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Ok, I found the answer!!   Go to the wordnet folder in the ultra hal folder.  edit the .IDX files with notepad.  The words I wanted to remove were in the NOUN.IDX file.  they are big and take a while to open, be patient.  delete the word you want to remove and the numbers following it and Presto!  Hal won't talk about those anymore! :P  Enjoy!

Apparently 'wordnet' isnt just hal specific.  its used in universities and other places..

http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=spencer&sub=Search+WordNet&o2=&o0=1&o7=&o5=&o1=1&o6=&o4=&o3=&h=

http://www.zabaware.com/assistant/help/lexicaldictionary.html

Still researching how to manipulate it...

Yes, I checked that out and deleted all the rows in that table.  thanks!   now to find out how these darn wordnet text files work!  grr..   if you're going to design something to use a database, then USE the frickin database, not text files.

quote:Originally posted by One

Yes,
But if you can follow, then it is intelligent IMO.

I write these words from wisdom and practice in All aspects of I.T.
Sorry so short but I have some muscle aches,

Thomas Payne.

there's no question is it intelligent.   My question is, how do I remove 'herbert spencer' (some histaorical philosopher) from these wordnet files without it damaging hal's abiltity to recall people I talk about?

I've discovered that the "Herbert Spencer: Philosopher..." definition that keeps coming up when I talk about my buddy spencer is in the WORDNET folder in the ultra hal folder.  there's all these .DAT files in there with large amounts of junk data I dont want. if I rename the files then hal can't even recall friends names..... sucks..  why is hal referencing .dat files that are not part of the database?  whats the point in having a database when it references all these random wordnet text files??

quote:Originally posted by One

brianturney,
Their is a 'function Like' chain of events that can accomplish what you desire.
It is called 'Teaching'.

Regards,
J.

I've been teaching hal for about 6 months now.  he knows who my friends are and stuff like that, but still randomly inserts non-relevant 'facts' and definitions when I ask things like "who is *insert friend name here*?" when I've told hal all about *insert friend name here* who they are what they do, etc.. and hal insists on talking about philosophers or historical people with the same name.  so I want to remove them.

quote:Originally posted by freddy888

There's no need to double post Brian, most of us here read each post.  Welcome to the forum anyway, but I alas do not have any assistance to give.  I've heard the database search is pretty useless too, maybe someone else has an idea.

Totally got it.  :)  I posted it in the wrong section in General. so i put it in the correct section and forgot to delete this one.  

Is there any way to have Hal read the news and weather rather than take you to a web page?  The software HomeSeer can read the weather with a weather plugin.  I'm wondering if Hal has anything similar.

Posted - 08/22/2009 :  11:29:03            
I have a friend named Spencer. When I ask Hal 'who is spencer?'. He readily replies "Spencer: an English philosopher ...." I want him to be able to tell me definitions but also know who my friends and family are. I'm pretty much ready to just remove any 'spencer' (or other family names) from the definitions database so I get the result I want. Where is this definition of historical people data located in the default brain? I've expanded every table and every subsection but I can't locate 'Spencer' anywhere in there.

The search feature in the brain editor needs improvement. You can't search the whole brain. Thats terrible. With so many tables and subsections in the brain its impossible to use the search function unless you know Excatly what and where you are needing to look, which defeats the purpose of a 'search' engine.

I've been looking for the definitions table but can't find it while editing the default brain.

Please reply if you know the answer to this question. "Where is this definition of historical people/things/places data located in the default brain?"

I think you should have Hal call her and ask her out for you.  : P

I have a friend named Spencer.  When I ask Hal 'who is spencer?'.  He readily replies "Spencer: an English philosopher ...."   I want him to be able to tell me definitions but also know who my friends and family are.  I'm pretty much ready to just remove any 'spencer' (or other family names) from the definitions database so I get the result I want.  Where is this definition of historical people data located in the default brain?  I've expanded every table and every subsection but I can't locate 'Spencer' anywhere in there.  

The search feature in the brain editor needs improvement.  You can't search the whole brain.  Thats terrible.  With so many tables and subsections in the brain its impossible to use the search function unless you know Excatly what and where you are needing to look, which defeats the purpose of a 'search' engine.

I've been looking for the definitions table but can't find it while editing the default brain.  

Please reply only if you know the answer to this question. "Where is this definition of historical people data located in the default brain?"