MSN is owned and default for Windows. I don't know anyone who "chooses" to go there, those that go there are "default" MS page on windows.
Yahoo is corrupted by all those utilities that install Yahoo toolbar. The problem is similar to that of MSN, in that most of those that use Yahoo, don't "choose" it, it is defaulted when they install Acrobat Reader or whatever.
ESPN is definitively male centric and will have its own bias.
Google is probably a better choice, but I'm sure there still is some bias to it perhaps a tad Geek heavy.
Which is why a nice cross section of sites and averaging the results, along with using ubiquitous sites like MyFaceSpaceBook would give a good glimpse into marketshare.
. Places like the Geek Squad are populated with people who are instructed to turn stuff over for a profit rather than solve problems, so they won't look for evidence of the battle.
I'm sorry, but that is exactly what I do with infected machines(Format/re-install). The shear number of machines I get to deal with that are infected and whatnot are just too great for me to go forensic on them and try to remove the malware, never knowing if I ever got it all.
And the latest greatest Antivirus, and security patches are no match for the average 1D10T errors I come across who go clicky clicky on every popup and advert they see.
I add a great deal of blame for this on websites requiring every known plugin / ActiveX known to man. When people are used to clicking "install" just to get a website to function right, there is a problem not just with the user, but those people who build websites with the latest greatest (Flash, Silverlight, Java, etc ).
Seriously, it takes two to six hours of my time to run through a security sweep of an infected system, or I can spend 15 min to do a re-install.
The funny thing is, a new computer these days are so cheap that it is almost cheaper to replace a two - three year old infected monstrosity with a brand new unit that is twice as fast, than it is to spend $ to fix the old one.
I know that a bunch of people are going to say "WTF" and all that, and I have to add my $.02 worth.
What a CROCK of shit. While wireless is great for "casual" surfing and such, I sure wouldn't want it for anything other than that. And from experience, Wireless starts to really drop functionality as the number of users on the WAP goes up. More than about 5 or 10 devices being used on a WAP is just about useless (depending on usage). You might as well be on dialup at that point.
I run into this kind of thinking all the time, and it drives me nuts. We have a guy throwing all sorts of wireless out on our campuses, and it sits mostly unused. And the wireless that IS used is almost useless because so many people are trying to use it at once it is slower old 10base hubs.
Don't get me wrong, wireless has its place. My house is wireless, and I also have wired connections. I just wired my in-laws house (two computer household) because wireless was too slow for them and their needs. They now have gig wire network AND wireless in their house.
Don't get me wrong, wireless has its place, as does wired lans. One has to know the needs, and design and engineer a system that suits the needs of those that are using it.
I use IE (6 and 7) for one thing only. Checking to see if a website works with IE (6/7). Period. If it renders halfway decently (subjective observation), then I leave it alone. CSS breaks IE all the time, so any site that uses CSS is bound to have issues (all of mine do), so I tell people to use another browser when it breaks.
In my experience many professors (too many) basically ask for Plagiarized papers. There are a variety of reasons why they ask for plagiarized papers, mostly having to do with either laziness or wanting a particular view point regurgitated.
People in my generation had Cliff Notes which one could spew forth a regurgitated version from Cliff Notes and get an A, while those with original thoughts would be graded much more harshly.
I once researched a paper where it was fully documented with sources and such, all my own research and writing and got an D- on it. I finished the class basically plagiarizing my roommates papers from the year before and scoring A's and B's on all the other papers.
What is the point of using your brain when it is punished?
Not all Professors are like this, but too many are.
So, where do you draw the line on values? Why should I accept where YOU decide?
As for Homosexuals, you have no idea who you're talking to. My brother was a homosexual. He's dead by the way. Quite frankly, I don't care if people are gay or not, I just don't want it thrown in my face every time someone disagrees with my position. And I don't want to know about gay people's sex lives, anymore than I want to know about Britney's or Paris Hilton's.
As for Black people, you sir, are a freakin racist. I don't see black people, or orientals or whites or browns or whatever. I see people. Human is the race, thank you very much.
