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Re: The Many Faces (And Names) of Mozilla

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On 01/22/2018 07:26 AM, Wolf K wrote:
> On 2018-01-22 03:39, Ed Mullen wrote:
>> On 1/22/2018 at 3:19 AM, Daniel created this epitome of digital genius:
>>> Wolf K wrote:
>>>
>>> <Snip>
>>>
>>>> People who kvetch about browsers should be forced to go back to
>>>> pre-browser times, just to get an idea of how good they have it.
>>>
>>> For me it's people who bitch about how slow their current-day
>>> computers are!! Try an 8086 CPU with a 4.7 MHz (yes, MHz) clock!! Or
>>> an Apple IIE clone!
>>>
>>> Switch on your computer, go make yourself a cup of Tea and then go out
>>> to Dinner and come back and the computer might have booted ... well,
>>> almost!! ;-)
>>>
>>
>> Well, let's go more extreme.  When, if you wanted to look something up
>> you had to (gasp!) go to a library! Or, if you were lucky enough to have
>> a current encyclopedia in your house, open a big book and search for it.
>>
>> I must admit, there is something comforting about holding a book in
>> one's lap and flipping through the pages.  Almost as if your very
>> existence is validated by the connection to the written word.
>>
>> And, your original thought, your quest, well, there it is, found!
>>
>> Which is great.  Until you look at the copyright date of the tome and
>> it's 1957.  Oh.  Oops!
>>
>> Although, it might still be valid.  And if not, it could be historically
>> interesting.
>>
>> Or we could just Google it.
>>
>> Sigh.  And here we are.
>
> The problem with online searches is that people forget that somebody had
> to decide to put it up, and more importantly, also decided how to format
> it. This is specially so with statistics, which too often give you
> tables or graphs of percentage changes without the base data. That can
> be very misleading. Eg, 50% of 100 is much less than 1% of 100,000.
>
> While people know that Google puts up the most popular results first,
> that doesn't affect their behaviour much (over 90% of searchers do not
> go past the first page). And while there is a lot of data available,
> there's also a lot more that's not available.
>
> I find that a paper-book search is often quicker than a google search.
> Even Wikipedia searches don't yield the data I want about 20-30% of the
> time. Either no article, or buried in several article. My ancient
> paper-pedias OTOH
>
> Nevertheless, I do a lot of online searching.

I miss the library's card catalog.  Back when I used to have to write 
papers you could browse to find more references to the subject of 
interest.  At least I think that's the way it worked, but that was a 
long time ago.  I LIKED rummaging through the drawers.

Doing the same thing via the library's website is way more convenient: 
Look for a book;  ask that it be sent to the library up the street from 
wherever it is now;  or perhaps ask that it be sent from a distant 
library;  or perhaps even ask the library to BUY a copy -- which they 
might do if you make a good enough argument.

The card catalog was still there last time I went to the main branch 
several years ago, but maybe now it's part of the Big Bang Theory set -- 
or maybe that's the catalog from one of the branch libraries.

Incidentally, they frequently use real Pasadena settings, although the 
view out of their apartment window is impossible and is certainly not 
located on Los Robles.  The views out the car windows look familiar 
(I've lived here for 56 years) but I've only been able to identify ONE 
-- where they parked once.  I did find the building on the roof of which 
Bernadette and Howard were married.

-- 
Cheers, Bev
    "Sure, everyone's in favor of saving Hitler's brain, but when
     you put it into the body of a great white shark, suddenly
     you're a madman."                                 --Futurama

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The Many Faces (And Names) of Mozilla Ant <ANTant@zimage.com> - 2018-01-19 20:27 -0800
  Re: The Many Faces (And Names) of Mozilla Ed Mullen <ejEMOVER@edmullen.net> - 2018-01-20 11:20 -0500
    Re: The Many Faces (And Names) of Mozilla Ant <ANTant@zimage.com> - 2018-01-20 16:29 -0800
      Re: The Many Faces (And Names) of Mozilla Michael Gordon <toby.sophie@gmail.com> - 2018-01-20 17:09 -0800
        Re: The Many Faces (And Names) of Mozilla Ant <ANTant@zimage.com> - 2018-01-23 11:15 -0800
      Re: The Many Faces (And Names) of Mozilla Daniel <dxmm@rubbish.albury.net.au> - 2018-01-21 19:15 +1100
        Re: The Many Faces (And Names) of Mozilla The Real Bev <bashley101+moz@gmail.com> - 2018-01-21 10:37 -0800
        Re: The Many Faces (And Names) of Mozilla Ant <ANTant@zimage.com> - 2018-01-23 11:16 -0800
      Re: The Many Faces (And Names) of Mozilla Wolf K <wolfmac@sympatico.ca> - 2018-01-21 08:21 -0500
        Re: The Many Faces (And Names) of Mozilla Daniel <dxmm@rubbish.albury.net.au> - 2018-01-22 19:19 +1100
          Re: The Many Faces (And Names) of Mozilla Ed Mullen <ejEMOVER@edmullen.net> - 2018-01-22 03:39 -0500
            Re: The Many Faces (And Names) of Mozilla Wolf K <wolfmac@sympatico.ca> - 2018-01-22 10:26 -0500
              Re: The Many Faces (And Names) of Mozilla The Real Bev <bashley101+moz@gmail.com> - 2018-01-22 09:16 -0800
            Re: The Many Faces (And Names) of Mozilla Daniel <dxmm@rubbish.albury.net.au> - 2018-01-23 19:44 +1100
          Re: The Many Faces (And Names) of Mozilla Caver1 <caver1@inthemud.org> - 2018-01-22 09:44 -0500
            Re: The Many Faces (And Names) of Mozilla Daniel <dxmm@rubbish.albury.net.au> - 2018-01-23 19:44 +1100
              Re: The Many Faces (And Names) of Mozilla Ant <ANTant@zimage.com> - 2018-01-23 11:19 -0800
                Re: The Many Faces (And Names) of Mozilla Caver1 <caver1@inthemud.org> - 2018-01-23 15:25 -0500
                Re: The Many Faces (And Names) of Mozilla Ant <ANTant@zimage.com> - 2018-01-23 12:44 -0800
                Re: The Many Faces (And Names) of Mozilla Michael Gordon <toby.sophie@gmail.com> - 2018-01-23 15:48 -0800
                Re: The Many Faces (And Names) of Mozilla Daniel <dxmm@rubbish.albury.net.au> - 2018-01-24 22:14 +1100
            Re: The Many Faces (And Names) of Mozilla Ant <ANTant@zimage.com> - 2018-01-23 11:19 -0800
          Re: The Many Faces (And Names) of Mozilla Michael Gordon <toby.sophie@gmail.com> - 2018-01-22 08:27 -0800
    Re: The Many Faces (And Names) of Mozilla Ed Mullen <ejEMOVER@edmullen.net> - 2018-01-21 13:30 -0500

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