am a happy happy fiance (that's f-eye - ANZ). More stories and pictures of the trip will come soon, but I'm about to fall over from the jet lag. woot!