Actually the assignment about global warming was given by the CREATIVE WRITING professor. She chose not to go with the pseudo-scientific garbage being spewed by the Global Warming Alarmists. So, yeah, she was pissed. That is the point you idiot. You gonna figure out why a CREATIVE WRITING college class has an assignment on Global Warming that doesn't involve political indoctrination? Let me know when you get that figured out.
Scientists aren't proving anything. They are taking measurements and drawing conclusions. But those that have alternative viewpoints are cut off and ostracized by the PC Global Warming Crowd, which often ignores or alters their conclusions to support their view that MAN KIND IS CAUSING global warming.
Global Warming is a religion. As was Global Cooling was 30 years ago. In both cases, man was the cause. It will go away, and be replaced by something else.
If you REALLY want to be scared, just take a look at the pharma water reports, detailing all the pharmaceuticals in our water supply.
It is clear that the sun has more to do with our weather than most of the Global Warming Alarmists want to admit, because then it only makes us puny little bits of the puzzle, and there is LITTLE to NOTHING we can really do about the SUN.
Actually, the Parent has a point. Whenever a (R) does something, the press makes it VERY clear, often repeating party affiliation several times within the article. And when it is a (D), they may never actually mention it.
Pay attention to how politicians are labeled in news articles and you'll see this trend. Good (D), Bad (R). No bad (D), no good (R).
No, you just compel people to join a system that they don't want to. What you don't realize is that when government is paying for it, you're paying for it. Well probably not YOU, since about 50% of the population doesn't pay any income taxes.
And then you end up having to wait six months for a heart surgery or having to go to the US and pay for it yourself. Oh wait, you want to take that option away! Never mind. You want the whole world to have the same crappy health care found elsewhere. No thank you.
But what does it teach your child when you tell him that he's not allowed to even explore other beliefs and ways of looking at the world?
I'm VERY grateful that my kids didn't learn their "world view" from the kids at school. You know, the ones that think getting pregnant at 14 is okay, the ones that say "drugs" are okay. The ones that have all sorts of... childish... behaviors and such.
People used to ask me about why I home schooled my kids, and worried about my kids "social development", and those same people are the ones often dealing with the issues named above.
My kids are well adjusted, and are much more "grownup" than their peers. My 16 year old is attending college and wants to have her AA degree by the time she is 18.
She is starting to learn about the progressive attack on normal social values at college, and the whole PC garbage. She isn't quite equipped to deal with adults who have temper tantrums because she has a brain and challenges their crap. But she is learning to spew out what the teacher wants to get a grade.
She thinks it is stupid that the teachers want to grade on whether or not the teacher likes the content of the paper, not on how well it was written. The comment "Well written but wrong... D" is idiotic grade for a creative writing class assignment, because the teacher didn't like my daughter's "Global Warming" rebuttal. And getting the College to review her grades is fruitless because of the "academic freedom" given to the teacher.
And people wonder why our country is going to hell in a hand basket, it is because the educational system has created a whole generation of mindless drones who have been programmed by the progressive left NOT TO THINK.
Ever have a debate with a Global Warming Alarmist? Ice Sheets are shrinking.... "Global Warming!!!". When the report comes out that the Ice sheets are expanding.... "Global Warming!!!".
There is no point in telling them anything other than what they believe.... Hey, that sounds JUST LIKE A RELIGION!
what it should be is "parents take the time to teach their child about the world and what is appropriate when and where"
Exactly why we shouldn't have Public Education involved with anything "sociological" and teaching PC crap and all that, and trying to correct the crap that parents subject their children to.
And while you may want(or not want) kids to know about that stuff, other people don't (or do). Who is gonna sort out what is allowed, or not allowed?
If we cut the crap out of the schools, and let parents instill their values (or lack thereof), then we won't have these types of crap showing up in schools in the first place.
And what may be okay for 16 year olds may not be appropriate for 7 year olds. And while you may want your 7 year old to know everything about everything, who are you to say that is okay for everyone else's kids too?
Here's a suggestion. Lets focus education on, you know... reading, writing, math and science, and perhaps some art and music, and getting people literate before we start our little social experiments.
