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Flickr Patenting "Interestingness"
tjcrowder noted that Boing Boing is reporting that Flickr has filed for a patent on a system for determining "interestingness". From the patent application abstract:
"Media objects, such as images or soundtracks, may be ranked according to a new class of metrics known as "interestingness." These rankings may be based at least in part on the quantity of user-entered metadata concerning the media object, the number of users who have assigned metadata to the media object, access patterns related to the media object, and/or a lapse of time related to the media object." So basically, nobody else can use tags to label files. Totally original thinking from the folks at flickr. *cough*
Mod parent up +1: Inter.... ah.... forget it.
mod parent up as interesting!
*sees army of Flickr lawyers*
On second thought...
What ?
You mean that the measuringness of the popularityness of the interestingness of a something has a truthiness value of accuracyness that's not relevantlynessy enough for you ?
By reading this signature you agree to not disagree with the post you just read.
Or at least mod points?
At last we have the perfect /. article, since the vast majority of posters never RTFA anyway: an article that's completely summed up in the title of the /. post.
/. post, either! I'd call that real progress. Congrats, BoingBoing on a job well done!
Think of it, guys. Not only don't you have to read the article, but you don't need the
"My country, right or wrong; if right, to be kept right; and if wrong, to be set right." --Senator Carl Schurz (1872)
To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it
Slashdot is great if you like watching people comically oversimplifying the feats of others.
It's an interesting hobby. maybe I should give it a go.
Edward Jenner invents vaccination, thus erradicating smallpox, and paving the way to the elimination of many other fatal diseases.. Slashdot commment: Well, any idiot knows you'll catch something if you touch diseased cows.
James Watt invents steam engine. Slashdot comment: My kettles been boiling over for decades!
Newton realises that gravity is responsible for the motion of the planets, and derives formulae that will send men to the moon. Slashdot comment: Objects fall. Big deal.
Slshdot is kicking itself for not patenting its moderation system?
sed -e 's/Chuck Norris/Rajnikant/g' joke > fact