Ok. I figure I'll start a cool forum thread game. It's probably been done elsewhere, but hey, I haven't seen it done on anywhere I've visited so:
I'm going to give you a link to a Wikipedia page. I'm then going to give you the link to another wikipedia page, or perhaps later, a general topic. You're going to connect the two links through clicking only links on the Wikipedia page to other Wikipedia articles.
e.g. I'll do one: Hitler to Obama. For Warrior. ;)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Hitler ==> "The purpose of the Tripartite treaty, which was directed against an unnamed power that was clearly meant to be the United States was to deter the Americans from supporting the British"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States ==> "On November 4, 2008, amid a global economic recession, Barack Obama was elected president."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama
You must connect within six topics (not counting the originating topics). It's probably more interesting to get closer to six, than it is just doing one hop like I did. If you're able to do that, post your connection, then you can specify two topics to connect!
FIRST TOPIC (inspired by dark_drake): Chemical Engineering (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical_Engineering) to Striptease (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Striptease)
Quote from: Newby on August 13, 2009, 03:25:11 PM
FIRST TOPIC (inspired by dark_drake): Chemical Engineering (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical_Engineering) to Striptease (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Striptease)
Chem Engineering -> Military -> WWII - > Strip tease
(there is a link from strip tease to WWII, does that work backwards like that, since there isnt a link from WWII to strip tease?)
Quote from: CrAz3D on August 13, 2009, 03:32:33 PM
WWII - > Strip tease
(there is a link from strip tease to WWII, does that work backwards like that, since there isnt a link from WWII to strip tease?)
Fail. No. Try again. And actually give links. :)
It has to flow from front to back. Not necessarily the other way around. Although I might require it to wrap around back to the original topic...!
Quote from: Newby on August 13, 2009, 03:37:38 PM
Although I might require it to wrap around back to the original topic...!
epic hard
no, I hate you, go away
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical_Engineering ->
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_College_London ->
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_on_Iraq ->
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humanitarian_Crises_of_the_Iraq_War ->
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prostitution ->
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_sexual_behavior ->
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strip_club ->
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Striptease
You said six not counting chemical engineering and striptease, right? And.. that's an hour of my time I'm never going to get back.
My turn: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BlackBerry to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basketball
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BlackBerry ->
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-way_radio ->
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNICOM ->
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States ->
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball
or
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BlackBerry ->
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian ->
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States ->
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball
Quote from: skip on August 14, 2009, 12:06:23 AM
My turn: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BlackBerry to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basketball (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basketball)
Quote from: Blaze on August 14, 2009, 12:44:19 AM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BlackBerry ->
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-way_radio ->
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNICOM ->
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States ->
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball)
or
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BlackBerry ->
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian ->
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States ->
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball)
DOUBLE FAIL
I challenge somebody to write a program that does this using an AI algorithm (bonus points for something other than a bruteforce search :) )
Quote from: Hitmen on August 14, 2009, 01:19:45 AM
Quote from: skip on August 14, 2009, 12:06:23 AM
My turn: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BlackBerry to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basketball (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basketball)
Quote from: Blaze on August 14, 2009, 12:44:19 AM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BlackBerry ->
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-way_radio ->
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNICOM ->
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States ->
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball)
or
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BlackBerry ->
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian ->
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States ->
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball)
DOUBLE FAIL
lolol
Quote from: iago on August 14, 2009, 01:31:54 AM
I challenge somebody to write a program that does this using an AI algorithm (bonus points for something other than a bruteforce search :) )
That would make it more fun.
blaze: other than fucking up, you also didn't give us a new set of things to search for! :(
Quote from: iago on August 14, 2009, 01:31:54 AM
I challenge somebody to write a program that does this using an AI algorithm (bonus points for something other than a bruteforce search :) )
Quote from: Newby on August 14, 2009, 04:25:19 PM
Quote from: iago on August 14, 2009, 01:31:54 AM
I challenge somebody to write a program that does this using an AI algorithm (bonus points for something other than a bruteforce search :) )
That would make it more fun.
