Google provides a way to opt-out of that sort of tracking as well. It requires saving a cookie with the preference in your browser, so you are still trusting them.
It has very little to do with the quality of the software, or backwards compatibility. The problem is that Linux didn't have a big marketing machine pushing it on the desktop.
I too had bought a Dell Zino, hoping to use it as a MythTV frontend. But the lack of good drivers nixed that idea.
I ended up purchasing Lenovo Ideacentre Q150's for the frontends (Atom processors, nVidia GPUs), and relegated the Zino as the backend server. Works very well.
I set up an extra router for the kids. This router forwards OpenDNS as the DNS server. I've setup OpenDNS to only allow the sites that I allow them to access without supervision. OpenDNS also provides reports of what sites were attempted to be resolved.
When the kids want to play an online game (or do some other activity that we believe should be supervised), they have to bring their laptops downstairs to the family room where we can watch them and connect an ethernet cable to our main router.
LOL, no it didn't. I actually read about it elsewhere (Google Plus). Then shortly after posting this comment, I see the Slashdot article and the lightbulb turned on. Oh well.
why isn't there a google alternative that is worth a damn, that isn't in the US, isn't hosted in the US and doesn't use a US-controlled TLD, and thus, not subject to this DMCA bullshit?
At the poles it is not much of a toss. It is pretty safe to say that if there is water at the poles it is frozen and not very likely to turn liquid at any given time.
In Mars' low-pressure atmosphere, water will behave much like dry ice does on Earth - it converts straight between a solid and a gas without entering a liquid phase.
Note that the air pressure averages around 600 pascals. That's below the solid-liquid-gas triple-point in the diagram. And temperatures on Mars tend to be well below the freezing point as well.
I think in this case, I'd prefer to be on the side of the 1000 lb patent gorilla - IBM.
Hopefully all of the companies involved are happy with a standoff, but if things ever escalate, my money's on IBM destroying all enemies with its portfolio.
Yep. We were well on our way to 16x10 being the new standard aspect ratio, with better & better resolutions. But then HDTV finally became popular, and a computer with an "HD screen" became something that could be advertised, and we've been stuck with 16x9 ratios with crappy 1366x768 resolutions (aka 720p) ever since.
Android didn't push webOS and MeeGo out of the market. iOS would have done that on its own. MeeGo just wasn't compelling to end users, and webOS was late to the party and suffered from HP's mismanagement.
Android is free. Google doesn't control the use of Android by telecoms and phone makers. It would be nice if Google could use their considerable influence to convince hardware makers to release open drivers, but you need to pick your battles one at a time. They managed to stop Apple from cornering the smartphone market and helped to accelerate the cost reduction in smart phones. Hopefully, with time, Google (and Qualcomm) will be able to convince hardware manufacturers to make their drivers open.
And to go a little further, technology doesn't get sleepy. Technology doesn't get distracted by cell phones, GPS systems, or the radio. Technology won't have a blind spot. This is going to be an incredible advance. I'm much less worried about a driverless car hitting a pedestrian than I am the average driver hitting one.
We have Chrome remote desktop, which allows accessing other machine's desktops using any chrome browser, and we now have Chrome for Android. I have to think that eventually these two things will work together to give remote desktop client abilities to Android phones.
they have a track record of starting projects and abandoning them without much warning
Sure, Google will sometimes abandon projects that they offer for free to users. But Google Apps for Business is a product that they sell. They won't be abandoning a revenue stream like that any time soon.
The article title appears to be too harsh, but basically somebody compared the Iron source code to the Chromium source code and found that the only real changes were to disable 3 items that were already user-configurable within Chromium.
Here's another article that suggests that the actual reason for the Iron fork was just to make money (using Google ads on their website) by taking advantage of peoples' fears about Google:
The story of Iron
So if you really are worried about Google, you should also worry about the misinformation being spread by the creators of Iron. If you want to have access to the full source, I suggest installing Chromium instead of Iron.
Slashdot Mirror
I did a double-take when reading that summary.
