Sunday, August 18, 2002

Bayesian Spam Filter An excellent and comprehensive article on filtering spam using Bayesian Statistics by Paul Graham. [Found via 0xdecafbad]. [Bitworking] 4:32:38 PM

NY Times: In-N-Out Burger. Tom McNichol reports on the phenomenon that is In-N-Out Burger here on the west coast. In-N-Out, founded on the West Coast in 1948, is that rarest of chain restaurants: one with a cult following. Exalted both by hamburger fans and those who normally shun fast food, it has built its reputation on the rock of two beliefs: fast food should be made from scratch, and the whims of the customer should be entertained. Even Eric Schlosser, author of the muckraking book "Fast Food Nation," is a fan. [Scott Loftesness] 4:20:46 PM

An easy way to install Microsoft's TrueType core fonts on Red Hat. [Hack the Planet] 12:59:27 PM

Malcolm Gladwell: The Naked Face From the August 5, 2002 issue of The New Yorker, this article by Malcolm Gladwell asks whether you can read people's thoughts just by looking at them. Ekman recalls the first time he saw Bill Clinton, during the 1992 Democratic primaries. "I was watching his facial expressions, and I said to my wife, 'This is Peck's Bad Boy,' " Ekman says. "This is a guy who wants to be caught with his hand in the cookie jar, and have us love him for it anyway. There was this expression that's one of his favorites. It's that hand-in-the-cookie-jar, love-me-Mommy-because-I'm-a-rascal look. It's A.U. twelve, fifteen, seventeen, and twenty-four, with an eye roll." [Scott Loftesness] 12:49:29 PM