tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555947.post115523219180247301..comments2024-03-14T01:32:43.610-06:00Comments on The Geomblog: Precision, recall, and bottles of water.Suresh Venkatasubramanianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15898357513326041822noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555947.post-1155398641838997922006-08-12T10:04:00.000-06:002006-08-12T10:04:00.000-06:00The problem is, of course, there is no scope for e...The problem is, of course, there is no scope for error. Even if you implement a strategy that has 99% recall, you still have many planes being hijacked. In such high-risk situations, I think it is right to maximise recall at the cost of precision.<BR/><BR/>And why, oh why, does one need nail clippers on the plane? Given a choice between not clipping my nails on a plane and being blown apart at 30k feet over the Atlantic, I personally would choose the former.  <BR/><BR/><A></A><A></A>Posted by<A><B> </B></A>BanjoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555947.post-1155367495323044652006-08-12T01:24:00.000-06:002006-08-12T01:24:00.000-06:00Suresh, maybe you should become a consultant to th...Suresh, maybe you should become a consultant to the TSA? You are from Bell labs after all. :) <BR/><BR/><A></A><A></A>Posted by<A><B> </B></A>AnonymousAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555947.post-1155305105666205262006-08-11T08:05:00.000-06:002006-08-11T08:05:00.000-06:00"do no evil" is exemplified in Northern Ireland ? ..."do no evil" is exemplified in Northern Ireland ? You should go back and read an issue of the Atlantic Monthly from earlier this year (I think April). It tells the tale of one of the british double agents inside the IRA, and provides a snapshot of the 'dirty war' (their term, not mine) waged by British intelligence against the IRA. <BR/><BR/>I'd be hard pressed to describe anything that any of the warring parties did there as "not evil".  <BR/><BR/><A></A><A></A>Posted by<A><B> </B></A>SureshSuresh Venkatasubramanianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15898357513326041822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555947.post-1155274000799206752006-08-10T23:26:00.000-06:002006-08-10T23:26:00.000-06:00Seems the answer is simple enough though. I don't ...Seems the answer is simple enough though. I don't hear of any bombs exploding in Northern Ireland, do I?<BR/><BR/>As long as you keep wagging wars and being arogant, and you refuse to have reasonable politics, people are going to try to fight back. <BR/><BR/>It is also quite statistical. You upset 60 million people here, 60 million people there, statistically, you are going to get just enough desperate and crazy people to create lots of problems.<BR/><BR/>The recipe for security is simple, really: do no evil.<BR/><BR/>You'll always have nut cases, but statistically, these are going to be rare and easily outgunned. <BR/><BR/><A></A><A></A>Posted by<A><B> </B></A><A HREF="http://www.daniel-lemire.com/" REL="nofollow" TITLE="lemire at acm dot org">Daniel Lemire</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555947.post-1155250238819147972006-08-10T16:50:00.000-06:002006-08-10T16:50:00.000-06:00Suresh, here's something also well-written, expres...Suresh, here's something also well-written, expressing part of what you express above (but cutting out the CS terminology):<BR/>http://walkerw.blogspot.com/2006/08/knowledge-is-best-defense-against.html <BR/><BR/><A></A><A></A>Posted by<A><B> </B></A><A HREF="http://geomblog.blogspot.com/2006/08/precision-recall-and-bottles-of-water.html#comments" REL="nofollow" TITLE="marvin1024 at yahoo dot com">Amit C</A>AChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14911233583375020356noreply@blogger.com