Re: Hmmm - China was rumoured to have

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Post #52,442 by dmarker2 9/20/02 5:54:29 AM Reply	Re: Hmmm - China was rumoured to have used its influence with ISPs to redirect access to google to a lesser Chines search engine. This appeard to last about 2 weeks abut was reported as erratic. Google is back & working - I gotta say that google is the best source I knowof to quickly unearth screeds of information on fairly specific topics. Nothing else compares (that I know of). So if google goes under in US then fighting back would become harder. Doug M
Post #52,496 by jb4 9/20/02 12:33:39 PM Reply	OT, but since you asked... ...I still like AltaVista's advanced search. The only engine I know if where you can still formulate a boolean search with nested AND's, OR's, NOT's and NEARs (do not underestimate the power of this last operator in winnowing down the "1,826,751 matches found" problem...). jb4 "About the use of language: it is impossible to sharpen a pencil with a blunt axe. It is equally vain to try to do it with ten blunt axes instead. " -- Edsger W.Dijkstra (1930 - 2002) (I wish more managers knew that...)
Post #52,497 by boxley 9/20/02 12:34:39 PM Reply	dogpile is good also will work for cash and other incentives [link\|http://home.tampabay.rr.com/boxley/resume/Resume.html\|skill set] qui mori didicit servire dedidicit

Heard on CNN just now - (dmarker2) - (23) - Sept. 19, 2002, 10:02:59 AM EDT

Blathered on CNN just now - (folkert) - (14) - Sept. 19, 2002, 10:15:46 AM EDT

Of course it's not JUST about the oil - (Silverlock) - (10) - Sept. 19, 2002, 10:19:16 AM EDT

Ahhhh... feels SOOO good... - (folkert) - (9) - Sept. 19, 2002, 01:00:54 PM EDT

Re: Sorry greg but ... - (dmarker2) - (8) - Sept. 19, 2002, 01:36:11 PM EDT

Yeah, I know... the hand... I know... the hand... - (folkert) - (7) - Sept. 19, 2002, 10:49:26 PM EDT

Re: The Grenada invasion was a real intrigue - (dmarker2) - (6) - Sept. 20, 2002, 05:49:22 AM EDT

You are wrong . - (Silverlock) - (5) - Sept. 20, 2002, 12:32:02 AM EDT

Re: I might very well be on that point and for ... - (dmarker2) - (4) - Sept. 20, 2002, 02:29:14 AM EDT

Unless ... we supinely let Ashcroft + M$ own the net, next. -NT - (Ashton) - (3) - Sept. 20, 2002, 05:44:59 AM EDT

Re: Hmmm - China was rumoured to have - (dmarker2) - (2) - Sept. 20, 2002, 05:54:29 AM EDT

OT, but since you asked... - (jb4) - (1) - Sept. 20, 2002, 12:33:39 PM EDT

dogpile is good also -NT - (boxley) - Sept. 20, 2002, 12:34:39 PM EDT

Re: I just want somneone to take up my challenge - (dmarker2) - Sept. 19, 2002, 10:58:47 AM EDT

What else is it about? - (Brandioch) - (1) - Sept. 19, 2002, 11:11:50 AM EDT

Re: That is too damned logical - (dmarker2) - Sept. 19, 2002, 11:27:17 AM EDT

Interestingly, Australia is... - (ChrisR) - (3) - Sept. 19, 2002, 11:12:15 AM EDT

Re: Hmmmmm - good detective work there boy ... - (dmarker2) - (2) - Sept. 19, 2002, 11:30:32 AM EDT

Total emissions... - (ChrisR) - (1) - Sept. 19, 2002, 11:30:43 AM EDT

Re: Where from - (dmarker2) - Sept. 19, 2002, 11:41:52 AM EDT

Look over here!!!! Oil!!!! And tripled exclamation marks!!! - (marlowe) - (2) - Sept. 19, 2002, 11:40:28 AM EDT

Re: Look over here!!!! (I suck sand) - (dmarker2) - Sept. 19, 2002, 11:58:57 AM EDT

You become so predictable when you know you're wrong. - (Brandioch) - Sept. 19, 2002, 03:28:42 PM EDT

Heard on NPR just now - (Arkadiy) - Sept. 19, 2002, 01:11:45 PM EDT

This is nothing compared to Grand Theft Auto III, because you can't steal a taxi cab, pick up somebody, then drive into the ocean with him.
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