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Truth told, there is sarcasm and truth.

I do want google to take all of the data they keep on my searches and all the little scribbled notes their furtive servers make on my whereabouts as I stroll around the web and put it to use to make my experience better.

Did google show me an ad at http://troutpeeler.com? [1] Did an email come to me from do_not_reply@troutpeeler.com 5 minutes later about an order from me? That isn't spam! And now they know I'm interested in at least one sort of fish peeler. Take that into consideration when a commercial mail for fried fish skin enthusiasts shows up at my inbox.

[1] This is meant to be a fictitious instance of a web site and a product. Heaven knows I'm rubbish at making up unused names, so there probably is a Trout Peeler website somewhere and a group of peel that make fried fish skins. I don't want to hear about it. Ick.

[2] I wonder how many people with browser extensions have to click on http://troutpeeler.com to trick a name squatting robot into reserving the name.



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