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Questions about the "end of Windows 7"
Paul on Fri, 08 Mar 2019 00:02:45 -0500 typed
in alt.windows7.general the following: What I hate are the companies which I know have moved, moved then closed, closed moved and closed again, and Yelp still has reviews to recommend the company Oh, I just looked. (It's not there anymore. I'm cranky, been trying to find replacement wheels for a Rollator (four wheel walkers). Search on "replacement Rollator wheels"; it recommends Les Schwab (major tire franchise). Yeah, right. Find 6" wheels, at Home Depot. Search again using their search terms "Walker 6 in. Replacement Wheels", but change the 6 for an 8. Not sure how "Adult Tall Aluminum Push Button Crutches" fits in there. Arrgh. rollator replacement wheels https://www.amazon.ca/GGGarden-150x3.../dp/B07K4ZJ1HN Description 2Pcs Replacement Parts 6" Front Rear Wheel for Cardinal Rollator Walker C46 $37 for 2wheels Search results can vary by time of day. It may require up to 24 hours to succeed at this. Good. Now, search for - and find - 8 inch wheels. My rant is about all the extra, irrelevant, "hits" that I have yet found a way to tell Amazon (or many other business website) that. I. do. not. want.! There used to be a game: construct a query which returned only one result. Nowadays, it would be "enter a legitimate search string, and report the least relevant result on the first page." It is analogous to Microsoft's "Help". I copy the error message "Error 395: cannot access file" and search, it responds by telling me about how wonderful Microsoft Access is for handling data bases. As I said at the time "If I were to ask MS help for info about fixing the car's trunk, it would tell me all about how wonderful trees are." reminds me of a search I was doing on a California database. Every search term I thought would narrow the search, instead returned more hits. -- pyotr filipivich Next month's Panel: Graft - Boon or blessing? |
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