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2020-12-19 Thread Anil Felipe Duggirala
I searched for potato bake recipes without ham, and every recipe it found had ham in it. The words with or without are quite important for getting a search right. I hope they never get involved in AI for futuristic police robots, because saying "don't shoot" is going to get you shot. You

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2020-12-18 Thread Bill Oliver
are interested. > > > billo > ___ > I'll add that if you use this, you have to hit return after entering a search term -- because I don't know javascript, cobbled it together from looking stuff up on search engines, and don't know how to cap

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2020-12-18 Thread Kostas Sfakiotakis
Στις 19/12/20 12:18 π.μ., ο/η Tim via users έγραψε: On Fri, 2020-12-18 at 10:57 -0500, Bob Goodwin wrote: I find that it's artificial intelligence is getting worse. Well google's artificial intelligence is superb for one thing : Having a great laugh ( in google translate try to translate a

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2020-12-18 Thread Tim via users
On Fri, 2020-12-18 at 10:57 -0500, Bob Goodwin wrote: > I think that Google has become nearly useless. If my search term > includes a word that triggers their advertising I am overwhelmed > with responses that have little relationship to my query, it amounts > to being overwhelmed with

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2020-12-18 Thread Bill Oliver
On Fri, 2020-12-18 at 10:57 -0500, Bob Goodwin wrote: > I think that Google has become nearly useless. If my search term > includes a word that triggers their advertising I am overwhelmed > with > responses that have little relationship to my query, it amounts to > being > overwhelmed with

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2020-12-18 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 2020-12-18 14:23, Mauricio Tavares wrote: I'll wait with bated breath for your report about incoming sausage spam. I will report if it is a problem. -- Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA FEDORA-32/64bit LINUX XFCE Fastmail POP3 ___ users mailing

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2020-12-18 Thread Mauricio Tavares
On Fri, Dec 18, 2020 at 2:20 PM Dave Stevens wrote: > > On Fri, 18 Dec 2020 14:10:29 -0500 > Bob Goodwin wrote: > > > Either of those worked satisfactorily for me, Duckduck.com seemed > > the best of the two for my test query about Italian Sausage Seasoning. > > > > Thank you for the help, > >

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2020-12-18 Thread Dave Stevens
On Fri, 18 Dec 2020 14:10:29 -0500 Bob Goodwin wrote: > Either of those worked satisfactorily for me, Duckduck.com  seemed > the best of the two for my test query about Italian Sausage Seasoning. > > Thank you for the help, I'll wait with bated breath for your report about incoming sausage

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2020-12-18 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 2020-12-18 11:28, Dave Stevens wrote: I've long abandoned google for largely the reasons you set out.I use either duckduckgo or startpage with useful and much quieter results. Google does have some comparative strengths but I can revert temporarily if I need to. Dave __ . Either of

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2020-12-18 Thread George N. White III
On Fri, 18 Dec 2020 at 11:58, Bob Goodwin wrote: > I think that Google has become nearly useless. If my search term > includes a word that triggers their advertising I am overwhelmed with > responses that have little relationship to my query, it amounts to being > overwhelmed with commercials. >

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2020-12-18 Thread Clifford Snow
I second duckduckgo as a better search engine. I've been using it for years as default on my desktop and mobile devices. Occasionally I use google if I'm having trouble finding what I'm looking for but rarely does it do a better job. Clifford On Fri, Dec 18, 2020 at 8:29 AM Dave Stevens wrote:

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2020-12-18 Thread Dave Stevens
On Fri, 18 Dec 2020 10:57:50 -0500 Bob Goodwin wrote: > Can anyone suggest an > alternative? I've long abandoned google for largely the reasons you set out.I use either duckduckgo or startpage with useful and much quieter results. Google does have some comparative strengths but I can revert

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2020-12-18 Thread Bob Goodwin
I think that Google has become nearly useless. If my search term includes a word that triggers their advertising I am overwhelmed with responses that have little relationship to my query, it amounts to being overwhelmed with commercials. I understand that they are trying to accumulate

Re: Search Engines of TB

2015-08-12 Thread jd1008
search engines running on all 8. comment: i found a new page that tells about search engines and it appears that there have been some changes. i believe you are going to have to add a plugin or two, not sure where they are, so it will take some time to find where moz .org has moved rest of info

