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["Alan MacHett" <machett AT ibiblio.org>]

In reference to Evan Zimmerman's message:
> I'm sure INW was already archived somewhere by google, yes? Would
> passing through gmail be different in some way?
>

No, other than they seem to be storing/compiling everything for reasons
other than public interest.

I was just poking fun at the automated email reading of gmail.  I
personally don't like Google, but more to the point, I'm not sure how the
"read your gmail to target advertising" works.  I was discussing this with
a friend the other day; she uses gmail.

If they scan my message to her to target ads to her, well, I could be
talking about the rising cost of ox dung fertilizer for rice paddies in
China, which she could care less about, so any ads directed her way would
be pointless.  On the other hand, if they're scanning her email to me,
well, /I/ can't get their ads, so big whoop; or if they're scanning her
mail to target back at her, well, it would be after the fact; she's
already sent the mail.

I'm sure I'm missing something.  I just don't get it.  And I just don't
like Google.  I will give them this; they get the Boolean NOT operator
correct.  Tried a search recently and Google was the only engine that
actually excluded the NOT term.  (It was a search for Lennon, the recent
singer, not John or Julian or Sean.)

...but I blather on.  ;)

-Alan