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authorChong Yidong2009-05-12 04:16:56 +0000
committerChong Yidong2009-05-12 04:16:56 +0000
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Remove mention of obsolete president.
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@@ -2713,16 +2713,14 @@ typing @kbd{C-g}. The dissociation output remains in the
2713@samp{*Dissociation*} buffer for you to copy elsewhere if you wish. 2713@samp{*Dissociation*} buffer for you to copy elsewhere if you wish.
2714 2714
2715@cindex presidentagon 2715@cindex presidentagon
2716 Dissociated Press operates by jumping at random from one point in the 2716 Dissociated Press operates by jumping at random from one point in
2717buffer to another. In order to produce plausible output rather than 2717the buffer to another. In order to produce plausible output rather
2718gibberish, it insists on a certain amount of overlap between the end of 2718than gibberish, it insists on a certain amount of overlap between the
2719one run of consecutive words or characters and the start of the next. 2719end of one run of consecutive words or characters and the start of the
2720That is, if it has just output `president' and then decides to jump 2720next. That is, if it has just output `president' and then decides to
2721to a different point in the buffer, it might spot the `ent' in `pentagon' 2721jump to a different point in the buffer, it might spot the `ent' in
2722and continue from there, producing `presidentagon'.@footnote{This 2722`pentagon' and continue from there, producing `presidentagon'. Long
2723dissociword actually appeared during the Vietnam War, when it was very 2723sample texts produce the best results.
2724appropriate. Bush has made it appropriate again.} Long sample texts
2725produce the best results.
2726 2724
2727@cindex againformation 2725@cindex againformation
2728 A positive argument to @kbd{M-x dissociated-press} tells it to operate 2726 A positive argument to @kbd{M-x dissociated-press} tells it to operate