>> no, I found all of those. The problem is not only that I didn't find
>> the right word (by my standards) but that the pages seem overwhelmed
>> by ads. The first one has a come-on "Answer this question to continue
>> to read this page"  and more! It's so incredibly cluttered, including
>> distorted and ugly picture of Obama. My point was aesthetic.

Doug:
> Try AdBlock. I didn't see any of that.

I'll do that. It's like TiVO for the Web?

> Also, Microsoft Word has a built-in thesaurus, as does the Mac OS. I've got 
> the Dictionary.com app on my iPhone, which is pretty much the same as the 
> website of the same name.

I use the MS word thesaurus, which is not very imaginative. I also use
WordWeb, a free on-line thesaurus. Again, it doesn't always work for
me.

> Kvetch kvetch kvetch, in the immortal words of Sally Field.

I don't know. I think I "kvetch" more than I "kvetch, kvetch, kvetch."
My main thing was about speculating about the future of the Internet.
-- 
Jim Devine / If you're going to support the lesser of two evils, at
the very least you should know the nature of that evil.
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