Unsuggester

[Seasanctuary]

Saw this on Slashdot yesterday. (How nerdy of me!)

UnSuggester (http://www.librarything.com/unsuggester/)

First title I tried found me such opposites as a "Systematic Theology" book. What? You guys don't read smut? (Guilty Pleasures by Laurell Hamilton, for the curious. I actually turned Bandecoot onto the series and he was making his way through.)

[Piebald]

Heh, I put in Harry Potter and these were the results:


The dangerous duty of delight (http://www.librarything.com/work/124413) by John Piper (expected 31.7, found 2; unsuggestions (http://www.librarything.com/unsuggester/124413))
Seeing and savoring Jesus Christ (http://www.librarything.com/work/23398) by John Piper (expected 39, found 3; unsuggestions (http://www.librarything.com/unsuggester/23398))
Inside out (http://www.librarything.com/work/149257) by Lawrence J. Crabb (expected 25.1, found 2; unsuggestions (http://www.librarything.com/unsuggester/149257))
God is the Gospel : meditations on God's love as the gift of himself (http://www.librarything.com/work/23350) by John Piper (expected 30.5, found 3; unsuggestions (http://www.librarything.com/unsuggester/23350))
The text of the New Testament: its transmission, corruption, and restoration (http://www.librarything.com/work/80891) by Bruce Manning Metzger (expected 30.1, found 3; unsuggestions (http://www.librarything.com/unsuggester/80891))
Biblical preaching : the development and delivery of expository messages (http://www.librarything.com/work/38056) by Haddon W. Robinson (expected 36.5, found 4; unsuggestions (http://www.librarything.com/unsuggester/38056))

[NeilUnreal]

I put in The Art of Computer Programming by Donald Knuth and got (among other things):

The Devil Wears Prada
The Purpose-Driven Life : What on Earth am I Here For?
Running With Scissors
The Five People You Meet in Heaven

So presumably, computer scientists do not wear Prada, have already figured out their purpose in life, do not run with scissors, and will be alone in heaven, :lol: .

-Neil

[Storico]

I put in The Art of Computer Programming by Donald Knuth and got (among other things):

The Devil Wears Prada
The Purpose-Driven Life : What on Earth am I Here For?
Running With Scissors
The Five People You Meet in Heaven

So presumably, computer scientists do not wear Prada, have already figured out their purpose in life, do not run with scissors, and will be alone in heaven, :lol: .

-Neil

I've got to share this... ha! I stuck in "A Farewell to Arms" by Ernest Hemingway (one of my favourite books ever.. the ending blows me away every time I read it) and #14 on my Unsuggester list was....

# The Art of Computer Programming, Volumes 1-3 Boxed Set by Donald E. Knuth (expected 10.8, found 0; unsuggestions)


... Presumably historians or those interested in human emotion just can't appreciate those darned logical computer programs! :hehe:

How's that for sheer crazy coincidence??

[NeilUnreal]

"A Farewell to Arms" by Ernest Hemingway

That’s really weird, because A Farewell to Arms truly isn’t one of my favorite Hemingway novels. It can’t be as simple as mere authorship, however, because I really liked The Sun Also Rises (I read it in one day).

Hmmm. What makes computer science similar to one Hemingway novel, yet not to another? :lol:

-Neil

[Sparko]

I put in Doubting John and I got: Doubting John!

(j/k)

[Em7add11]

I put in The Art of Computer Programming by Donald Knuth and got (among other things):

The Devil Wears Prada
The Purpose-Driven Life : What on Earth am I Here For?
Running With Scissors
The Five People You Meet in Heaven

So presumably, computer scientists do not wear Prada, have already figured out their purpose in life, do not run with scissors, and will be alone in heaven, :lol: .

-Neil
I got pretty similar results for A New Kind of Science.

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# The five people you meet in heaven by Mitch Albom (expected 20.6, found 0; unsuggestions)
# The devil wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger (expected 20.4, found 0; unsuggestions)
# White Oleander by Janet Fitch (expected 17.8, found 0; unsuggestions)
# Confessions of a shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella (expected 13.7, found 0; unsuggestions)
# The eyes of the dragon : a story by Stephen King (expected 13.5, found 0; unsuggestions)

[NeilUnreal]

I got pretty similar results for A New Kind of Science.

I've got A New Kind of Science. I'm not sure Wolfram is onto anything, but the appendices are awesome fun reading. I'd like to have a softcover travel version of just the appendices.

-Neil

[Storico]

That’s really weird, because A Farewell to Arms truly isn’t one of my favorite Hemingway novels. It can’t be as simple as mere authorship, however, because I really liked The Sun Also Rises (I read it in one day).

Hmmm. What makes computer science similar to one Hemingway novel, yet not to another? :lol:

-Neil

The Sun Also Rises is GREAT. Another favourite is A Moveable Feast.