<[email protected]> wrote:
> I tried to donate but they insist on having my home phone number which I > refuse > to provide. Ah. Well, putting in a telephone number is the normal thing to do when you use a credit card or debit card. I do not see how you make on-line purchases without it. Anyway, thanks for trying to donate! I do not know if Christy can handle checks. I can ask her. You can send a check to Bill Beaty instead. Pay my share to him. > My basic point is that more info is demanded than is actually needed. > They need phone numbers to cross check and reduce credit card fraud. Anyway, "more info than needed" is the marching song of the 21st century. The marketing computers at Target know you are pregnant before you yourself know it. Like Nate Silver, they can fill in the date you will die right now. http://www.mstarz.com/articles/6190/20121108/nate-silver-twitter-jokes-precise-predictions-presidential-electoral-votes-538-fivethirtyeight-com.htm @smithnoah - Wikipedia asked Nate Silver to stop adding Dates of Death to entries for people who haven't died yet. #NateSilverFacts @collision - Results ask Nate Silver if they're significant. #natesilverfacts @TrojanScientist - Before going on a date, Nate Silver calculates the prior probability of reaching third Bayes. #natesilverfacts - Jed
