I like this, does need funnyness though, maybe give them chances to guess as well (ie don't give us the answer after 1 wrong answer)?
On 28/05/05, Nick Crossland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > OK, since my first idea, of mapping traffic data -> Google maps has been > done already now, here's something a bit different: > > http://www.nickcrossland.co.uk/missingwordsround > > It's a prototype for an online version of the 'Missing Word' Round from > 'Have I Got News For You'. It takes 100 most recent headlines from the > BBC Backstage RSS news feed, updated every 15 minutes. The missing words > are selected semi-randomly by the server, so may not have quite the > comic potential of the TV version. PHP isn't renowned for its sense of > humour. > > The feeds are filtered for certain keywords, since death, murder and > destruction aren't really that funny. The odd one may still slip through... > > Because it is based on an RSS feed, there's the potential for 'guest > publications' - just like the show. That is, assuming 'Knitting Machine > World', 'Sea Shell Quarterly' or 'Centre Parting Monthly' publish an RSS > version of their headlines! > > To-Do > # Track user sessions, so that you don't get repeat headlines > # Add 'funniness voting' to previous user guesses. Can then give the > 'funniest' answers on the homepage, or show them more prominently on the > answers page > # Find a better way of analysing the headlines so 'better/funnier' words > can be blanked out (if anyone knows of an API or free source of a > dictionary, to work out whether the words are nouns, adjectives, etc > that would be very helpful!) > # Include more RSS feeds, perhaps giving users a choice of which one > # Give credit if you are close to the answer, rather than having to get > it exactly > > ~nick~ > > -- Ben O'Neill [EMAIL PROTECTED]
