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In the Mood for "Node" (圖)

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[ZT]node

node (nod) noun


1.A knob, knot, protuberance, or swelling.
2.a. Botany. The point on a stem where a leaf is attached or has been  
  attached; a joint.
3.Physics. A point or region of virtually zero amplitude in a periodic system.
4.Mathematics. The point at which a continuous curve crosses itself.
5.Computer Science. A terminal in a computer network.
6.Astronomy. a. Either of two diametrically opposite points at which the orbit of a planet intersects the ecliptic. b. Either of two points at which the orbit of a satellite intersects the orbital plane of a planet.

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律周 回複 悄悄話 妙趣.
影雲 回複 悄悄話 that's extremely interesting topic !
let me get back to you later when i am not that busy;

Agree with you !!! In a simple word of Chairman Mao, "Nothing can escape from the imprint of classification" (hope my transalation is readable and Chairman Mao will not blame me :)

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somehow, Node reminds me of Clustering . . .

interesting, my work is related to Node all the time:
creating Nodes to sent out iNformation
traverse Nodes to parse them
into iNfo understood by huMan bEing

. . .

in XML (a mArkUp
langua - - o - - -
. . .)

:)
LTG 回複 悄悄話 y.y.: [from downstairs]

so, that's why they're interested in National Geography . . . remember, the English Patient ? they can colonize external Land but not internal one . . . :)
maybe i am wrong :) Only "rebels" look into their hearts and soul :)

[no, i agree with you!!! "art" was part of their colonialist mission ... the concept of neo-colonialism is also helpful in understanding history ...thus, the body of literature created by and from that era....]
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