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      08-23-2024, 08:42 AM   #243
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Geez lady I’m impressed with you.
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I will be impressed w anyone who remembers who said I race cars, fondle women but have weekends to myself….
You forgot play tennis pickleball.....
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As Dylan once said the times they are a changin……
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      08-23-2024, 10:16 PM   #246
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A quick google search will get you the answer.
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      08-23-2024, 10:40 PM   #247
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I was thinking it was the honor system…..
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I was thinking it was the honor system…..
So does that mean it’s dishonorable to use Google?
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I was thinking it was the honor system…..
Copying from one source is called plagiarism. Copying from two or more sources is called research.....
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So does that mean it’s dishonorable to use Google?
No but these days it may be stupid…….
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      08-24-2024, 12:12 PM   #251
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No but these days it may be stupid…….
It worked just fine for me in this case.

Nothing wrong with looking something up. We used to do it with encyclopedias all the time.
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      08-24-2024, 01:49 PM   #252
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It worked just fine for me in this case.

Nothing wrong with looking something up. We used to do it with encyclopedias all the time.
But encyclopedias didn't track your research and send commercials to you.
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But encyclopedias didn't track your research and send commercials to you.
This is true…
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      08-24-2024, 05:34 PM   #255
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But encyclopedias didn't track your research and send commercials to you.
AdBlock Plus has made most or all commercials disappear from the sites I visit. At least when I sit down and use the wife's computer, I can't believe the blizzard of crap that shows up on her screen. I don't get any of that stuff.
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AdBlock Plus has made most or all commercials disappear from the sites I visit. At least when I sit down and use the wife's computer, I can't believe the blizzard of crap that shows up on her screen. I don't get any of that stuff.
Any side effects, like slowing down your computer?
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Any side effects, like slowing down your computer?
Not that I've ever noticed, but internet speeds and even my 2016-model computer's speed are such that everything is pretty fast. You know, except when this site is busy pouring itself a beer and can't respond immediately.

Here are the marketing points from the AdBlock Plus website:
  • Experience a cleaner, faster web and block annoying ads
  • Acceptable Ads are allowed by default to support websites
  • Adblock Plus is free and open source
I've been happy enough with them that I send a donation in once or twice each year. Sort of like with Wikipedia.
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Not that I've ever noticed, but internet speeds and even my 2016-model computer's speed are such that everything is pretty fast. You know, except when this site is pouring itself a beer and can't respond immediately.

Here are the marketing points from the AdBlock Plus website:
  • Experience a cleaner, faster web and block annoying ads
  • Acceptable Ads are allowed by default to support websites
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I've been happy enough with them that I send a donation in once or twice each year. Sort of like with Wikipedia.
Thanks for the info. Will look into it.
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AdBlock Plus has made most or all commercials disappear from the sites I visit. At least when I sit down and use the wife's computer, I can't believe the blizzard of crap that shows up on her screen. I don't get any of that stuff.
I do have AdBlock Plus, but google still tracks searches.
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I do have AdBlock Plus, but google still tracks searches.
So don't use Google! You always hear me say that I looked something up in my search engine du jour, which most certainly isn't Google.....
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So don't use Google! You always hear me say that I looked something up in my search engine du jour, which most certainly isn't Google.....
Oh, I don't. It's duck, duck go for me!
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      08-24-2024, 08:40 PM   #262
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You forgot play tennis pickleball.....
Pickleball is a chump sport.
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      08-24-2024, 08:57 PM   #263
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But encyclopedias didn't track your research and send commercials to you.
Yes that was my point to as well as googles political bias I guess he missed my point
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I need to get myself off google as well duck duck seems like a good alternative
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