Re:How does it sound to you? Too crazy, too basic?
by Sujan on Saturday December 15, 2007 @04:43PM
(#89937)
yep, release something. and you'll see if it works or not.
Re:How does it sound to you? Too crazy, too basic?
by davidw on Saturday December 15, 2007 @05:04PM
(#89947)
+1
If you release something, and people like it, that'll be very motivational.
Re:How does it sound to you? Too crazy, too basic?
by quimax on Saturday December 15, 2007 @08:00PM
(#89990)
You can not imagine how important are your comments to me. My former colleagues think this is useless, even if it works, and they don't believe it does in the first place. I am very isolated, more now after 8 months of hard work.
Re:How does it sound to you? Too crazy, too basic?
by sohail on Sunday December 16, 2007 @01:01AM
(#90037)
Ah, former colleagues. It may be more appropriate to say "jealous bastards" because thats the truth.
Re:How does it sound to you? Too crazy, too basic?
by eusman on Saturday December 15, 2007 @08:54PM
(#89997)
release something when you are ready and only listen your users
But "trust me" is not enough -- you have to prove it works in a wider context. IR has many pitfalls, and success in one domain is not an indicator of general applicability. Your algo may work well on the subset of Wikipedia pages. It may spit out garbage with other sources or on search terms that would not occur to you.
Just as in crypto, IR algorithms have to be kicked around a lot before they get serious attention. I suggest you put something up that people can play with. You don't have to reveal the algo.