Rich Wrote:
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>Steve Farmer provides a good critique

Probably because he knows a great deal about this particular subject.

> If you had a wealth of texts, you could look for
> common words and patterns to create a dictionary.
> This seems to be what they've done. A nice first
> step.

It's not nice. If you read the rest of the post, you'll see that it's just plain silly.

> Nevertheless, it is a good idea to have someone
> document all of the patterns between all of the
> texts... it is a nice first step.

As it says in the first post in this topic:

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In the mid to late 1960s what was known since the 20s using the naked eye was "discovered" again using the "magic of computers" by the Finns and Soviets. A whole string of other writers have used computers many times since to prove the same obvious point.

> I don't really have a problem with the methodology
> being employed.

If you read through the links provided in the posts, you'll find plenty of detailed information about the flaws in the approach adopted by Rajesh Rao and others to this subject.

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