JUN 9, 2003 - MSR Netscan isn't directly astrological, but it can be used as a tool for studying some aspects of online astrology; namely astrological newsgroups. It's a research project - the MSR in the title stands for Microsoft Research - sociologist Marc Smith is conducting to study how people interact and communities form by way of newsgroups on the Internet. Try it for yourself, by entering in the name of your favorite Usenet astrology newsgroup: watch the connections display graphically, linking your newsgroup of choice to the rest of Usenet. Or try entering the email address of your favorite (or least favorite, or whatever) newsgroup poster, to see a profile of his/her activity in the newsgroups. Fascinating stuff, all done in real time for you by the MSR Netscan software.
