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FeaturesFrom: Gregory Piatetsky-ShapiroDate: 27 Apr 2005 Subject: Limerick and Haiku contest on Data Mining Topics Ross Bettinger proposed a limerick contest. The first line must be "There once was a data miner". Ross' submission:
Who claimed, "I'm a Forty-Niner." His main obsession Was logistic regression But neural networks predicted finer. I also suggest a data mining haiku contest. Traditional Japanese haiku consist of three lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables, respectively. However, considering the average level of poetic talent of data miners I know (myself included), the rules are relaxed here. Data mining haiku should still have 3 lines, but we allow a "standard deviation" of 2 syllables in each line length (i.e. lines can be 3-7, 5-9, and 3-7 syllables, respectively). Here is an "acceptable" example with 4, 6, and 5 syllables in each line.
And so little knowledge Keyboard waiting Please email poetic submissions to editor at kdnuggets.com and specify whether your name should be published or remain anonymous. |
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