[ARC5] Speaking of Cautionary Tales

[J. Forster]

Well it didn't come from me. I have Cookies always turned OFF.

-John

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> Here's a strange one for y'all to ponder.
>
> A few weeks back John Foster and I were exchanging personal e-mails about
> design of DC to AC inverters.
>
> Now, for some time I have noted that if I go to some sales websites and
> look some items, when I go to other news and information websites the
> pop-up adverts often will be from those same sales websites showing those
> same items.  Obviously, they are reading the cookies left by those
> websites and are figuring out what I am interested in and showing me that
> in the ads.
>
> But very soon after John and mine's discussions on inverters, on one of
> the news and info websites I got a pop up advert for DC to AC inverters.
> I had not gone to any sales website and looked for those items, since John
> and I were discussing the design of one I had built a long time ago.
>
> So how did that know about that if they were not reading my e-mails as
> well as the cookies?
>
> Wayne
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