2003-05-31
... ? My word, it's easy to pick him or her - theage.com.auArgamon's gender program is part of a much broader technique called "stylometry," which analyses styles not only of writing, but also of music, graphics, art and architecture. A practical application of stylometry, he said, would be to identify writers of anonymous communications, such as the Unabomber, on the basis of their writings. The Unabomber, whose 17-year terrorism spree ended in 1995, was identified as Theodore Kaczynski only after his 35,000-word manifesto was compared with his known writings by his brother, David.
