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Haystack: A More Compelling View Of Your Data

Posted by timothy on from the filled-with-needles dept.

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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  1. MY NAME IS... by MC+Knuth · · Score: -1, Troll

    MC Knuth, motherfuckers. M to tha C to tha K-n-u-t H. When I'm not pimping or gangbanging, I'm working at the MIT AI lab on this bad ass new Haystack shiat. Me and my niggaz represent, word.

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    -- - MC Knuth
  2. Yay, Java is Fun by eGabriel · · Score: -1, Troll

    I have Ant and the required version of the JDK, JAVA_HOME, JDK_HOME, ANT_HOME, HOME_ON_THE_RANGE, OLD_FOLKS_AT_HOME, whatever set, and it still doesn't work.

    Java is about as much fun as a broken arm. Sure, C and C++ can make you want to tear out your eyes and gnaw off your limbs, but at least they have some idea of where to find their libraries. A C program has never told me that it couldn't find org.boyhowdy.www.hey.are.you.really.reading.this.h .stdio.

    This is from MIT? I have seen better build scripts etched on toilet stalls. Sucks, too, because this program is probably actually a pretty good idea.