We will have one with source forge soon. For now we are just asking for all volunteering to contact me "OFF-LIST" to get organized and I don't think that is too much to ask on the list. We will soon have our own message area to discuss the project and begin.
Mike Allen, 4CheapDomains.Net [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.4CheapDomains.Net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mayo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 3:03 PM Subject: Re: INDIANNIC : Re: Anyone interested? > Shouldn't this thread be taken to different mailling list? It's gotten > way OT, and if we are to continue and develop this idea, we will need > mailing list for it anyway. > > mayo > > James M. wrote: > > >Coming up with good name suggestions is probably the hardest part. I love > >the idea of using DNS lookups to narrow down suggestions. > > > >I think the process would look something like this: > > > >Lookup original name > > > >If available show purchase page, EXIT > >Otherwise, feed name into Wordnet and look for synonyms. > > If words are found see if you can find them using DNS (or even SRS) > > If some words appear "available", show them on purchase page, EXIT > > > > Otherwise (suggested words not available), try appending words to > >original and start over > > > >The tricky part is figuring out what to do when all synonyms are taken. How > >do you come up with good suggestions that don't just tack on "my" or "your" > >to the name? This is where it gets hard. When you are given two words you > >can then perform another synonym lookup, do some pretty large joins, and > >then spit out a massive list of suggestions. The killer app at this point > >would be able to reduce this massive list of nonsense names into a list of > >say 10 genuinely good names. > > > >How do you pick the 10 good names? I have no idea. I guess this is why the > >suggestors usually just spew out like 50 recommendations... > > > > > > > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Chris Ess" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: "David" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2002 10:16 AM > >Subject: Re: INDIANNIC : Re: Anyone interested? > > > > > > > > > >>>I don't know if it's any use to you guys, I guess you all use Perl, but > >>> > >>> > >I > > > > > >>>have been developing a Wordnet extension for PHP, specifically for this > >>>purpose. Maybe there's something similar for Perl. > >>> > >>> > >>There is a Perl module on CPAN here: > >> > >>http://search.cpan.org/search?dist=Lingua-Wordnet > >> > >>Sorry I didn't include this in my first email. > >> > >>--CAE > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > >
