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BrainBoost™ - Question Answering
Search Engine

BrainBoost™ - Question Answering
Search Engine 08/13/2004 05:05 AM
BrainBoost™ - Question Answering Search Engine
http://www.brainboost.com/

BrainBoost is a Question Answering search engine. It was specifically designed to answer questions, asked in plain English. BrainBoost is 100% automated. Unlike other Question Answering engines, BrainBoost does not rely on human editors to locate answers. Instead, BrainBoost employs cutting-edge Artificial Intelligence technology to understand your question and match it with relevant answers it locates on the web. BrainBoost outputs actual sentences extracted from web pages. The BrainBoost engine determines that these sentences are potential answers to the original question. This has been added to Deep Web Research Subject Tracer Information Blog. This will be added to the search engines section of all Internet MiniGuides 2004-05.

Researchers question ESRB rating system

Researchers question ESRB rating system 02/17/2004 06:32 PM
USA Today Feb 17 2004 11:18PM GMT

Better Answering Machines

Better Answering Machines 12/05/2003 02:11 AM
My old faithful answering machine is a dinosaur and I had to re-record my message on it this morning for...

Answering a Very Important Call

Answering a Very Important Call 04/09/2004 05:14 PM
It's been a few hours beyond 365 days since I last hosted Call for Help on TechTV. That streak is about to be broken. I've been invited to "fill in the blank" for a couple of non-live shows on Monday; these recordings will air on Wednesday and Thursday. My schedule was clear, my mind was ready, and my heart is willing. There has been much speculation as to what happened to me - even though most Gnomies know that I've been here all along, long before the first ZDTV broadcast. I don't know if I'll be asked to help them again in the future, but I'll welcome this opportunity (and any others) with open arms. Take it for what it is: another chance to say 'hello' to millions of old friends. No doubt, this bit of news will shock a few faithful viewers, but I'm doing what I can do to ensure that the show (proverbially) goes on until Leo can return. I promise to cut my coffee consumption in half that morning, just to be on the safe side. Not nervous, just very excited - overjoyed, actually. If you can tune in, please do. If you can send feedback, it's most welcome. I'll probably photoblog my fingers off, since I won't be staying in SF for much longer than a day. I hate saying this because it sounds incredibly trite, but this is a dream come true. Yes, I've had nocturnal visions about returning to the set I once called 'home base.' Just for grins, I'll be active in the official CFH chat room when the episodes are first run - a luxury one host can afford when everything's produced to tape. Perhaps we'll be able to break a few records before all is said and done? They don't really make LPs anymore. I wonder if busting a cassette tape is just as good? Regardless, a fun time is set to be had by all involved. From director to production assistant, it takes a lot of hands to make one hour come off without a hitch. To some, I'll be a new face. To others, old hat. To everybody else, the same little guy who fell off a 14' camper when he was in the seventh grade. True story, and I've got the slightly-curved spine to prove it. I'd tell you more about that, but... I've got an overnight bag to pack. FYI, I'll be on David's show to talk about this whole thing in a few hours....

"answering machine messages"

"answering machine messages" 08/15/2004 03:44 PM

New Google Answering Facts

New Google Answering Facts 04/08/2005 06:29 PM
"Queries return answer at top of page."

Who's not answering e-mail: you'd be
surprised

Who's not answering e-mail: you'd be
surprised 07/30/2004 03:30 PM
InternetRetailer.com Jul 30 2004 8:16PM GMT

SAM: Skype Answering Machine

SAM: Skype Answering Machine 04/05/2005 02:42 PM

Answeri ng Machine for Skype users: Nice. I want a VRU next.

When you are away from your PC and there is no one to answer your incoming Skype calls, SAM will pick up the call, play a greeting message and the "all-time clasic beep" so that the calling party will leave a voice recorded message.

Ask Jeeves Still Answering Questions

Ask Jeeves Still Answering Questions 02/03/2003 06:21 PM
BURLINGAME, CALIF. - It may be hard to remember, but there was a time when Google wasn't the search engine of choice on the Web. ...

Answering Call for Phone Tickets

Answering Call for Phone Tickets 04/12/2004 04:56 AM
An Alberta company will set up shop in the United States using wireless technology to allow customers to log on to a venue's website with their mobile phones to book tickets for impromptu events.

