Comments on: Webjay opens its collaborative filtering data set http://www.daniel-lemire.com/blog/archives/2004/06/30/webjay-opens-its-collaborative-filtering-data-set/ Daniel Lemire's blog is about life in academia, research in Computer Science, wondering how we can reconcile fast databases and algorithms with the informal and asemantic nature of the world around us. It is broadcasted from Montreal (Canada). Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:02:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Daniel Lemire http://www.daniel-lemire.com/blog/archives/2004/06/30/webjay-opens-its-collaborative-filtering-data-set/#comment-71 Daniel Lemire Wed, 30 Jun 2004 23:59:24 +0000 http://www.daniel-lemire.com/blog/archives/2004/06/30/webjay-opens-its-collaborative-filtering-data-set/#comment-71 I think you did the right thing. That's precisely what I thought you should do. Keep the stuff that can bring food to the table to yourself, but open everything else. The "keep secret when in doubt" policy is good for the military... maybe... but for the rest of us, we are better served by sharing as much as possible. Of course, it must be carefully crafted, but openess is a win-win. I think you did the right thing. That’s precisely what I thought you should do. Keep the stuff that can bring food to the table to yourself, but open everything else. The “keep secret when in doubt” policy is good for the military… maybe… but for the rest of us, we are better served by sharing as much as possible.

Of course, it must be carefully crafted, but openess is a win-win.

]]> By: Lucas http://www.daniel-lemire.com/blog/archives/2004/06/30/webjay-opens-its-collaborative-filtering-data-set/#comment-70 Lucas Wed, 30 Jun 2004 21:49:58 +0000 http://www.daniel-lemire.com/blog/archives/2004/06/30/webjay-opens-its-collaborative-filtering-data-set/#comment-70 Glad to see you decloak, Daniel, and hope I didn't wrongly leave you out of the announcement -- I didn't want to violate your privacy. Glad to see you decloak, Daniel, and hope I didn’t wrongly leave you out of the announcement — I didn’t want to violate your privacy.

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