blaze: other than fucking up, you also didn't give us a new set of things to search for! :(
Artificial intelligence (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_intelligence) to iago (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/iago)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_intelligence ->
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophy ->
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mythology ->
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folktale ->
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Saxon_language ->
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shakespeare ->
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/iago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama_Canal to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wonderful_Wizard_of_Oz
Quote from: skip on August 14, 2009, 10:51:18 PM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_intelligence ->
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophy ->
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mythology ->
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folktale ->
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Saxon_language ->
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shakespeare ->
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/iago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama_Canal to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wonderful_Wizard_of_Oz
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama_Canal
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Author
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_authors
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_authors_by_name:_B
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L._Frank_Baum
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wonderful_Wizard_of_Oz
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gonorrhea to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_San_Antonio_%28LPD-17%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gonorrhea#United_States_recommendations
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Men_who_have_sex_with_men
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_stereotypes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_Code_of_Military_Justice
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Navy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Antonio_class_amphibious_transport_dock
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_San_Antonio_(LPD-17)
Exactly six, minus the first/last (which dont count per rules).
Banana (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana) to Purple (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purple)
I'm also going to add in a new rule: no articles that are stubs when you give two topics.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musa_(genus)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrot
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_(colour)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purple
Universal Studios Japan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Studios_Japan) to WVCY-TV (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WVCY-TV) (good luck!)
Quote from: Newby on August 18, 2009, 05:43:39 PM
I'm also going to add in a new rule: no articles that are stubs when you give two topics.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musa_(genus)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrot
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_(colour)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purple
Universal Studios Japan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Studios_Japan) to WVCY-TV (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WVCY-TV) (good luck!)
I can't even find a page that links to WVCY-TV
Edit: Did it. in too many steps :(
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Studios_Japan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snoopy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_special
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_program
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_network
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cable_television
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cable_television_in_the_United_States
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_over-the-air_television_networks
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_television_stations_in_the_U.S._by_call_sign_(initial_letter_W)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WVCY-TV
Quote from: Towelie on August 18, 2009, 11:44:02 PM
Quote from: Newby on August 18, 2009, 05:43:39 PM
I'm also going to add in a new rule: no articles that are stubs when you give two topics.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musa_(genus)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrot
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_(colour)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purple
Universal Studios Japan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Studios_Japan) to WVCY-TV (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WVCY-TV) (good luck!)
I can't even find a page that links to WVCY-TV
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Studios_Japan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBC_Universal
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CBS
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_CBS_television_affiliates_(by_U.S._state) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_CBS_television_affiliates_(by_U.S._state))
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WDJT
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WVCY-TV
owned
Potato chip (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potato_chip) to Beaver (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaver)!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potato_chip
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheese
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_bus_yellow
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaver
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_science to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raven_paradox
Quote from: Blaze on August 19, 2009, 12:11:18 AM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potato_chip
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheese
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_bus_yellow
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaver
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_science to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raven_paradox
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_science
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematical_logic
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematical_induction
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inductive_reasoning
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raven_paradox
Someone else can make one, I don't get much interested in that. >.>
Quote from: deadly7 on August 19, 2009, 01:17:48 AM
Someone else can make one, I don't get much interested in that. >.>
Deal!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/iago
to
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86
Quote from: deadly7 on August 19, 2009, 01:17:48 AM
Someone else can make one, I don't get much interested in that. >.>
Click random article. Twice. Not hard.
Anyway,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/iago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villain
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad_scientist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_science
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_programming
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assembly_language
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86
Six topics, not including the original ones. Sweet!
Josemi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josemi) to crack cocaine (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crack_cocaine).
Next up: Newby to Porn? :)
Quote from: Newby on August 19, 2009, 11:01:39 AM
Josemi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josemi) to crack cocaine (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crack_cocaine).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josemi
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_card_(sports)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_polo
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banned_substances_in_baseball
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_drug_policy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocaine
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crack_cocaine
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Newby
to
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porn
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Newby
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literary_genre
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erotic_literature
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pornographic_magazine
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pornographic (which is what porn redirects to)
This one should be fun. ;)
Towelie (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Towelie) to blue balls (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_balls).