Man Robbed After Answering the Door Nude
(AP)

Man Robbed After Answering the Door Nude
(AP) 06/22/2004 06:56 PM
AP - Police say a Rapid City man was robbed early Monday after he answered the door in the nude. The man told police he had been sleeping unclothed before he answered a knock at the door. Assailants overpowered him, hit him on the head and ran out with his wallet and blue jeans.

10.3: Enable Disctinctive Ring fax
answering

10.3: Enable Disctinctive Ring fax
answering 11/18/2003 01:59 PM
In SBC's world, it is called Disctinctive Ring (DR from now on), where you can have up to four phone numbers assigned to the same phone line -- the main phone number plus three additional numbers. Each number has a different ...

Answering cell phone in English class is
fun

Answering cell phone in English class is
fun 02/16/2004 08:07 PM
Hahaha, Ashley is the funniest person ever...man, English without that kid would be just so boring Yeah so, the beginning...

Cops Mace Couple For Answering Phone In
Theater

Cops Mace Couple For Answering Phone In
Theater 07/29/2004 03:32 PM
Just last month we had a story about all that mobile phone induced anger, and it should be noted that police are not immune to such things. The Associated Press is reporting that a woman who answered a phone call from her mother during the opening credits of a movie was confronted by an off-duty cop who pulled her and her boyfriend out into the lobby and maced them, followed up with a charge of disorderly conduct. The police claim the story happened a bit differently, so choose who you want to believe. Either way, it's yet another story of mobile phone induced anger getting a bit out of hand.

Answering 50 Frequently Asked Questions
About The War On Terrorism - Right Wing
News (Conservative News and Views)

Answering 50 Frequently Asked Questions
About The War On Terrorism - Right Wing
News (Conservative News and Views) 03/13/2003 11:44 AM
RIGHT WING NEWS: Answering 50 Frequently Asked Questions About The War On Terrorism .. The Most Reverend John Hawkins .. answers

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Screen Telephone Calls Over the Internet
In Real-Time - ThePhoneBOT.com
Releases New Version of Telephone
Answering Machine Software and New
Remote Client Application for Real-Time
Voicemail Screening Over Networked PCs

Screen Telephone Calls Over the Internet
In Real-Time - ThePhoneBOT.com
Releases New Version of Telephone
Answering Machine Software and New
Remote Client Application for Real-Time
Voicemail Screening Over Networked PCs 08/27/2004 01:57 PM
ThePhoneBOT.com announced today the availability of ThePhoneBOT version 4.0, the latest release of its popular web-based voicemail retrieval software. Also released today is the new PhoneBOT Remote Client application, an innovative new technology that allows users to expand the Windows-based answering machine and voicemail screening capabilities to serve multiple locations over networked PCs. Designed to replace a standard home/office answering machine or telephone company voicemail, ThePhoneBOT and PhoneBOT Remote Client software is now available for download at www.ThePhoneBOT.com [PRWEB Aug 27, 2004]

Querying SQL Server 2000 system tables
directly. Part 2: master..sysprocesses
system table

Querying SQL Server 2000 system tables
directly. Part 2: master..sysprocesses
system table 07/21/2004 05:59 PM

Querying SQL Server 2000 system tables
directly. Part 3: master..sysdatabases
system table

Querying SQL Server 2000 system tables
directly. Part 3: master..sysdatabases
system table 07/26/2004 05:59 PM

: Using the Encap Package Management
System to Manage Non-System Packages

: Using the Encap Package Management
System to Manage Non-System Packages 12/19/2003 11:52 AM
Use this simple, lightweight package management system to keep track of the software you build from source and deploy on multiple systems.

Re: QUESTION

Re: QUESTION 07/27/2004 04:35 PM
Viktor Larionov (Jul 16 2004)

Question of the Day

Question of the Day 04/09/2004 04:10 PM
Do I do it? Do I not do it? Do I do it? Do I not do it? Do I do it? Do I not do it? Do I do it? Do I not do it? Do I do it? Do I not do it? Do I do it? Do I not do it? Do I do it? Do I not do it? Do I do it? Do I not do it? Do I do it? Do I not do it? Do I do it? Do I not do it? Do I do it? Do I not do it? Do I do it? Do I not do it? Do I do it? Do I not do it? Do I do it? Do I not do it? Do I do it? Do I not do it? Do I do it? Do I not do it? Do I do it? Do I not do it? Do I do it? Do I not do it? Do I do it? Do I not do it? Do I do it? Do I not do it? Do I do it? Do I not do it?...

