At 01:07 PM 7/15/1998 -0500, Michael A. Stone so eloquently stated:
>okay, this is too funny to let it pass unmentioned.
>
>we have a piece of software that parses classified ads and puts
>them online. it's a bit balky, and none of the people in the
>field understand how it works in more than cookbook/checklist
>terms (and they don't follow those). we've been having lots of
>problems with one paper in particular, because they kept
>changing the classified headings without telling us.
>
>we just got it fixed, but here's an excerpt from the final report:
>
>
>> Some minor changes in the original classified dump were causing
>> the parser to associate ads with the wrong sub categories, i.e.,
>> personals were appearing with cemetery lots.
>
>
>and here i thought the standard categories: (MsF, FsM, MsM, FsF)
>were out there. ;-)
>
Perhaps seniors?
G
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