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The ultimate goal of google is to show you whatever it is you want to see. When searching for simply the word "failure", that page is what people are expecting to see now and searching for. Why should google artificially alter that?

Because with googlebombing what Google is showing you is what a small number of motivated people want you to see, not what you want to see. The fact that people involved in a googlebomb want to see something does not make it what the majority of people want to see. And making it circular by saying that people now expect to see the results of a succesful googlebomb when they search for failure is just sophistry.

But really, do you expect to get anything meaningful out of a search on single semi-random words on Google?

The ultimate goal of google is to show you whatever it is you want to see. When searching for simply the word "failure", that page is what people are expecting to see now and searching for. Why should google artificially alter that?

Because with googlebombing what Google is showing you is what a small number of motivated people want you to see, not what you want to see. The fact that people involved in a googlebomb want to see something does not make it what the majority of people want to see. And making it circular by saying that people now expect to see the results of a succesful googlebomb when they search for failure is just sophistry.

But really, do you expect to get anything meaningful out of a search on single semi-random words on Google?

The ultimate goal of google is to show you whatever it is you want to see. When searching for simply the word "failure", that page is what people are expecting to see now and searching for. Why should google artificially alter that?

Because with googlebombing what Google is showing you is what a small number of motivated people want you to see, not what you want to see. The fact that people involved in a googlebomb want to see something does not make it what the majority of people want to see. And making it circular by saying that people now expect to see the results of a succesful googlebomb when they search for failure is just sophistry.

But really, do you expect to get anything meaningful out of a search on single semi-random words on Google?

The ultimate goal of google is to show you whatever it is you want to see. When searching for simply the word "failure", that page is what people are expecting to see now and searching for. Why should google artificially alter that?

Because with googlebombing what Google is showing you is what a small number of motivated people want you to see, not what you want to see. The fact that people involved in a googlebomb want to see something does not make it what the majority of people want to see. And making it circular by saying that people now expect to see the results of a succesful googlebomb when they search for failure is just sophistry.

But really, do you expect to get anything meaningful out of a search on single semi-random words on Google?

The ultimate goal of google is to show you whatever it is you want to see. When searching for simply the word "failure", that page is what people are expecting to see now and searching for. Why should google artificially alter that?

Because with googlebombing what Google is showing you is what a small number of motivated people want you to see, not what you want to see. The fact that people involved in a googlebomb want to see something does not make it what the majority of people want to see. And making it circular by saying that people now expect to see the results of a succesful googlebomb when they search for failure is just sophistry.

But really, do you expect to get anything meaningful out of a search on single semi-random words on Google?

The ultimate goal of google is to show you whatever it is you want to see. When searching for simply the word "failure", that page is what people are expecting to see now and searching for. Why should google artificially alter that?

Because with googlebombing what Google is showing you is what a small number of motivated people want you to see, not what you want to see. The fact that people involved in a googlebomb want to see something does not make it what the majority of people want to see. And making it circular by saying that people now expect to see the results of a succesful googlebomb when they search for failure is just sophistry.

But really, do you expect to get anything meaningful out of a search on single semi-random words on Google?

The ultimate goal of google is to show you whatever it is you want to see. When searching for simply the word "failure", that page is what people are expecting to see now and searching for. Why should google artificially alter that?

Because with googlebombing what Google is showing you is what a small number of motivated people want you to see, not what you want to see. The fact that people involved in a googlebomb want to see something does not make it what the majority of people want to see. And making it circular by saying that people now expect to see the results of a succesful googlebomb when they search for failure is just sophistry.

But really, do you expect to get anything meaningful out of a search on single semi-random words on Google?

The ultimate goal of google is to show you whatever it is you want to see. When searching for simply the word "failure", that page is what people are expecting to see now and searching for. Why should google artificially alter that?

Because with googlebombing what Google is showing you is what a small number of motivated people want you to see, not what you want to see. The fact that people involved in a googlebomb want to see something does not make it what the majority of people want to see. And making it circular by saying that people now expect to see the results of a succesful googlebomb when they search for failure is just sophistry.

But really, do you expect to get anything meaningful out of a search on single semi-random words on Google?

