OT: neural networks and filePro

[Fairlight]

Only Kenneth Brody would say something like:
> 
> I tend to get the opposite at A&P and ShopRite.  Whatever I buy, I tend to
> get coupons based on what I'm buying at that time, but for the competitor's
> product.  If I buy Gerber's baby food, I will get a coupon for BeechNut.  If
> I buy a box of Kellog's cereal, I'll get a coupon for General Mills.  And so
> on.

Things can be just as absurd without computers in the way.

We get a dozen Krispy Kreme donuts pretty much every day.  ("My name is
Fairlight, and I'm a donutholic...")  They know us very well over there
(and actually worry if we don't show up!).  We get "buy one, get one free"
coupons from LIVE PEOPLE all the time.  

That may work for hard goods, but how often do you want to double your
usual order of a pretty perishable foodstuff?  I mean, cummon, they're
really only good fresh.  Give 'em even 12hrs and the icing tends to break
down, making them a soggy mess that's nowhere near as good the next day.

Pointless--and that's with no computers in the mix, but actual human
beings.

Much smarter was the manager that would give us a dozen on the house ever few
weeks because we're such constant customers.

I guess you'd have to guarantee that anyone doing any sort of programming
is on par with the intelligent manager, rather than the idiots handing out
near-useless coupons, before you'd get useful results.

mark->
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