Of course it is free. The user gets a service without parting with cash or goods or working for it. That, in English, is the definition of free. The fact that the provider gains a benefit from offering the free service does not make it non-free. And, like all free services, you get what you pay for :-) On 1 May 2014 14:12, James Cameron wrote: > On Thu, May 01, 2014 at 09:15:13PM +1200, RussellMc wrote: > > The first failure was Facebook's "fault"*. > > When I stepped to the last page in album it did not update the > > URL. It always used to. This may be new behaviour, today's behavior, > > Win8.1 showing its displeasure at the number of Google tabs I have > > open (it enters random refuse mode) or "something else". > > Yes, the modern JavaScript pages don't always change the URL of the > loaded page when they dynamically replace elements in the body of the > page. Some sites add a link copy or permalink to compensate. > > Right-click and copy the image location might be handy. > > > (NB NOTHING is Facebooks FAULT - it does what it does and is often > > vale for money at the $0 price and you accept what it gives. In this > > It's not free. The users are the product, not the service they see, > so the price is both non-monetary, and impractical to estimate. > > > James: Did you like the "water arcs"? :-). No, I didn't send people > > there on purpose. That took many tries to get that good. Better is > > possible, but there is a limit to how long people will try it for > > :-) > > Yes, interesting. It had me worried at first, but there were no > wardrobe malfunctions, so I didn't hit the panic button. It made me > curious as to why I had ended up on the wrong beach without any > circuit in sight. ;-} > > -- > James Cameron > http://quozl.linux.org.au/ > -- > http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > --=20 __________________________________________ David C Brown 43 Bings Road Whaley Bridge High Peak Phone: 01663 733236 Derbyshire eMail: dcb.home@gmail.com SK23 7ND web: www.bings-knowle.co.uk/dcb --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .