Remember what the net used to feel like?
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You know, when you would search something and what you wanted, you actually got? And not someone else's idea of what you needed? Bin Google and use DuckDuckGo.
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You know, when you would search something and what you wanted, you actually got? And not someone else's idea of what you needed? Bin Google and use DuckDuckGo.
Munchies_Matt wrote:
ou know, when you would search something and what you wanted, you actually got? And not someone else's idea of what you needed?
problem is the "someone elses's" is 99.995% commercial. without seeing user comments there's really no such thing as an honest review site anywhere (many review sites now filtering, limiting or some not allowing user comments anymore.) couple of weeks back was looking for a new printer for home ... the amount of bull scat that is out there on the net, research on the net is not fun, not fun at all. Paying bills and shopping on-line is OK, but I miss the usenet, (first got on it back in the mid 80's) before business got on it (even heavy involved companies like AT&T/Bell Labs didn't push sales/advert crap through it). Oh and yes, even back then it had pron, quite a lot: alt.s*x news groups anyone?
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Munchies_Matt wrote:
ou know, when you would search something and what you wanted, you actually got? And not someone else's idea of what you needed?
problem is the "someone elses's" is 99.995% commercial. without seeing user comments there's really no such thing as an honest review site anywhere (many review sites now filtering, limiting or some not allowing user comments anymore.) couple of weeks back was looking for a new printer for home ... the amount of bull scat that is out there on the net, research on the net is not fun, not fun at all. Paying bills and shopping on-line is OK, but I miss the usenet, (first got on it back in the mid 80's) before business got on it (even heavy involved companies like AT&T/Bell Labs didn't push sales/advert crap through it). Oh and yes, even back then it had pron, quite a lot: alt.s*x news groups anyone?
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lopatir wrote:
many review sites now filtering
And search engines, hence me changing mine.
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You know, when you would search something and what you wanted, you actually got? And not someone else's idea of what you needed? Bin Google and use DuckDuckGo.
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Munchies_Matt wrote:
ou know, when you would search something and what you wanted, you actually got? And not someone else's idea of what you needed?
problem is the "someone elses's" is 99.995% commercial. without seeing user comments there's really no such thing as an honest review site anywhere (many review sites now filtering, limiting or some not allowing user comments anymore.) couple of weeks back was looking for a new printer for home ... the amount of bull scat that is out there on the net, research on the net is not fun, not fun at all. Paying bills and shopping on-line is OK, but I miss the usenet, (first got on it back in the mid 80's) before business got on it (even heavy involved companies like AT&T/Bell Labs didn't push sales/advert crap through it). Oh and yes, even back then it had pron, quite a lot: alt.s*x news groups anyone?
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lopatir wrote:
without seeing user comments there's really no such thing as an honest review site anywhere
I always search variations of "Product X sucks". "Product X is terrible". "Product X never buying again" "hate product X" etc. then i see what i come up with. i've always found that more honest than review sites. I'll look at maybe one of those reviews to see what features the thing has but that's all. i want to know what people dislike about it before i buy it.
When I was growin' up, I was the smartest kid I knew. Maybe that was just because I didn't know that many kids. All I know is now I feel the opposite.
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Munchies_Matt wrote:
ou know, when you would search something and what you wanted, you actually got? And not someone else's idea of what you needed?
problem is the "someone elses's" is 99.995% commercial. without seeing user comments there's really no such thing as an honest review site anywhere (many review sites now filtering, limiting or some not allowing user comments anymore.) couple of weeks back was looking for a new printer for home ... the amount of bull scat that is out there on the net, research on the net is not fun, not fun at all. Paying bills and shopping on-line is OK, but I miss the usenet, (first got on it back in the mid 80's) before business got on it (even heavy involved companies like AT&T/Bell Labs didn't push sales/advert crap through it). Oh and yes, even back then it had pron, quite a lot: alt.s*x news groups anyone?
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Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello
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You know, when you would search something and what you wanted, you actually got? And not someone else's idea of what you needed? Bin Google and use DuckDuckGo.
Google with Verbatim search still works well. Installed it as an extension: [Verbatim Search - Chrome Web Store](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/verbatim-search/occcfdnjdbgjglcbpolkmjnjillkgbcm). The few times I haven't used it, results were total carp.
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You know, when you would search something and what you wanted, you actually got? And not someone else's idea of what you needed? Bin Google and use DuckDuckGo.
Really? I am amazed at how well google works. They do such a good job making a ton of data useful.
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