zadoc wrote:
"With computers and data mining almost anything is possible. If you
recently broke your wrist, she may even know about that. Or at least
could know about that. Depends on what info your local bank knows
about you and can provide to her, doesn't it?

After all, that is what data mining is all about. By posting your post
to the group, don't be surprised if you suddenly receive phone calls,
emails, or postal offers for "genuine US brand knives". :-) "

No, data mining is about data analysis, not data collection (sneaky or
otherwise). Data mining involves statistics, machine learning and
pattern recognition. Where the data comes from is another matter.


-W. Dwinnell
http://will.dwinnell.com

P.S. Doesn't Gerber (http://www.gerbergear.com/) still make knives in
the United States?