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[Mark Wright AIA]

Howdy:

Le Corbusier said that the Camera was for people who wanted to let a
*machine* do their seeing for them!

Mark

--- "argus." <argus at city-net.com> wrote:
> I beg to differ that results of statistical analysis of texts are
> objective!  that's trusting your statistician a bit too far.  its
> all about picking the right test, you know?  does chaucer stick
> out via grammar or commas or tense etc etc.  pick the correct
> test after trying all the others as *Voila* you've found objectivity.
> :>
> 
> in fact ive heard that these statistical analysises of texts are
> suprising non-helpful.  apparently because true artists can change
> their style well enough that there arent any real "fingerprints"
> in syntax etc.  i suppose mis-spellings would be a much better
> indication.  
> 
> this of course applies to the Wanda Question, which isnt, at least
> for me.  :>
> 
> susanargus
> 
> > On Mon, 28 Jun 1999, Spencer Thiel wrote:
> > 
> > > Since this is
> > > statistics, the results are objective.
> > 
> > Yeah, that is the question.  I gather that the consensus here is
> that the
> > algorithm does work.  If it does work, the next question is whether
> it is
> > possible to get access to a working model of the algorithm.  I
> probably
> > have enough biblio info to follow up already, but does anyone know
> offhand
> > if this thing is accessable to nonexperts?
> > 
> > Ben 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
> 

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