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Data Mining Briefly Explained

Posted by timothy on from the morally-neutral dept.

handy_vandal writes "Time.com has published an interesting article on data mining." Note the prominent sticker ;)

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  1. you'd be amazed... by inode_buddha · · Score: 4, Funny

    at how powerful data mining tecniques can be. Why, just today I have recieved 3 more "Nigerian" mails, an offer to increase my bust size (I'm a guy), and an excellent credit report from 5 different, unheard-of companies...

    Of course, the local supermarket cannot accept my personal check for groceries without their "discount card", never mind that it was *their* database admins who lost my account after a few weeks...

    (er, yeah right, and my driver's licence and birth certificate aren't worth as much as their card ??)

    Ggrrrrrrr......

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  2. Data Mining Briefly Explained by hdparm · · Score: 4, Funny
    Briefly? This would be briefly:

    1. Collect data

    2. Do some mining

    3. ???

    4. Profit!