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"Hello, this is Dave calling from John Lewis --- erm, I mean MK Auto Care."
That's the God-damned funniest thing I've heard today... How on Earth
you'd mix up an expensive department store with a small local garage I
don't know, but anyway...
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Orchid Win7 v1 wrote:
> "Hello, this is Dave calling from John Lewis --- erm, I mean MK Auto Care."
>
> That's the God-damned funniest thing I've heard today... How on Earth
> you'd mix up an expensive department store with a small local garage I
> don't know, but anyway...
Funny!
I bet that they worked at John Lewis. But now works for MK Auto Care.
Automatic speech is what I call that. Good thing they didn't work at a
morgue.
Have Fun!
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On Tue, 11 Sep 2012 12:48:31 -0500, Leroy wrote:
> Orchid Win7 v1 wrote:
>> "Hello, this is Dave calling from John Lewis --- erm, I mean MK Auto
>> Care."
>>
>> That's the God-damned funniest thing I've heard today... How on Earth
>> you'd mix up an expensive department store with a small local garage I
>> don't know, but anyway...
>
> Funny!
> I bet that they worked at John Lewis. But now works for MK Auto Care.
> Automatic speech is what I call that. Good thing they didn't work at a
> morgue.
Either that or a call centre that handles outgoing calls for both. :)
Jim
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On 11/09/2012 06:53 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Tue, 11 Sep 2012 12:48:31 -0500, Leroy wrote:
>
>> Orchid Win7 v1 wrote:
>>> "Hello, this is Dave calling from John Lewis --- erm, I mean MK Auto
>>> Care."
>>>
>>> That's the God-damned funniest thing I've heard today... How on Earth
>>> you'd mix up an expensive department store with a small local garage I
>>> don't know, but anyway...
>>
>> Funny!
>> I bet that they worked at John Lewis. But now works for MK Auto Care.
>> Automatic speech is what I call that. Good thing they didn't work at a
>> morgue.
>
> Either that or a call centre that handles outgoing calls for both. :)
The guy /claims/ he was looking at some paperwork that said John Lewis
on it... Either that or he just doesn't know where the **** he works. ;-)
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On Tue, 11 Sep 2012 19:18:24 +0100, Orchid Win7 v1 wrote:
> The guy /claims/ he was looking at some paperwork that said John Lewis
> on it... Either that or he just doesn't know where the **** he works.
> ;-)
That's a plausible explanation. Well, both of them are, but the second
probably less so. ;)
Jim
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>> The guy /claims/ he was looking at some paperwork that said John Lewis
>> on it... Either that or he just doesn't know where the **** he works.
>> ;-)
>
> That's a plausible explanation. Well, both of them are, but the second
> probably less so. ;)
Well, whatever. I'm told laughter is supposed to be good for you... ;-)
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On Tue, 11 Sep 2012 20:03:40 +0100, Orchid Win7 v1 wrote:
>>> The guy /claims/ he was looking at some paperwork that said John Lewis
>>> on it... Either that or he just doesn't know where the **** he works.
>>> ;-)
>>
>> That's a plausible explanation. Well, both of them are, but the second
>> probably less so. ;)
>
> Well, whatever. I'm told laughter is supposed to be good for you... ;-)
Indeed it is, and I did laugh. :)
Jim
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On 9/11/2012 11:18, Orchid Win7 v1 wrote:
> The guy /claims/ he was looking at some paperwork that said John Lewis on
> it... Either that or he just doesn't know where the **** he works. ;-)
Unless the previous or next person to call was named John Lewis and it just
happened to be the name of a store you recognized.
--
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
"They're the 1-800-#-GORILA of the telecom business."
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On 15/09/2012 05:41 AM, Darren New wrote:
> On 9/11/2012 11:18, Orchid Win7 v1 wrote:
>> The guy /claims/ he was looking at some paperwork that said John Lewis on
>> it... Either that or he just doesn't know where the **** he works. ;-)
>
> Unless the previous or next person to call was named John Lewis and it
> just happened to be the name of a store you recognized.
Fun fact: If I open Google and type "j", then John Lewis is the first
search term it suggests...
