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  1. Re:Actually, that would be a sin. on Carbon Dating & The Shroud of Turin · · Score: 1

    Dang hypocrites.

  2. Re:Been working on similar on Deriving Semantic Meaning From Google Results · · Score: 1

    Actually that is the intent, I just need to parse it. I've got the curr database on my computer and it is slightly parsed. I've figured out most of the relevant structure (like what are discussions, vs articles, what separates articles, wikicode), just need to sit down and parse all the wikicode and html. Preprocessing aside I've estimated a couple CPU weeks for wikipedia ~1.7GB. One thing that was interesting about wikipedia was that I counted all words in it, and looked at the ones that only occurred a few times, these were almost all misspellings or typos, I thought about going through and correcting a lot of these but thought better of it...they serve a purpose, they flag less professionally done articles.

  3. Re:Been working on similar on Deriving Semantic Meaning From Google Results · · Score: 1

    Will do,

    I downloaded the research paper/proposal/whatever-it-is, but have yet to read it does that count?

  4. Re:Been working on similar on Deriving Semantic Meaning From Google Results · · Score: 1

    playing a bit more I tried the following (changed order in search):

    about 669,000 for hat banana
    about 8,870,000 for hat head

    so this indicates that hats have a stronger correlation with banana than with head by %!!

    5.475% (head)
    6.433% (banana)

    !!!

  5. Re:Been working on similar on Deriving Semantic Meaning From Google Results · · Score: 1

    The other article used "hat + head" and "hat + banana" and said that because hat and head is way more common than hat and banana there is a correlation, however let's look at the numbers:

    about 175,000,000 for hat

    about 162,000,000 for head
    about 10,400,000 for banana

    about 8,900,000 for head hat
    about 517,000 for banana hat

    so 5.49% of head sites have hat in them
    and 4.97% of banana sites have hat in them

    just over .5% difference.... not a great example.

  6. Been working on similar on Deriving Semantic Meaning From Google Results · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I wrote a program that gathered, analyzed and used word pair frequency data (various situational pairings). It needs more raw data, but shows a lot of promise. I opted to not use literature, as that often has archaic and purposefully awful word usage. Some of the issues involved include case, like Fall vs fall, I chose to ignore case, grammatical structure, needs to integrate with a grammar checker. Coupling this with a thesaurus is my eventual goal, this leads to some obvious difficulties, though it has potential rewards. I had considered google, and have run a few tests using it, but that solution was too simple, and not quite as powerful in the long run. Just had to share, sorry to waste your time.

  7. Re:The More Appropriate Question... on Car RFID Security System Cracked · · Score: 1

    Why not make the key beep with an embedded small wrist watch battery, that way if your key starts to sound like a Geiger Counter in Chernobyl you can tell something's up. Sure the battery would die out, but by then the key would be old, and hence the associated car would be old as well and either not as worth stealing or there would be other more effective methods.

  8. Re:Stuff can go faster than light on Blazing Speed: The Fastest Stuff In The Universe · · Score: 1

    And one more thing, screw causality! "I ain't a physics geek" and yet your username is the shodinger equation? I always called it PsiStarPsi, but it's all the same.

  9. Re:Dupe! on A Look Into The Cell Architecture · · Score: 1

    Just send it in as a story, be creative, I think they read those sometimes.

  10. Re:In related News... Michael Powell is... on VoIP Regulation, SIP Insurrection · · Score: 1

    Or for those who don't feel like logging in, and want a clicky link, clikicky clicky.

  11. Re:The summary leaves something out: on Pair Arrested After Telling Lawyer Jokes · · Score: 1

    I think it was drunk driving which caused one of them to be in line.

  12. Re:A worm that deletes everything. on Extremely Critical IE6/SP2 Exploit Found · · Score: 1

    I know what ever happened to the good ol'fashioned fry the hard drive type viruses?

  13. Re:bet i could write a 15 line on World's Shortest P2P App: 15 Lines · · Score: 2

    Actually it isn't that hard, a few more than 15 but I'll bet I could do it in under 500, excluding libraries.

  14. Re:BREAKING NEWS! on ISS Oxygen Generator Fails · · Score: 1

    Not only that Drudge is linking to a story saying that they fixed the problem, as is a post in here.

  15. Re:did it ever actually work? on For Sale: Biosphere 2 · · Score: 1

    Interesting, Yeah what I learned of it was mostly from my environmental sciences class 9 years ago, thanks for the correction.

  16. Re:did it ever actually work? on For Sale: Biosphere 2 · · Score: 1

    Yes, mostly. Though they had problems with O2->concrete in the first trial, this was solved on a later trial as I recall. Also it is believed that they smuggled some medical supplies in at one point.

  17. Re:You know... on PlanetSide Community Takes Action to Market Game · · Score: 1

    Exactly what got to me. A decent game, perhaps even innovative, but yeah when you conquor some land, log off content and happy that progress has been made, log back on only to see that land overrun by the opposing faction, blah, maybe the expansion or patches handled this, though I doubt it, I quit well before then.

  18. Re:Wikipedia informs me and scares me. on Wikipedia Criticised by Its Co-founder · · Score: 2, Funny

    What's wrong with the Fox News one you linked to, it seems to be Fair and Balanced... oh, right....

  19. Re:If that's no space station, what is it? on Cassini Shows Close Up of Iapetus · · Score: 1

    A meteor is one that burns up (any body's atmosphere), a meteorite is one that hits, an astroid is one out in space. Your link even says this!?!

  20. Re:If that's no space station, what is it? on Cassini Shows Close Up of Iapetus · · Score: 2, Funny
    Anyone have any idea what could have caused a formation like that?

    A meteorite.

  21. Re:Hardly steps on Bringing Down A Copycat Site · · Score: 1

    What good is email, if you can't use it a a means of communication for fear of spam/forged headers.

  22. Re:My 2 cents.... on FTC P2P Deadline For Public Comments · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Or maybe everyone is 'posting' where it matters, as per the article... Well maybe not, but I can always hope .. that is until they craft some overly broad legislation to crack down on "electronic file transfers," to only be selectively applied.

  23. Re:Excel is a real word too! on Excel Registered as Trademark, 19 Years Late · · Score: 2, Funny
    Yup.

    So's a kerfuffle.

  24. Be careful what you wish for. on DoubleClick On The Blocks? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    As much as I dislike doubleclick I like the fact that they make it easy to block their ads, perhaps a future company or future owner will make it harder, so double click going away or changing hands may not be so great.

  25. Re:Ban the EULA on Spamford Wallace Draws A Restraining Order · · Score: 1

    So how does that prevent malware?

    Why not standardize the EULA, so companies could pick from a few that meet their needs or create their own, this might allow people to know what is said without having to read it more than once.

    Kinda like this.