[OS X TeX] Re: [OT] Spamming?

Alex Scorpan scorpan at gmail.com
Fri Sep 29 22:21:57 CEST 2006


> So, I just looked up tinyurl.

> 2) In the left margin, it said "Hi Alain". Since this is indeedd my  
> first name but I am not on first name basis with many people, and  
> this was the first time ever I looked up tinyurl, I wonder how they  
> got it.

They don't got it, Amazon got it.  The "Hi Whoever" is part of an  
Amazon add.  And Amazon knows you.  There's even a little link "How  
do we know you?" under the add.

--  Alex (a different one)

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