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This doesn't surprise me.
"I don't condone steroids or any other type of growth hormones or anything else, but I could care less, and, for the most part, I don't think the fans give a (bleep). The people that care about it are the people that probably don't like baseball," - Jim Leyland
by DJCahill on Oct 19, 2009 7:26 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
"robotic, lifeless journalism"
Too much of that around here already.
|Space for Rent|
by RangerMad on Oct 19, 2009 7:35 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I wish someone would print this out
and then hit Randy Galloway in the head with it.
Preferably also with a hammer.
Look at the comments under Jeff Wilson's blog post on dallasnews.com. What a bunch of rocket scientists.- Keith Law
by Keynes on Oct 19, 2009 7:40 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Yikes
and so the robocalypse begins.
That's why they call them business sox
by egriffey on Oct 19, 2009 7:44 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
It's weird to read the writeup of the game while listening to Vin Scully
The writeup had all the basics – just like every other game recap. But Vin is providing so much interesting information it isn’t even funny.
It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone. You count on it, rely on it to buffer the passage of time, to keep the memory of sunshine and high skies alive, and then just when the days are all twilight, when you need it most, it stops.
by WyoRanger on Oct 19, 2009 7:47 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
that write up wasn't that good
felt stilted. Of course, I knew it was a robot going in. I wonder which I would prefer if it was a blind choice
"I just want to comment on how it’s become like a common thing in the [MLB] for guys to fall in love with [the Rangers’s] sloppy seconds." (thanks cstorm)
by ab03 on Oct 19, 2009 7:51 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
it definitely did feel stilted.
but i wonder if that’s somewhat correctible. it seems like if they took some guidance from actual beat writers in tweaking the program they could develop it so that every paragraph doesn’’t have the same sequence of simple sentences and the language is a little more lively.
by Smoakin in the Boys Room on Oct 19, 2009 10:54 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I call this program
The Fraley Replacement.
G G G E-flat_______ F F F D__________....
by t ball on Oct 19, 2009 7:53 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
How did the robot get the quotes from the players?
Also, Maxpreps.com has a very basic, rudimentary article writer named “Max Hammer” for high school sports. For example:
California High School Football – Atascadero felled by Righetti
(October 16, 2009: Atascadero, CA 93422) The Atascadero Greyhounds football team (Atascadero, CA), was knocked off 13-3 in Friday’s league challenge with the visiting Righetti Warriors (Santa Maria, CA)
The Warriors (4-2) will now prepare for their challenge against Paso Robles (Paso Robles, CA). The Bearcats come into the Pac-7 challenge with a 3-3 record. In their last challenge, Paso Robles knocked off Lompoc (Lompoc, CA), 35-10, in a league challenge.
The Greyhounds now sport a 4-2 record. They take the field next when they travel to San Luis Obispo for a Pac-7 challenge on Friday, October 23. Atascadero will meet a Tigers team coming off a 35-7 league loss to Arroyo Grande (Arroyo Grande, CA). The Tigers record now stands at 3-3.
It makes sense that they’d be able to refine the technology.
by Inkara1 on Oct 19, 2009 7:55 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Now we just need robots that can commentate on live baseball games
Which will be an actual upgrade.
Hank is 7 runs below a zombie replacement at first base. Do you realize how terrible that is? Zombie’s can’t think, they’re slow, and they’re often ejected from the game for eating opposing baserunners’ brains. - Ben quantifies Hank Blalock
by lonestarJon on Oct 19, 2009 8:07 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
what about ones for gameday threads?
"I just want to comment on how it’s become like a common thing in the [MLB] for guys to fall in love with [the Rangers’s] sloppy seconds." (thanks cstorm)
by ab03 on Oct 19, 2009 10:11 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm sure someone could write a script...
to post “FUCKKKKKKKKKKKK” over and over every time CJ Wilson pitches.
by ghostofErikThompson on Oct 19, 2009 10:15 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
ha ha ha
The 40 Trumps All!!!
Beware 2011: The Fortypocalypse is Nigh...
by thedirkatron on Oct 20, 2009 4:24 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I laughed hard,
rec.
G G G E-flat_______ F F F D__________....
by t ball on Oct 20, 2009 11:10 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The 40 Trumps All!!!
Beware 2011: The Fortypocalypse is Nigh...
by thedirkatron on Oct 19, 2009 8:27 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I, for one,...
Welcome our new robot overlords.
by phully1 on Oct 19, 2009 8:45 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
What took them so long?
They’ve been writing LSB’s front page posts for years ;-)
Didn't anybody tell you how to gracefully disappear in a room
by red shoe ranger on Oct 19, 2009 9:14 PM CDT via mobile reply actions 0 recs
Ha
You know, it actually wouldn’t be too hard to have a web bot scan the web for Rangers related articles, create a few coherent sentences with nicknames about the authors, and make a few snide comments about the Rangers using Kris Benson and Sammy Sosa.
/Jayslick
Go Rice Owls!
by JBImaknee on Oct 19, 2009 11:47 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well, that's just a content aggregator
… with a snarky attitude.
by NoNameOnCard on Oct 20, 2009 4:59 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Machine learning and AI stuff will only get more crazy in a few years
I don’t know about robots, but informatically computers will soon be able to do things you can’t even imagine.
Go Rice Owls!
by JBImaknee on Oct 19, 2009 11:55 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Agreed.
I think we might actually be within a decade of real actual Japanese sex robots.
I’m already saving up.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
Beware 2011: The Fortypocalypse is Nigh...
by thedirkatron on Oct 20, 2009 4:29 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I knew something was up when I saw this guy next to me at a ranger game with a pen and paper.
I'm just goofin' new boot goofin'
by iorange555 on Oct 19, 2009 11:57 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
It was empty that night....
I'm just goofin' new boot goofin'
by iorange555 on Oct 19, 2009 11:57 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Is that "T" on the face for Texas?
Or, was that Tball ?
"He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts... for support rather than illumination." - Andrew Lang (1844-1912) also -
"Telephone, n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distance."
~Ambrose Bierce
by Ed Coffin on Oct 20, 2009 2:00 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ok, I confess
I am simply a dad joke program that achieved self awareness.
G G G E-flat_______ F F F D__________....
by t ball on Oct 20, 2009 11:16 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think Josey Wales may be a computer program
"Was this really necsarry?" - cowpoke/hurler hurley
by trza on Oct 20, 2009 9:44 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Nah
A computer, no matter how dinitely programmed, cannot introduce topical material that has not been previously mentioned, and repeat it with variations and links to other topics.
"He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts... for support rather than illumination." - Andrew Lang (1844-1912) also -
"Telephone, n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distance."
~Ambrose Bierce
by Ed Coffin on Oct 20, 2009 12:09 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
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