On Mar 6, 5:11�pm, John Smith I wrote:
wrote:

* ...

* *A couple of points he *Deignan has not toned down his
* *combination of Cynical Chic attitude and general "I am
* *superior to you" coloring of his comments. *The "knowledge
* *of computers" (how to use them, really) is generally
* *overblown by those INTO computers as it applies to this
* *modern age. *Yes, the Internet is OPEN to all and at least
* *one out of five households in the USA has some form of
* *Internet access. *But, on the Internet is a collection of
* *dreck, of bigotry, terribly one-sided crap, emotionally-
* *loaded opinions, all mixed in with public relations,
* *personal "look at me" sort of things AND intellectual
* *knowledge. *It is much more convenient to use the Internet
* *to hunt for any of those things than to leave the house
* *and go running around for input different ways.

* *The Internet made many many things possible but the
* *increase of an individual's knowledge bank is an
* *entirely different subject. *The Internet is such a
* *HUGE pot-pourri of different "stuff," so MUCH stuff
* *that it can't be evaluated properly.

* *73,

The above is false, misleading, inaccurate and comes from a "footing"
which is flawed.

True, you MUST be intelligent and educated enough to access INTELLIGENT,
ACCURATE, KNOWLEDGEABLE are RELEVANT sources on the internet.

Sorry, JS, there is NO, repeat *no* a priori knowledge of
whether "all" websites contain "intelligent, accurate,
knowledgeable, relevant" stuff for anyone. Now you know
as well as I that there are websites which have questionable
intelligence, unreferenced "accuracy," and things which are
not "relevant" to what is being searched for.

Frequently I limit searches by including:

site:.edu *(NOTE: *the a colon follows site and a period preceeds
edu--with NO spaces in the entire line)

That is very general advice. In electronics engineering
I can (and have, many a time) found ".edu" sites with
OLD and OUTDATED manufacturers datasheets and
similar "information." By trial and error, I know where
I CAN find the latest information on components that
are no longer in production but are still on sale somewhere.

This will limit your searches to ONLY educational institutions, in
google ... there is much more you need to know also--TAKE A COMPUTER
CLASS!!!

Now now, JS, try not to get excited less someone tells
you to shove that up your CLASS. :-)

If you doubt the accuracy of what your search engine is giving you,
indeed, if you have found inaccurate data returned from your search
engine--EDUCATE YOURSELF AND COME UP TO SPEED IN THE PRESENT
MILLENNIUM--THE PROBLEM IS NOT THE INTERNET--IT IS YOU!!!

Not quite. It is the CONTENT of many, many Internet sites.

Those of us who DO search (not just with Google) are able
to find what we want, to ignore many of the hits on search
listings out of experience.

For example, you can compare the content of one of the
Big3 amateur rig manufacturers, Icom. Icom America
has less content on small stuff, especially accessories.
Also on digitized copies of operating manuals. Icom
Japan was more on their English site, including old
manuals. I'm not sure where the LINKS of HRO take one
on getting manuals and brochures but those aren't the
same as either Icom site. Take another detailed look at
the ARRL as an example. If one searches Applications,
that button is really a Link to access the FCC website,
yet the organization implies it is "theirs."

Not ALL amateur equipment makers HAVE a recognizeable
Internet site yet (strange but true) or the common, familiar
brand name is NOT what their website has in their URL.
[try finding a URL for Maldol antennas...it's a Japanese
company, BTW, and I was able to get more direction by
going to a UK dealer's webiste to learn much more than
was "easily available" elsewhere]

You want Porn? LOTS of it! If that's your bag, that is,
not mine [been there, done that...:-) ] You want HATE
groups? Plenty around for spleen-venting. Want a
couple of Al-Quaida agit-prop sites? Watch ABC TV
news in HD for the Low Down on them. There be ALL
KINDS OF STUFF on the 'Net with some imaginative
folks behind them doing the URL disguise thing. You
can do you own via GoDaddy, get your own "stealth"
URL name, be an "edu" or a "sci" or an "org" and have
a blast putting stuff over on others. :-)

73, LA




JS
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