[69324] in North American Network Operators' Group

home help back first fref pref prev next nref lref last post

RE: Spam with no purpose?

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michel Py)
Tue Apr 6 01:36:17 2004

Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2004 22:35:40 -0700
From: "Michel Py" <michel@arneill-py.sacramento.ca.us>
To: "Paul Jakma" <paul@clubi.ie>
Cc: <nanog@merit.edu>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu


>> Michel Py wrote:
>> Indeed; notice I did write "Bayesian-like" and not "Bayesian" and
>> never mentioned anything about good ones or not-as-good ones.

> Paul Jakma wrote:
> Right, but if we're going to talk about bayesian filtering
> in general, there's little sense in constraining the
> discussion to "not-as-good" bayesian filters. The not-as-good
> filters are obviously doomed to extinction, if they do not
> improve and become good ones.

Paul,

I hope you forgive my bluntness, but this is the worst argument you have
ever made in the hundreds of postings I had the privilege to exchange
with you on other mailing lists over the years.

Especially on _this_ mailing list, if you were right, Microsoft would be
extinct.

Michel.


home help back first fref pref prev next nref lref last post