Comments on: Microsoft Blews Brings Back Memories Of Rocket Pops At The Beach http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/06/microsoft-blews-brings-back-memories-of-rocket-pops-at-the-beach/ Startup and Tech News Sat, 17 May 2008 06:09:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Barney Pell http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/06/microsoft-blews-brings-back-memories-of-rocket-pops-at-the-beach/#comment-2034887 Barney Pell Thu, 13 Mar 2008 03:01:32 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/06/microsoft-blews-brings-back-memories-of-rocket-pops-at-the-beach/#comment-2034887 Matt Hurst on this team is a longtime friend and colleague. He really understands sentiment analysis, information extraction, and social media and it's exciting to see this kind of a service coming out. The possibilities for sentiment analysis applied to a social media platform are fascinating. Imagine if you could search, refine, and filter results and feeds for everything based on sentiment! I'm not sure about this UI but that's clearly just a start. Matt Hurst on this team is a longtime friend and colleague. He really understands sentiment analysis, information extraction, and social media and it’s exciting to see this kind of a service coming out. The possibilities for sentiment analysis applied to a social media platform are fascinating. Imagine if you could search, refine, and filter results and feeds for everything based on sentiment! I’m not sure about this UI but that’s clearly just a start.

]]> By: mojonixon http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/06/microsoft-blews-brings-back-memories-of-rocket-pops-at-the-beach/#comment-2018937 mojonixon Fri, 07 Mar 2008 04:00:49 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/06/microsoft-blews-brings-back-memories-of-rocket-pops-at-the-beach/#comment-2018937 Currently taking a class on computational linguistics. Just thinking about how they implemented this makes my head hurt. Currently taking a class on computational linguistics. Just thinking about how they implemented this makes my head hurt.

]]> By: Michael http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/06/microsoft-blews-brings-back-memories-of-rocket-pops-at-the-beach/#comment-2018935 Michael Fri, 07 Mar 2008 04:00:07 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/06/microsoft-blews-brings-back-memories-of-rocket-pops-at-the-beach/#comment-2018935 I wonder if there's a way to block the stupid anti-MS comments in every post. It's kinda annoying. Downright ridiculous childish comments. I wonder if there’s a way to block the stupid anti-MS comments in every post. It’s kinda annoying. Downright ridiculous childish comments.

]]> By: G C http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/06/microsoft-blews-brings-back-memories-of-rocket-pops-at-the-beach/#comment-2018708 G C Thu, 06 Mar 2008 22:42:13 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/06/microsoft-blews-brings-back-memories-of-rocket-pops-at-the-beach/#comment-2018708 bunch of MS haters..... bunch of MS haters…..

]]> By: MG Siegler http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/06/microsoft-blews-brings-back-memories-of-rocket-pops-at-the-beach/#comment-2018646 MG Siegler Thu, 06 Mar 2008 21:36:59 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/06/microsoft-blews-brings-back-memories-of-rocket-pops-at-the-beach/#comment-2018646 Ha. That is just a most excellent title. Ha. That is just a most excellent title.

]]> By: disinfo.com http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/06/microsoft-blews-brings-back-memories-of-rocket-pops-at-the-beach/#comment-2018530 disinfo.com Thu, 06 Mar 2008 20:02:35 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/06/microsoft-blews-brings-back-memories-of-rocket-pops-at-the-beach/#comment-2018530 <strong>See The Bias In The News (Courtesy of Microsoft?)...</strong> Michael Arrington of TechCrunch reports:Microsoft Blews [ralph says: weird name, and from Microsoft?] is a news aggregator that goes beyond mere clustering of stories to show what’s important right now based on who’s linking to what in near real ti... See The Bias In The News (Courtesy of Microsoft?)…

Michael Arrington of TechCrunch reports:Microsoft Blews [ralph says: weird name, and from Microsoft?] is a news aggregator that goes beyond mere clustering of stories to show what’s important right now based on who’s linking to what in near real ti…