Mac Or PC? That Is The Question...

Mac Or PC? That Is The Question... 07/03/2004 10:01 AM
Windows can be OK, with work, and is sometimes required by corporate or school rules, but don't write off Linux or Mac until you've seen what they can save and do. By Phillip Robinson, Knight Ridder (via MyAppleMenu)

Still the Question: What Did You Do in
the War?

Still the Question: What Did You Do in
the War? 02/14/2004 02:49 PM
The old question - what did you do in your generation's war? - is back, in a new and perhaps more unforgiving context.

To C or not to C, that is the question

To C or not to C, that is the question 03/11/2003 01:22 AM
Well, i was wrong about the PHP manual being helpful in writing extensions. The manual is totally inadequate when you are looking for help on how to code PHP objects in C. Worse, most PHP extensions don't use classes, so there's little sample code to go over, so you have to be good at guessing. Lastly it appears that you don't actually write extensions in C. You write preprocessor scripts in a funny macro language that is not properly documented. Then pray that the C compiler will compile it. Anyway, i've got bits of ADOdb working as a PHP extension. You can do this now: $rs = $db->Execute($sql); while (!$rs->EOF) { print_r($rs->fields); adodb_movenext($rs); # this is 100% C code! } $rs = $db->Execute($sql); $array2d = adodb_getall($rs); # more vitamin C Well the interesting question to ask is: what's the speedup. Not much actually. The overhead of the PHP classes in ADOdb (compared to native mysql calls) is about 25-30%. Converting to C reduces the overhead to about 15%. It is possible to convert more of the PHP code to C, but the loss in flexibility is probably not worth it. I haven't done benchmarking at this low level for a long time, and I can see some subtle affects that i have never realized. Firstly, defined('CONSTANT') seems to be at least 100 times slower than isset($GLOBALVAR). I found this out when using constants to detect whether php_adodb.dll was loaded. Memory allocation is relatively expensive in PHP. It seems adodb_getall(), which gets all records, runs slower than calling adodb_movenext() repeatedly from PHP code. This is probably because adodb_getall() uses tons of memory as it generates the recordset, while adodb_movenext() just gets one row at a time. A bit like the tortoise and the hare. Slow and steady wins the race. Unfortunately it appears that I cannot make use of this extension 100% transparent to the user. I thought of embedding adodb_movenext() in the MoveNext() function, and automatically switching between PHP and C code based on the extensions loaded. It turns out that the autodetection code causes the newly boosted MoveNext() to run slower than the plain old PHP version. Caveat emptor! Lastly, Jason responds with a link on developing PHP extensions on Unix. Very impressive, but it makes my brain hurt nearly as much as zval and (Shakespeare would have loved this) zval_ptr_dtor... "zeldman.newsy"

"To Do or to Have? That is the
Question"

"To Do or to Have? That is the
Question" 02/18/2004 01:15 AM

A recent posting on the subject of Panamanian married couples who drive older cars but hire live-in nannies to help with their children sparked quite a few comments.  Alex Chernavsky sent in th is newspaper story about research done by social psychologists, the conclusion of which was that if you're going to spend money you should buy an experience, e.g., dinner out with friends or a vacation trip, rather than a new car.  The full paper is an interesting read as well.

QUESTION

QUESTION 07/26/2004 04:08 PM
Alex Mega (Jul 26 2004)

Who are you, that is the question.

Who are you, that is the question. 03/08/2004 11:09 PM
This could be tremendously interesting: ShareID and Zopto. ShareID is a single sign-on and authentication system built around FOAF and the Atom API, while Zopto is the companion Social Networking system, again built around FOAF. All come from the dastardly...

The 64-Bit Question

The 64-Bit Question 06/03/2004 12:07 PM
When it comes to technology, people seem to love numbers, and bigger is always better. That explains part of the reason why AMD has been doing quite well lately with their 64-bit chip. However, Simson Garfinkel explains all of the details about 64-bit (and 32-bit) computing to explain why, unless you're doing some massive data mining or working on specific scientific applications, the only people 64-bit computing (by itself) is really helping out are the marketers who tell you need to buy a 64-bit computer. While there are performance benefits to 64-bit chips, for the most part, the benefits are because the chip is newer and made with better, more modern technology - and don't have anything to do with its 64-bitness.

The question

The question 01/26/2004 07:41 PM
I’m thinking ahead to the general election.

