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Tracking Social Networking In Shakespeare Plays

Posted by simoniker on from the rosencrantz-and-guildenstern-closely-allied dept.

An anonymous reader writes "By feeding PieSpy (an IRC bot used to visualise social networks) with the entire texts of Shakespeare plays, it became possible to produce drawings of the social networks present in his plays - it is now possible to visualize the relationships between the characters in his works, and see Shakespeare in an entirely new light."

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  1. 2 Pie or not /=\2 by scorp888 · · Score: 4, Funny

    That is the question...

    1. Re:2 Pie or not /=\2 by Rovaani · · Score: 5, Funny

      (2b)||(!2b) equals true, for any value of b.

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    2. Re:2 Pie or not /=\2 by haystor · · Score: 5, Funny

      It is a control structure not evaluated for the truth of expression but for the side effects.

      Clearly Hamlet is attempting first 2b. If that returns false, then he'll attempt !2b. As these are attempted in succession and not at the same time, it is possible though unlikely that both return false. More likely is a fatal error which Hamlet appears not to worry about trapping.

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  2. orkut by CGP314 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Great, the last thing I want is to have to ignore a friend request from Hamlet on Orkut. That guy is so whiney and needy.

    Now if only I could think of a clever way to start emailing Juliet.

    -Colin

    1. Re:orkut by AndroidCat · · Score: 5, Funny
      Dude! She's 13, underage and her daddy doesn't want her to get married for another two years. You are so busted!

      You've got law-enforcement!

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  3. Maybe someone can work out... by Channard · · Score: 4, Funny

    .. why so many of Shakespeare's works are called comedies just because everyone doesn't die at the end. I saw the Merchant of Venice and there wasn't a single pie-fucking scene in it. I want my money back, dammit.

  4. Re:What about... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    IRC Shakespeare...

    <HAMLET> Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio: a fellow
    of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy: he hath
    borne me on his back a thousand times;

    <L33tBoi> ROFL LOL!!!? u r a fag