I work for a school, and there aren't enough hours in the day for teachers to teach all the required crap, and it is REALLY showing up.
When I go to McDonalds and the bill comes to $5.58 and I give the brain dead clerk $6.08 and she starts to cry because she can't figure out the change we have a seriously under educated populace.
i'm just getting sick and fucking tired of parents that want to shove all the problems onto someone else and when that someone else doesn't get it right they sue them.. i'm sorry but that someone else never agreed to raising your child..
It happened when the state started to demand that parents turn their kids over to their schools. You want to fix the problem? Look to the cause of the problem.
personaly.. i feel if a child fucks up the parents should be punished along with the child. lets get some accountability in parenting for a fucking change
We are the pirates who steal everything we just tunnel in and steal tv and if you ask us if we steal anything, we'll just tell you infringment aint stealing
Welcome to the world of Government intrusion into every aspect of our lives.
The camel is in the tent. The Elephant is in the living room. We are sliding down the slippery slope. The Frog in the pan is getting well done.
The problem is, one cannot have privacy, if the government controls everything, because they will claim a need to know.
And how many of you people want government run health care? You think the government will want to keep your health info private?
Progressives want what they want, until it is too late to realize that what they want is contrary to freedom. One cannot have freedom while being compelled by threat of force to do ANYTHING.
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Here's the problem with Search engines.
MSN is owned and default for Windows. I don't know anyone who "chooses" to go there, those that go there are "default" MS page on windows.
Yahoo is corrupted by all those utilities that install Yahoo toolbar. The problem is similar to that of MSN, in that most of those that use Yahoo, don't "choose" it, it is defaulted when they install Acrobat Reader or whatever.
ESPN is definitively male centric and will have its own bias.
Google is probably a better choice, but I'm sure there still is some bias to it perhaps a tad Geek heavy.
Which is why a nice cross section of sites and averaging the results, along with using ubiquitous sites like MyFaceSpaceBook would give a good glimpse into marketshare.
That is my $.02 worth (actual value less).
Nope. I don't think he should be Secretary of the Treasury either.
Yeah, the Elitist never think the rules apply to them, unless they get caught.
I'm sorry, but that is exactly what I do with infected machines(Format/re-install). The shear number of machines I get to deal with that are infected and whatnot are just too great for me to go forensic on them and try to remove the malware, never knowing if I ever got it all.
And the latest greatest Antivirus, and security patches are no match for the average 1D10T errors I come across who go clicky clicky on every popup and advert they see.
I add a great deal of blame for this on websites requiring every known plugin / ActiveX known to man. When people are used to clicking "install" just to get a website to function right, there is a problem not just with the user, but those people who build websites with the latest greatest (Flash, Silverlight, Java, etc ).
Seriously, it takes two to six hours of my time to run through a security sweep of an infected system, or I can spend 15 min to do a re-install.
The funny thing is, a new computer these days are so cheap that it is almost cheaper to replace a two - three year old infected monstrosity with a brand new unit that is twice as fast, than it is to spend $ to fix the old one.
But I've heard that Swine Flu!
Personally, since this is a KILLER virus, we should name it Hans Reiser Virus.
yeah, I know, I'm sick.
I know that a bunch of people are going to say "WTF" and all that, and I have to add my $.02 worth.
What a CROCK of shit. While wireless is great for "casual" surfing and such, I sure wouldn't want it for anything other than that. And from experience, Wireless starts to really drop functionality as the number of users on the WAP goes up. More than about 5 or 10 devices being used on a WAP is just about useless (depending on usage). You might as well be on dialup at that point.
I run into this kind of thinking all the time, and it drives me nuts. We have a guy throwing all sorts of wireless out on our campuses, and it sits mostly unused. And the wireless that IS used is almost useless because so many people are trying to use it at once it is slower old 10base hubs.
Don't get me wrong, wireless has its place. My house is wireless, and I also have wired connections. I just wired my in-laws house (two computer household) because wireless was too slow for them and their needs. They now have gig wire network AND wireless in their house.