]]> By: Yoostin (Justin Lewis) http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/06/microsoft-blews-brings-back-memories-of-rocket-pops-at-the-beach/#comment-2018368 Yoostin (Justin Lewis) Thu, 06 Mar 2008 17:56:56 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/06/microsoft-blews-brings-back-memories-of-rocket-pops-at-the-beach/#comment-2018368 "Blews" is the Welsh word for pubic hair, tis true. ;-) “Blews” is the Welsh word for pubic hair, tis true. ;-)

]]> By: James http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/06/microsoft-blews-brings-back-memories-of-rocket-pops-at-the-beach/#comment-2018304 James Thu, 06 Mar 2008 16:54:29 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/06/microsoft-blews-brings-back-memories-of-rocket-pops-at-the-beach/#comment-2018304 Sweet...imagine the level that political polls and other measures of the nation's pulse can be taken to using this tech. Sweet…imagine the level that political polls and other measures of the nation’s pulse can be taken to using this tech.

]]> By: Elder http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/06/microsoft-blews-brings-back-memories-of-rocket-pops-at-the-beach/#comment-2018210 Elder Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:44:21 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/06/microsoft-blews-brings-back-memories-of-rocket-pops-at-the-beach/#comment-2018210 "It is very hard to get a machine to decipher emotion and meaning from raw text unless they are doing mere keyword searches (see, for example, Powerset)." Huh? Why is it easier to understand meaning with keyword search than with more complex semantic processing? Seems counterintuitive. No, wait -- it IS counterintuitive. “It is very hard to get a machine to decipher emotion and meaning from raw text unless they are doing mere keyword searches (see, for example, Powerset).”

Huh? Why is it easier to understand meaning with keyword search than with more complex semantic processing? Seems counterintuitive. No, wait — it IS counterintuitive.

]]> By: nolin http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/06/microsoft-blews-brings-back-memories-of-rocket-pops-at-the-beach/#comment-2018189 nolin Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:24:14 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/06/microsoft-blews-brings-back-memories-of-rocket-pops-at-the-beach/#comment-2018189 there was a Toronto-based start-up a few years ago called Sonic Boomerang that had build a web-based tool for PR people that did sentiment analysis of media coverage. Cool product, pretty good AI, but unfortunately didn't catch on and I think the company eventually folded. Not sure where the technology or the developers ended up. there was a Toronto-based start-up a few years ago called Sonic Boomerang that had build a web-based tool for PR people that did sentiment analysis of media coverage. Cool product, pretty good AI, but unfortunately didn’t catch on and I think the company eventually folded. Not sure where the technology or the developers ended up.

]]> By: Rocket Pop Hater http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/06/microsoft-blews-brings-back-memories-of-rocket-pops-at-the-beach/#comment-2018124 Rocket Pop Hater Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:31:13 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/06/microsoft-blews-brings-back-memories-of-rocket-pops-at-the-beach/#comment-2018124 Sorry, I never liked Rocket Pops. Too much ice, too little flavor, too hard to eat. Sorry, I never liked Rocket Pops. Too much ice, too little flavor, too hard to eat.

]]> By: Shafqat http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/06/microsoft-blews-brings-back-memories-of-rocket-pops-at-the-beach/#comment-2018102 Shafqat Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:14:05 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/06/microsoft-blews-brings-back-memories-of-rocket-pops-at-the-beach/#comment-2018102 Very interesting. Being able to identify bias is quite powerful but obviously difficult to do using only machine intelligence. Humans can identify bias and credibility gaps quite easily, and I know of at least one startup looking to tackle this issue using a combination of crowd wisdom and computer algorithms (full disclosure: its my startup!). There are a number of challenges, but I'm pretty confident that as social news sites mature, this is the direction they'll go. The first generation of social news sites were about popularity. The next generation will use key criterion like quality and credibility. Very interesting. Being able to identify bias is quite powerful but obviously difficult to do using only machine intelligence. Humans can identify bias and credibility gaps quite easily, and I know of at least one startup looking to tackle this issue using a combination of crowd wisdom and computer algorithms (full disclosure: its my startup!). There are a number of challenges, but I’m pretty confident that as social news sites mature, this is the direction they’ll go. The first generation of social news sites were about popularity. The next generation will use key criterion like quality and credibility.

