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Predict if a handwritten document has been produced by a male or a female writer ($1,000 prize)
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Posted on 03/17/2013 5:05:05 PM PDT by Flightdeck
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FreeRepublic has a rich history of document-sleuthing. With $1,000 to the winner, let's make it richer.
To: Flightdeck
This will be impossible in another 10 years, now that th schools have sstopped teaching handwriting.
To: Flightdeck
0bama’s sample is female. Biden is transgender.
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posted on
03/17/2013 5:15:50 PM PDT
by
Drango
(A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
To: afraidfortherepublic
now that th schools have sstopped teaching handwriting and the proper use of the word "gender."
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posted on
03/17/2013 5:18:20 PM PDT
by
ASA Vet
(Are all journalists ignorant or are they trained to be so?)
To: Flightdeck
This is simple. Girls dot their I’s with little hearts or smiley faces and boys don’t.
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posted on
03/17/2013 5:22:01 PM PDT
by
Fzob
(In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock. Jefferson)
To: Flightdeck
Well, it’s 50/50, unless you’re in San Francisco, so I’ll guess......male.
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posted on
03/17/2013 5:28:33 PM PDT
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
To: Flightdeck
predict? as in before you even see it?
heh
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posted on
03/17/2013 5:29:23 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(http://asspos.blogspot.com)
To: Fzob
Who has time for that crap?
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posted on
03/17/2013 5:33:47 PM PDT
by
autumnraine
(America how long will you be so deaf and dumb to thoe tumbril wheels carrying you to the guillotine?)
To: autumnraine
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posted on
03/17/2013 5:34:36 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: Flightdeck
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posted on
03/17/2013 5:38:03 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas exercitus gerit ;-{)
To: Flightdeck
There are a few studies regarding the automatic detection of the gender of a handwritten document
"Studies"? All that's needed is a study of elementary grammar. Simply look at the nouns and pronouns.
Masculine gender: he, him, his, waiter, steward, etc.
Feminine gender: she, her, hers, waitress, stewardess, etc.
Neuter gender: it, its, automobile, etc.
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posted on
03/17/2013 5:48:47 PM PDT
by
LearsFool
("Thou shouldst not have been old, till thou hadst been wise.")
To: LearsFool
I detect a kindred spirit. See post #4.
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posted on
03/17/2013 5:51:38 PM PDT
by
ASA Vet
(Are all journalists ignorant or are they trained to be so?)
To: Flightdeck
I work with teenagers and people in their twenties. They don’t know how to write. They can use a keyboard and they can print, but handwriting is not a skill they were ever taught or learned.
To: Fzob
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posted on
03/17/2013 5:59:29 PM PDT
by
loungitude
(The truth hurts.)
To: Fzob
My handwriting looks like my father’s, especially my signature although I can write like my mother - used to forge her signature in high school.
And my children’s handwriting, the boys and the girls, is like their father’s, unfortunately.
Now am I my children’s mother or father?
To: afraidfortherepublic
Us old timers remember the day when every classroom had cursive handwriting examples above the chalk board. For me that was what I doodled with when I was bored and though I was not a highly motivated student, I did have excellent penmanship.
Also, my mom always told us (back in the days of letter and note writing) that your pen was often the first impression you made on someone.
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posted on
03/17/2013 6:05:59 PM PDT
by
Baynative
(Lord, keep your arm around my shoulder and your hand over my mouth.)
To: LearsFool
It’s not a completely frivolous exercise. Note that the target language is Arabic. The sponsors likely want to be able to identify the gender of US-bashing drivel for profile purposes. It’s also interesting from a statistical perspective.
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posted on
03/17/2013 6:13:26 PM PDT
by
Flightdeck
(My four children have been robbed)
To: loungitude
Charles J. Hearn, a Texas state judge, has been putting a happy face on his signature for years. I guess it takes all kinds.
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posted on
03/17/2013 6:14:29 PM PDT
by
Fzob
(In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock. Jefferson)
To: dfwgator
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posted on
03/17/2013 6:18:54 PM PDT
by
autumnraine
(America how long will you be so deaf and dumb to thoe tumbril wheels carrying you to the guillotine?)
To: TexasKamaAina
>>I work with teenagers and people in their twenties. They dont know how to write. They can use a keyboard and they can print, but handwriting is not a skill they were ever taught or learned.
I must admit I can barely write myself, but my niece is entering middle school here in Thailand, not an international school, but a good, private Thai school, and they teach English cursive writing.
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