in reply to Graph Theory, Perl, and the Six Degrees of Wikipedia
I enjoyed looking at how things get connected. Some queries were rather boring, just routing through shared dates (or, worse, years), like the first one below. Some were quite funny.
Shortest path from Great Wall of China to Larry Wall is 3 clicks:
Great Wall of China -> April 19 -> 1949 -> Larry Wall
Shortest path from Larry Wall to Great Wall of China is 3 clicks:
Larry Wall -> Christianity -> Attila the Hun -> Great Wall of China
Shortest path from Perl to Great Wall of China is 3 clicks:
Perl -> Bioinformatics -> Evolution -> Great Wall of China
Shortest path from Perl to Carnegie Hall is 3 clicks:
Perl -> American National Standards Institute -> New York City -> Carnegie Hall
Shortest path from Perl to Python is 3 clicks:
Perl -> C (programming language) -> Buffer overflow -> Python
Shortest path from Python to Perl is 2 clicks:
Python -> Monty Python -> Perl
Shortest path from Perl to Bowler hat is 3 clicks:
Perl -> Latin -> The Adventures of Tintin -> Bowler hat
Shortest path from Perl to Pineapple is 3 clicks:
Perl -> Golf -> Mexico -> Pineapple
Shortest path from Perl to Athlete's foot is 3 clicks:
Perl -> 1987 -> Dougie Poynter -> Athlete's foot
Shortest path from Perl to Potted meat is 5 clicks:
Perl -> APL (programming language) -> 1964 -> Hedda Hopper -> Treet -> Potted meat food product
Shortest path from Perl Monks to Potted meat is 5 clicks:
Perl Monks -> Slashdot -> South Park -> 58th Primetime Emmy Awards -> List of Camp Lazlo episodes ->
Potted meat food product
I'll just let you enjoy that tableau without further comment, so you can enjoy your own interpretations of the results (of speculation at why I came up with those specific end-points).
- tye
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Re^2: Graph Theory, Perl, and the Six Degrees of Wikipedia (fun paths)
by shmem (Chancellor) on May 28, 2008 at 07:48 UTC | |
by mwah (Hermit) on May 28, 2008 at 13:01 UTC | |
by Anonymous Monk on May 28, 2008 at 09:01 UTC | |
Re^2: Graph Theory, Perl, and the Six Degrees of Wikipedia (fun paths)
by Gavin (Archbishop) on May 28, 2008 at 10:14 UTC | |
Re^2: Graph Theory, Perl, and the Six Degrees of Wikipedia (fun paths)
by amarquis (Curate) on May 28, 2008 at 14:26 UTC |