(1) Learning Symbolic Email filtering rules, implemented in a Eudora plugin (Mac, Windows, Unix). Man, I can't maintain my email rules anymore. Non trivial problem. There has been a bunch of work but none's made it to prime time, and most is subsymbolic (so you can't edit them). MAXIM was one system developed at MIT. Not good enough though.
(2) Automated Web Scrapper Tool - V.Hard. Build a tool that with minimal user input (preferably unskilled), will produce a program that can repetitively mine the site for data. (hint, DOM and REGEXP). Ariadne is one such project, but there's no source available. (USC-ISI look for Craig Knoblock, Steve Minton).
The http://Shop.Goto.Com/ Instant Search Categories runs using LISP. It's based on a theorem prover written in LISP:)
Check out how fast the InstantResults get updated as you narrow down your requirements. For an example try http://Shop.Goto.Com/ce/dcameras/
LISP is sweet:) You know you can change a function definition in the middle of a running program, don't you:) ? Patch in a bugfix without taking down the site ?
MicroMonopolist - The Roleplaying Game - You either play a software meglomaniac who has to dominate all standard, OR you play a US lawyer trying to stop them...
In a similar vane: IPO!
Nuture you smart techy mousetrap past the twin perils of Slashdotting and VC dumbing down, until you reach that all mighty IPO! But make sure the market's right for the latest thing...
I converted my Thesis from Word to Latex, and it only took a couple of days. I'd had a problem of cutting and pasting 4 or 5 papers I'd written in varying versions of word, that had completely trashed the styles and numbering
Dump your Word file to HTML and then start tagging.
It is typographically much much nice than anything Word produces.
As far as I understand it copyright and trademark law is very specific regarding spelling/case/punctuation. We used to get shouted at at DEC for spelling ALL-IN-1, allin1, and so on. Not that I give a flying fig about Metallica, though they do seem to be behaving rather childishly (after all who wasnt got a bunch of ripped audio tapes somewhere)...... But they prorbably havent registered the name Unforgiven.mp3 anywhere.... So all those suggesting putting easter eggs around on Napster, really couldnt be told to change them... Or am I missing something ? Cheers, Winton
By the way, that very interesting site fails to distinguish between binaries that work on all Linux compiled for x86 architectures versus PPC architecture.
This is a big obstacle for turning my trusty G3 Powerbook into a Linux PPC powerhouse. Many apps arent available in PPC version.
My favourite (well most used app) is Oracle 8i for Linux which doesn't work on Linux PPC...
If we could do an indexed text search we might not need those librarians to explain the catalogue to us...
or to do fill out those ever so troublesome Inter-Library-Loans...
Or to stamp the books as we take them out of the library...
Personally I echo the words above about respect for books. I love hard-copy. God forbid I start buying rocket-books. But sometimes, you just don't want to get on a plane for DC or wait 3 months for an ILL to come through...:)
I downloaded Netscape 6.0 "Preview" and 30 minutes later deleted all 30 megs of it.
Worse piece of UI ever ever made. Makes QuickTime platinum look like a danged masterpiece.
Worse yet, I actually adore IE 5.0.
Bill Gates 9/10 - Netscape/AOL 0/10
A fer-instance... Im using Mac OS 8.6. Why the h*ll does it not use the basic Mac scroll bars ? There are two types available proportional and fixed. They are user settable under Appearances. Get with the program AOL...
Yep, Spot on Jon! The movie totally captured the feel of the book, and the location change worked well (I was dreading it beforehand).
I'd read the book (plus "About a Boy") last November, and perhaps in the whiney limey kind of way totally identified:)
Spoilers (?) I don't recall there being a bit about him becoming a music publisher in it... plus wasn't he supposed to be an early 80's (punk/alt rock) DJ ?
Other than that, it was the best movie adaptation of a book I've seen for a long time...
oh, an his two sidekicks were so well matched with the characters in the book! Winton
Could you post a reference to the L^3 Knapsack problem.
I'm interested in the general NP space (:)), because of machine learning problems are generally in here. My reading of the QC stuff is that it is generally over-hyped.
They can't solve SAT can they, and worse, supervised machine learning is 2^2^n...
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(1) Learning Symbolic Email filtering rules, implemented in a Eudora plugin (Mac, Windows, Unix). Man, I can't maintain my email rules anymore. Non trivial problem. There has been a bunch of work but none's made it to prime time, and most is subsymbolic (so you can't edit them). MAXIM was one system developed at MIT. Not good enough though.
