Indeed! My mailman hated me for a time... :)
*ASB **http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker* <http://xeeme.com/AndrewBaker> *Providing Virtual CIO Services (IT Operations & Information Security) for the SMB market...* On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 1:02 PM, Rod Trent <[email protected]> wrote: > Computer Shopper...that does bring back memories. > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Matthew W. Ross > *Sent:* Friday, April 25, 2014 12:27 PM > *To:* [email protected] > > *Subject:* Re: [NTSysADM] OT: Microsoft Bing in the classroom > > > > Really, my first "search engine" was an old 2-inch thick Computer Shopper. > I haven't seen a computer shopper made recently, but the last one I saw > looked... pathetic. > > > > Back to the topic, I am glad that Bing has an education-centric search for > schools. This is the kind of competition that only makes both products > better. (Least we forget other alternatives search engines, such as > DuckDuckGo, ixquick, etc.) > > > > Also, be aware that google customizes your search results based on who you > are, where you are, and what they know about you. I suspect Bing does the > same thing, and if they don't, I think they should. > > > > > > --Matt Ross > Ephrata School District > > > J- P <[email protected]> , 4/25/2014 9:21 AM: > > Copernic from 1990's > > > Jean-Paul Natola > > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2014 09:09:44 -0700 > Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] OT: Microsoft Bing in the classroom > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > Pssshhhh... I bust out my Netscape browser and hit my Lycos search > engine... > > On Apr 25, 2014 9:06 AM, "Matthew W. Ross" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > "I still use WebCrawler. Get off my lawn!" > > > > > > --Matt Ross > Ephrata School District > > > > David Lum <[email protected]> , 4/25/2014 7:14 AM: > > The few times I've tried Bing - I give it a whirl on very infrequent, > irregular occasions - it hasn't returned as many useful answers as Google, > but I never cared enough about the difference to document them or > specifically recommend against Bing. I view it as a Ford vs. Chevy > discussion where some people have bad luck with one or the other brand or > simply choose one over the other for various reasons. > > > -Dave Lum > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Steven M. Caesare > *Sent:* Friday, April 25, 2014 5:39 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* RE: [NTSysADM] OT: Microsoft Bing in the classroom > > > Queries not tied to either vendor's products also might be telling. > > I'd expect MS's responses regarding Win8 and Google's answers about Chrome > might not be the most level of playing fields, for example. > > -sc > > > *From:* [email protected] [ > mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On > Behalf Of *Micheal Espinola Jr > *Sent:* Friday, April 25, 2014 12:49 AM > *To:* ntsysadm > *Subject:* Re: [NTSysADM] OT: Microsoft Bing in the classroom > > > I appreciate the example J-P - thats interesting. Do you have any other > examples that arent strictly an error code? > > > -- > Espi > > > > > On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 5:41 PM, J- P <[email protected]> wrote: > > https://www.google.com/#q=0x80070570+error > > > http://www.bing.com/search?q=0x80070570+error&qs=n&form=QBRE&pq=0x80070570+error&sc=8-13&sp=-1&sk=&cvid=6e0ab4f9d9be45cea1e1e2f3da21be2a > > Clearly there are differences > ------------------------------ > > From: [email protected] > Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2014 13:51:42 -0700 > Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] OT: Microsoft Bing in the classroom > To: [email protected] > > > > To the both of you I kindly ask, please provide an example, as I did, > where one outshines the other. Not to instigate, but to provide substance > that side of the conversation. > > > -- > Espi > > > > > On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 1:33 PM, Steven Peck <[email protected]> wrote: > > and in my experience the results are equal or better as well. > > > ------------------------------ > > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] OT: Microsoft Bing in the classroom > Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2014 09:48:51 -0400 > > My experience, the results are better. > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Micheal Espinola Jr > > *Sent:* Thursday, April 24, 2014 9:41 AM > *To:* ntsysadm > *Subject:* [NTSysADM] OT: Microsoft Bing in the classroom > > > Put those little buggers to work to boost our stats! Who cares if the > results they get are inferior! > > > > Get free Surface tablets in your classroom. It's easy! Anyone can earn > credits just by searching the web with Bing. > > https://www.bing.com/classroom > *sigh* > > > -- > Espi > > > > > >
