UK gov wants to mine the deep web, so they created a hackathon to get help (gov.uk) 3 points by reustle 10y ago ↗ HN
[–] reustle 10y ago ↗ I found it interesting for a few reasons. One, I don't think the deep web wants to be mined. Second, why are they creating a hackathon to do so? [–] ttctciyf 10y ago ↗ Bearing in mind this is a Ministry of Defence project, maybe they once more feel the need to rustle up some support for an upcoming war?[1]1: http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/feb/08/politics.iraq
[–] ttctciyf 10y ago ↗ Bearing in mind this is a Ministry of Defence project, maybe they once more feel the need to rustle up some support for an upcoming war?[1]1: http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/feb/08/politics.iraq
[–] gadders 10y ago ↗ Flagged. Editorialising in title. [–] reustle 10y ago ↗ How so? Is this not a hackathon put on by the uk gov to mine data from the deep web? [–] gadders 10y ago ↗ What's wrong with the original title: "MOD hackathon to mine the Deep Web"? [–] reustle 10y ago ↗ Because it isn't clear what MOD is for a non UK resident (me)
[–] reustle 10y ago ↗ How so? Is this not a hackathon put on by the uk gov to mine data from the deep web? [–] gadders 10y ago ↗ What's wrong with the original title: "MOD hackathon to mine the Deep Web"? [–] reustle 10y ago ↗ Because it isn't clear what MOD is for a non UK resident (me)
[–] gadders 10y ago ↗ What's wrong with the original title: "MOD hackathon to mine the Deep Web"? [–] reustle 10y ago ↗ Because it isn't clear what MOD is for a non UK resident (me)
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[ 3.7 ms ] story [ 24.6 ms ] thread1: http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/feb/08/politics.iraq