The ultimate goal of google is to show you whatever it is you want to see. When searching for simply the word "failure", that page is what people are expecting to see now and searching for. Why should google artificially alter that?

Because with googlebombing what Google is showing you is what a small number of motivated people want you to see, not what you want to see. The fact that people involved in a googlebomb want to see something does not make it what the majority of people want to see. And making it circular by saying that people now expect to see the results of a succesful googlebomb when they search for failure is just sophistry.

But really, do you expect to get anything meaningful out of a search on single semi-random words on Google?

The ultimate goal of google is to show you whatever it is you want to see. When searching for simply the word "failure", that page is what people are expecting to see now and searching for. Why should google artificially alter that?

Because with googlebombing what Google is showing you is what a small number of motivated people want you to see, not what you want to see. The fact that people involved in a googlebomb want to see something does not make it what the majority of people want to see. And making it circular by saying that people now expect to see the results of a succesful googlebomb when they search for failure is just sophistry.

But really, do you expect to get anything meaningful out of a search on single semi-random words on Google?

The ultimate goal of google is to show you whatever it is you want to see. When searching for simply the word "failure", that page is what people are expecting to see now and searching for. Why should google artificially alter that?

Because with googlebombing what Google is showing you is what a small number of motivated people want you to see, not what you want to see. The fact that people involved in a googlebomb want to see something does not make it what the majority of people want to see. And making it circular by saying that people now expect to see the results of a succesful googlebomb when they search for failure is just sophistry.

But really, do you expect to get anything meaningful out of a search on single semi-random words on Google?

The ultimate goal of google is to show you whatever it is you want to see. When searching for simply the word "failure", that page is what people are expecting to see now and searching for. Why should google artificially alter that?

Because with googlebombing what Google is showing you is what a small number of motivated people want you to see, not what you want to see. The fact that people involved in a googlebomb want to see something does not make it what the majority of people want to see. And making it circular by saying that people now expect to see the results of a succesful googlebomb when they search for failure is just sophistry.

But really, do you expect to get anything meaningful out of a search on single semi-random words on Google?

The ultimate goal of google is to show you whatever it is you want to see. When searching for simply the word "failure", that page is what people are expecting to see now and searching for. Why should google artificially alter that?

Because with googlebombing what Google is showing you is what a small number of motivated people want you to see, not what you want to see. The fact that people involved in a googlebomb want to see something does not make it what the majority of people want to see. And making it circular by saying that people now expect to see the results of a succesful googlebomb when they search for failure is just sophistry.

But really, do you expect to get anything meaningful out of a search on single semi-random words on Google?

The ultimate goal of google is to show you whatever it is you want to see. When searching for simply the word "failure", that page is what people are expecting to see now and searching for. Why should google artificially alter that?

Because with googlebombing what Google is showing you is what a small number of motivated people want you to see, not what you want to see. The fact that people involved in a googlebomb want to see something does not make it what the majority of people want to see. And making it circular by saying that people now expect to see the results of a succesful googlebomb when they search for failure is just sophistry.

But really, do you expect to get anything meaningful out of a search on single semi-random words on Google?

The ultimate goal of google is to show you whatever it is you want to see. When searching for simply the word "failure", that page is what people are expecting to see now and searching for. Why should google artificially alter that?

Because with googlebombing what Google is showing you is what a small number of motivated people want you to see, not what you want to see. The fact that people involved in a googlebomb want to see something does not make it what the majority of people want to see. And making it circular by saying that people now expect to see the results of a succesful googlebomb when they search for failure is just sophistry.

But really, do you expect to get anything meaningful out of a search on single semi-random words on Google?

The ultimate goal of google is to show you whatever it is you want to see. When searching for simply the word "failure", that page is what people are expecting to see now and searching for. Why should google artificially alter that?

Because with googlebombing what Google is showing you is what a small number of motivated people want you to see, not what you want to see. The fact that people involved in a googlebomb want to see something does not make it what the majority of people want to see. And making it circular by saying that people now expect to see the results of a succesful googlebomb when they search for failure is just sophistry.

But really, do you expect to get anything meaningful out of a search on single semi-random words on Google?