Don't get me wrong, wireless has its place, as does wired lans. One has to know the needs, and design and engineer a system that suits the needs of those that are using it.
"all I see is the drive, where is the setup.exe icon?"
"but I have two CD Drives"
(you obviously have a much higher view of users than me)
That's why we should embed them into peoples arms and if they start cutting those off, use their forehead!
I read about this in some old archaic book somewhere.
I use IE (6 and 7) for one thing only. Checking to see if a website works with IE (6/7). Period. If it renders halfway decently (subjective observation), then I leave it alone. CSS breaks IE all the time, so any site that uses CSS is bound to have issues (all of mine do), so I tell people to use another browser when it breaks.
Now I don't have to care nearly as much.
I was going to say the same thing, but the thread on Plagiarism made me think twice.
In my experience many professors (too many) basically ask for Plagiarized papers. There are a variety of reasons why they ask for plagiarized papers, mostly having to do with either laziness or wanting a particular view point regurgitated.
People in my generation had Cliff Notes which one could spew forth a regurgitated version from Cliff Notes and get an A, while those with original thoughts would be graded much more harshly.
I once researched a paper where it was fully documented with sources and such, all my own research and writing and got an D- on it. I finished the class basically plagiarizing my roommates papers from the year before and scoring A's and B's on all the other papers.
What is the point of using your brain when it is punished?
Not all Professors are like this, but too many are.
... are BIG BROTHER ... Who knew????
Mac, Linux .... Windows. .... Mac .... Linux
Windows, Linux
Mac, Windows
If the third option drives people to one of the first two, all one has to do is position Linux to be one of the two primary choices.
I'm just sayin.
Did you sacrifice a whole HURD of GNU?
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What a wonderful Idea! Charge for the price list! Brilliant!
Why hasn't anyone thought of this before???
DUDE, I love you man!
So, where do you draw the line on values? Why should I accept where YOU decide?
As for Homosexuals, you have no idea who you're talking to. My brother was a homosexual. He's dead by the way. Quite frankly, I don't care if people are gay or not, I just don't want it thrown in my face every time someone disagrees with my position. And I don't want to know about gay people's sex lives, anymore than I want to know about Britney's or Paris Hilton's.
As for Black people, you sir, are a freakin racist. I don't see black people, or orientals or whites or browns or whatever. I see people. Human is the race, thank you very much.
Actually the assignment about global warming was given by the CREATIVE WRITING professor. She chose not to go with the pseudo-scientific garbage being spewed by the Global Warming Alarmists. So, yeah, she was pissed. That is the point you idiot. You gonna figure out why a CREATIVE WRITING college class has an assignment on Global Warming that doesn't involve political indoctrination? Let me know when you get that figured out.
Scientists aren't proving anything. They are taking measurements and drawing conclusions. But those that have alternative viewpoints are cut off and ostracized by the PC Global Warming Crowd, which often ignores or alters their conclusions to support their view that MAN KIND IS CAUSING global warming.
Global Warming is a religion. As was Global Cooling was 30 years ago. In both cases, man was the cause. It will go away, and be replaced by something else.
If you REALLY want to be scared, just take a look at the pharma water reports, detailing all the pharmaceuticals in our water supply.
It is clear that the sun has more to do with our weather than most of the Global Warming Alarmists want to admit, because then it only makes us puny little bits of the puzzle, and there is LITTLE to NOTHING we can really do about the SUN.
I'd Love to serve on a jury. However, I'm afraid I don't qualify to sit on a jury. You see, I'm a A-Hole with a brain.
So I get the summons, and show up ...
Judge: "Does anyone here know any of the parties involved in this matter?"
Me: "Why does it matter?"
Judge: "Dismissed"
Me: "I didn't say one way or the other"
Judge: "I said dismissed"
Me: "Yes, I heard, I'm just wondering why"
Judge: "I don't have to tell you"
Me: "No, but I'm sure all these people here want to know, especially now that I'm bringing their attention to it"
Judge: "Another word from you and I'll hold you in contempt"
Me: "How does being on FOX NEWS sound to you?"
