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From: cybrspc!roy@cs.umn.edu (Roy M. Silvernail)
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john@zygot.ati.com (John Higdon) writes:

> An OTC pharmacutical company is sponsoring something called "Pollen
> Trak" (with the same announcer on the machine that did "Weather
> Trak").  You call the number and you get a pollen report for your
> area. Based on the ANI data obtained in real time you are given,
> supposedly, the correct report. It gives me a Sacramento area report;
> that's hardly useful since San Jose is somewhat outside Sacramento's
> geographic sphere of influence.

I just had to try it. The recorded voice asked me to punch in my area
code and phone number. (So much for ANI!) Then, it was kind enough to
give _me_ the Sacramento pollen report, too!

It strikes me that Minneapolis is perhaps a bit farther afield than
San Jose, eh, John? I wonder who's programming this beastie?


    Roy M. Silvernail   
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