On 10/17/07, Ray Saintonge <saintonge(a)telus.net> wrote:
Anthony wrote:
On 10/16/07, Gregory Maxwell
<gmaxwell(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I see no reason why the removal of the space
constraint should change
the *ideal* subject matter distribution substantially.
Doesn't the term "ideal" essentially mean "without
constraints"?
No, It's more like "optimum", in which case it may
or may not have
constraints.
Whether you call it "ideal" or "optimum", I'd say the sum
of all human
knowledge would be the answer. Ideally, if I wanted to know anything
about anything I could ask Wikipedia and it'd tell me. Practically,
space would limit that, verifiability/lack of records would limit
that, policy against original research would limit that, interest
would limit that, ease of use would limit that, privacy considerations
would limit that, etc. I doubt the distribution of topics would be
preserved after those limitations.