The ultimate goal of google is to show you whatever it is you want to see. When searching for simply the word "failure", that page is what people are expecting to see now and searching for. Why should google artificially alter that?

Because with googlebombing what Google is showing you is what a small number of motivated people want you to see, not what you want to see. The fact that people involved in a googlebomb want to see something does not make it what the majority of people want to see. And making it circular by saying that people now expect to see the results of a succesful googlebomb when they search for failure is just sophistry.

But really, do you expect to get anything meaningful out of a search on single semi-random words on Google?

The ultimate goal of google is to show you whatever it is you want to see. When searching for simply the word "failure", that page is what people are expecting to see now and searching for. Why should google artificially alter that?

Because with googlebombing what Google is showing you is what a small number of motivated people want you to see, not what you want to see. The fact that people involved in a googlebomb want to see something does not make it what the majority of people want to see. And making it circular by saying that people now expect to see the results of a succesful googlebomb when they search for failure is just sophistry.

But really, do you expect to get anything meaningful out of a search on single semi-random words on Google?

The ultimate goal of google is to show you whatever it is you want to see. When searching for simply the word "failure", that page is what people are expecting to see now and searching for. Why should google artificially alter that?

Because with googlebombing what Google is showing you is what a small number of motivated people want you to see, not what you want to see. The fact that people involved in a googlebomb want to see something does not make it what the majority of people want to see. And making it circular by saying that people now expect to see the results of a succesful googlebomb when they search for failure is just sophistry.

But really, do you expect to get anything meaningful out of a search on single semi-random words on Google?

Flash and image ads - in themselves - are not evil.

What's evil are the ones that are large sizes, that encroach on the rest of the page, and that are designed to try and subvert your control over either the design of your website or the functionality of your browser. Google has some very interesting guidelines in place to prevent the obnoxious features of flash or image ads from being used through their system.

Images must be under 50K - and this includes Flash ads.

Nothing can extend outside the proscribed space given to the ad.

Text and images need to be clear and distinct.

The user bar offering links back to the site will be provided by Google (probably so they can keep accurate track of the clicks)

Still no links to pop-up spawning pages allowed.

And one of my favorite lines in the list:

"Your ad should not contain universal call-to-action phrases such as 'click here,' 'link here,' 'visit this link,' 'this site is,' or other similar phrases that could apply to any ad, regardless of content."

It seems to me like Google is actually trying to take the evil -out- of flash and image-based ads.

Okay, so coal mining is 45 a year...

Then we've got deaths from the pollution - 563 annually in Pittsburgh alone. Sound like a lot? Compare it to 22000 annually in the US, plus many more in the rest of the world.
(if you don't like my sources, get your own

Then on top of that, we've got the deaths from simply working in the dangerous environment that is a coal plant.

As some random person wrote for their high school paper, Nuclear Power: Safer than Peanut Butter! (yes, they do back that up!).

Looking for free ISOs? Make my own? That's just what I was talking about, FYI. I don't care enough to somehow create my own iso, I simply download one and install it.

Hi Ulrich.

I did a quick search for where you might be located, to point you to an appropriate ftp server if you ever change your mind and noticed that you're into some interesting languages, including assembler. So I wouldn't be calling you a dumbass. ; )

If at some stage in the future you might like to try making your own OpenBSD CD. It is quick and easy for i386.

From one of the ftp sites like ftp://ftp.de.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.8/i386 just download the files in that directory and use cdrom38.fs as the 2.88Mb boot floppy image as an El-Torito boot image. You should be able to do this no problem with mkisofs, I'm lazy and just use Nero from a Windows machine, but I should script it one day.

Typically your arch of choice will be about 150Mb. For stuff like sparc64 and macppc I use the appropriate cdrom38.iso image and then perform a network install or swap CD's when it comes time to copy files off the CD if you choose to install from CD.

There are some good guides for doing this.

you make it sound like the people don't want it. you are wrong, the government is the entity that doesn't want it.

some chinese did want freedom of speech, they went out into tiananmen square and the government killed them.

