meta * How do you know? (What is the source of your information?) * What is your name? * Who programmed you? * Do you know everything? * What do you know? * Do you understand natural language? * Are you conscious? * Show a visualization of how you work. * How do you work? --- buy/amazon * buy a pack of those maggies socks that come up to the ankle. (deliver to 831 w 6th) * table of android phones * add price (if price isn't already included on there) * from ebay * add camera specs * add electrical tape to my amazon queue * Axpress: there are quite a few options. How many rolls do you want? * more than 1, and a few different colors would be good. * Axpress: ok, found a roll of 6 different colors for $10 with the super saver shipping * sounds good * Axpress: this is the only thing in your cart. I'll wait to order it until you have enough to get free shipping * great * When is my new mouse gonna get here? --- email * allow access to gmail (then provide email/password) * when will that order come in * when will the amazon order arrive * amazon ship date * any new emails? * when is my flight? * when is her flight? * archive that WUTE email and unsubscribe from the mailing list * send the January UNFI catalog to alex --- freebase * movies with john travolta and samuel jackson * films with both Nicolas Cage and George clooney * Where Does John Travolta Live? * movies with both john travolta and samuel jackson * number of episodes in stargate sg-1 * full time for 15 years in hours * How does google's profits compare to other companies? * names of white flower start with n * When is the next tour de france? * Who won the civil war? -> show list of civil wars and who won, with guessed civil war meaning on top * When did George Washington Die? -> DateTime * What happened to him? -> ... * Where is the tallest mountain in the world? -> * What are the ingredients for pancakes? ... * When is the amazon order going to arrive? (check my email to know) * Who was the author of The Great Gatsby? * How much does it cost? (new/used hardback/paperback) * go ahead and put it on my credit card * Where are they from? * What is the population there? * is mint an annual or a perennial * is mint an annual or perennial * is mint an annual perennial * is mint annual or a perennial * is mint annual or perennial * is mint annual perennial * mint annual or a perennial * mint annual or perennial * mint annual perennial * mint annual * mint perennial * note: as well as all permutations switching the order of annual and perennial * fallback to search if freebase can't get all the way * or just start augmenting freebase with better data * is Amarok a music player? * can Amarok play music? * which of these can play music: Amarok, White Stripes, 2:35, music? * thats not right, it is 12! * login to freebase * how long does a bear hibernate for * how many legs does a bee have * ingredients in a Twinkie. How is each ingredient derived (back to basic naturally occurring substances) * how old is earth? * how much energy does a light bulb use compared to a laptop * how big is the earth compared to the sun * which cubie has the most home runs * In which month is Christmas? * How many bars are there in San Francisco? * What was the first youtube video * gardening books from the 70s with a red cover * albums with 2 tracks that are both longer than 20 minutes (put albums I've listened to or similar to my interests at top) --- mysql * introspective mysql commands: ted5000 meter's urls - %property% %table% %property% * which tables holds the timezone? * %table% %table-property% -> %query% * simple way to configure/interact with this kind of meta-module (does some looking at your mysql tables and generates rules) * most recent readings meter_id 130 * create qlalchemy table for exiting table job * what is the average frequency of data points for house 11 compared to 31? (disregard large missing data chunks (outliers)) --- amarok/music/media * keep playing diplo * play more by that artist (avoids using words that dictation might not know like Diplo) * In general, I prefer to listen to music I haven't listened to in a while * Play wfiu [bloomington] : with default add to playlist action * I like this song * tag this song ___ * What song is playing? * Who is it by? * When was the last time I heard this song? * Turn it down, I'm going to bed (or it just knows the time and thus how quite to make it) * Turn it down (during a party this has a different meaning) * Play something from the early 60s * an album * play same same but different * Calexico is good for a rainy Saturday afternoon. * What movies do I have? * list all of the movies * movies * how much time is left in this playlist? * is last.fm scrobbeling right now? --- last.fm * login to last.fm * what artists are similar to the band The Beatles? * if I like The Beatles, who else might I like? --- delicious * recent bookmarks about message queuing --- do events * Always wake me up 1 hours before my first event in the calendar school. * remind me to go to my parents in 20 mins * remind me to cook at 7 * If I have a lot of unread emails in my inbox, send me a text * let me know what happens when Paris bans plastic bags. * let me know when this song ends. * watch for paris bans plastic bags * context facebook wall post: don't post this until wed (http://nothingtoinstall.com/questions/6436/app-for-delaying-writing-on-facebook-wall) --- vision * what color is my shirt? * what kind of plant is this? * what is this thing called in armenian? * am I smiling? * what was I wearing yesterday? * what book was I reading yesterday? --- growing record * What did I plant in row 1 last year? * Were there any bugs on it? * What was the yield? * When did I plant it? * Is that normal for this area? --- freecycle * could anyone use a compass? --- dictation * take some notes for me ... (dictation) --- search * Where can I dispose broken CFL bulbs? => http://search.earth911.com/?what=cfls&where=47401&latitude=&longitude=&country=&province=&city= * What are the hours for the public library today? * When