Post by thread:[OT]: A new English word toy...

I have a new dictionary toy at techref.massmind.org/cgi-bin/wnsearch.exe type in a word or two and play around. Love to hear some feedback... --- James Newton spam_OUTjamesTakeThisOuTmassmind.org 1-619-652-0593 http://techref.massmind.org All the engineering secrets worth knowing -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList .....piclist-unsubscribe-requestKILLspam@spam@mitvma.mit.edu

At 10:11 AM 3/12/01 -0800, you wrote: >I have a new dictionary toy at >techref.massmind.org/cgi-bin/wnsearch.exe >type in a word or two and play around. > >Love to hear some feedback... James, Don't think I like it - just tried i2c and pic, and neither flew. BTW, I realize how difficult it would be to totally cross-reference techref - ie, to build a comprehensive index - but I wonder that you couldn't easily put in a list of 100 or so "keywords", one of who's selection who "automatically" evoke the search engine to find references. This would provide an implicit cross-reference, and should take essentially no work to implement [possibly an invalid assumption]. - dan michaels http://www.oricomtech.com ================== -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList piclist-unsubscribe-requestKILLspammitvma.mit.edu

Adding the ability for users to define new words directly (which non of the other dictionary sites do AFAIK) is on the to-do list for very soon. Its part of the massmind idea of allowing people to directly record experience. http://techref.massmind.org/techref/idea/websites.htm I want people to add their own definitions and new words and links and stories about words and etc... Words can be fun and people shouldn't miss out on words like: Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it. Get it? its a combination of sarcastic and chasm! Or just fun definitions of existing words like: Normal: A normal man can run a 6 minute mile but the average man cannot. In the future, the "add a comment" etc... form at the PICList site will spell check the text and try to link any uncommon words to existing page on the site. If you type "This type of multi-drop network lends itself to RS-485." The spell check will toss all the words except "multi-drop" and "RS-485." I will then do a page title search for *multi-drop* and *RS-485* which will return records for pages related to that subject from the site. I will then link those words to the best match of those pages. Any words that don't match a dictionary word or a title word will get a little superscript "?" after them with a link to an asp page that will suggest a correct spelling (future project), do a full text search for that word on existing pages, and offer a text box to write a definition of the word if it is, in fact, correctly spelled and new to the site. --- James Newton (PICList Admin #3) .....jamesnewtonKILLspam.....piclist.com 1-619-652-0593 PIC/PICList FAQ: http://www.piclist.com or .org {Original Message removed}

Oh - yeah, works great for "puppy". Well, how about an index of the site, along the lines of what I mentioned? At 11:12 AM 3/12/01 -0800, you wrote: >Its not an index of the site. Its a dictionary of the English language. > >--- >James Newton (PICList Admin #3) >jamesnewtonspam_OUTpiclist.com 1-619-652-0593 >PIC/PICList FAQ: http://www.piclist.com or .org > >{Original Message removed}

At 11:04 AM 3/12/01 -0800, you wrote: >Adding the ability for users to define new words directly (which non of the >other dictionary sites do AFAIK) is on the to-do list for very soon. But I hope we'll be able to tell the source of a definition so we know how much to beleive. Barry -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList @spam@piclist-unsubscribe-requestKILLspammitvma.mit.edu

>Love to hear some feedback... >James Newton KILLspamjamesKILLspammassmind.org 1-619-652-0593 This is cool! And it's about 100000 times faster than that dictionary.com thing! figment - a very rare noun which means... memento - a very rare noun which means... so I had to try: steak tartare - a very rare noun... -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList RemoveMEpiclist-unsubscribe-requestTakeThisOuTmitvma.mit.edu

We've changed rare to specific... specific A specific noun which may mean: <GRIN> For anyone who still doesn't get it.. This has nothing to do with PICs or really with technical things at all. Its about the English language. It will be used on the PICList site later, but only as it relates to English. --- James Newton 1-619-652-0593 TakeThisOuTjamesEraseMEspam_OUTmassmind.org http://techref.massmind.org All the engineering secrets worth knowing {Original Message removed}

Uhm... welll.... it is a noun, actually... > -----Original Message----- > From: pic microcontroller discussion list > [PICLISTEraseME.....MITVMA.MIT.EDU]On Behalf Of Barry Gershenfeld > Sent: Monday, March 12, 2001 5:42 PM > To: EraseMEPICLISTMITVMA.MIT.EDU > Subject: Re: [OT]: A new English word toy... > > > We also learn that "verb" is a noun. > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList > RemoveMEpiclist-unsubscribe-requestEraseMEEraseMEmitvma.mit.edu > > -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList RemoveMEpiclist-unsubscribe-requestspam_OUTKILLspammitvma.mit.edu

Yes Barry, some of us almost get your sense of humor... <GRIN> Barry told me off list that he just noticed that all the words in the description of the main word are also hyperlinked... Anybody else miss that? You can play all sorts of fun "browsing words" games... Challenge: What (at least in the opinion of the compilers of this dictionary) is the most all encompassing noun? Hint: x is a type of.... is a type of... is a type of... James Newton RemoveMEjamesTakeThisOuTspammassmind.org http://techref.massmind.org 1-619-652-0593 phone ----- Original Message ----- From: Barry Gershenfeld <EraseMEbarryspamspamBeGoneZMICRO.COM> To: <RemoveMEPICLISTKILLspamMITVMA.MIT.EDU> Sent: Monday, March 12, 2001 15:41 Subject: Re: [OT]: A new English word toy... We also learn that "verb" is a noun. -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList piclist-unsubscribe-requestSTOPspamspam_OUTmitvma.mit.edu -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList spamBeGonepiclist-unsubscribe-requestSTOPspamEraseMEmitvma.mit.edu