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PR/BS filters

Posted Nov 14, 2006 3:32 UTC (Tue) by xoddam (subscriber, #2322)
In reply to: Sun releases Java under GPLv2 by tjc
Parent article: Sun releases Java under GPLv2

> I tried to read the Sun press release, but my PR/BS filter
> keeps crashing...

Would you care to file a proper bug report?


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Posted Nov 14, 2006 15:27 UTC (Tue) by tjc (subscriber, #137) [Link]

Would you care to file a proper bug report?
I wouldn't know where to file it. :-)

Every press release I've ever read is the same:

"[company name] is proud to announce blah blah blah..."

After a few seconds I realize that my attention has drifted, so I start over, but a few second later I'm back to "blah blah blah."

Since press releases are so much the same, I wonder if one couldn't come up with a heuristic algorithm to filter out all the crap. For example, one would a PR as input, the the program would output something like "Sun releases Java SE, ME, and EE under the GPL, version 2."

PR/BS filters

Posted Nov 14, 2006 19:28 UTC (Tue) by bronson (subscriber, #4806) [Link]

That would be an AWESOME natural language algorithm. Please, somebody invent it. I'd use it daily.

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