Sounds interesting. I'd love to see some screenshots of some community graphs and main characters in it....possible?
Otis --- Nick Arnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As long as we're kicking around what's new, here's mine. I've been > working > on a system that finds topical Internet discussions (web forums, > usenet, > mailing lists) and does some analysis of who's who, looking for the > people > who connect communities together, lead discussions, etc. At the > moment, > it's focusing on Java developers. It's been quite interesting to see > what > it discovers in terms of how various subtopics are related and what > other > things that Java developers tend to be interested in. > > Regarding markup, etc., in the back of my mind I've had the notion of > enhancing my spider to recognize how to parse and recurse forums and > list > archives, so that I don't have to write new code for every different > forum > or archiving format. But it's not something I'd be comfortable > tossing out > into the open, since it obviously would be a tool that spammers could > use > for address harvesting. > > I'm essentially creating a toolbox with Python and MySQL, which I'm > using to > create custom information products for consulting clients. For the > moment, > those (obviously) are companies with a strong interest in Java. > > Nick > > -- > Nick Arnett > Phone/fax: (408) 904-7198 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _______________________________________________ > Robots mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/robots __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? U2 on LAUNCH - Exclusive greatest hits videos http://launch.yahoo.com/u2 _______________________________________________ Robots mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/robots