]]> By: Masseratti http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/06/microsoft-blews-brings-back-memories-of-rocket-pops-at-the-beach/#comment-2018092 Masseratti Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:07:08 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/06/microsoft-blews-brings-back-memories-of-rocket-pops-at-the-beach/#comment-2018092 We already know WINBLOWS, now we get M$ BLOWS We already know WINBLOWS, now we get M$ BLOWS

]]> By: km4 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/06/microsoft-blews-brings-back-memories-of-rocket-pops-at-the-beach/#comment-2018083 km4 Thu, 06 Mar 2008 13:59:15 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/06/microsoft-blews-brings-back-memories-of-rocket-pops-at-the-beach/#comment-2018083 Microsoft is calling this hard bit “detecting emotional charge. Everyone else calls it sentiment analysis. Microsoft.... what an innovator ! Microsoft is calling this hard bit “detecting emotional charge.

Everyone else calls it sentiment analysis.

Microsoft…. what an innovator !

]]> By: Really Annoying http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/06/microsoft-blews-brings-back-memories-of-rocket-pops-at-the-beach/#comment-2018007 Really Annoying Thu, 06 Mar 2008 12:40:26 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/06/microsoft-blews-brings-back-memories-of-rocket-pops-at-the-beach/#comment-2018007 Mike, This is really annoying.... you know about everything from "pop" culture, to text mining, to apparently IPTV internals... Is there any topic you *don't* know about? Mike,

This is really annoying…. you know about everything from “pop” culture, to text mining, to apparently IPTV internals…

Is there any topic you *don’t* know about?

]]> By: Dyde http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/06/microsoft-blews-brings-back-memories-of-rocket-pops-at-the-beach/#comment-2017974 Dyde Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:57:50 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/06/microsoft-blews-brings-back-memories-of-rocket-pops-at-the-beach/#comment-2017974 Damn does MS Marketing consider stupid names as a best practice. MS Blows... on so many levels -- that should be their new motto Damn does MS Marketing consider stupid names as a best practice. MS Blows… on so many levels — that should be their new motto

]]> By: Burt http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/06/microsoft-blews-brings-back-memories-of-rocket-pops-at-the-beach/#comment-2017972 Burt Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:50:09 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/06/microsoft-blews-brings-back-memories-of-rocket-pops-at-the-beach/#comment-2017972 I want one of those now. I hate you Techcrunch I want one of those now. I hate you Techcrunch

]]> By: Strubit http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/06/microsoft-blews-brings-back-memories-of-rocket-pops-at-the-beach/#comment-2017969 Strubit Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:42:57 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/06/microsoft-blews-brings-back-memories-of-rocket-pops-at-the-beach/#comment-2017969 love the visual comparison. Very apt and funny. So Mike, you downed a few Rocket pops when you were living in Manhattan beach? love the visual comparison. Very apt and funny. So Mike, you downed a few Rocket pops when you were living in Manhattan beach?

]]> By: Ari http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/06/microsoft-blews-brings-back-memories-of-rocket-pops-at-the-beach/#comment-2017964 Ari Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:34:36 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/06/microsoft-blews-brings-back-memories-of-rocket-pops-at-the-beach/#comment-2017964 "The dots around the edges suggest the emotional charge of the commentary, which can drip off of the Rocket Pop in very hot weather." :) “The dots around the edges suggest the emotional charge of the commentary, which can drip off of the Rocket Pop in very hot weather.”

:)

]]> By: Blews? http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/06/microsoft-blews-brings-back-memories-of-rocket-pops-at-the-beach/#comment-2017954 Blews? Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:29:24 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/06/microsoft-blews-brings-back-memories-of-rocket-pops-at-the-beach/#comment-2017954 This blows.... This blows….

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