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Verizon Removes Search Choices For BlackBerrys
shrugger writes "I picked up my BlackBerry this morning to do a search and noticed Bing as my default search engine. I thought this was very strange, since I didn't pick this setting. I went to change it back to Google and, to my chagrin, Bing was my only option! Apparently Verizon has pushed an update that removes all search providers except Bing. Thanks a lot Verizon!" The Reg notes: "The move is part of the five-year search and advertising deal Verizon signed with Microsoft in January for a rumored $500m."
Oh yeah, the self-censorship thing is so fucking ridiculous. As if its not enough that TV is censored.. (and screw the children, I learned to swear at a young age and so does everyone else, TV swearing or no)
Oh, so you're advocating meta-self-censorship? Bl*w me. I don't need some tw*t telling me not to self-censor. F*ck that sh*t.
In general, it is safe and legal to kill your children. -- POSIX Programmer's Guide
Just do what I do when you have mod points: dump all the comments into a spreadsheet to sort them by rank then mod the top 4.
That's a solution to something but not to the problem I mentioned.
The lack of posts worthy of a "Funny" mod != the need for a method of choosing which to mod. In other words, if I followed your advice, those top 4 would receive mods like Informative, Insightful and Interesting, but Funny would still be rare.
It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education. - Einstein
You must be new around here... you clearly forgot part of that joke...
By the time you've sorted through and ranked every single comment, you'll be so tired of them that you won't want to mod and not having mod points won't be an issue. Sounds like he solved your problem to me.