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Old 09-22-2014, 05:32 PM   #162
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Originally Posted by pwalker8 View Post
I'm not going to spend a lot of time reposting the same old links for people who have not shown that they are interested in serious discussion rather than being snarky or complaining because some information is behind a paywall (hint, at one time one could google the title of most WSJ articles and get past the paywall, this is if one is actually interested rather than just playing rhetorical games).
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Originally Posted by rhadin View Post
It seems that a basic lesson in Internet use is needed: Take the title of the article and enter it into the Google search engine. In case you can't find Google, here is the link: http://www.google.com. Then press the Search button. When the results appear, pick the link to the article that displays the article's content outside the paywall.

If you find that too difficult, then quit complaining that you can't access the articles -- because you can; you are just too lazy to do so.
Well, yes -- I would do that, except that WSJ has apparently caught on, since that hasn't worked for a while now. I suggest you try it and see.

Google redirect for WSJ article linked above

Gets me:
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Google webcache does not make that page accessible either, for obvious reasons.
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