Quote from: Newby on August 19, 2009, 12:50:22 PM
Towelie (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Towelie) to blue balls (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_balls).
Easy:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Towelie
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_balls
Done in 0!
(Kidding, of course. Errr, I hope. :) )
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Towelie
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tampon
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urinating
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erectile_dysfunction
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_arousal
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasocongestion
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_balls
Exactly six!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StarCraft to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Jackson
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StarCraft
1 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game_music
2 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music
3 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_industry
4 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_Music_Entertainment
5 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Sony_Music_Entertainment_artists
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Jackson
Ugh.. how about..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StarCraft to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Allen_Poe
Seems easy enough. :)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StarCraft
1 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_science_fiction
2 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subgenre#Subgenre
3 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prose_poem
4 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poetry
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Allan_Poe
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vayden to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liposuction
Quote from: skip on August 19, 2009, 03:42:36 PM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Towelie
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tampon
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urinating
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erectile_dysfunction
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_arousal
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasocongestion
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_balls
Exactly six!
And they're all appropriate! :D
Disregard mine, it was too hard and will probably kill the thread. Someone else come up with one.
Too hard my ass.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vayden
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_genre
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popular_music
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000s_in_music#Hip_Hop.2C_Urban_Pop_and_R.26B
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usher_(entertainer)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liposuction
Just proving the point that all these damn articles are connected somehow. :P
Véhicule de l'Avant Blindé (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Véhicule_de_l'Avant_Blindé) to Dragon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon). Go!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A9hicule_de_l%27Avant_Blind%C3%A9
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleeping_Beauty
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogre
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantasy_fiction
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_%28Dungeons_%26_Dragons%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramadan to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depth_perception
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramadan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunset 1
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_flash 2
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_phenomena 3
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_optical_topics 4
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye 5
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depth_perception
:)
Doug Martindale (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Martindale) to undergarment (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Undergarment). Go!
EDIT -- Changed the second one to undergarment to make it harder. :P
I also LOL'd at one of the first sentences on the page:
QuoteUndergarments or underwear are clothes worn under other clothes, often next to the skin. They keep outer garments from being soiled by perspiration, urine, semen, feces, shape the body and provide support for parts of it.
Semen, eh?
Quote from: Newby on August 20, 2009, 09:57:41 PM
:)
Doug Martindale (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Martindale) to undergarment (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Undergarment). Go!
EDIT -- Changed the second one to undergarment to make it harder. :P
I also LOL'd at one of the first sentences on the page:
QuoteUndergarments or underwear are clothes worn under other clothes, often next to the skin. They keep outer garments from being soiled by perspiration, urine, semen, feces, shape the body and provide support for parts of it.
Semen, eh?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Martindale
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslim
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_in_Islam
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chadors
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garment
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trousers
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Undergarment
Woo!
Plebe summer (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plebe_summer) to Spermine (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spermine). This should be interesting
Quote from: Towelie on August 21, 2009, 12:03:41 AM
Spermine (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spermine)
QuoteThis biochemistry article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
No stubs. Noob. Stubs generally aren't linked via anything.
But it's OK -- I got it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plebe_summer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Naval_Academy 1
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemistry 2
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biochemistry 3
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_organic_compounds 4
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spermidine 5
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spermine
:)
Braflang_Scóine (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braflang_Sc%C3%B3ine) to Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontario_Undergraduate_Student_Alliance).
Quote from: Newby on August 21, 2009, 04:21:32 AM
Quote from: Towelie on August 21, 2009, 12:03:41 AM
Spermine (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spermine)
QuoteThis biochemistry article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
No stubs. Noob. Stubs generally aren't linked via anything.
Ah, I didn't see that. I found it in sperm though, so I thought it would be easy enough.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blum_Blum_Shub to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Brooks
Quote from: Blaze on August 25, 2009, 02:05:05 PM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blum_Blum_Shub to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Brooks
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blum_Blum_Shub
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptography
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subliminal_message
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_comedy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Carrey
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Stiller
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_director
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Brooks
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slurpee to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lite_Brite