I meant you take tabular data as input, train your neural net on it, spit out a javascript function which computes the outputs and use that in your spreadsheet for prediciton?

So in Excel-speak, you would have a cell (say H1) with =FORM_NETWORK(A1:F30,G1:G30) which returns a javascript function (assuming G1:G30 is the data you are predicting), then to predict, =PREDICT_OUTPUT(H1,O1:O30) where O would be your observations.

Just a thought, probably not worth it

Now i just need to find a talented programmer to complement my skills. 😀

Bringing Data Mining Into the Mainstream
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/07/26/bringing-data-mining-into-the-mainstream/

I guess I’ll just throw something up on the web, let you guys start playing with it, and build it out in the open. That would probably be the most fun and would give the project some momentum.

Should be any day… month… year.. now 🙂

As for Aldrin, I was referencing Wikipedia but the way that YouTube video is presented, it’s hard to reconcile the two. So, I dunno. I’d like to see the raw Aldrin interviews. Maybe right before the edit, the interviewer primed Aldrin to say things in a particular way or in debriefing, Aldrin was told it was a secret project and the moon landings were a cover.

I think your idea for having an off-beat topic once in a while is a good distraction.

While he doesn’t come out and claim that they could tell exactly what is was, he does say that it didn’t appear to be a part of the rocket and that there were several reasons (which he mentions) for why they didn’t really want to (or were told not to) discuss it.

Anyway, while it’s not conclusive of anything, it is interesting.

Also, since my clients all know my startup background and that I’m currently working on AppIgnite. I’m sure they wouldn’t find it strange or shocking that I’m not interested in being an employee or doing consulting work for the long-term.

Good to hear all the updates. Great motivation for those who are dragging their feet!

By the way, the numbers on the Richard Dolan interview are huge! While it’s an extremely risky subject to take on, it appears that people are finding it to be an interesting interview. I want to be careful not to do too much of it so as not to stray too far from our focus on tech, but ultimately I’d like to invite on the show some of the people mentioned in the interview like Leslie Kean, Nick Cook, Timothy Good and maybe even Stanton Friedman. I’m thinking one interview every few months might be okay especially if we stick to only the most credible and serious researchers in the field. I don’t know, what to you think?