Haystack: A More Compelling View Of Your Data

Peristaltic writes "MIT's Haystack project has released the source for it's "Universal Information Client", Haystack. In their words: 'Haystack looks into the use of artificial intelligence techniques for analyzing unstructured information and providing more accurate retrieval.' Unlike some attempts I've seen in the past to pull it all together on my desktop, Haystack shows some promise -- One of it's more useful features allows you to take the information you've been wallowing through, and have Haystack continually refine a 'dynamic hierarchy' until you get what you need. Haystack also performs some neat tricks such as combining Email, IM, web pages, etc. into a single inbox."

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Awesome Mozilla effect.

[GraZZ]

Wow. Looking at the Haystack site with Mozilla looks awesome! I don't know if it's my version (1.4rc1) or some weird image setting, but the main image on the page stays stationary as I scroll around, but the clipping of the image changes. It's really hard to describe, but looks awesome.

Of course, IE just renders it properly. BOOOORING.

THe real test.

[Unknown Poltroon]

Can it organize 3 gigs of random pr0n?

Re:THe real test.

[Anonymous Coward]

Probably not, however, I'm sure I could help out.

I'll email you my FTP address, you upload your 3 gigs, and I'll do the rest.

yeah, I promise.

Re:THe real test.

[Rick.C]

Can it organize 3 gigs of random pr0n?

Yes, but that will require some optional hardware: eye-tracking camera and moisture-sensing drool-cup attachment.

Re:Runtime overhead

[3.5 stripes]

Big difference between 12 and 768, damn.

Bad news.....

[oh2]

Can you say SKYNET ?

Re:That's great and all, but..

[RevMike]

So should I assume you don't want it embedded within Emacs.

another tool

[Anonymous Coward]

I've heard about another tool much like this one, which have been developed through eXtreme Programming. It is a hybride between assembler, aspectoriented Java and Perl, and is platform independent as long as the platform is Linux or FreeBSD or, perhaps, an obscure Java-based realtime-appletkernel. It is used to produce a new kind of buzzwords.

Just have to know the right ...

[Anonymous Coward]

I thought Emacs already had that!

Isn�t this named for the problem?

[Anonymous Coward]

Isn't haystack the problem that this tries to fix? I think this project should have been called 'needle' or possibly 'findy.'

Heureka

[Anonymous Coward]

Haystack looks into the use of artificial intelligence techniques for analyzing unstructured information...

Does this mean that we finally got a tool that can help us understand our politicians?!

Screenshots

[ergonal]

There was only one measly screenshot in the overview section, and NO screenshots in the screenshot section, so here's another one.

Hahhahaha suckers!

[Anonymous Coward]

Nothing like slashdotting MIT to make you feel like you've accomplished something! How's your precious class-A IP registry now?

Sincerely

Bunker Hill Community College

Re:Runtime overhead

[Anonymous Coward]

* Pentium III 700mhz-based computer or better (Pentium 4 2ghz strongly recommended)
* 512 megabytes of RAM (768 megabytes strongly recommended)
* Java 2 Development Kit (JDK) 1.4 or later note that JDK 1.4.1 does not work with Haystack; use JDK 1.4.1_02 instead)


I think we've found your problem son!

Re:WTF? No Mac OS X version?!!!

[Anonymous Coward]

It's assumed that if you don't run windows you are inteligent enough to organize your own info.

Re:WTF? No Mac OS X version?!!!

[Anonymous Coward]

It's assumed that if you don't run windows you are inteligent enough to organize your own info.

That would be much funnier if it didn't run on Linux.

Wait a minute .....

re: neat approach to the chaos problem

[ed.han]

"and bubblesort just won't cut it"

well, see; that was your problem right there: radix sort! :D

Haystack

[Anonymous Coward]

A single all powerfull programme to do everything ... hmm sounds like Windows ... or Sauron's ring