From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 6 00:06:09 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 01FAE16A419 for ; Wed, 6 Feb 2008 00:06:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pauls@utdallas.edu) Received: from smtp3.utdallas.edu (smtp3.utdallas.edu [129.110.10.49]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E128F13C455 for ; Wed, 6 Feb 2008 00:06:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pauls@utdallas.edu) Received: from utd59514.utdallas.edu (utd59514.utdallas.edu [129.110.3.28]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp3.utdallas.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6921865500 for ; Tue, 5 Feb 2008 18:06:08 -0600 (CST) Date: Tue, 05 Feb 2008 18:06:07 -0600 From: Paul Schmehl To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <2BEC782D7FCA2F905539D12A@utd59514.utdallas.edu> In-Reply-To: <20080206004405.M9353@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> References: <20080206004405.M9353@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> X-Mailer: Mulberry/4.0.8 (Linux/x86) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Subject: Re: OT: www search engines X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2008 00:06:09 -0000 --On Wednesday, February 06, 2008 00:46:25 +0100 Wojciech Puchar wrote: > what search engines, other than Google, do you find useful for general use? > > google simply don't like to talk with me, when i like to use anything to > protect my privacy. i don't abuse this service, but i don't like google > tracing what i search, when and why. > > it started maybe week ago, so i have to use something else. > I have always, and continue to, used Altavista. I like the ability to quote search terms and narrow the search to only what I'm looking for. I use Google when I need to do "search term site:utdallas.edu" for something, but other than that, I use Altavista. Don't know what tracking they do, though. -- Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu) Senior Information Security Analyst The University of Texas at Dallas http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/