AMAZON

[raymond house]

Ok, for some reason I could not dump amazon using the software center but I
just tried it now and it worked. I certainly don't want that commercial
venture in my computer and absolutely don't need it. Thanks to all for your
suggestions and yes, I forgot to google it. what does Imgtfy mean anyway?

On Sun, Oct 28, 2012 at 8:13 PM, Eric <1ballistic1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> [Begin Rant]
> Oy, really though.  Not sure what rock you've been hiding under, but
> lmgtfy tends to be considered offensive. Read past posts before sending
> stuff like that out.
>
> As I remember it, Raymond didn't exactly start with a high level of Linux
> knowledge - and I'm sure most, if not all of us were there at some point.
> I feel I have to commend Raymond on how much research he does normally do
> to resolve issues himself.
>
> There are already a few lines that express this, and a holiday dedicated
> to it: "How quickly we forget" and "We remember" both demonstrate the same
> sentiment.
>
> I've worked in various support roles long enough to understand that some
> people just don't understand computers, same as some people just don't
> understand cars, bookkeeping, home repairs, cooking, etc.  You name it,
> there's someone out there doesn't get it, just the same as there's
> something out there that doesn't make any sense to you.
>
> At the very least, you could have posted something a little more useful as
> far as resolving the issue.
> [End Rant]
>
> Didn't we have a discussion about this being implemented a while back,
> that there was a way to shut off the personalized search idea?
>
> I haven't been able to run anything newer than 10.10 (NVidia card issues),
> so I haven't been able to play with that either, but I'd imagine it's in
> the settings somewhere?
>
>
>
> On Sun, Oct 28, 2012 at 8:34 PM, Michael Stathers <m_stathers at hotmail.com>wrote:
>
>>  This is a very common question.
>>
>> http://lmgtfy.com/?q=how+to+turn+off+amazon+search+in+ubuntu+12.10
>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>> Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2012 08:06:25 -0400
>> Subject: AMAZON
>> From: raymondh40 at gmail.com
>> To: ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com
>>
>>
>> Hello everyone, What's happening to Ubuntu ? I have been trying to dump
>> amazon from 12.10 and even through the software center I can't ! It won't
>> acknowledge my autentification password ! Have we lost control of our
>> computers ? or is this just a problem that I have ?  Thank you for any info.
>>
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