Re: adaptive word score, and numbers

[Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@ifi.uio.no>]

Wesley.Hardaker@sphys.unil.ch writes:

> Anyway, the problem with numbers is that typically when you want to
> score them its in a version number string:
> 
> Red Gnus 0.68
> 
> for instance.  Technically you want to keep the 0. with the 68 as its
> really one word in that context (unlike words, where red.gnus would be
> two most likely).  That way it would work in groups where you ended up
> with discussions like "68 ways to clean a monkeys mouth with topic
> mode".

Yup.  Which is a good argument for ignoring numbers by default.
Numbers are too, uhm, non-distinctive.  While words like "quisquose"
aren't likely to appear in subject headers that don't deal with
quisquosian things, the number 42 is as likely to appear in something
that talks about the cosmic constant as it is in articles about speed
limits.  Or something.

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