Judge: "Bailiff, remove him please"
Me: "Don't Taze me bro"
Bailiff: .... ZAP
Actually, the Parent has a point. Whenever a (R) does something, the press makes it VERY clear, often repeating party affiliation several times within the article. And when it is a (D), they may never actually mention it.
Pay attention to how politicians are labeled in news articles and you'll see this trend. Good (D), Bad (R). No bad (D), no good (R).
And I'm not even an (R), and I can see the bias.
No, you just compel people to join a system that they don't want to. What you don't realize is that when government is paying for it, you're paying for it. Well probably not YOU, since about 50% of the population doesn't pay any income taxes.
And then you end up having to wait six months for a heart surgery or having to go to the US and pay for it yourself. Oh wait, you want to take that option away! Never mind. You want the whole world to have the same crappy health care found elsewhere. No thank you.
I'm VERY grateful that my kids didn't learn their "world view" from the kids at school. You know, the ones that think getting pregnant at 14 is okay, the ones that say "drugs" are okay. The ones that have all sorts of ... childish ... behaviors and such.
People used to ask me about why I home schooled my kids, and worried about my kids "social development", and those same people are the ones often dealing with the issues named above.
My kids are well adjusted, and are much more "grownup" than their peers. My 16 year old is attending college and wants to have her AA degree by the time she is 18.
She is starting to learn about the progressive attack on normal social values at college, and the whole PC garbage. She isn't quite equipped to deal with adults who have temper tantrums because she has a brain and challenges their crap. But she is learning to spew out what the teacher wants to get a grade.
She thinks it is stupid that the teachers want to grade on whether or not the teacher likes the content of the paper, not on how well it was written. The comment "Well written but wrong ... D" is idiotic grade for a creative writing class assignment, because the teacher didn't like my daughter's "Global Warming" rebuttal. And getting the College to review her grades is fruitless because of the "academic freedom" given to the teacher.
And people wonder why our country is going to hell in a hand basket, it is because the educational system has created a whole generation of mindless drones who have been programmed by the progressive left NOT TO THINK.
Ever have a debate with a Global Warming Alarmist? Ice Sheets are shrinking .... "Global Warming!!!". When the report comes out that the Ice sheets are expanding .... "Global Warming!!!".
There is no point in telling them anything other than what they believe. ... Hey, that sounds JUST LIKE A RELIGION!
Exactly why we shouldn't have Public Education involved with anything "sociological" and teaching PC crap and all that, and trying to correct the crap that parents subject their children to.
And while you may want(or not want) kids to know about that stuff, other people don't (or do). Who is gonna sort out what is allowed, or not allowed?
If we cut the crap out of the schools, and let parents instill their values (or lack thereof), then we won't have these types of crap showing up in schools in the first place.
And what may be okay for 16 year olds may not be appropriate for 7 year olds. And while you may want your 7 year old to know everything about everything, who are you to say that is okay for everyone else's kids too?
Here's a suggestion. Lets focus education on, you know ... reading, writing, math and science, and perhaps some art and music, and getting people literate before we start our little social experiments.
I work for a school, and there aren't enough hours in the day for teachers to teach all the required crap, and it is REALLY showing up.
When I go to McDonalds and the bill comes to $5.58 and I give the brain dead clerk $6.08 and she starts to cry because she can't figure out the change we have a seriously under educated populace.
It happened when the state started to demand that parents turn their kids over to their schools. You want to fix the problem? Look to the cause of the problem.
Good luck with that.
Naaah
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We are the pirates
who steal everything
we just tunnel in
and steal tv
and if you ask us
if we steal anything,
we'll just tell you
infringment aint stealing
Welcome to the world of Government intrusion into every aspect of our lives.
The camel is in the tent. The Elephant is in the living room. We are sliding down the slippery slope. The Frog in the pan is getting well done.
The problem is, one cannot have privacy, if the government controls everything, because they will claim a need to know.
And how many of you people want government run health care? You think the government will want to keep your health info private?
Progressives want what they want, until it is too late to realize that what they want is contrary to freedom. One cannot have freedom while being compelled by threat of force to do ANYTHING.