Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2015 10:15:41 -0453 From: "William A. Mahaffey III" <wam@hiwaay.net> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: [OT] hopefully easy question Message-ID: <558976A6.50400@hiwaay.net> In-Reply-To: <CADV=szUHAQRRuQPBUR5XLtYezw=KE2J9orRr8P1w=%2B09gO=EOA@mail.gmail.com> References: <5589741E.30108@hiwaay.net> <CADV=szUHAQRRuQPBUR5XLtYezw=KE2J9orRr8P1w=%2B09gO=EOA@mail.gmail.com>
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On 06/23/15 10:08, Brian W. wrote: > > Doesn't the Google tactic of -negatestring work? > > On Jun 23, 2015 7:58 AM, "William A. Mahaffey III" <wam@hiwaay.net > <mailto:wam@hiwaay.net>> wrote: > > > > I am looking on Ebay for a battery for an older laptop I have. I > used the following search, assembled in their search bar: > > > http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_sacat=0&_sop=15&_nkw=compaq+presario+v5000+battery&_ipg=200&rt=nc > > > This turned up a bunch of chargers 1st, which I don't want. Is > there a way to add a 'negate' to the search string ? I tried > adding '+(!charger)' to the URL text-string & got *only* chargers. > FWIW, I am doing this under FBSD 9.3R, XFCE desktop, firefox, all > FreeBSD, just to make it peripherially on topic :-) .... TIA for > any (quick, don't bang any heads on walls over this) clues. > > > -- > > William A. Mahaffey III > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > "The M1 Garand is without doubt the finest implement of war > ever devised by man." > -- Gen. George S. Patton Jr. > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > <mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org > <mailto:freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org>" > I never heard of that Google tactic, sorry :-/ .... Is that in the search bar or the URL string ? TIA & thanks :-). -- William A. Mahaffey III ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "The M1 Garand is without doubt the finest implement of war ever devised by man." -- Gen. George S. Patton Jr.
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