Re: [PLUG] Spam programs

[Tobias DiPasquale <toby@cbcg.net>]

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On Oct 22, 2004, at 9:17 AM, Jeff Abrahamson wrote:
> But I'm curious why this should be so.  It's usually possible to reach
> a decision with more confidence if one has less data.  More data adds
> nuance to decisions.  Why should Bayesian filters (or Markovian or...)
> work worse if there's more data?

Your second sentence here explains it quite well ;-) Basically, it 
creates a higher signal-to-noise ratio w/r/t the tokens in your corpus. 
A medium level of solid tokens is much better than a huge array of 
who-knows-what tokens.

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Tobias DiPasquale
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