DB Technology

For a good example of DB/Expert system technology used for good instead of evil ("A power so great...") check out ringo@media.mit.edu, body of mail "join". You tell it your musical preferences and it suggests albums that others with a similar taste to yours liked. It'll also tell you what to avoid. I intend to honor its advice, to avoid Neil Diamond, Tiffany, and Barry Manilow. -- Todd