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From: Invisible
Subject: Re: Prices in America?
Date: 8 Mar 2011 09:50:47
Message: <4d764247$1@news.povray.org>
On 08/03/2011 01:53 PM, Sabrina Kilian wrote:

> now to sit back and watch this post set off every spam alarm ever made.

I work for a company that handles pharmaceuticals. You have *no idea* 
how much fun it is trying to figure out spam filter to not filter out 
legitimate business enquiries, yet still filter out spam... :-D


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From: Jim Henderson
Subject: Re: Prices in America?
Date: 8 Mar 2011 13:02:30
Message: <4d766f36$1@news.povray.org>
On Tue, 08 Mar 2011 08:53:01 -0500, Sabrina Kilian wrote:

> Plain ol' paracetamol is over the counter in the US, in doses that would
> probably make your head spin anywhere else. 500 to 650mg pills, in 30 to
> 90 count bottles.

Under what brand names?  I can't remember ever seeing it here...

Jim


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From: Jim Henderson
Subject: Re: Prices in America?
Date: 8 Mar 2011 13:02:46
Message: <4d766f46@news.povray.org>
On Tue, 08 Mar 2011 14:50:47 +0000, Invisible wrote:

> On 08/03/2011 01:53 PM, Sabrina Kilian wrote:
> 
>> now to sit back and watch this post set off every spam alarm ever made.
> 
> I work for a company that handles pharmaceuticals. You have *no idea*
> how much fun it is trying to figure out spam filter to not filter out
> legitimate business enquiries, yet still filter out spam... :-D

Best response ever. :-)

Jim


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From: Orchid XP v8
Subject: Re: Prices in America?
Date: 8 Mar 2011 14:34:53
Message: <4d7684dd$1@news.povray.org>
>> I work for a company that handles pharmaceuticals. You have *no idea*
>> how much fun it is trying to figure out spam filter to not filter out
>> legitimate business enquiries, yet still filter out spam... :-D
>
> Best response ever. :-)

*bow*

Thank you. :-D

-- 
http://blog.orphi.me.uk/
http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*


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From: Jim Henderson
Subject: Re: Prices in America?
Date: 8 Mar 2011 16:06:53
Message: <4d769a6d$1@news.povray.org>
On Tue, 08 Mar 2011 19:35:01 +0000, Orchid XP v8 wrote:

>>> I work for a company that handles pharmaceuticals. You have *no idea*
>>> how much fun it is trying to figure out spam filter to not filter out
>>> legitimate business enquiries, yet still filter out spam... :-D
>>
>> Best response ever. :-)
> 
> *bow*
> 
> Thank you. :-D

You're most welcome - and I've shared it with others, and they *loved* it.

Jim


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From: Mike Raiford
Subject: Re: Prices in America?
Date: 10 Mar 2011 06:43:47
Message: <4d78b973@news.povray.org>
On 3/8/2011 8:50 AM, Invisible wrote:
> On 08/03/2011 01:53 PM, Sabrina Kilian wrote:
>
>> now to sit back and watch this post set off every spam alarm ever made.
>
> I work for a company that handles pharmaceuticals. You have *no idea*
> how much fun it is trying to figure out spam filter to not filter out
> legitimate business enquiries, yet still filter out spam... :-D

I'm guessing a Bayesian classifier is almost useless in this case? :)


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From: Invisible
Subject: Re: Prices in America?
Date: 10 Mar 2011 06:47:22
Message: <4d78ba4a@news.povray.org>
>> I work for a company that handles pharmaceuticals. You have *no idea*
>> how much fun it is trying to figure out spam filter to not filter out
>> legitimate business enquiries, yet still filter out spam... :-D
>
> I'm guessing a Bayesian classifier is almost useless in this case? :)

No, a Baysian classifier would probably work quite well. See, all the 
ham contains works like "viagra" in the same sentence as "double-blinded 
randomised trial", while all the spam contains "viagra" in the same 
sentence as "lowest price meds of guaranteed". ;-)

It's the keyword-based filters that fail horribly. (And not just because 
many of them don't let you edit the keywords...)


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From: Sabrina Kilian
Subject: Re: Prices in America?
Date: 10 Mar 2011 12:45:02
Message: <4d790e1e$1@news.povray.org>
On 3/8/2011 1:02 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Tue, 08 Mar 2011 08:53:01 -0500, Sabrina Kilian wrote:
>
>> Plain ol' paracetamol is over the counter in the US, in doses that would
>> probably make your head spin anywhere else. 500 to 650mg pills, in 30 to
>> 90 count bottles.
>
> Under what brand names?  I can't remember ever seeing it here...
>
> Jim

tylenol. The american chemical name is acetaminophen.


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From: Alain
Subject: Re: Prices in America?
Date: 10 Mar 2011 13:54:48
Message: <4d791e78$1@news.povray.org>
Le 2011/03/10 12:45, Sabrina Kilian a écrit :
> On 3/8/2011 1:02 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> On Tue, 08 Mar 2011 08:53:01 -0500, Sabrina Kilian wrote:
>>
>>> Plain ol' paracetamol is over the counter in the US, in doses that would
>>> probably make your head spin anywhere else. 500 to 650mg pills, in 30 to
>>> 90 count bottles.
>>
>> Under what brand names? I can't remember ever seeing it here...
>>
>> Jim
>
> tylenol. The american chemical name is acetaminophen.

US and Canada.

Make that up to 120, 500mg, pills per bottle.

And you can also have it in liquid form. Over 750mg per dose: it's 
called Niquil.


Alain


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From: Jim Henderson
Subject: Re: Prices in America?
Date: 10 Mar 2011 16:25:17
Message: <4d7941bd$1@news.povray.org>
On Thu, 10 Mar 2011 12:45:02 -0500, Sabrina Kilian wrote:

> On 3/8/2011 1:02 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> On Tue, 08 Mar 2011 08:53:01 -0500, Sabrina Kilian wrote:
>>
>>> Plain ol' paracetamol is over the counter in the US, in doses that
>>> would probably make your head spin anywhere else. 500 to 650mg pills,
>>> in 30 to 90 count bottles.
>>
>> Under what brand names?  I can't remember ever seeing it here...
>>
>> Jim
> 
> tylenol. The american chemical name is acetaminophen.

OIC, I didn't actually realize that. :-)

I've learned a thing today, so today hasn't been wasted.

Jim


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