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| 14:46.34 | feutetejsd | ~lart dumb people |
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| 14:57.10 | feutetejsd | mornin, wps |
| 14:57.52 | wps | good morning |
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| 20:07.28 | wps | mac, our server sucks |
| 20:07.36 | wps | (the mac.byu.edu one) |
| 20:07.53 | wps | which is sad because it's an Xserve |
| 20:08.04 | wps | but it's on byu's network and admin'd by monkeys |
| 20:08.44 | feutetejsd | hehe |
| 20:08.46 | feutetejsd | monkeys |
| 20:08.56 | feutetejsd | monkeys rule |
| 20:09.10 | wps | that was mice of Mac to drop by |
| 20:09.20 | feutetejsd | indeed |
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| 20:09.31 | wps | sshes |
| 20:09.34 | wps | butter fingers |
| 20:09.38 | feutetejsd | heh |
| 20:55.43 | feutetejsd | hey, wps, here's a question for you.... |
| 20:55.50 | wps | sure |
| 20:56.36 | feutetejsd | i'm working on a project in PHP where I need to compare user input to data stored in my database, but need to make some attempt to make the match, even if the input is spelled incorrectly |
| 20:57.01 | feutetejsd | for example, I need to match kitchun to kitchen |
| 20:57.15 | feutetejsd | any thoughts on an easy/effective way to do such a thing? |
| 20:58.27 | feutetejsd | i thought about checking for the same sequence of characters, and if there are at least 4 in a row, it's a match, or something, but that's error-prone for words that are spelled similarly |
| 20:59.27 | wps | hold please… on the phone |
| 20:59.47 | feutetejsd | no worries |
| 21:01.17 | wps | k… I'm back |
| 21:01.21 | wps | sorry |
| 21:01.51 | feutetejsd | no problem....any thoughts on how to go about such a thing? |
| 21:01.51 | wps | hmm… I am not sure right off |
| 21:01.55 | wps | that's hard |
| 21:01.57 | feutetejsd | yeah, me neither |
| 21:02.08 | wps | I've done several exact matching things, but never simmilar |
| 21:02.35 | feutetejsd | my big concern is false positives...I'd get a lot of them with the way some people spell names, expecially |
| 21:02.46 | feutetejsd | i.e. jennifer vs. jennefer vs. jenefer |
| 21:02.52 | wps | you could make some lists of common things, such as vowels and sounds |
| 21:04.25 | wps | but it would be a lot of work |
| 21:04.35 | feutetejsd | yeah |
| 21:05.47 | wps | things that are similar like, bass and face |
| 21:06.17 | wps | I am sure others have tackled this before though |
| 21:06.23 | feutetejsd | makes my head hurt |
| 21:06.26 | wps | are you subscribed to UPHPU? |
| 21:06.34 | wps | I would suggested posting your question to the general mailing list |
| 21:06.45 | wps | or you can even try asking the fellows in #uphpu |
| 21:06.52 | feutetejsd | I might have to do that. I'm not subscribed atm, but I'll have to give it a go |