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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Internet

Posted by samzenpus on from the vicky-who? dept.

MMBK writes "Our friends at JESS3 have unveiled The Ex-Blocker. It's a Firefox and Chrome plugin that erases all name and likeness of your ex from the Internet, even if they become a meme, or the president. You'll no longer have to threaten to delete your Facebook account or concoct an elaborate e-hoax to assuage the reality-shattering complications that are born from break-ups. Simply construct an Internet that omits bad vibes all together."

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  1. first by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    First post (not including those by my exes)

  2. version 2.0 by AffidavitDonda · · Score: 2, Funny

    next version will be able to replace the name with some nice insults...

  3. Is the reverse possible? by HopefulIntern · · Score: 5, Funny

    I don't wanna erase her. I just wanna stalk her more thoroughly. Is it open source? Can I just place a '!' somewhere and reverse the effect?

    1. Re:Is the reverse possible? by shikaisi · · Score: 3, Insightful

      If this is configurable, there are truly a myriad applications. Right-wing Republican? ... just erase Obama from your world. Dutch football fan? ... pretend Spain never existed. Global warming denialist? ... evidence not a problem. Custom-made paradise beckons. The marketing possibilities are endless.

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    2. Re:Is the reverse possible? by hoggoth · · Score: 2, Insightful

      He didn't say conservative or libertarian. He said right-wing Republican. The nut jobs currently running (ruining?) the Republican party don't have much in common with conservatives from, say the Barry Goldwater era.

      The current Republican party is purchasing votes from an extremist religion while demonizing a different extremist religion.
      All very similar to the current Democratic party who is purchasing votes from the poor, disenfranchised minorities and immigrants.

      No matter which party wins, guess who ends up paying the bill for these purchases?

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  4. I just want a plugin by zish · · Score: 2, Funny

    that gives worms to ex-girlfriends.

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    Spork.

    P.S. Spork.
    1. Re:I just want a plugin by Culture20 · · Score: 2, Funny

      that gives worms to ex-girlfriends.

      Make sure you think about all possible meanings of that sentence before you make your genie-wish.

    2. Re:I just want a plugin by zish · · Score: 2, Funny

      Knife would take too long to learn how to do correctly. Remember, the goal is only worms. Poking a hole in the security layer only invites other forms of malware to intrude. The plugin needs to make use of an already available connector or API (Aperture Pervasion Interface).

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      Spork.

      P.S. Spork.
  5. Tomorrow's announcement... by silverglade00 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Software company JESS3 announces service providing lists of available women for sale. Using the blocklists provided by their Ex-Blocker software, they have amassed lists of recently single women and are making them available to you for a low, low price!

  6. That's great, but... by LSD-OBS · · Score: 3, Interesting

    won't somebody please write a plugin that strips all that horrific fucking waste of space we all know as "Urchin" from all URLs? I want something thorough. It must strip all that "&utm_source=xxx&utm_campaign=xxx" etc off every link rendered in the html, and off every URL pasted into the browser, and everything copied into the clipboard. It's not that I fundamentally hate being tracked (well, I do, but...), it's just that when you have a URL consisting of 200 chars, 150 of which are Urchin tracking bullshit, you know YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG. The necessary information could easily be stored in a single GUID, with a bit of forethought.

    In case you're wondering, yes, Urchin and I were an item until she ate my last Rolo, punched my mom and ran away with my siamese twin sibling.

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    Today's weirdness is tomorrow's reason why. -- Hunter S. Thompson
  7. Re:more options by operagost · · Score: 2, Funny

    President Obama, is that you?

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  8. You're a hypocrite if you think this is cool by pinkushun · · Score: 2, Insightful

    While preaching anti-censorship at the same time. Think about it. The best you can do about ex'es is to forget they exist. Mental programming is much more effective than a browser plugin :P