Comments on: Mining the Hive Mind, Wikipedia-style

Mining the Hive Mind, Wikipedia-style

jenh — Tue, 10 May 2005 13:22:23 -0800

One of many Wikipedia-based applications, Omnipelagos mines the hive mind to map the connections between two things.

By: Chunder

Chunder — Tue, 10 May 2005 13:33:29 -0800

OK - a quote from the main page of the "Omnipelagos" page... * George Burns [Life] Burns had been lifelong friends with Jack Benny and Benny was originally slated to make the film * Jack Benny Benny was an influential comedy innovator, a major architect of the modern forms of standup comedy and situation comedy * Stand-up comedy Stand-up expanded from nightclubs and theaters to major concerts in sports arenas. Richard Pryor and George Carlin * Richard Pryor On June 1, 1980, Pryor set himself on fire while free-basing cocaine. This was a suicide attempt * Cocaine ??? * George Bush WTF? Is this supposed to be satire? Humour? Kinda interesting, but of limited use IMO...

By: klangklangston

klangklangston — Tue, 10 May 2005 13:35:03 -0800

Omnipelagos not omphaloskepsis? (All seas?)

By: gwint

gwint — Tue, 10 May 2005 13:48:44 -0800

Six degrees of Wikipedia. Neat. I hadn't seen wikiwax either. Double Neat. Great post.

By: The Great Big Mulp

The Great Big Mulp — Tue, 10 May 2005 14:00:53 -0800

Charlemagne [Cultural significance] It is frequently claimed by genealogists that all people with European ancestry alive today are probably descended from Charlemagne Genealogy [Modern research] Theology of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormons) includes the practice of baptism for the dead, an Baptism for the dead [Holocaust Victim Controversy] Menachem Begin, Irving Berlin, Marc Chagall, and Gilda Radner. Some permissions may have been obtained Gilda Radner Even with the support of her second husband, actor Gene Wilder, (she had previously been married to Saturday Night Live band leader G.E. Smith,) Gene Wilder Ooo. This is fun!

By: DevilsAdvocate

DevilsAdvocate — Tue, 10 May 2005 14:03:55 -0800

WTF? Is this supposed to be satire? Humour? Can't it just be fun? As a pony, though, I'd like to see the option to exclude specific entries for a search. For example, the matches (with the default settings) for Pope Benedict XVI -> Calvin and Hobbes all go through either John Calvin or Thomas Hobbes. OK, not all that surprising, but what if I want a path that doesn't go through either of those? In this case, you can find such a path by choosing "Look for more obscure, but longer paths" under the Search Strategy option, but it would be nice to be able to exclude specific entries.

By: PinkStainlessTail

PinkStainlessTail — Tue, 10 May 2005 14:08:41 -0800

Monkey beans!

By: Mach5

Mach5 — Tue, 10 May 2005 14:13:42 -0800

No connections were found between "String theory" and "Bong". liars!

By: Armitage Shanks

Armitage Shanks — Tue, 10 May 2005 14:22:00 -0800

Lee Harvey Oswald [The attempted assassination of General Walker] Oswald began to put Walker under surveillance, taking pictures of Walker's home and nearby railroad tracks Surveillance [Impact of surveillance] This is primarily a means of monitoring the activities of staff and for controlling public relations Public relations [Methods, Tools and Tactics / Entertainment and Celebrity] Chicago, and singer Britney Spears opened an ill-fated eatery in New York which closed a few months later. Britney Spears

By: meehawl

meehawl — Tue, 10 May 2005 14:22:23 -0800

This nicely illustrates exactly why hermeneutic projects such as Cyc are reifiically doomed in their attempt to simulate human "intelligence:.

By: meehawl

meehawl — Tue, 10 May 2005 14:25:29 -0800

Or should that be to "create" human intelligence. Simulation is, of course, possible. Cue the zombies.

By: lodurr

lodurr — Tue, 10 May 2005 14:40:46 -0800

So far, Armitage has the brass ring.