Re: Search Engines of TB

2015-08-12 Thread Ed Greshko
On 08/13/15 00:16, jd1008 wrote: On 08/12/2015 10:05 AM, g wrote: On 08/12/15 10:48, jd1008 wrote: Well, issue is with TB. Not with Google. such is that i understand. They have effectively rendered TB's about:config , at least wrt default search, a NOP. hey, when one chases one's ass

Re: Search Engines of TB

2015-08-12 Thread jd1008
On 08/12/2015 02:20 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 08/13/15 00:16, jd1008 wrote: On 08/12/2015 10:05 AM, g wrote: On 08/12/15 10:48, jd1008 wrote: Well, issue is with TB. Not with Google. such is that i understand. They have effectively rendered TB's about:config , at least wrt default

Re: Search Engines of TB

2015-08-12 Thread Ed Greshko
On 08/13/15 04:31, jd1008 wrote: So, I want to drop this because it is not going anywhere that I want to go. Because you want it to go where it cannot. You wan it to result in your solution working when the underlying code prevents it. I'm beginning to think you aren't asking questions on

Re: Search Engines of TB

2015-08-12 Thread g
the extension of T-Bird. in one of my post to this thread, i made a statement about diff of my version and jd1008's version. in my version, 24.8.0, i changed search engines using 'about:config', just as i have done with firefox. and yes, i very well know the diff between them. ;-) in my versions, i was able

Re: Search Engines of TB

2015-08-12 Thread jd1008
On 08/12/2015 03:19 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 08/13/15 04:31, jd1008 wrote: So, I want to drop this because it is not going anywhere that I want to go. Because you want it to go where it cannot. You wan it to result in your solution working when the underlying code prevents it. I'm

Re: Search Engines of TB

2015-08-12 Thread g
On 08/12/15 10:48, jd1008 wrote: Well, issue is with TB. Not with Google. such is that i understand. They have effectively rendered TB's about:config , at least wrt default search, a NOP. hey, when one chases one's ass to keep up with competition, one tends to run in a circle of crap.

Re: Search Engines of TB

2015-08-12 Thread jd1008
On 08/12/2015 10:05 AM, g wrote: On 08/12/15 10:48, jd1008 wrote: Well, issue is with TB. Not with Google. such is that i understand. They have effectively rendered TB's about:config , at least wrt default search, a NOP. hey, when one chases one's ass to keep up with competition, one

Re: Search Engines of TB

2015-08-12 Thread g
On 08/12/15 11:16, jd1008 wrote: You and Ed missed the point - COMPLETELY! It is NOT FF I am talking bout, nor searchin via FF. neither ED nor I missed the freaking point. YOU have not looked at the freaking page which reads; mozilla support Home Thunderbird Tips and tricks

Re: Search Engines of TB

2015-08-11 Thread jd1008
On 08/11/2015 01:58 PM, g wrote: On 08/11/15 14:10, jd1008 wrote: TB 38.1.0: The list of available search engines is limited, and provides no way for the user to add other search engines. Edit - Preferences - Advanced - General Tab - [Config Editor] in about:config window; Search

Re: Search Engines of TB

2015-08-11 Thread jd1008
On 08/11/2015 04:13 PM, g wrote: On 08/11/15 16:01, jd1008 wrote: On 08/11/2015 01:58 PM, g wrote: On 08/11/15 14:10, jd1008 wrote: TB 38.1.0: The list of available search engines is limited, and provides no way for the user to add other search engines. Edit - Preferences - Advanced

Re: Search Engines of TB

2015-08-11 Thread jd1008
Edit - Preferences - General Tab On 08/11/2015 01:12 PM, Kevin Cummings wrote: On 08/11/15 15:10, jd1008 wrote: TB 38.1.0: The list of available search engines is limited, and provides no way for the user to add other search engines. I wasn't aware that Thunderbird had *any* search engines

Re: Search Engines of TB

2015-08-11 Thread Joe Zeff
On 08/11/2015 12:12 PM, Kevin Cummings wrote: I wasn't aware that Thunderbird had*any* search engines I didn't even know that an email client needed a search engine. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https

Search Engines of TB

2015-08-11 Thread jd1008
TB 38.1.0: The list of available search engines is limited, and provides no way for the user to add other search engines. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code

