Could you be misled by what you find on the Internet? Do you too easily trust
what Google tells you? Compare the following statements, all found on a single
occasion recently, on Google.
The floods are the worst since 1954
The floods are the worst since 1998
The floods are the worst since 1958
The floods are the worst since 1997
The floods are the worst since 1982
The floods are the worst since 1993
The floods are the worst since 1947
The floods are the worst since 1625.
Might you have been deceived if you had just looked at one of these? And is the
topmost one necessarily the best? Rewley house, in Oxford, is running a
dayschool on Saturday 20th October 2007 (with optional follow-up) to offer you
ways to distinguish between more and less reliable www-information, and to
enable you to search more effectively. For information and details contact the
Day School Administrator, O.U.D.C.E., 1 Wellington Square, Oxford OX1 2JA; tel.
01865-270368; e-mail [log in to unmask] ac.uk. Apologies for any cross-posting.
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