hutcheson - 11:29 pm on Dec 31, 2006 (gmt 0)

Sorry, ambiguous pronouns.

I spoke to the casual surfer who actually used the ODP. He'd originally heard about it from me.

It was his friend (whom I do not know) who had done the unsuccessful Googling. Both people are professional (hardware) techies: that is, capable of some kind of technological acuity (which obviously doesn't describe the whole population.)