By: pardonyou?

pardonyou? — Tue, 10 May 2005 14:41:35 -0800

Fabio He became famous as a model for romance novel covers, the first of which was Hearts Aflame in 1987 Romance novel [Genre slang / Single title romances] fake rake - a man whom everybody presumes to be promiscuous (a rake), but who is not. Rake Cagliostro Alessandro Cagliostro where he distributed various magical elixirs and charms, at one time even being recommended as a physician to Benjamin Franklin during a stay in Paris Benjamin Franklin

By: meehawl

meehawl — Tue, 10 May 2005 14:44:47 -0800

Nambla - George Bush North American Man-Boy Love Association NAMBLA has also taken an active stance against corporal punishment, rape, and kidnapping Rape See also humiliation, Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse, Nanjing Massacre Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse some took the Bush administration to task and demanded the resignation of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld George Bush

By: lodurr

lodurr — Tue, 10 May 2005 14:45:58 -0800

Nah, nah, nah, Armitage still has it: Fewer steps, and even Fabio isn't as ridiculous as Britney Spears. on preview: OK, GWB to NAMBLA -- now *that's* a good one....

By: pardonyou?

pardonyou? — Tue, 10 May 2005 14:51:14 -0800

Paris Hilton [Paris Hilton as sex symbol] It has also been rumored that there exists a video featuring Paris in a lesbian sex romp with her friend Lesbian [Etymology] The word "lesbian" originally referred to an inhabitant of the island of Lesbos, in ancient Greece. Lesbos it was home to the poets Sappho and Alcaeus. Aristotle and Epicurus both also spent some time there. Aristotle Come on -- give it up! Paris Hilton to Aristotle in four steps -- with a detour through Lesbos, to boot!

By: quonsar

quonsar — Tue, 10 May 2005 14:54:12 -0800

hive mind. heh. wikipedia is the hiveosphere?

By: mischief

mischief — Tue, 10 May 2005 14:54:42 -0800

meehawl: To put it simply, you are full of shit. Omnipelagos is a basic set of Tinker-Toys compared to an actual hermeneutic project.

By: meehawl

meehawl — Tue, 10 May 2005 15:03:08 -0800

you are full of shit And you, sir, are of a particularly vain, jealous and quarrelsome sort. Hermeneutics - Shit Hermeneutics In a triumph of early modern hermeneutics, the Italian humanist Lorenzo Valla proved in 1440 that the "Donation of Constantine" was a forgery Lorenzo Valla in which the most virulent and obscene language was employed. He appears, however, as a vain, jealous and quarrelsome man Obscenity Seven dirty words shit Shit

By: Specklet

Specklet — Tue, 10 May 2005 15:14:43 -0800

Connections.

By: tss

tss — Tue, 10 May 2005 16:38:46 -0800

Slashdot subculture [Recurring jokes / Business plans] This pokes fun at the general lack of a sensible business plan by dot-com era companies, who often came up with an interesting idea Dot-com [Thinning the herd] after having burnt through their venture capital, often without ever making a gross profit, thereby becoming Profit There's not supposed to be a step two!!

By: reflection

reflection — Tue, 10 May 2005 16:56:06 -0800

i wouldn't expect a bunch of non-wikipedian's to know this, but Kate's six degrees of wikipedia is way better and has been around for a long time.

By: eamondaly

eamondaly — Tue, 10 May 2005 16:56:13 -0800

Matthew Haughey Pyra Labs and helped code early versions of Blogger. Today he is Creative Director at Creative Commons Creative Commons [Projects and works using Creative Commons licenses] The Wired CD; created by Creative Commons in cooperation with Wired Magazine, the Beastie Boys, Brazilian Minister of Culture The Wired CD [Songs] Beastie Boys, "Now Get Busy" Beastie Boys [Licensed to Ill - 1984-1988] (You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (to Party)" reached #7 on the Billboard Hot 100. It was later named one of Billboard Hot 100 Rhythmic songs. Recently, pop star Kelly Clarkson hit the top spot with "Since U Been Gone Kelly Clarkson

By: reflection

reflection — Tue, 10 May 2005 17:01:07 -0800

yeah, just checking up on it, Kate's finds a shorter path almost every time. works in realtime too.