As it happened

Google magic at work

All you lamers saying the chinese don't want freedom are full of shit, nobody really knows what the chinese want, only what the government wants. All you lamers saying "That's the culture there, that's the law there" don't realise our culture in the west wasn't very democratic until recently (check up when women or blacks got the vote in various western democracies, universal franchise is basically only a 20th century phenomenon). So on the memories of the people who died desiring freedom in tiananmen square, chinese people, wanting freedom, I say fuck you for your rationalisations.

Google isn't respecting the chinese, they are disrespecting them. Google is respecting a small elite who use violence to maintain their power.

AND WTF their culture doesn't support democracy.... ever heard of TAIWAN YOU SACK OF SHIT?! It's quite clear people with chinese culture, language and values can live VERY happily and prosperously under democracy.

go learn some history, and buy yourself a backbone while you are at it.

Google is right to change the results of South African searchers looking for images and information about the Sharpeville massacre because in the end it's better for Google to be in the South African apartheid market than out of it, and they'd be out if they let them see images like this. Giving them access to some information is better than none and little bits will slip through because you can't censor everything.

What about the ANC you say? Well the South African government considers them terrorists so it's only really obeying the laws of South Africa to change the results of a search for them.

I think it's clear Google shouldn't boycott the South African government because in the end what can Google really do? What would a boycott ever achieve?

Google is staying true to it's motto "Don't be evil" by making compromises that you absolutists simply don't understand.

Google is right to change the results of South African searchers looking for images and information about the Sharpeville massacre because in the end it's better for Google to be in the South African apartheid market than out of it, and they'd be out if they let them see images like this. Giving them access to some information is better than none and little bits will slip through because you can't censor everything.

What about the ANC you say? Well the South African government considers them terrorists so it's only really obeying the laws of South Africa to change the results of a search for them.

I think it's clear Google shouldn't boycott the South African government because in the end what can Google really do? What would a boycott ever achieve?

Google is staying true to it's motto "Don't be evil" by making compromises that you absolutists simply don't understand.

Google is right to change the results of South African searchers looking for images and information about the Sharpeville massacre because in the end it's better for Google to be in the South African apartheid market than out of it, and they'd be out if they let them see images like this. Giving them access to some information is better than none and little bits will slip through because you can't censor everything.

What about the ANC you say? Well the South African government considers them terrorists so it's only really obeying the laws of South Africa to change the results of a search for them.

I think it's clear Google shouldn't boycott the South African government because in the end what can Google really do? What would a boycott ever achieve?

Google is staying true to it's motto "Don't be evil" by making compromises that you absolutists simply don't understand.

Google is right to change the results of South African searchers looking for images and information about the Sharpeville massacre because in the end it's better for Google to be in the South African apartheid market than out of it, and they'd be out if they let them see images like this. Giving them access to some information is better than none and little bits will slip through because you can't censor everything.

What about the ANC you say? Well the South African government considers them terrorists so it's only really obeying the laws of South Africa to change the results of a search for them.

I think it's clear Google shouldn't boycott the South African government because in the end what can Google really do? What would a boycott ever achieve?

Google is staying true to it's motto "Don't be evil" by making compromises that you absolutists simply don't understand.

Sorry, that should be http://groups.google.com.au/.

Adaware and Spybot Search and destroy are your best place to start, but I understand your frustration. Probably three out of the last four times I've dealt with a Spyware infested machine they didn't completely do the trick on their own.

Install and run Adaware and Spybot S&D, making sure you update the programs and select to perform deep scans (within archives, etc) in the custom scan options. This will probably most of the easiest and most common exploits. Reboot.

Go through your Add/Remove programs menu and try removing any programs you can identify as spware. If the programs didn't come with an uninstaller, I would have to officially recommend you do not go through any of their steps to download one and run it. I have tried this in the past with mixed results. Some of these programs truly were just severely annoying adware that actually removed themselves at the end of this lengthy process, but some were truly malicious that simply installed MORE spyware after running the uninstaller. I recommend you don't risk this.

Open up the task manager and go through each and every process, reseaching in if need be. I use groups.google.au to get the older version which seems to provide more relavent results. Kill any processes that you find are suspiscious. Hell, kill any processes you can't identify as normal Windows OS or application processes. I dealt with a instance of spyware once that executed two randomly named processes that protected the spyware from removal. If you killed one process, the other would immediately respawn it.

