Thank you!! Will be a boon for all mankind if it works. David K5HEC
> On Apr 14, 2016, at 9:28 AM, Bill Crowell, N4HPG via BVARC <bvarc@bvarc.org> > wrote: > > All, > > Recently, I was shopping on Amazon for some N bulkhead connectors. Going > other places on the web such as Fox News, ads kept popping up trying to sell > me N connectors! Everywhere I went were N connectors. And NO, it wasn’t God > telling me that we should do away with PL-259s <grin>. > > Every day we are tracked and monitored by commercial entities on the web. > They have a profile of each of us and they sell this information for profit. > Besides this, all of the tracking systems slow down the browsing experience > because they use bandwidth. > > We can drastically reduce tracking systems using 2 browser plugins: > > AdBlock. This blocks most adware. Pandora will complain as will other sites, > but many sites with adware also have viruses for free download. You can turn > it off if you need to on a site-by-site basis. > > Disconnect.Me - (www.disconnect.me <http://www.disconnect.me/>) This blocks > trackers. It’s donation ware and I’m going to donate a bit to them for the > free version. > > As I write this, in my browser’s window I have Pandora playing. At this > moment 41 ads have been blocked and 31 trackers. > > Sometimes I go to a site where I get a “canvas” warning. This is when the > site is monitoring where your mouse moves on the screen! > > Like turning on the filter for CW, the noise is reduced! > > Pass it on. > > 73! > > Bill Crowell, N4HPG > Pearland, TX > n4...@comcast.net <mailto:n4...@comcast.net> > I prefer to live a life of galvanic isolation. > > _______________________________________________ > BVARC mailing list > BVARC@bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org
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