Wednesday, July 2, 2008

New directions in data mining










(This is a real story. Main characters begged me to rewrite it. I hope that it could be fine for you. If you feel that it is too crazy or stupid, you can delete it.)

The legend told that if you went to the statue of Juliet in Verona and touched her naked breast, you would get successful in love (!!! I doubt about this or it has another meaning :D). That was what the legend said.
Most of Italian people know about this legend and of course, young IMT researchers know but they do not take it in their minds.
And it would have been so for ever if one day it had not happened the following incident.

After two weeks with difficult exams, A.C was exhausted. One day, he passed the Piazza della Misericordia as usual, suddenly he felt strange.
- What’s that? He thought.
Turned to the direction attracted him, he found a statue of a woman with half naked breast. This kind of statues could be found everywhere in Italy, so it should have not been so strange like that but he did not know why. Next days, he kept going to the statue, observed it for hours but he still could not comprehend the reason that took him to this statue. Then, he decided to urge assistant from his classmates.

Be attracted by A.C’s ads about a naked statue in Lucca, A.B, Michelle, Lusine, Maddalena and Binh (Mai Chi) went to the piazza (how innocent scientists are!!! Really? It is hard to believe.)
- It is a statue. So what? Said Binh.
- Yeah, do you see? She has a naked breast. Answered A.C.
- Yeah, I see. So what? Said Binh.
(She thought how ridiculous these Italian guy were!)
(Oh, an ordinary girl. A.C was bored.)
At the same time, Michelle was angry. Why not? He was really disappointed; he hoped to see a complete naked statue. But what was that? Half naked breast ONLY!
- Ah, Binh, if you touch her naked breast, you can be successful in love. Explained Michelle.
- I don’t need it. Anyway, I don’t believe.
- Yeah, there’s a legend about the statue of Juliet in Verona. That is if you touch her naked breast, you can be successful in love.
- Right
. Agreed other Italian guys.
- I will go to Verona. Informed Lusine.
- Yeah, I can have a breast on my body with 2000 euros. Said Michelle.
- Really? Asked surprisingly A.B.
However, Michelle did not answer.
Selfish guy! A.B thought. I will find it out on my own. Ah, if I am lucky, maybe it will open a new direction in data mining such as new model for searching applied in breast service (smile alone). This trip is not useless at all.
- I don’t care. Binh was still stubborn.
- I don’t have porn. IMT blocks the proxy. Explained A.C. (Maybe now we have the answer for his problem!!!)
- Really? Asked both A.B and Michelle. I don’t know. How innocent they are!
- Oh, you have dozens of these real stuffs on TV at night.
- Really? Asked again Michelle, A.B and now A.C. I rarely watch TV in the evening. What’s time for those shows? Eagerly asked.
- I don’t remember. Sempre.
- Ah, capisco.
- And about the legend, I can’t believe. A.C, can you try first and then tell us about its effectiveness?
It seemed to have a light in A.C’s mind. Yeah, exactly. I will make a data set and then mine on its result. If destiny loves me, this would be a new direction in mining research. Haha, now I know the title for my PhD thesis. I’m so lucky. Ah, thanks the statue a lot. And thanks Binh, too.
Those are invaluable scientists whose researches originates from fundamental needs of human beings, for the human beings and because the human beings! TRUE SCIENTISTS!

I am so sorry that I do not have any information from Michelle. Can you guess?

3 comments:

Alex B. said...

Of course Michelle (female french name) is Michele (male Italian name).
Without this clarification the sentence about having new breasts could be misunderstood.

Nice post Binh...

Alex B. said...

Just another thing.
You say that you don't trust italian guys, that they always think to double-sense sentences and so on.

My question is: who is the person that this morning arrived two hours later, just because she wanted to look another time to the naked statue and also take a picture of it?

Lusine said...

I still wait the comment of Ales C as he is the main actor :)
Anyway nice story and anyway I will go to Verona... just to enjoy one of the beautiful cities in Italy and ...