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Bank Holiday Sunday Afternoon Experiments #1
Posted to %afda by Kenny Hutchings on 30 May 1999
Sundays. They're boring aren't they?
In an effort to alleviate the boredom, I opened up Word 98 and began looking around the features. I noticed one called "Auto-Summarize". Intrigued, I tested it on a couple of my documents, and it seems to basically (and badly) summarize your original text.
So, I decided to put the HHGTTG series through it. These are the results. Make of them what you will.
Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Arthur
Ford's
Ford
Arthur. Ford.)
Ford.
Arthur.
Arthur.
Arthur.
Ford
Restaurant at the End of the Universe
Zaphod.
muttered Zaphod.
Zaphod
Arthur
Arthur.
Ford.
Arthur
Ford
Arthur.
Ford.
Life, The Universe, and Everything
Arthur.
Ford. Ford. Arthur frowned.
Arthur Dent.
Arthur Dent.
Arthur
Arthur Dent. Arthur
Arthur.
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
Arthur winced. Arthur got
Arthur.
Arthur
said Arthur. Arthur frowned.
Arthur's eyes
Arthur laughed. Arthur. Arthur and
Mostly Harmless*
Ford.
Ford
Arthur pushed
Arthur's watch. Arthur.
Ford thought.
Ford.
Arthur
Ford.
Arthur to Ford.
These were all auto-summarised on the "10 sentences or less" option, but the larger options were equally full of more of the same.
* Word 98 insisted that there were too many spelling errors in Mostly Harmless to provide a good summary. I don't think that's the case, apart from words like 'Vogons' and stuff...