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In lugnet.general, Christopher L. Weeks writes:
> In lugnet.general, Dan Boger writes:
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> > wow - neat! are you entering all the data by hand? perhaps you could
> > use the LUGNET Guide data, so you could enter all the data?
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> I used LUGNET Guide data as a base. Is that kosher?
AFAIK, there is no problem with that.
> I'd love to weave a comprehensive VXML front end to the Guide, Peeron,
> BrinkLink, etc. but I think that project might be beyond me and would require
> substantial assistance from the owners of those resources. I guess that makes
> you the best first person to talk to about it.
heh, need to figure out how the information could be presented in a useful way.
> Can you supply Guide data nicely formatted, or better, can the LUGNET guide
> respond to queries of a different form so that the desired data only is
> returned in speakable format?
it's already available:
http://guide.lugnet.com/set/list/bynumber.txt
> > maybe have it say if peeron has an inventory for this set, so you
> > know to buy (and inventory it) if it doesn't? :)
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> It would be easy to have it automatically note that Peeron is missing that
> set's inventory and explain how they would be helping the community by
> uploading it. Heck, it could even spew out the people who are looking for that
> set.
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> Gee, now that I'm thinking about it, there could be a DB of people and sets and
> what price they'd be willing to pay and how many they'd take. Then, while
> shopping, when you find 8880s on sale for $20 you can listen to the thousands
> of people who will pay you more. Hmm....
now that could be interesting... especially if it also mentioned the
localtion of said people, so you could factor in the shipping costs...
:)
Dan
XFTU lugnet.admin.nntp - I think that's a good place for this stuff :)
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