Netscan Data-mining

[Anne Lurie]

Although I *sincerely* hope that we should never have the need to look up
the NetScan data-mining website, I'm being conservative by posting this for
the archives:
http://netscan.research.microsoft.com/Static/reportcard.asp? (BTW, it's
tough for me to put "I" and "conservative" in the same sentence, but....)

<I may be getting paranoid in my old age, but...... I've taken the liberty
of starting a new thread called "Netscan Datamining" just in case we should
want to refer to this in the future. (Anyone who's ever tried to google for
a particular post without knowing the exact thread name or poster can surely
understand my reasoning.)>

Anne Lurie
Raleigh, NC

[Snooze]

"Anne Lurie" > wrote in message
.com...
> Although I *sincerely* hope that we should never have the need to look up
> the NetScan data-mining website, I'm being conservative by posting this
for
> the archives:
> http://netscan.research.microsoft.com/Static/reportcard.asp? (BTW, it's
> tough for me to put "I" and "conservative" in the same sentence, but....)
>
> <I may be getting paranoid in my old age, but...... I've taken the liberty
> of starting a new thread called "Netscan Datamining" just in case we
should
> want to refer to this in the future. (Anyone who's ever tried to google
for
> a particular post without knowing the exact thread name or poster can
surely
> understand my reasoning.)>
>

The illusion of privacy makes people feel better then true privacy. The
growth of the internet is just publishing what has gone on in back room of
corporate and government offices since the dawn of time.

You never had any privacy, you just believed you did, because your
activities weren't written down, or published. In small towns, everyone
knows everyone, shop keepers keep track of what you buy in their heads, and
occasionally talk with other shop keepers about their customers.

Usenet forums are exactly the same, they are small communities. Estimate
maybe 100-200 active posters, and another few hundred lurkers. Outside of
the community, most people don't care, except for to catalog you into a
demographics slot. Usually with the intent of sending direct marketing
catered to your interests.

Sameer

[BenignVanilla]

"Anne Lurie" > wrote in message
.com...
> Although I *sincerely* hope that we should never have the need to look up
> the NetScan data-mining website, I'm being conservative by posting this
for
> the archives:
> http://netscan.research.microsoft.com/Static/reportcard.asp? (BTW, it's
> tough for me to put "I" and "conservative" in the same sentence, but....)
>
> <I may be getting paranoid in my old age, but...... I've taken the liberty
> of starting a new thread called "Netscan Datamining" just in case we
should
> want to refer to this in the future. (Anyone who's ever tried to google
for
> a particular post without knowing the exact thread name or poster can
surely
> understand my reasoning.)>

What is this...I have never heard of it before.

BV.

[LeeAnne]

I also am in the dark on this BV, it's not just you.

LeeAnne

"BenignVanilla" > wrote in message
news:bgof8v$qc1pt$1@ID-> What is this...I have never heard of it before.
>
> BV.
>
>

[John Hines]

"BenignVanilla" > wrote:

>"Anne Lurie" > wrote in message
.com...
>> Although I *sincerely* hope that we should never have the need to look up
>> the NetScan data-mining website, I'm being conservative by posting this
>for
>> the archives:
>> http://netscan.research.microsoft.com/Static/reportcard.asp? (BTW, it's
>> tough for me to put "I" and "conservative" in the same sentence, but....)
>>
>> <I may be getting paranoid in my old age, but...... I've taken the liberty
>> of starting a new thread called "Netscan Datamining" just in case we
>should
>> want to refer to this in the future. (Anyone who's ever tried to google
>for
>> a particular post without knowing the exact thread name or poster can
>surely
>> understand my reasoning.)>
>
>What is this...I have never heard of it before.

Microsoft recently announce that they are going after Google, in the
search biz.

Looking at the URL in reverse order for the host name, I see
Microsoft.com, their research division, and then a specific project.

So it looks like this a beta test of a new service, which has escaped
out to the net itself.

[Anne Lurie]

I failed to point this out in my earlier post, but I had assumed that
Netscan is something Microsoft created to keep track of the various
complaints by users of MS products (mostly Windows, I think) to newsgroups
that *existed solely for the purpose of discussing glitches, etc. in MS
programs* -- I believe that it is indeed credible that MS gave up trying
to ID MS-product-related newsgroups solely by title, and simply expanded
Netscan to include all newsgroups.

Anne Lurie
Raleigh, NC


"John Hines" > wrote in message
...
> "BenignVanilla" > wrote:
>
> >"Anne Lurie" > wrote in message
> .com...
> >> Although I *sincerely* hope that we should never have the need to look
up
> >> the NetScan data-mining website, I'm being conservative by posting this
> >for
> >> the archives:
> >> http://netscan.research.microsoft.com/Static/reportcard.asp? (BTW,
it's
> >> tough for me to put "I" and "conservative" in the same sentence,
but....)
> >>
> >> <I may be getting paranoid in my old age, but...... I've taken the
liberty
> >> of starting a new thread called "Netscan Datamining" just in case we
> >should
> >> want to refer to this in the future. (Anyone who's ever tried to
google
> >for
> >> a particular post without knowing the exact thread name or poster can
> >surely
> >> understand my reasoning.)>
> >
> >What is this...I have never heard of it before.
>
> Microsoft recently announce that they are going after Google, in the
> search biz.
>
> Looking at the URL in reverse order for the host name, I see
> Microsoft.com, their research division, and then a specific project.
>
> So it looks like this a beta test of a new service, which has escaped
> out to the net itself.