Censored Words Unmasked

[Don_G]

A computer science student in Dublin has figured out a way to get the most probable words from redacted Iraqi documents released to the public: http://www.nature.com/nsu/040510/040510-8.html

[bryant69]

1. It's hard to keep a secret

I guess. Kind of comforting.

Bryant
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[izzie]

2. Really interesting but----

I then thinking you can find the word that you wish for what you wish it to say. Is this not a little like what they did with old badly recorded music to get it out and sound good? Like taking a Cole singing in the 30's and making it right up to date? Only trouble maybe Cole did not sing it that way. Re -fixing art would be the same. Sort of like it seems it would be, only.

[rman]

3. you cannot find just any word you wish it to say;

most words just don't fit because they are either to long or to short, and of those words that do fit, most words don't make sense in the context of the sentence, and even fewer words make sense in the context of the subject of the document.