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Am 15.09.2012 10:44, schrieb Orchid Win7 v1:
> On 15/09/2012 05:41 AM, Darren New wrote:
>> On 9/11/2012 11:18, Orchid Win7 v1 wrote:
>>> The guy /claims/ he was looking at some paperwork that said John
>>> Lewis on
>>> it... Either that or he just doesn't know where the **** he works. ;-)
>>
>> Unless the previous or next person to call was named John Lewis and it
>> just happened to be the name of a store you recognized.
>
> Fun fact: If I open Google and type "j", then John Lewis is the first
> search term it suggests...
... because you possibly searched for that term earlier? :-P
Hint: The search term suggestions /are/ personalized.
http://support.google.com/websearch/bin/answer.py?hl=en&hlrm=de&answer=106230
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clipka <ano### [at] anonymous org> wrote:
> Am 15.09.2012 10:44, schrieb Orchid Win7 v1:
> > Fun fact: If I open Google and type "j", then John Lewis is the first
> > search term it suggests...
> ... because you possibly searched for that term earlier? :-P
> Hint: The search term suggestions /are/ personalized.
Remember that the next time you search for "free pron" or something
similar...
--
- Warp
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On 15/09/2012 11:25 AM, clipka wrote:
> Hint: The search term suggestions /are/ personalized.
But how is that possible? How can Google know who I am?
How can it know that today's search is from the same human who performed
a search two weeks ago?
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On 15-9-2012 13:07, Orchid Win7 v1 wrote:
> On 15/09/2012 11:25 AM, clipka wrote:
>> Hint: The search term suggestions /are/ personalized.
>
> But how is that possible? How can Google know who I am?
>
> How can it know that today's search is from the same human who performed
> a search two weeks ago?
IP address?
Cookies?
--
Women are the canaries of science. When they are underrepresented
it is a strong indication that non-scientific factors play a role
and the concentration of incorruptible scientists is also too low
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>>> Hint: The search term suggestions /are/ personalized.
>>
>> But how is that possible? How can Google know who I am?
> IP address?
That changes every few days.
> Cookies?
Oh, right. So if I just disallow cookies from Google, it'll go away?
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Am 15.09.2012 14:29, schrieb Orchid Win7 v1:
>>>> Hint: The search term suggestions /are/ personalized.
>>>
>>> But how is that possible? How can Google know who I am?
>
>> IP address?
>
> That changes every few days.
>
>> Cookies?
>
> Oh, right. So if I just disallow cookies from Google, it'll go away?
Might well be - provided that this also disallows the access to existing
cookies, and not just the creation of new ones.
Remember though that there are alternatives to classic cookies (but I'm
not an expert in that area).
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On 15-9-2012 14:29, Orchid Win7 v1 wrote:
>>>> Hint: The search term suggestions /are/ personalized.
>>>
>>> But how is that possible? How can Google know who I am?
>
>> IP address?
>
> That changes every few days.
Are you sure? Even if that happens, it stays in the same range and there
is probably enough in the other info (computertype, browserversion etc.)
to identify you as the same one that logged in yesterday.
Remember that combining data from users is the core bussiness of Google,
not providing services to you.
I have a google mail address, I use google drive etc. That is enough to
link my home machine to the one at my work and my laptop, whereever that is.
>
>> Cookies?
>
> Oh, right. So if I just disallow cookies from Google, it'll go away?
As long as you don't use any other google or MS product.
There is a simple rule on the internet: you can be paranoid, but you can
not hide.
--
Women are the canaries of science. When they are underrepresented
it is a strong indication that non-scientific factors play a role
and the concentration of incorruptible scientists is also too low
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On 9/15/2012 6:56, andrel wrote:
> Remember that combining data from users is the core bussiness of Google, not
> providing services to you.
Not really.
> I have a google mail address, I use google drive etc. That is enough to link
> my home machine to the one at my work and my laptop, whereever that is.
Because you logged in, silly.
--
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
"They're the 1-800-#-GORILA of the telecom business."
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>> Hint: The search term suggestions /are/ personalized.
>
> But how is that possible? How can Google know who I am?
www.google.co.uk/ads/preferences/
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