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Data Mining Briefly Explained

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

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  1. Print Link by VargrX · · Score: 4, Informative

    dunno 'bout any one else, but I don't care for all the ads...
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  2. Already used in mineral exploration by core+plexus · · Score: 4, Informative
    We've been using data mining in mineral exploration for quite some time now, and it really helps given the tremendous volums of data generated from modern geophysical, geochemical, and geological exploration.

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  3. Before You Jeer... by robbyjo · · Score: 3, Informative

    You may want to read this book and see it yourself whether data mining would make a breakthrough in the future.

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  4. No.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    There is a redhat sticker in the top-left corner of the picture.

  5. KnowledgeMiner 5.0 software for Mac OS 9. by alchemist68 · · Score: 2, Informative

    can be located here:

    http://www.knowledgeminer.net/

    I've thought about using this software to analyze stocks to purchase, but never got around to looking at the information required for the software to give me an edge in the market. Looks promising though.

  6. Objection to the numbers by rootmonkey · · Score: 4, Informative

    The article use NASDAQ as an example of having to process terabytes of data on a daily basis and the data mining software can help filter things out. The software may be useful but NASDAQ does not process terabytes per day of incoming data. I work in the market data industry and we take exchange feeds from around the world including NASDAQ and we don't process close to that much. OPRA (options) have the most data per day and that is only in the order of tens of GB range.

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  7. PR by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    This article seemed to me more like a concatenation of a few press releases, especially the ones noting data mining successes, than "news." Then again, most news is simply rehashed PR (as a lecturer on NPR noted the other night).

    Let our Data Mining Products make your life Better!

    To save everyone time and annoying popups, consider visiting the sites of some of the products mentioned. These pages are every bit as insightful and critical as the article:

    http://www.autonomy.com/
    http://www.currentanal ysis.com/
    http://www.srdnet.com/
    http://www.digi mine.com/ (this didn't load for me, but I have Javascript disabled...)
    http://www.unisys.co.uk/public-uk/ju stice/police/d efault.asp?cn=pa

    Posting anonymously to dodge accusations of karma whoring.

  8. Re:profiteering? by acidfast7 · · Score: 2, Informative
    In fact, I haven't heard of a single terrorist act averted since 9/11.

    With the current sensationalized state of mass media, would one hear of a terrorist act if it was avoided?