For that matter, so are most of the common "big data" applications (grinding through log files)
Dude you work at Yelp in Search? Seriously?
What about companies like Palantir? or Cloudera?
I understand Yelp's Log file might be full of shit, but there are countless companies out there which use the same Big Data technology for doing interesting analysis, right from companies like walmart who do transaction analysis to pharmaceuticals like pfizer which use the same technology in developing new drugs. Just because your log file is crap does not means all log files are crap.
Has HN affected your brain or what? You say you received PhD in Computational Biology? I seriously doubt that now.
Oh btw Yelp is surely one of those useless Web 2.0 companies like posterous. (at least facebook is building social infrastructure and drawing people towards internet ) Last heard you were accused of blackmailing restaurants. How is that working for you.
Before talking crap about Big Data, go out and read about its credible applications.
Dude you work at Yelp in Search? Seriously?
What about companies like Palantir? or Cloudera?
I understand Yelp's Log file might be full of shit, but there are countless companies out there which use the same Big Data technology for doing interesting analysis, right from companies like walmart who do transaction analysis to pharmaceuticals like pfizer which use the same technology in developing new drugs. Just because your log file is crap does not means all log files are crap.
Has HN affected your brain or what? You say you received PhD in Computational Biology? I seriously doubt that now.
http://www.cloudera.com/blog/2009/10/analyzing-human-genomes...
Oh btw Yelp is surely one of those useless Web 2.0 companies like posterous. (at least facebook is building social infrastructure and drawing people towards internet ) Last heard you were accused of blackmailing restaurants. How is that working for you.
Before talking crap about Big Data, go out and read about its credible applications.