FW: Re[2]: cultural colors
George Haberberger
ghaberbe at frontiernet.net
Fri May 3 05:58:30 CDT 1996
At 04:26 PM 5/2/96 PDT, JM wrote:
>Somebody on the list wrote:
>
>ObPynchon: I've noticed an ad on cable advertising "Locate old college
>roommates for only $39.95." Let's each kick in 2 bucks and try to find
>TRP.
>
>
>The privacy-invading "people finder" in Yahoo turned up two Thomas R.
>Pynchons last week. One of them was pretty clearly the novelist's father
>on Long Island, N.Y. (who passed away last year and for whom an obituary
>is available through the electronic library). But who's that other one up in
>Canton, N.Y.? (Wouldn't that area be inside the great concavity? (Sorry, I
>couldn't resist. ;-) )) The people finder in Yahoo seems to be a database
>made up of phone book listings, or at least this is what I infer from making
>some comparisons. BTW, if you don't want your own info displayed in
>Yahoo for just anyone to find you can ask Yahoo to have it suppressed.
>
-jm
>
You could also try the white pages at www.switchboard.com for a nationwide
phone listing. There's precious little privacy in cyberspace.
George
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