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Plan for Spam, Version 2

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the bayesian-filtering-for-a-quieter-inbox dept.

bugbear writes "I just posted a new version of the Plan for Spam Bayesian filtering algorithm. The big change is to mark tokens by context. The new version decreases spams missed by 50%, to 2.5 per 1000, even though spam has gotten harder to filter since the summer. I also talk about how spam will evolve, and what to do about it."

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  1. My Spam Algorithm: by eforhan · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Spicy SPAMBURGER

    Ingredients:
    1 (12-ounce) can SPAM® luncheon meat, cut into 4 slices
    1 green pepper, cut into thin strips
    1 small onion, thinly sliced
    ½ cup MIRACLE WHIP or MIRACLE WHIP LIGHT Salad Dressing
    ½ teaspoon ground red pepper
    4 hamburger buns, split
    Lettuce and tomato slices (optional)

    Instructions:
    Cook SPAM®, green peppers and onions in large skillet 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Mix MIRACLE WHIP and red pepper. Spread evenly on hamburger buns. Place SPAM®, peppers and onions on bottom halves of buns. If desired, top with lettuce and tomato and cover with top halves of buns. Makes 4 sandwiches.

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    I lied. I hate spam of any kind. Bravo Anti-spammers.

    -Eric

  2. More than 1.1 billion hippies post off topic by muzzynat · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Ok do the following, then maybe I'll care about your opinion: 1. Solve world hunger so tribe in africa don't need pork to survive 2. Find jobs the farmers who currently raise hogs as a for primary or suplimental income, that require the same skills, knowlege, ect. that they have been building for generations. 3. Find me an example of a civilization that is flourishing with out pork. 4. Find a place to sell grain considerd feed quality for animals but not people. 5. Do the above with the following animals. Cattle, Chickens, fish, sheep. I appoligize for the off topic post, but people who refuse to realize that more is at stake that pig lives bother me. Additionally anyone who says pigs are intellegent has not ever been around pigs, in addition to being intellegent, they are also quite mean.

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    "I am the Flail of God!" -Genghis Kahn
    1. Re:More than 1.1 billion hippies post off topic by rworne · · Score: 0, Offtopic
      Solve world hunger so tribe in africa don't need pork to survive

      A shocking note:
      You know, in many parts of Africa and the Middle East, swine are considered unclean and unfit for eating due to cultural or religious belief.

      Even more shocking:
      Yes, I am aware of the cultural differences among the many different peoples of the world, and I am a US citizen. I can even find Iraq on a map!

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      Yeah, but bacon tastes goooood! - Vega
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      I tried every decent and legal way I could think of to resolve the issue w/the business before I rented the chicken suit
  3. Re:More than 1.1 billion pigs are killed worldwide by thomas.galvin · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Pigs would be pretty rare if we never killed them.

    Actually, there is a bit of truth to this. There are a lot of cows in America. Why? Because they taste good, or so I'm told, and they make nice clothes.

    There are more trees in America now than when Columbus landed. Why? Because we can make all kinds of nifty things out of them, so people grow and sell them, and replant what they sell.

    Simmilarly, hunting "culls the herd" a bit, controlling a population that would otherwise likely starve to death.

    And, for what it's worth, I'm a vegitarian.

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    Thomas Galvin