rlr@pyuxd.UUCP (Rich Rosen) (08/01/85)
[AS A PUBLIC SERVICE OF THE NET, WE ARE NOW OFFERING CLASSES FOR CREDIT VIA
NETNEWS. THE FIRST OF THESE IS HUMOROLOGY 101 AS TAUGHT BY PROFESSOR
WAGSTAFF OF THE MCLEAN STEVENSON SCHOOL OF HUMOR AT HUXLEY COLLEGE.
PROF. WAGSTAFF WAS A CHARTER MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATION FOR HUMOR
TECHNOLOGY, AND WAS THE FOUNDER OF HUMOROLOGISTS FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF
SOCIETY. HOWEVER, HE IS NO LONGER INVOLVED IN EITHER ENTERPRISE, SINCE
NEITHER ORGANIZATION'S ACRONYM SCANS INTO SOMETHING HUMOROUS, AND SINCE
HE BELIEVES THAT ANY ORGANIZATION THAT WOULD HAVE HIM AS A MEMBER ISN'T
WORTH BELONGING TO.]
[NOTE: the course will be posted only to net.bizarre, so those interested
in particular topics associated with other groups listed below,
be forewarned.]
SYLLABUS
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LESSON 1: ANALYSIS OF JOCULAR TECHNIQUE
[net.jokes{.d}] joke templates
vehicular substitution
humor quotient (HQ)
LESSON 2: CALCULATING THE HUMOR QUOTIENT
[net.math] funniness values
PFV scale
HQ formula
LESSON 3: MODERN HUMOR TECHNOLOGY
[net.ai,net.cse] structured humor
artificial humor (AH)
humoristic algorithms and joke pattern recognition
LESSON 4: "I DON'T GET IT" - METHODOLOGIES OF HUMOR TRANSFERENCE
[net.physics] Law of Conservation of Humor
jocular energy
elementary humor particles
LESSON 5: ORIGINS OF HUMOR
[net.origins, Carlwinism and the theory of evolution of humor
net.religion] alternative theories of the origin of humor
humor and the Bible
LESSON 6: CLASSIFICATION AND ANALYSIS OF HUMOR (*)
humor types
analysis of humor
FINAL EXAM
(*) = if time permits
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"Meanwhile, I was still thinking..."
Rich Rosen ihnp4!pyuxd!rlr