tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19530059.post5561173284267590614..comments2023-03-12T12:42:48.084+00:00Comments on Horse Overboard: if you like that, you should try this...Hoops Hooleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05619434657999228024noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19530059.post-61389356192850420352009-07-03T10:46:36.857+01:002009-07-03T10:46:36.857+01:00Blackbox and Bruce is very strange!
Trouble is I ...Blackbox and Bruce is very strange!<br /><br />Trouble is I suppose, like wikipedia, it is open to 'abuse'. But maybe it is just that the algorithm needs adjusting.Wandererhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12440965214739152727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19530059.post-80800996826516988312009-07-02T21:45:18.817+01:002009-07-02T21:45:18.817+01:00Well, I'm still not actually sure how they got...Well, I'm still not actually sure how they got from Black Box to Springsteen...Cocktailshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06091341579556869010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19530059.post-1138073526895630312009-07-02T21:38:03.155+01:002009-07-02T21:38:03.155+01:00Yes I apologise for my flippant dismissal of music...Yes I apologise for my flippant dismissal of music map. I was in the middle of a particularly long and tedious session at my desk at work when someone e-mailed me the link. We spent the next half an hour trying to come up with hilarious mis-matches hence my original post. It's actually pretty clever...Hoops Hooleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05619434657999228024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19530059.post-70095252561437780872009-07-02T18:08:41.421+01:002009-07-02T18:08:41.421+01:00Yeah, impressive.
It sounds like the database was...Yeah, impressive.<br /><br />It sounds like the database was empty when it was first put online. And since then it's collected various <a href="http://www.gnoosic.com/" rel="nofollow">data from users</a>. So I guess the searches take into account all the links between the data/bands collected.Wandererhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12440965214739152727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19530059.post-62862803726991801952009-07-01T20:28:27.958+01:002009-07-01T20:28:27.958+01:00What the heck is the algorithm behind that? I type...What the heck is the algorithm behind that? I typed in Black Box and it suggested Bruce Springsteen, De La Soul, Grandmaster Flash, The Decemberists and the Gossip - which is exactly right.Cocktailshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06091341579556869010noreply@blogger.com