(2) Automated Web Scrapper Tool - V.Hard. Build a tool that with minimal user input (preferably unskilled), will produce a program that can repetitively mine the site for data. (hint, DOM and REGEXP). Ariadne is one such project, but there's no source available. (USC-ISI look for Craig Knoblock, Steve Minton).
Winton
Saw this in local bookstore the other day. Kind of cool coffee table book for nerds.
"Inventions from Outer Space : Everyday Uses for Nasa Technology by David Baker" Random House; ISBN: 0375409793.
I'd give you the amazon order ID but that's crass, and I have no connection with either :)
Winton
I bought Unreal for the Mac, and was thouroughly disappointed by the difficulty of ever playing a networked game.
The two releases (PC and Mac), where constantly out incompatible.
So personally, I don't care what they do with it :)
Winton
Could be Tivo and Replay TV ?
Winton
Another LISP site.
The http://Shop.Goto.Com/ Instant Search Categories runs using LISP. It's based on a theorem prover written in LISP:)
Check out how fast the InstantResults get updated as you narrow down your requirements. For an example try http://Shop.Goto.Com/ce/dcameras/
LISP is sweet :) You know you can change a function definition in the middle of a running program, don't you :) ? Patch in a bugfix without taking down the site ?
Winton
MicroMonopolist - The Roleplaying Game - You either play a software meglomaniac who has to dominate all standard, OR you play a US lawyer trying to stop them...
In a similar vane: IPO!
Nuture you smart techy mousetrap past the twin perils of Slashdotting and VC dumbing down, until you reach that all mighty IPO! But make sure the market's right for the latest thing...
Use Latex :)
I converted my Thesis from Word to Latex, and it only took a couple of days. I'd had a problem of cutting and pasting 4 or 5 papers I'd written in varying versions of word, that had completely trashed the styles and numbering
Dump your Word file to HTML and then start tagging.
It is typographically much much nice than anything Word produces.
Get the Latex Handbook. Its works real well.
Winton
As far as I understand it copyright and trademark law is very specific regarding spelling/case/punctuation. We used to get shouted at at DEC for spelling ALL-IN-1, allin1, and so on. Not that I give a flying fig about Metallica, though they do seem to be behaving rather childishly (after all who wasnt got a bunch of ripped audio tapes somewhere)... ... But they prorbably havent registered the name Unforgiven.mp3 anywhere.... So all those suggesting putting easter eggs around on Napster, really couldnt be told to change them... Or am I missing something ? Cheers, Winton
Thats actually funny! :) Maybe not PG-13, but it is funny...
By the way, that very interesting site fails to distinguish between binaries that work on all Linux compiled for x86 architectures versus PPC architecture.
This is a big obstacle for turning my trusty G3 Powerbook into a Linux PPC powerhouse. Many apps arent available in PPC version.
My favourite (well most used app) is Oracle 8i for Linux which doesn't work on Linux PPC...
If we could do an indexed text search we might not need those librarians to explain the catalogue to us...
or to do fill out those ever so troublesome Inter-Library-Loans...
Or to stamp the books as we take them out of the library...
Personally I echo the words above about respect for books. I love hard-copy. God forbid I start buying rocket-books. But sometimes, you just don't want to get on a plane for DC or wait 3 months for an ILL to come through... :)
Cheers,
Winton
I downloaded Netscape 6.0 "Preview" and 30 minutes later deleted all 30 megs of it.
Worse piece of UI ever ever made. Makes QuickTime platinum look like a danged masterpiece.
Worse yet, I actually adore IE 5.0.
Bill Gates 9/10 - Netscape/AOL 0/10
A fer-instance... Im using Mac OS 8.6. Why the h*ll does it not use the basic Mac scroll bars ? There are two types available proportional and fixed. They are user settable under Appearances. Get with the program AOL...
Yep, Spot on Jon! The movie totally captured the feel of the book, and the location change worked well (I was dreading it beforehand).
I'd read the book (plus "About a Boy") last November, and perhaps in the whiney limey kind of way totally identified :)
Spoilers (?) I don't recall there being a bit about him becoming a music publisher in it ... plus wasn't he supposed to be an early 80's (punk/alt rock) DJ ?
Other than that, it was the best movie adaptation of a book I've seen for a long time...
oh, an his two sidekicks were so well matched with the characters in the book! Winton
Hi,
Could you post a reference to the L^3 Knapsack problem.
I'm interested in the general NP space (:)), because of machine learning problems are generally in here. My reading of the QC stuff is that it is generally over-hyped.
They can't solve SAT can they, and worse, supervised machine learning is 2^2^n...
Cheers,
Winton