Re: Lost my Position!

On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 10:23 PM, Martin Ceperley <martin@ceperley.com> wrote:
> i've used the python imap lib to spider through my entire gmail ac=
count, it
> is pretty simple really, just have to wrap your head around the rather=

> cryptic imap protocol to extract the data you want, if anyone wants so=
me
> code to start with i'd be happy to share it
>
> On Dec 21, 2008, at 9:24 PM, Ted Hayes wrote:
>
> I was just gonna write a php parser to go down through my entire list
> history.  My NYU account is IMAP so… no problem there.
> Anyone ever done that before or have tools / libs to recommend?
> Or if anyone wants to write the parser I can focus on the frontend, wh=
ich is
> my preferred territory…
>
> And yes, it'd be easy to rig up a SNR rule system where you just s=
pecify
> words or something that you mod up or down.  Might be fun.
>
> On Dec 21, 2008, at 9:12 PM, Corey Menscher wrote:
>
> I looked into this.  The Google Group has RSS feeds, but not for =
the
> entirety of history…at most only the last 50 topics or the last 50
> messages:
> http://groups.google.com/group/nyu-itp-students/feeds
> It may be possible to crawl the Google Group somehow.  Gmail may =
also have
> some kind of API, but I dunno about that.  You may need to make y=
our own
> tool with an address that can become a member of the list, but throws =
the
> posts into a database.  Shouldn't be too hard, but it would b=
e nice to
> incorporate historical content as well.
> As for the signal/noise ratio in the Listalizer…I would hope you&#39=
;d allow
> users to tailor the subjective parameters to make it meaningful to THE=
M!  Or
> at the very least share your code…
> Corey Menscher
> corey.menscher@nyu.edu
> http://www.crac=
kblur.com
>
>
>
> On Dec 21, 2008, at 9:06 PM, Ted Hayes wrote:
>
> I have been really wanting to make a list visualizer app ("Listal=
izer?"
>  "Listerine?").  In fact I was gonna start it over=
the break.  So if anyone
> has recommendations for interfacing with the actual data…  I wa=
s
> originally assuming I was just gonna manually parse all the emails (!)=
but
> parsing the xml would be a lot easier.  I will look into it….
> =97t bot
>
> On Dec 21, 2008, at 5:28 PM, john dimatos wrote:
>
> What I also want is the ability to have individual noise to signal rat=
ios
> for each poster, and an overall list score as well. However that would=

> requir e some form of digg like system and since I can't whip out =
the
> API/XML fu that @lehrblogger
> Did,  georgio justice (that's his fetish scene nickname ) wil=
l deny me the
> genius mantle.
> Dammit!
> Jsd
> Sent from my medulla omblongata
> On Dec 21, 2008, at 1:37 PM, "Jorge Just" <jorgejust@nyu.edu> wrote:
>
> Lehrburger, you're a genius.
>
> On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 1:33 PM, Steven Lehrburger <lehrburger@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> what we really need for this is word counts per person. i dont thi=
nk
>> google groups have an API, but if you can get the posts as an XML =
feed it
>> would be easy to write something to tally it..?
>>
>> (in case anyone needed a 4-in-4 project)
>>
>>
>>
>> On 12/21/08, Ruthie Doyle <Ruthie.Doyle@nyu.edu> wrote:
>>>
>>> ; ( sorry. bad read-through…cracked out end-of-semester-lag.=
..just a
>>> typo…
>>>
>>> On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 4:28 AM, John Dimatos <dimatosj@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> DIAMTOS? that's a first.
>>>>
>>>> I've heard diamatos diamato Dimato DiMato D'amato =
and damatio but never
>>>> DIAMTOS.
>>>>
>>>> there should be a social genius with last names for people=
like you.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 3:54 AM, Jelani John <jelanijohn@hotmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> > Towards the end of the semester I started wondering w=
ho this Ruthie
>>>> > chick
>>>> > was. I had to get someone to point her out.
>>>> > From: Ruthie Doyle
>>>> > Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2008 3:22 AM
>>>> > To: ITP Students
>>>> > Subject: Re: Lost my Position!
>>>> > !! Am I the only lady?? (Midori so doesn't count.=
..) # 4!
>>>> > Tymm, you have a life. Just…own it. ; ) You crack m=
e up; funny I
>>>> > "met"
>>>> > you for the first time at the show all like, "we=
've met on the list."
>>>> > We're
>>>> > stuck in front of our screens…
>>>> > The problem with quantitative statistics is that it d=
oesn't take into
>>>> > account posts like some of Diamtos' that are craz=
y long and
>>>> > complicated.
>>>> > Ok, Syed, we gotta keep teaming up…anymore James ly=
rics, or shall we
>>>> > move
>>>> > on to new plans…?? "Say something, say somethi=
ng, anything/I've
>>>> > shown you
>>>> > everything/Give me a sign"
>>>> > You can't say I haven't tried to be a part of=
making community!
>>>> > After tomorrow, post-paper, I am totally spending my =
time with trees,
>>>> > kids,
>>>> > cars, Tex-pats, dogs and cameras in the 76 degree sun=
ny weather,
>>>> > XO Ruthie
>>>> >
>>>> > On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 1:57 PM, Swerdloff <jonathan@swerdloff.com>
>>>> > wrote:
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Where is this again?
>>>> >>
>>>> >> I used to be #1, and I'm itching for a comeba=
ck…
>>>> >>
>>>> >> .oO( much to all of your chagrin… )
>>>> >>
>>>> >> :misses MOOs sometimes
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >> On Dec 20, 2008, at 1:49 PM, Corey Menscher wrote=
:
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Dude. I'm 10th on the "Top Posters"=
for The List this month. I don't
>>>> >> think I've ever been that low:
>>>> >>
>>>> >> 114 tmt…@nyu.=
edu
>>>> >> 85 syed.itp=
@gmail.com
>>>> >> 80 jela=
nij…@hotmail.com
>>>> >> 78 ruthie=
.do…@nyu.edu
>>>> >> 73 midor=
i.yas…@nyu.edu
>>>> >> 65 ot…@nyu.edu=

>>>> >> 62 mh1…@nyu.e=
du
>>>> >> 60 jona=
t…@swerdloff.com
>>>> >> 56 ari.=
l.jos…@gmail.com
>>>> >> 54 core=
y.mensc…@nyu.edu
>>>> >>
>>>> >> You go, Tymm!
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Corey Menscher
>>>> >> corey.m=
enscher@nyu.edu
>>>> >> http://www.crackblur.com
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >> —
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>>>> >> jonatha=
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>>>> >> leave-9867689-3318462.ab566576cd5a256=
47d38e878510a97e4@lists.nyu.edu
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
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>>>> >
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