Go through all of your startup locations: C:\WINDOWS\Start Menu\Programs\StartUp C:\WINDOWS\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\StartUp HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Run HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\RunServices HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Run Start --> Run --> msconfig --> Startup tab

Once again, go through each and every item and delete or disable everything that you can identify as malicious. It's likely that when searching you will run across others who have dealt with the same spyware issues in the past and have had to figure out how to remove them.

Run your Adaware and Spybot S&D scans again. Reboot. Test your machine to see if the spyware is still there. Still have problems?

Download and run Hijack This Pour through your log once more, or alternatively post it to one of the many forums where professionals are willing to lend you a helping hand. At this point, you may also want to consider downloading and running Rootkit Revealer.

Also, try rebooting into safe mode and running your scans. Even though you are in safe mode, you should still monitor and kill processes that are suspicious. Remember, Sony's Rootkit came complete with a safe mode driver.

If all of this hasn't worked, then I suggest you back up your data, scan it for viruses, and do a low level format with a utility such as Killdisk. Now that you have to reinstall your OS, perhaps now is the prefect time to make the Linux switch.

Which explains why:
GIS in AU
GIS in CA
GIS in FR
GIS in UK
GIS in RU
GIS in PL
GIS in IT
GIS in ES
GIS in JP

Are all so different, right?
That's not "cultural differences", mate. That's censorship.

So google are letting us know when they are censoring results?

Shouldn't the chinese google results look the same as the others, but letting you know which links are censored?

http://www.google.cn/search?hl=zh-CN&q=tiananmen+s quare&meta=
http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=tiananmen+s quare&meta=
http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&q=tiananmen+ square&meta=
http://www.google.fr/search?hl=fr&q=tiananmen+squa re&meta=
http://www.google.de/search?hl=de&q=tiananmen+squa re&meta=

So I stopped by the Australian version of Google news and scrolled down to the entertainment section. The top-story headline read "Snake bites great-grandmother".

How entertaining it is to find a mis-categorisation :-P

So I stopped by the Australian version of Google news and scrolled down to the entertainment section. The top-story headline read "Snake bites great-grandmother".

How entertaining it is to find a mis-categorisation :-P

Mod parent up.

I can't believe anyone would recommend anything else for a geek besides the NSLU2!!

It runs based on Linux, so you can replace the firmware
Not only do you have a NAS device, which you can mirror disks on, but then you can basically add on whatever you want, eg Firewall, web/mail/file server, music center, VOIP PBX, use NFS as well as Samba etc.

Tom's Networking has a little howto on this.

And if you're interested in more information, CmdrTaco I've found this other site where you can often find some good information from users about techy related stuff that matters.

'... microsoft doesnt make PC's FYI, so how could they compete with making PC's? ...'

xbox perhaps? Read here for more why.

http://www.google.com.au/search?q=python+new+style +classes

First link.

For one, you are so far off-topic its not funny.

Two, there is a reason why groups like the AMA filter who can/can't be a doctor - no price fixing isn't one of them - standards. I'm quite happy to know that doctors here are suitably qualified. Why? Because do get the odd (immigrant) doctor who isn't up to scratch. e.g. http://www.google.com.au/search?q=doctor+death+que ensland

Your friend must be some neurosurgeon. If they are honestly suitably qualified, then I would certainly question the system - without the unnecessary rhetoric - and ask why. Can you explain what reason the AMA gave your friend? Otherwise take your medicine (pardon the pun) be quiet.

Back on topic,...
Kevin, your web server is down ... you must be one of those really, really good super qualified IT employee's Australia needs.

Today, you can buy a 256MB USB Watch without much trouble at all. I dont see any issue with these novelty USB drives being available in reasonable sizes at the time of pruchase.

The real problem is that the sweet spot for USB drives have acheived an improvment about 80% each year. The means your USB watch seems out of date in only 2 years.

Sorry a bit OT!

But I have been reading posts in this topic and I would like to say that I am proud that the rest of the world understands us Ossies (pronounced: Oh-seas - well I think that's how you all pronounce it anyways).

