Subj : Re: Emerg. Broadcast Stations To : Barry Martin From : Nancy Backus Date : Fri Jun 05 2020 18:58:30 -=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 30-May-2020 11:30 <=- BM>>>> I should try DuckDuckGo again -- admittedly one of those deals where NB>> Curiously, recently I've been seeing billboard ads for DuckDuckGo, as NB>> well as hearing them be a sponsor for NPR... ;) They are pushing one NB>> of their other strong points, the privacy issue, since they don't track NB>> where you go... BM> They don't; everyone else does. (Not a slam at DuckDuckGo: BM> everyone tracks no matter what search engine.) Ah, but they dump the cookies along the way, and don't let the others track the way they'd like to... BM>> I always hated those Windows error messages which have "or ask your BM>> system administrator for help". I _am_ the 'System Administrator'!!! NB>> Yes, that does make it harder for you... ;) BM> To me it's sort of a cop out: sure, the administrator can control BM> access and what is installed but the message doesn't tell him (or her) BM> anything useful either, like a 0x code or some BM> THIS_IS_WHERE_THE_BOOBOO_OCCURRED verbiage. And yes, I have received BM> some cryptic errors from Linux; at least it doesn't tell me to go ask BM> for help. If something like that showed up on my screen, I'd just yell for the Wizard.... he's the System Administrator for this household... and generally does have a clue... or can figure it out... BM>>>> ...Wonder if they play _The Flight of the Bumblebee_ on WBZ?! (I know BM>>>> it for Channel 4, WBZ-FM is sports radio format, WBZ-AM is talk radio.) NB>>>> They could steal it to play under their station IDs... ;) BM>>> Wonder if they've thought about it? NB>>> Only if someone in the loop knows about the piece... and maybe it NB>>> was vetoed as being too obscure... BM>> Possibly! Or maybe Authur Fidler prefered WGBH over WBZ when in town. NB>> That would be Arthur Fiedler, actually... ;) And he probably did NB>> prefer WGBH as the classical station... ;) BM> Oops -- there was a local company with 'Fidler' in the name. Ah.... NB>>>> ... I am a mental tourist, My mind wanders! BM>>> Heck, my mind sometimes wanders so far it needs a passport! NB>>> With special visas as well, eh...? ;) BM>> Maybe special MasterCards and Discovers as well! NB>> Only if you are planning to charge an humungous amount.... ;) BM> We'll put a bunch on this card, and a bunch on this other card..... Balance it out... but one still has to pay eventually.. ;) BM> The open-obscurity: former conductor of the Boston Pops, Channel 2 BM> (Boston) in the NTSC/pre-digital days, Channel 4 (Boston), and Boston. NB> Right... I'm familiar with Fiedler and the Boston Pops, also with NB> WGBH as the station that broadcasts the Boston Pops and the BSO... :) BM> Not to be confused with the Fidlers of Davenport! Exactly... :) ttyl neb .... Windows Error 01A: Operating system overwritten. Terribly sorry. --- EzyBlueWave V3.00 01FB001F * Origin: Tiny's BBS - http://www.tinysbbs.com (454:1/452) .