From: david@edenroad.demon.co.uk   
      
   On Thu, 20 Oct 2005 05:50:13 -0500, Dick Silk - The Computer Tutor wrote:   
      
   > "David Mitchell"  wrote in message   
   > news:pan.2005.10.20.05.35.22.563448@edenroad.demon.co.uk...   
   >> On Wed, 19 Oct 2005 17:27:25 -0500, Dick Silk - The Computer Tutor wrote:   
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   >> If you're suggesting that anyone is doing large-scale extraction of   
   >> qualitative data from "anecdotes", I'd like to see a cite.   
   >   
   > People / companies are not going to divulge their ongoing research.   
   > "Competitive edge" and all that.   
      
      
      
   >> Certainly nothing you've provided so far is anything like that: the first   
   >> company you mentioned certainly process their data (to remove duplicates   
   >> and old addresses), but their data is addresses, not anecdotes.   
   >   
   > Their work involves qualitative data.  It's not just an address database   
   > company.   
      
   Do tell, what do they do with anecdotes??   
      
   > As for a cite, here's a little something:   
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   So, these "companies" which are doing "large-scale" data extraction; boils   
   down to _one_ paper - which you co-wrote?   
      
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