Google Advertising FAQ: How do I opt out of interest-based advertising?
It has very little to do with the quality of the software, or backwards compatibility. The problem is that Linux didn't have a big marketing machine pushing it on the desktop.
I too had bought a Dell Zino, hoping to use it as a MythTV frontend. But the lack of good drivers nixed that idea.
I ended up purchasing Lenovo Ideacentre Q150's for the frontends (Atom processors, nVidia GPUs), and relegated the Zino as the backend server. Works very well.
I've found a fairly simple solution.
I set up an extra router for the kids. This router forwards OpenDNS as the DNS server. I've setup OpenDNS to only allow the sites that I allow them to access without supervision. OpenDNS also provides reports of what sites were attempted to be resolved.
When the kids want to play an online game (or do some other activity that we believe should be supervised), they have to bring their laptops downstairs to the family room where we can watch them and connect an ethernet cable to our main router.
LOL, no it didn't. I actually read about it elsewhere (Google Plus). Then shortly after posting this comment, I see the Slashdot article and the lightbulb turned on. Oh well.
Ceiling cat now obsolete. Welcome copter cat.
Did somebody say Copter Cat?
Here you go: Baidu
Sorry, but if you're by yourself, it doesn't count as gay.
In Mars' low-pressure atmosphere, water will behave much like dry ice does on Earth - it converts straight between a solid and a gas without entering a liquid phase.
Phase Diagram of Water
Note that the air pressure averages around 600 pascals. That's below the solid-liquid-gas triple-point in the diagram. And temperatures on Mars tend to be well below the freezing point as well.
Hopefully all of the companies involved are happy with a standoff, but if things ever escalate, my money's on IBM destroying all enemies with its portfolio.
My car is electric you insensitive clod!
(typed on a 2560x1600 monitor)
Android didn't push webOS and MeeGo out of the market. iOS would have done that on its own. MeeGo just wasn't compelling to end users, and webOS was late to the party and suffered from HP's mismanagement.
Android is free. Google doesn't control the use of Android by telecoms and phone makers. It would be nice if Google could use their considerable influence to convince hardware makers to release open drivers, but you need to pick your battles one at a time. They managed to stop Apple from cornering the smartphone market and helped to accelerate the cost reduction in smart phones. Hopefully, with time, Google (and Qualcomm) will be able to convince hardware manufacturers to make their drivers open.
And to go a little further, technology doesn't get sleepy. Technology doesn't get distracted by cell phones, GPS systems, or the radio. Technology won't have a blind spot. This is going to be an incredible advance. I'm much less worried about a driverless car hitting a pedestrian than I am the average driver hitting one.
Yes, because there is a fixed amount of wealth in the world in all of history, and nobody ever increases society's wealth, correct?
We have Chrome remote desktop, which allows accessing other machine's desktops using any chrome browser, and we now have Chrome for Android. I have to think that eventually these two things will work together to give remote desktop client abilities to Android phones.
Admit that you wouldn't get the joke even if it was a BRICK HITTING YOU IN THE FACE.
AHA!!!! SEE? They admit it!!!
Sure, Google will sometimes abandon projects that they offer for free to users. But Google Apps for Business is a product that they sell. They won't be abandoning a revenue stream like that any time soon.
And Google is trying to make sure that's possible.
Restrict the wireless router's use to Sunday mornings during class. Don't operate it during the week.
There's an extension called Gif Stopper.
(Score:5, Nice Troll)
Is Iron a Scam? Yes
The article title appears to be too harsh, but basically somebody compared the Iron source code to the Chromium source code and found that the only real changes were to disable 3 items that were already user-configurable within Chromium.
Here's another article that suggests that the actual reason for the Iron fork was just to make money (using Google ads on their website) by taking advantage of peoples' fears about Google: The story of Iron
So if you really are worried about Google, you should also worry about the misinformation being spread by the creators of Iron. If you want to have access to the full source, I suggest installing Chromium instead of Iron.