[Coco] (OT)Me, too, also, ...

[Ray Watts]

smostrom at mn.rr.com wrote:

>----- Original Message -----
>From: Theodore Evans <alxevans at concentric.net> (Alex)
>Date: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 9:05 pm
>Subject: Re: [Coco] Me, too, also, ...
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>>On Feb 24, 2004, at 3:11 PM, Neil Morrison wrote:
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>>>Google:
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>>>(hate paypal) 134,000
>>>      
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>>(love paypal) 823,000
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>>(paypal great) 1,350,000
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>>>(fraud paypal) 133,000
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>>>(paypal lawsuit) 30,000
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>>I these numbers (and mine as well) are pretty meaningless as they 
>>say 
>>nothing about the context that the terms are in only that they 
>>both 
>>occur in the same document.
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>>"i love paypal" 362
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>>"i hate paypal" 344
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>>A little better because they provide some context, but hardly 
>>something 
>>to reach a real conclusion from.
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>>Some people have had bad experiences with paypal, others have had 
>>good 
>>ones.  If you don't like it don't use it, but my experience has 
>>been 
>>good, so I am unlikely to stop simply because you don't like it.
>>
>>-- 
>>Theodore (Alex) Evans | 2B v ~2B = ?
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>If one isn't careful, it is pretty easy to "prove" anything using Google hits.  I agree with Alex above.  I love it and use it all the time, but if you've had a bad experience that is PayPal's fault, not your own fault, then use another method, if one is offered.
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>-- Steve --
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I envy those of you who can get all kinds of hits with Google.  Guess I 
don't have the magic touch for the proper word selections.  I just 
finished reading a book about the 1883 eruption of Krakatau (Krakatoa) 
in Indonesia.  The book had very specific and detailed written 
descriptions of geographical locations such as towns and islands but no 
decent maps or charts.  I searched Google under  both name variations 
and under Sunda Strait, where it is located.  First, there were no maps 
of the area except for a detailed map of the island before and after the 
eruption.  Second, just about all the written material was at a level of 
a grade 6 or 7 composition research.  Not very encouraging when you 
consider this was the greatest natural  disaster in recorded history, 
and it was well recorded, verbally, at least.  I don't go to Google 
often, but when I do, it usually winds up like that.   BTW - I have 2 
atlas' weighing a total of about 20 pounds and they were of no help either.

Griz

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