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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 3 of 4 1 2 3 4 Re: a general system, new tsuwm #188139 12/07/09 09:22 PM Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh I'm becoming quite enamored of this new rating system, and I shall probly push it, oh, every time I see any other system, at least. Hmm. While yours is a goodly one, I think something like a Google PageRank system is needed. Using a semantic database like WordNet (link), you can probably measure things like -nyms and numbers of definitions and how words link to one another. I will work on it in my copious free time and get back to you. (It will, of course, be open source.) Ceci n'est pas un seing. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: doggo tsuwm #188142 12/07/09 11:29 PM Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,773 Apple Valley, CA, USA D dalehileman OP Pooh-Bah OP dalehileman Pooh-Bah D Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,773 Apple Valley, CA, USA Originally Posted By: tsuwm da, I don't think you've yet grasped the meaning of a OneLook rating of 10; that is, much less obscure than 3. p.s. - I'm becoming quite enamored of this new rating system, and I shall probly push it, oh, every time I see any other system, at least. Again forgive me, of course your system varies from mine in that respect but mine is simpler and more fun. My issue is simply to promote the use of the Type-2. Although I find the -3 Today's Word interesting it's unlikely many participants will then go ahead and start using it on a regular basis so would hope Anu might take up my cudgel and concentrate on the -2 dalehileman Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: doggo dalehileman #188143 12/07/09 11:48 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass >concentrate on the -2 I think, in all candor, this is a vain hope. Anu has been at this for a long time and I think he's become a little jaded with quotidian words, and I've observed his selections trending ever lower on the onelook scale. (he even subscribes to the wwftd daily word.) >is simpler and more fun. as I've detailed above, this is only your opinion, on both points. but hey, you could undertake a poll; i.e., become a poll bearer. heh. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: doggo tsuwm #188144 12/08/09 03:49 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky OMG--again! YOU made a play on words?! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: doggo tsuwm #188145 12/08/09 03:57 AM Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Z Zed Pooh-Bah Zed Pooh-Bah Z Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Dale, since you want to rate words I'd think you'd jump at a more objective rating system. Your 1,2,3 system is simpler on first view but too easy to oversimplify, like the old comments about there being only 2 types of people in the world. Because it's based on your personal impression of the word and its popularity it can't take into account regionalisms, professional differences etc. As for Anu sticking to more accessible words - where would be the fun in that? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: doggo Zed #188147 12/08/09 11:26 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Originally Posted By: Zed ... the old comments about there being only 2 types of people in the world. Nuh-uh. There's 3 types of people in the world: those that count and those that don't count. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: doggo Faldage #188149 12/08/09 01:13 PM Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh There's 3 types of people in the world: those that count and those that don't count. Nope. There are 10 kinds of people in the world: those who count in binary and those who don't. Ceci n'est pas un seing. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: doggo zmjezhd #188150 12/08/09 02:33 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont everybody counts, it's just that some people can't. formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: doggo tsuwm #188151 12/08/09 02:54 PM Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 876 western NY twosleepy old hand twosleepy old hand Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 876 western NY Originally Posted By: tsuwm (he even subscribes to the wwftd daily word.) Tiring as are acronyms, I gave myself a good chuckle when I quickly read that as the "wtf" daily word... I think I'll start that one myself. First one: atokous (and no, it's not Yiddish for your butt...); it's for Dale :0) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: doggo BranShea #188152 12/08/09 03:19 PM Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 876 western NY twosleepy old hand twosleepy old hand Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 876 western NY Originally Posted By: BranShea Quote: quote=twosleepy. The outside of my house is decorated, as well as 95% of the inside. I've been a little busy... :0) Does that leave you all 5% to live in? ( lame..yes I know) You have twins? Fun. I'd really like to hear you all sing. He he, Bran! Almost that little... Yes, the twins are most times fun. They are a handful, too! You can hear us from last Christmas Eve here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CH0aeqSciWU Please forgive the quality (it's not good), the misspelling of "Presbyterian", and the HUGE sneeze at the end. This was uploaded by someone I don't know who was sitting in a side balcony. Not the best place to record from... 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