Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:33:04 -0700 From: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> To: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: slightly OT ; related to computers and language.... Message-ID: <20080717013304.GB45384@thought.org> In-Reply-To: <20080717000029.GA42264@thought.org> References: <20080717000029.GA42264@thought.org>
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On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 05:00:34PM -0700, Gary Kline wrote: > > people, > > I'm going to start listing my "million-dollar-ideas" here or at > least on my virtual transfinite site. tho i'm pretty sure others > have had ideas as i have. all or mine have made it to online, > altho not all have survived! > > my latest involves a site that would suggeeste words that are on > the tip of one's tongue. can anybody help me with "[] smile" > where the "[]" would be close-to-skeletal? i'm usually pretty > good with google, but how to find a word that is just beyond > one's reach. not "emaciated" ... [Hm!] OOPS: before people get out their flame-throwers, i meant to ask how much AI might be involved here--if any. eg, user is presented with a menu. "II am trying to think of a word like" _____. _____, _____. A spell-checker might ask if the user types in skelatal, not skeletal. Winds up with N suggestion [with GCIDE definitions]. > > > gary > > ps: for the brave [[or foolhardy]] , i have a couple other ideas > left. not totally "politically correct" but funny. :-) > > > -- > Gary Kline kline@thought.org www.thought.org Public Service Unix > http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org www.thought.org Public Service Unix http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org
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