Re: [PLUG] Spam programs

[Jeff Abrahamson <jeff@purple.com>]

On Fri, Oct 22, 2004 at 10:25:02AM -0400, Tobias DiPasquale wrote:
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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?
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> 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.

I guess I meant that it's easier to make decisions without full
information, but that doesn't necessarily mean the decisions are
better.  Just easier to make.

-- 
 Jeff

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