By: longsleeves

longsleeves — Tue, 10 May 2005 17:04:14 -0800

Ann Coulter [Quotations / On law and order] "I have to say I'm all for public flogging. One type of criminal that a public humiliation might work particularly well with are the Flagellation [See also / Slavery] Corporal punishment Corporal punishment [See also] Keelhauling Keelhauling resulting in death by drowning. Often the ropes caught and dragged on barnacles on the ship's hull Barnacle

By: eamondaly

eamondaly — Tue, 10 May 2005 17:16:36 -0800

For Matt to Kelly, Kate's gives me Matt -> 2004 -> April 28 -> Kelly, which is somewhat lacking in creativity.

By: meehawl

meehawl — Tue, 10 May 2005 18:15:35 -0800

The proper thing to do now for the party of Government is to call for a Motion of Confidence. Otherwise you just look shifty and weak.

By: meehawl

meehawl — Tue, 10 May 2005 18:16:02 -0800

Sorry, wrong window!

By: lodurr

lodurr — Tue, 10 May 2005 18:43:25 -0800

... yes, but it has a certain obscurantist appeal, nonetheless.

By: lodurr

lodurr — Tue, 10 May 2005 18:50:25 -0800

.... Oh, and:

Dot-com: [Thinning the herd] after having burnt through their venture capital, often without ever making a gross profit, thereby becoming
Profit

(... never having been a part of the slashdot subculture, but having been a part of the dotcom...)

By: dhartung

dhartung — Tue, 10 May 2005 20:46:53 -0800

MetaFilter [Content / NewsFilter] MeFi members in February 2003 found a clear tendency to the Left on economic issues and to liberalism on social issues Liberalism [Liberalism and related ideologies / Liberalism vs. social democracy] lies in their views regarding the role of the state in the economy. Social democracy seeks to achieve a certain extent of equality of outcomes Equality of outcome In theory, equality of outcome can be contrasted with equal opportunity Equal opportunity Social groupings generally emphasized in such a way are those delineated by aspects of gender, race Sex Gee, just like college -- dropping by women's studies forums to pick up chicks. High-minded, aren't we? MetaFilter [Community] Metafilter was founded by Matthew Haughey in 1999. From its humble beginnings as a gathering spot for webloggers to trade links Matthew Haughey Matthew Haughey (born October 10, 1972) is the founder of the community weblog MetaFilter, where he is known as Weblog [History / Blogging goes mainstream] Glenn Reynolds and Markos Moulitsas Zúniga appear on the radio, and Ana Marie Cox, better known as Wonkette Ana Marie Cox the site and its author have gained notoriety in the political world for publicizing the story of Jessica Cutler Jessica Cutler (Republican - Ohio), including sleeping with a high-level Republican who she claims paid her $400 for sex. Sex Now that's more like it. But does Matt need to blog it? Once again: Wikipedians on MeFi are invited to check in.

By: dejah420

dejah420 — Wed, 11 May 2005 21:29:31 -0800

From MetaFilter to Pancake: MetaFilter [Community] Metafilter was founded by Matthew Haughey in 1999. From its humble beginnings as a gathering spot for webloggers to trade links Matthew Haughey Matthew Haughey (born October 10, 1972) is the founder of the community weblog MetaFilter, where he is known as Weblog Such a website would typically be accessible to any Internet user. "Weblog" is a portmanteau of "web" and "log". Portmanteau [Methods of forming] The beginning of one word is prepended to the end of the other, e.g., breakfast + lunch = brunch. Breakfast [North America] eggs, bacon, ham, sausages, pancakes, waffles, French toast, pastries such as croissants, doughnuts Pancake