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Parsing, Tokenizer, NER (Named entity recognition), Matching extracted tokens to geographical names list (gazetteer matching). Thats the process more or less. For tools you can google according to the terms above and get many. Hope this helps

Gaming \m/ Pick up the controller or KB/M and fire away

Just one sentence: In their dreams _|_

I started with "Java:Complete reference" but it's definitely not for beginners. It covers a wide array of stuff though

Nostalgic. 8-bit and Floyd will still remain in our souls. Good work, bravo !!

Welcome to the real world. Now spend your time reading (You may think not but it's very important. After all, "no man is an island") articles about other apps, how they are changing things for users and then try to come up with situations you'd want an app for (easier said than done, probably the toughest part). Also as stated below, adding a new feature to a github and/or open source project would be a nice way to start.

Here is one: http://ofps.oreilly.com/titles/9781449398583/ and this is how the book will look like once it's out: http://www.readwriteweb.com/hack/2011/03/nodejs-book.php Since node.js is still under development, you'll find very few text on it. Still try to look for code/examples on official site and videos are available too if you do a google search.

The most retarded blog post I've ever read probably. Gives a valuable insight into the american elitist mind-set and their so called moral "high-ground". But then again we all have freedom of speech, don't we ?

http://ruby.railstutorial.org/ruby-on-rails-tutorial-book is what I use. Another one which you might wanna use is: http://railsforzombies.org/ but I'd advice you to learn by making some small project. That's the best way

3 words: Don't do it. If not for yourself then for your children.

Best way to start is to code and learn. Pick any engine and start coding. Java, C++ and/or Python are OGRE-3D, Panda 3D, Unity.