Both parties will try to set the agenda, of course. (They’re supposed to do that.) The Republicans will talk about three things, I think:

1. Which candidate will continue to take the war on terror to where the terrorists live?

2. Which candidate will keep the IRS from grabbing all your hard-earned money?

3. Which candidate will prevent homosexuals from destroying marriage as we know it?

That’s three things, national security, economy, and values.

Lots of people have suggested that this general election will be about one of the first two, national security or the economy.

But I have a feeling that it may be about values. It will be about civil unions.



I’m remembering Dukakis. During a debate he was asked about his stand on the death penalty—but he was asked in a very personal way. He was asked what he would do were his wife murdered.

His answer should have reflected some emotion that people could relate to. Instead he gave a dry, dispassionate answer about why he’s against the death penalty. It made him seem not exactly human, and it played right into the stereotype of clinical liberals from the northeast.

I imagine Bush or a moderator asking a similar question of the Democratic nominee, but this time it’s “What would you do if your son married another man?”

How could you possibly answer this question? You support civil unions. But this is about you and your family, and people want an answer they can relate to.

It’s not as black-and-white as the question Dukakis answered. You can’t express elation or disgust, anger or joy, but you have to express something.

Looking months into the future, I can imagine where in a close election the whole thing may turn on the answer to this question.

Bike question

Bike question 06/12/2004 08:03 AM
I think I know the answer to this, but, we'll see: If bicycles are so damn good, why is it that I can walk up hills that I can't bike up?...

Question Mark #121

Question Mark #121 05/06/2004 02:26 PM
How about a 12-inch Bespin Leia and a 12-inch Lobot, has Hasbro ever considered making these figures available? Is there any chance that we might see a V-19 Clonefighter toy from the animated series? Why do you think Hasbro is afraid of releasing solid cases of Stormtroopers? Find out the answers to all these questions and more in the latest edition of Question Mark!

Question Mark #148

Question Mark #148 03/28/2005 08:03 PM
You never have returned to the issue of Marmits, is it dead? With the huge demand for Master Replicas, have you heard of any plans to do Boba Fett’s blaster rifle, or Chewie’s bowcaster? What's with the EPIII Sneak Peak Wookiee Warrior?! Find out the answers to all these questions and more in the latest edition of Question Mark!

That answers my question

That answers my question 03/14/2005 06:11 PM

I s peculated idly the other day that Tivo had a significant patent portfolio. Turns out it has 70 patents granted, with 106 more pending. Sounds pretty significiant to me, given how ubiquitous digital video recording is bound to become.

To PC or Not to PC? Still the Tech
Question

To PC or Not to PC? Still the Tech
Question 01/03/2005 05:55 PM
Technology Marketing Jan 3 2005 9:05PM GMT

Question Mark #122

Question Mark #122 05/17/2004 02:56 PM
Do you think Hasbro will learn their lesson and create a better supply to meet the demand? Is the orange R2 unit in the Hoth 4-pack exclusive to that set or is it found anywhere else? What life-size "Star Wars" replicas have been made? Find out the answers to all these questions and more in the latest edition of Question Mark!

Question Mark #129

Question Mark #129 08/10/2004 03:13 AM
What came first for Hall of Fame, clear or black bases? How much will each of the basic OTC figures cost? Will all of the figures that were supposed to be released in the Hall of Fame lineup be released on OTC packaging now? Find out the answers to all these questions and more in the today's edition of Question Mark!

Question Mark #128

Question Mark #128 08/09/2004 01:03 PM
Has anyone found the collector's cup with Princess Leia at Target? I was wondering why Hasbro does not use the original 12-back image on the reverse side of the VOTC cards? Does anyone now what happened to the Endor wave? Find out the answers to all these questions and more in the latest edition of Question Mark!

Question Mark #127

Question Mark #127 08/07/2004 06:45 PM
Is the new model of the Falcon by Lego going to be released in retail stores or is it just going to be offered through Lego direct? Is the OTC Luke Bespin figure a "clean" version of the same figure from 2003? Do you know if the OTC figures are going to come with the stands that hold them up? Find out the answers to all these questions and more in the latest mail bag edition of Question Mark!

Good Question

Good Question 03/22/2005 03:19 PM
Brad DeLong, an economist and awfully good writer to whom I’ve been subscribed for a long time, raises a simple but awfully good question about Microsoft. Check out his table; it’s actually the SG&A line that has my head shaking.
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