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Rage20-Nov-14 4:44

Rage

20-Nov-14 4:44

They actually do save data on their servers, based on your IP address, so private browsing will not help much, unless you meant using a VPN, and cleaning the cache neither, since the data is not stored on your computer. Most of us use dynamical IPs, but even those do not change that often, so this IP tracking is quite reliable.
To book hotels or airline tickets, search for good prices from a location, and then book them from another network.

The whole thing has been debated though:

http://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/16581/does-browsing-ticket-sites-in-incognito-mode-and-or-from-different-ips-result-i[^]
http://vedovini.net/2013/05/the-myths-of-ip-tracking/[^]

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Bassam Abdul-Baki20-Nov-14 5:54

Bassam Abdul-Baki

20-Nov-14 5:54

Rage wrote:
To book hotels or airline tickets, search for good prices from a location, and then book them from another network.

I do that too. I think it's a bit effective since I've seen a hundred dollars difference between work and home at different times of the day.

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MacSpudster20-Nov-14 8:05

MacSpudster

20-Nov-14 8:05

Easy. From work, they know is a business and will charge more. Unless you are at a non-profit business, or new shopper. The more shopping you do from a given IP at a smart server, the less of a deal they'll cut ya.

Never buy from Home.

Whatever you do, don't download that company's Android or iOS app, cuz then the really got ya.

I found that going to the Library, using their computers, signing up for a new GMail account (and staying logged in while trying) to then book flights, hotels, cars, etc., provided the largest discounts.

PhilLenoir20-Nov-14 9:00

PhilLenoir

20-Nov-14 9:00

I recently read an article about a university study on price variations between different browsers and hardware (it might have even been from a CP news link!) I seem to remember that purchasing from an Apple device had a higher average price quoted (I could well be wrong!)

One company even has random price variations deliberately as a comparative test on market elasticity.

I could download and Android or iOS app with impunity (since I have no Android or Apple devices!) Smile | :)

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Bassam Abdul-Baki20-Nov-14 9:35

Bassam Abdul-Baki

20-Nov-14 9:35

I remember that article. Yes, Apple users were priced more since companies assume they have more money to spend.

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PhilLenoir20-Nov-14 9:38

PhilLenoir

20-Nov-14 9:38

Quote:
assume they have more money to ~~spend~~ waste

Life is like a s**t sandwich; the more bread you have, the less s**t you eat.

Serial

Nagy Vilmos20-Nov-14 0:44

20-Nov-14 0:44

Has anyone listened to Serial[^]? I heard about through the Torygraph and I am now listening to episode 1.

Is it worth following?

DaveAuld20-Nov-14 0:58

20-Nov-14 0:58

I think that your are going to be the one that tells us if it is worth following Roll eyes | :rolleyes:

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Nagy Vilmos20-Nov-14 1:00

20-Nov-14 1:00

20 minutes in and I'm still interested.

DaveAuld20-Nov-14 1:01

20-Nov-14 1:01

That must some sort of interest level record for you is it?

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Nagy Vilmos20-Nov-14 1:02

20-Nov-14 1:02

How dare you, I can watch pron for hours!

DaveAuld20-Nov-14 1:15

20-Nov-14 1:15

that was a given......that is why fast internet was invented.

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S Houghtelin20-Nov-14 2:12

S Houghtelin

20-Nov-14 2:12

DaveAuld wrote:
that is why fast internet was invented.

...and cat videos, don't forget the cat videos.

It was broke, so I fixed it.

DaveAuld20-Nov-14 1:14

20-Nov-14 1:14

Spooky coincidence, just went to skim down my FB news feed and......Serial has a dead girl problem[^]

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BillWoodruff20-Nov-14 1:43

BillWoodruff

20-Nov-14 1:43

Well, come on Brother Nagy, dish-out the goulash for us: how do you like it ? Wazzit about ?

«If you search in Google for 'no-one ever got fired for buying IBM:' the top-hit is the Wikipedia article on 'Fear, uncertainty and doubt'» What does that tell you about sanity in these times?

Nagy Vilmos20-Nov-14 1:53

20-Nov-14 1:53

The basic premise is that it is a true story and the journalist is trying to find out what really happened. The background is Boy meet girl[^], boy date girl, girl dump boy, girl deaded, boy prisoned.

Now, did he kill her? He says 'no' and the first episode, what I have listed to now, goes through the events of the day and a possible alibi that was never presented to the court. The style is very interesting; narrative interspersed with archive and interviews. There is probably as much opinion in it, so far, as there are facts.

I'll listen on and see where it leads [or is that leds?].

PhilLenoir20-Nov-14 3:35

PhilLenoir

20-Nov-14 3:35

LEDS - are you boasting about your new screen again? Sigh | :sigh:

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BillWoodruff20-Nov-14 6:57

BillWoodruff

20-Nov-14 6:57

Thanks, I think I'll view if it has video, or else, hear. cheers, Bill

«If you search in Google for 'no-one ever got fired for buying IBM:' the top-hit is the Wikipedia article on 'Fear, uncertainty and doubt'» What does that tell you about sanity in these times?