Being that the "World Series" is played between the NL and AL I did not realise that the Yanks knew there was another country/continent out there beyond the blue water.

Yes we are all convicts. I am, my dad is, his dad is and so on... hell I only just got off the boat (Friendship) yesterday. Was away on parole, however I later found that ripping a cd in England was illegal (damn, second time I fell for that!)

Anyways just to clear things up.
* We do not fuck sheep, people who do that are called New Zealanders.
* No, New Zealand is not in or a part of Australia (even though we do have more of them here than New Zealand does.
* We are not an American Sheriff even though Johnny thinks we are.
* We only enter every war we can legitimately enter because we like to fight and we are the best at it (ask the Americans, Germans, Vietnamese ...)
* Kangaroos do live on the city street however the government is putting in place laws that allow police to move them on (wait for the protesting roos on a news channel near you!)
* We are actually clever enough to work out that there is a difference between the metric and imperial measurements (we may be on the other side of the world but even we have GOOGLE! - http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&q=1+meter+in +yard&meta= ) Besides at least we make sense by "choosing" one standard!! Put it this way we would say "Yo, Yo, WAZZZUP Gee, Me had ta walk a whole mile to da store to shoot da nigger wid me 9mm - WTF)
* We do not allow anyone into this country unless they have killed someone or at least been convicted for stealing some bread.
* We actually admit that some of our stars are crap (Ie. Kylie Minogue - we had to send her back to the mother land - and they were stupid enough to make her a star!) we do not just shrug our shoulder and fool the world that some stars who are crap are actually good (Britney Spears, Jessica Simpson to just name a small fraction of the tip of the ice burg)

Any other Questions please leave them with an American they seem to know more about us OHSEAS than we do.

Support one of the sites giving this story for free. Google news link

Marfa Lights have been known in the Australian Outback for a long time as minmin lights.
See this link http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/stories/s818193 .htm
Or google it http://www.google.com.au/search?q=minmin%20lights

Well, we are kinda dumb.

Pauliene does little wrong, apart from being shamelessly used by some crooks, and does a jail term, ending her career. (No, I don't agree with her politics, but they only consisted on repeating the ideas of part of the comunity back to them, which is an effective political strategy used by many.)

A cheif magistrate sends a threatening email to a fellow magistrate vowing to retaliate if they don't stop their (probably just) complaints against her, gets convicted, but the conviction is overturned on a technicality (aparently, magistrates can threaten witnesses with impunity!), she is compensated for her imprisonment and reinstated!
http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2003/s872203.htm
http://www.google.com.au/search?hs=4jH&hl=en&clien t=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&q=% 22di+fingleton%22&btnG=Search&meta=cr%3DcountryAU

A cannot believe that anyone coming before her would not try to have here removed from the case.

Yes, sometimes Australians get things wrong.

Yeah, just a few minor facts wrong there.

Alston wasn't marginal or independent, he was first on Victoria's Liberal party Sentate ticket. He wasn't ultra(or uber)-conservative, just ultra-stupid. He didn't lose his seat, he retired and was appointed as High Commissioner to the United Kingdom. And we still have bans against any hardcore porn being hosted on servers located in Australia.

You're right that he was a complete luddite nutjob though. Google still views him as the "World's greatest luddite".

Google agrees with you. ^_^

Just Fn Google It

Google Search

Doesnt look like a very non-bias opinion if you ask me ..

130 Gbps = 0.0158691406 terabytes per second (using google)
1 Library of congress is 20TB
1 Fortnight is 1209600s
0.0158691406 x 1209600 = 19195.31247
At 130Gbps after 1 fortnight 19195.31247TB would be transfered
19195.31247/20 = 959.77 Libraries of Congress per fortnight.

Google it.

Serves me right for using fucking Word to spell check the post (why does it insist on using funky characters for " and '?)

Oh, and "[A-Z]{2}AA" is slightly more correct! (Stupid growing up in DOS with its shitty wildcard characters)

while fighting off dingos

We don't have to. They are too busy hunting babies.

And... you forgot to say "dodging Drop Bears".