From ooo-users-return-1088-apmail-incubator-ooo-users-archive=incubator.apache.org@incubator.apache.org Sun Apr 1 19:15:36 2012 Return-Path: X-Original-To: apmail-incubator-ooo-users-archive@minotaur.apache.org Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-ooo-users-archive@minotaur.apache.org Received: from mail.apache.org (hermes.apache.org [140.211.11.3]) by minotaur.apache.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 18E80970D for ; Sun, 1 Apr 2012 19:15:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 18791 invoked by uid 500); 1 Apr 2012 19:15:35 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-ooo-users-archive@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 18761 invoked by uid 500); 1 Apr 2012 19:15:35 -0000 Mailing-List: contact ooo-users-help@incubator.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: ooo-users@incubator.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list ooo-users@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 18753 invoked by uid 99); 1 Apr 2012 19:15:35 -0000 Received: from nike.apache.org (HELO nike.apache.org) (192.87.106.230) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Sun, 01 Apr 2012 19:15:35 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.7 required=5.0 tests=RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SPF_NEUTRAL X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: neutral (nike.apache.org: local policy) Received: from [87.194.255.134] (HELO anakin.london.02.net) (87.194.255.134) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Sun, 01 Apr 2012 19:15:26 +0000 Received: from scottsonline.org.uk (78.105.254.41) by anakin.london.02.net (8.5.140) id 4EEB63D201E314ED for ooo-users@incubator.apache.org; Sun, 1 Apr 2012 20:15:05 +0100 Received: from [192.168.0.2] (picard.scotts [192.168.0.2]) by scottsonline.org.uk (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id q31JF4Pk045418 for ; Sun, 1 Apr 2012 20:15:04 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mike@scottsonline.org.uk) Message-ID: <4F78A938.5080101@scottsonline.org.uk> Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2012 20:15:04 +0100 From: Mike Scott User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:11.0) Gecko/20120327 Thunderbird/11.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: ooo-users@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: A moderator's view of this list [was: Re: I Hate Your Product] References: <003001cd0f8f$bad89af0$3089d0d0$@acm.org> <4F780499.6060606@scottsonline.org.uk> <42632.151.25.10.134.1333286568.squirrel@nexaima.net> <4F78692C.9030707@scottsonline.org.uk> <40914.151.25.10.134.1333299670.squirrel@nexaima.net> In-Reply-To: <40914.151.25.10.134.1333299670.squirrel@nexaima.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.72 on 192.168.0.1 On 01/04/12 18:01, M. Fioretti wrote: > > On Sun, April 1, 2012 4:41 pm, Mike Scott wrote: > >> Actually, while I remember a disagreement, I'm not sure myself of the >> details. I think it might have been about using some sort of engine to >> guess a likely answer to unsubscribed queries - I vaguely seem to recall >> you didn't approve: > > Yes, now I remember, thanks. I stepped in because you suggested a bayesian > autoresponder, and I explained why in my opinion it wouldn't work in this > case. But it was a purely technical disagreement, nothing personal. Heck, Nothing personal taken. We're all allowed - I hope - our opinions. I did actually start categorising list responses at one time, just to see if a Bayesian system might work (it was only a particular example). But it was taking too much time, so I dropped the project and chucked the data. Ah well. .... > Bayesian filters cannot work in this case because they assume that the Maybe. I don't know, and thought it might be worth trying. There's usually /some/ key word or phrase that gives the game away. > sender knows what he's talking about. And it's not needed at all, if the > sender receives answers from real humans anyway. But of course the copy One thing I was trying to reduce was the endless repetition of the same answers. People have better things to do, I hope, than tell endless numbers of others the same thing over and over -- 'you unsubscribe by.......'. Boring to do, boring to see on list. -- Mike Scott Harlow, Essex, England --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: ooo-users-unsubscribe@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: ooo-users-help@incubator.apache.org