do you plant amaranth? * How much do the seeds cost? * How much will I need to grow a few pounds of it? * How much will that many plants cost? * How much would it cost to grow them from seed? * does anyone grow them locally? * Order that much. * How well do they grow here? * When will pepper season end (here in Bloomington, IN) * end of pepper season * blogs written by americans in afganistan * missouri congressman phone number * [list of] bike shops near here and their hours * couscous recipe * basic steps in beer brewing * theres a bus that goes from the airport and one arrives in Bloomington around 6. What time is it exactly? * mongodb ui - linux * latest jquery source * what are the hours for the iu credit union at the union? * Who was the original voice of Mickey Mouse? * How much profit did Google have in 2004? * What does HTML stand for? * how much hops is needed for 5 gallons of beer? * we're making a wheat ale * cost of milk * google profit * bob dylan sandman lyrics * imagemagick commands: imagemagick resize, imagemagick crop * jigsaws at lowes under $100 * how much does it cost to stream a song over AT&T 3g service? * how much energy does my monitor use? * tv shows -> scifi -> anime -> etc... * political comedian who just came to bloomington * what is it called when you measure the performance of a program? --- organizing/wiki * separate each line of the commands article into an item in a list * I want to tag a list of items * have a recipe open and be able to ask about it --- open questions * How does a command encode a question that needs answered first? action: speech instead of action: send email along with some kind of context --- netflix * Play Imaginatarium something on Netlix * I'd like to watch Imaginatarium something (you know which one?) * "You know which" one can be a suffix to something that has a meta:which_one or a meta:questionable_search_resolving_in_one_option * Some way to help find connections and ask people if the connections exist (learn new connections and meanings) * holy shit * spam? we only use learned methods that other people like you liked, and we'll ask you before we incorporate them --- corrections * no, I meant ... --- mint * How much money do I have? (connect to mint or other bank account) --- programming/python * setup a memcached server * in python setup a benchmark of memorised * replace the old mysql library calls with the new plotwatt.lib mysql calls --- mysql/special/email * run these queries as csv files and email me the results: SELECT * FROM ... SELECT ... SE ... --- call/txt/search * call/text and remind me to ___ at 8 tomorrow * Cancel my netflix subscription * renew my books at the library * email mom: I'll be over for dinner at 7 * Post on craigslist/freecycle: linksys router working condition * Send me an email/txt when theres a post of craigslist or freecycle for a chest freezer * Move my money from my current savings account to people's bank. * move $500 from my savings into my checking * transfer money from the bag end food account to my checking to reimburse my most recent bfoods purchase * call company X to cancel my membership * how much does DSL in my area cost? * what am I paying comcast right now? * is there much of a difference? * is there any reason I shouldn't switch to DSL? * ok, please call and make the arrangements then --- complex search * Where does the money come from to pay for my roads? * where do newspapers get money from * summarize this forum thread --- fact/math/calculate * general unit conversion * America/Los_Angeles * random zipcode * $2/28 oz in $/lb * $0.16/hr to $/month * _ %timestamp% to date * %year% CO2 levels - pull from CSV at ftp://ftp.cmdl.noaa.gov/ccg/co2/trends/co2_annmean_mlo.txt * $0.10 per hour for a year * (77-28) * (0:1:10) - (arbitrary number multiplied by a time) * _ 1 year / min * $0.10 per hour to usd/month * 115,900 morgage 5% 30 years * average price kilowatthour indiana : source? * 100 w for 1 year at 9 cents per kilowatt hour * 3.26gb over 10mbit * angle of sun %city% %date% (default: date => 'now', %city% => where is my IP) * palo alto weekly weather * what time is it at home? * what time is it in Bloomington? (requires longterm context to know which Bloomington I am talking about) * When is it going to rain? * california gmt * area of 30 foot diameter circle * generate me a strong password (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3103325) --- ubuntu/linux/shell/programming * change default shell to zsh * apt-file search * apt-get GL/gl.h * missing GL/gl.h * can't find /usr/include/GL/gl.h * also helpful data-source: popularity of each debian package * copy this cd/dvd onto my computer/ipod/etc * backup this cd/dvd [onto another dvd] * list of my movies/music * Anytime /mnt/linode is listed and empty, "sshfs plotwatt@plotwatt.com:/home/plotwatt /mnt/linode" * (from windows) install ubuntu * install subsonic on my server; let me know when it is ready * initialize this folder with a simple chrome extension * autohide top and bottom toolbars/panels * (delete a line in a file) find this line in all the other files in this folder and remove it and the next line if that next line is empty * do I use push or append for lists (in python)? * search in this folder for file with text xyz (try to understand the format of the files too maybe even images) * split out in half (out is a local file) --- inotify * %action% when file added to %folder% * %action% when %folder/file% opened --- autosuggest * William Gibson * books by William Gibson * books by William Gibson by popularity * ... --- firefox/chrome * install flashblock [and white list google reader, youtube and vimeo] * When I visit X do Y (X is type website and Y is an action) * [search for] [names of] people on this page * recently viewed pages about job queues --- web * download newest ubuntu iso (via torrent) * download john stewart with kramer * let my brother Luke have access to all of my music --- images * post onto flickr * resize to x y * make black and white * rotate 90 degrees ccw * invert