Comments on: Thesaurus.com sucks http://viridia.org/2006/10/13/thesauruscom-sucks/ Imaginative Projects and Interesting Ideas Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:57:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: phillwv http://viridia.org/2006/10/13/thesauruscom-sucks/#comment-28580 phillwv Fri, 23 May 2008 22:09:44 +0000 http://viridia.org/2006/10/13/thesauruscom-sucks/#comment-28580 I think this is a popular landing page for those wanting an alternative. This is THE alternative, but just a little hard on the eyes. Sill quicker than using hard copy :0) http://humanities.uchicago.edu/orgs/ARTFL/forms_unrest/ROGET.html I think this is a popular landing page for those wanting an alternative.

This is THE alternative, but just a little hard on the eyes. Sill quicker than using hard copy :0)

http://humanities.uchicago.edu/orgs/ARTFL/forms_unrest/ROGET.html

]]> By: Philwv http://viridia.org/2006/10/13/thesauruscom-sucks/#comment-28562 Philwv Fri, 23 May 2008 02:36:33 +0000 http://viridia.org/2006/10/13/thesauruscom-sucks/#comment-28562 Yes, it's 18 months after this post appeared and as Marik notes, thesaurus.com is comprehensively bastardized. For the last month or so it is effectively and utterly useless. Common words result in just a few synoyms, less common (most of my searches) result in NOTHING. Bye bye thesaurus.com. Enjoy your new life as useless commercial rubbish. Yes, it’s 18 months after this post appeared and as Marik notes, thesaurus.com is comprehensively bastardized. For the last month or so it is effectively and utterly useless. Common words result in just a few synoyms, less common (most of my searches) result in NOTHING.

Bye bye thesaurus.com. Enjoy your new life as useless commercial rubbish.

]]> By: Marik http://viridia.org/2006/10/13/thesauruscom-sucks/#comment-28199 Marik Sat, 03 May 2008 21:58:35 +0000 http://viridia.org/2006/10/13/thesauruscom-sucks/#comment-28199 I agree that thesaurus.com sucks. Especially now that they've limited their content and are making users upgrade to "premium" content that we had been getting for free. The perpetrators of this bastardization and greed should suffer horribly. Greedy, greedy pricks... I agree that thesaurus.com sucks. Especially now that they’ve limited their content and are making users upgrade to “premium” content that we had been getting for free. The perpetrators of this bastardization and greed should suffer horribly. Greedy, greedy pricks…

]]> By: Talin http://viridia.org/2006/10/13/thesauruscom-sucks/#comment-307 Talin Wed, 18 Oct 2006 02:01:28 +0000 http://viridia.org/2006/10/13/thesauruscom-sucks/#comment-307 WordNet is often good, but it also has a ton of missing pieces WordNet is often good, but it also has a ton of missing pieces

]]> By: Robert McNally http://viridia.org/2006/10/13/thesauruscom-sucks/#comment-305 Robert McNally Tue, 17 Oct 2006 20:39:46 +0000 http://viridia.org/2006/10/13/thesauruscom-sucks/#comment-305 Wordnet? Wordnet?

]]> By: ewhac http://viridia.org/2006/10/13/thesauruscom-sucks/#comment-298 ewhac Sun, 15 Oct 2006 21:06:34 +0000 http://viridia.org/2006/10/13/thesauruscom-sucks/#comment-298 A hard copy of Roget's? I believe they also publish an electronic version as well. A hard copy of Roget’s?

I believe they also publish an electronic version as well.

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