--On Tuesday, February 25, 2003 7:04 AM -0800 "Roger B.A. Klorese"
<rogerk@queernet.org> wrote:
> Nick Simicich wrote:
>> One thing about Bayesian spam filters (I use and contribute to
>> bogofilter, which has performance as a goal, see
>> http://bogofilter.sourceforge.net) is that they are typically tunable.
>
> So what?
>
> a) That takes work. I don't want to work at it.
> b) That occurs aftyer false positives have happened. It's unacceptable to
> me that they *ever* happen.
Well, then Roger is in a real bind, because there is absolutely no spam
prevention measure that has been, is being, or could be implemented on any
level whatsoever - from draconian intergalactic legislation to hiring the
neighbor's kid to check your Inbox - that is incapable of generating a false
positive.
So reality is unacceptable. Fortunately, fantasy is always waiting. :)
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