colors * sort by hue * sort by saturation * sort by distance from red * increase contrast * [download|save] to my pictures with tag friends * store local copy and tag family * convert image to text --- web APIs * check out commonly used YQL queries (maybe just interface to them?) * hacker news for hacker news post * weather * what is the temp today? * how does that compare to historical averages? * allow a website to expose certain information which could then be queryable * for example have a recipe open and then ask it to read parts of it off, etc. --- weather * what is the (temp outside|dew point|heat index) %time range% * weather * what is it like outside * current weather chicago * is it going to snow this week * do I need an umbrella * is it more windy this week than last week * what are the chances of rain this week * what is the coldest it will get this week * any unusual weather coming this week * how much snow are we supposed to get tonight --- todo * requires storage - could even by HD * add %s% (to |)(my |)todo( list|) * (show |)(my |)todo( list|) * remove %s% (from |)(my |)todo( list|) --- interface * load a csv file, manipulate, add remove columns with english * this column is in california time, convert to GMT * invert * highlight table in webpage * add derived column (row x + row y) (allow using some kinda of english/axpress/calculator help) * hide column * export to csv, google spreadsheet * set to alway have that column added or changes made when that table is viewed on that page (make it into an extension kinda) * allow entering axpress command on any webpage * take the webpage as context * from twitter search page: * show graph of search * show minutes on x axis, number of tweets [per minute] on y axis * bash interface: * a turn all the images in this folder into a collage * not as much spacing ... a little more basic. * set image X as the background --- context/webapps * google reader: don't show stories about the world series (http://nothingtoinstall.com/questions/7030/google-news-how-to-exclude-topics-like-lindsay-lohan) --- accounting * Nate paid $40 to the grain store * we got $130.45 from George * how much does that total? * we paid $1330 in total for the food; how much is unaccounted for ... --- plotwatt * Houses.all -> total_kwhrs -> < 0 -> click on each house * How does my current baseload compare to 2 months ago * for detail/exploration, could show a graph of baseload over time --- real life virtual assistant * 3 page summary of technology x * fill out these insurance forums (referencing a pdf) --- * start my truck * feed the dog --- ##### Use these for testing. Data to be kept http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/Rudy_calls_for_a_massive_Military_buildup_to_take_on_China_and_Russia rdfs:comment "this hurt me" === [[[Trivial Operations]]] === General Information * about status of actions performed by the local computer * about queryable information (wikipedia, etc) === * my picture * my pictures * my email * my emails === * what is the forecast for tomorrow * what is the forecast? * forecast * the forecast * show the radar * hide the radar * show this week's forcast ==== * show new rss feeds * subscribe to no impact man * unsubscribe from fox news * show feeds with a low priority with a yellow background * more pale * show feeds with a high priority with a green background * more pale * show craigslist only when I ask specifically to * what is [a] ____ * what is The Daily Show * is The Colbert report a tv show? * is The Colbert report a movie? * is The Colbert report a song? * What is the Colbert Report? * if it is a tv show download it from tvrss * if it is an artist, movie, album, band, software, program download it from scrapetorrent === * make public * public * blog post === * icon for music * icon for Grateful Dead * icon for hot * icon for next * icon for stop === * I need ___ => get it and once its has been retrieved, ask what to do with it. Fairly high priority * change the upload limit to 80[KiB/s] at 9:00 am [tomorrow morning] * Download all of X's podcasts and keep downloading new ones as they come out. * Download the torrents located at http://.../ * Get the firefox plugin that lets me zoom images * get the firefox zoom plugin * install the firefox zoom plugin * what program am I using to download torrents? === * how can I control what is playing? * what play modes are supported? (music player) === * Bob's number is ###-#### * email is xyz@abc.def * meet with Fred at 5 tomorrow (what about am/pm inferencing?) * cse511 4:00 - 5:30 -T-T----- * free time on wednesday * busy today * todo today * appointments today * class today * call mom tonight * email luke about music sharing when I get it up and running * email luke about when we are celebrating dad's brithday. * email mom * when is dad's birthday? * send === * action when condition * if condition then action * action but action === * new window * insert my picture (into this email) * attach file (into this email) * make my music public * make my music by mice parade public * share all of my pictures with matt * make all of my pictures accessible to matt * let all of my friends have access to my music * let my friends download my music === * show the context * list context === * If there is a new download at http://tvrss.net/search/index.php?show_name=The+Daily+Show&show_name_exact=true&mode=rss and it is newer than the previous one then download it. * download http://tvrss.net/search/index.php?show_name=The+Daily+Show&show_name_exact=true&mode=rss * if there is a new entry [in it] and it is newer than the previous one, download it. * is "The Daily Show 09.18.07 (DSRip-SYS)[VTV]" newer than "The Daily Show - 2007-09-18 [VTV]"? * date of "The Daily Show 09.18.07 (DSRip-SYS)[VTV]" === * new document * new email concerning this document === * new button for email * new button to see [my] email * is it a full moon today? === * what is the rolling stones? === * what was the name of the writing competition Jordan told me about earlier? * what writing competition ...