[LINK] Big Data - bad or otherwise

[Frank O'Connor]

Reminds me of the old science joke:

Q. What does DNA stand for?

A. The National Dyslexia Association.

Just my (somewhat warped) 2 cents worth
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On 15 Jan 2014, at 3:08 pm, Bernard Robertson-Dunn <brd at iimetro.com.au> wrote:

> On 15/01/2014 2:13 PM, Jan Whitaker wrote:
>> [waves at NSA because I used their TLA in this]
> 
> If the NSA did follow up all uses of NSA, they'd have to trawl through 
> those many emails and SMS from people using NSA to mean No Strings Attached.
> 
> Or:
> Notary Signing Agent
> National Scrabble Association
> National Student Association
> National Steeplechase Association
> National Sound Archive
> Nikkei Stock Average
> National Shipping Authority
> National School of Administration (China)
> etc.
> 
> There are 127 listed at http://www.acronymfinder.com/NSA.html
> 
> And then there's all those seNSAtional words which would give rise to 
> many traNSActions.
> 
> The trouble with data is that you often don't know what they mean, what 
> they used to mean, what they might mean and what they were intended to mean.
> 
> -- 
> 
> Regards
> brd
> 
> Bernard Robertson-Dunn
> Sydney Australia
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