Re: Search Engines of TB

2015-08-11 Thread Kevin Cummings
On 08/11/15 15:10, jd1008 wrote: TB 38.1.0: The list of available search engines is limited, and provides no way for the user to add other search engines. I wasn't aware that Thunderbird had *any* search engines -- Kevin J. Cummings kjch...@verizon.net cummi...@kjchome.homeip.net cummi

Re: Search Engines of TB

2015-08-11 Thread SternData
On 08/11/2015 02:22 PM, jd1008 wrote: Edit - Preferences - General Tab On 08/11/2015 01:12 PM, Kevin Cummings wrote: On 08/11/15 15:10, jd1008 wrote: TB 38.1.0: The list of available search engines is limited, and provides no way for the user to add other search engines. I wasn't aware

Re: Search Engines of TB

2015-08-11 Thread jd1008
On 08/11/2015 01:50 PM, SternData wrote: On 08/11/2015 02:22 PM, jd1008 wrote: Edit - Preferences - General Tab On 08/11/2015 01:12 PM, Kevin Cummings wrote: On 08/11/15 15:10, jd1008 wrote: TB 38.1.0: The list of available search engines is limited, and provides no way for the user to add

Re: Search Engines of TB

2015-08-11 Thread g
On 08/11/15 14:10, jd1008 wrote: TB 38.1.0: The list of available search engines is limited, and provides no way for the user to add other search engines. Edit - Preferences - Advanced - General Tab - [Config Editor] in about:config window; Search: search you will/should see

Re: Search Engines of TB

2015-08-11 Thread g
On 08/11/15 14:57, jd1008 wrote: Forums?? What a pain!!! TB and FF refuse to create a miling list such as this one. wrong. mozilla has both 'email list' and 'news group' support. their is a pain tho. his name is chris iliass. ;-) -- If Bill Gates got a dime for every time Windows

Re: Search Engines of TB

2015-08-11 Thread g
On 08/11/15 15:13, jd1008 wrote: On 08/11/2015 02:03 PM, g wrote: On 08/11/15 14:57, jd1008 wrote: Forums?? What a pain!!! TB and FF refuse to create a miling list such as this one. wrong. mozilla has both 'email list' and 'news group' support. their is a pain tho. his name is chris

Re: Search Engines of TB

2015-08-11 Thread jd1008
On 08/11/2015 02:03 PM, g wrote: On 08/11/15 14:57, jd1008 wrote: Forums?? What a pain!!! TB and FF refuse to create a miling list such as this one. wrong. mozilla has both 'email list' and 'news group' support. their is a pain tho. his name is chris iliass. ;-) Indeed I have run into

Re: Search Engines of TB

2015-08-11 Thread g
On 08/11/15 16:01, jd1008 wrote: On 08/11/2015 01:58 PM, g wrote: On 08/11/15 14:10, jd1008 wrote: TB 38.1.0: The list of available search engines is limited, and provides no way for the user to add other search engines. Edit - Preferences - Advanced - General Tab - [Config Editor

Re: Search Engines of TB

2015-08-11 Thread Ed Greshko
On 08/12/15 03:10, jd1008 wrote: The list of available search engines is limited, and provides no way for the user to add other search engines. Seems like you want to add google. Well, just use google to find https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/open-search#w_how-to-add-google

Re: Search Engines of TB

2015-08-11 Thread g
On 08/11/15 21:31, Ed Greshko wrote: On 08/12/15 03:10, jd1008 wrote: The list of available search engines is limited, and provides no way for the user to add other search engines. Seems like you want to add google. Well, just use google to find https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb

Re: Search Engines of TB

2015-08-11 Thread g
enter word *search* in Search: bar. :-) #2 not that big of a problem, your extras are not important. #3 because of changes at Mozilla.org, i need to run some new searches at Mozilla.org to see where they now have what you need to do to get your search engines running on all 8. comment

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2013-11-23 Thread g
On 11/23/2013 03:09 AM, Fernando Cassia wrote: That's one thing I don't like, actually. Google is now constantly i used to use 'gaagle' until i found ixquick, which does not do all the tracking and such that gaagle does. i set a bookmark button in firefox 'menu bar' to open in