On Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 2:05 AM, Frank Bemelman <[email protected]>wrote:
The true value lies in the _idea_ of forming 4-letter words. If you > have a predefined list of 4-letter words or an algorithm to create > pronounceable/meaningless words, then > you basically have everything. > Regarding the FLW algorithm. This is something I've been pondering after coming across the University of South Florida Free Association Norms database during my grad school research. http://w3.usf.edu/FreeAssociation/It's an amazing database with all sorts of potential uses (I used it as part of an AI system for jumping between semantically related concepts). If one were to weed out all non-four-letter-words you'd essentially have a nice FLW database that also had some notion of semantic relation (albeit with many gaps). And if you were to extend your display beyond four letters (easily done with VFD displays) you could use the entire database. I've written code to do basic breadth-first and depth-first traversal of the database, and I don't think it would be very hard (and maybe quite fun) to port to microcontroller and microSD card. Sean -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
