It's an amalgamation of talking points by Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh. It's not synergy per se, but it seems like they all follow the same schedule of attack topics.
Although the Republicans are currently in disarray, they truly do understand how to distribute propaganda for the best effect. Keep the message simple and opinionated, then use factual omission instead of outright lying. It's very carefully crafted.
Until you couldn't resist ending with "naive self-hating leftist mentality" and all of its obvious ultra-lunatic-fringe-far-right-nutcase-Limbaugh-nonsense-and-dumb-as-a-rock-Palin-sympathizer overtones....
Not to mention the potential of Joe jobs. Could be a brand new market segment for the cracker crowd, catering to a company's competitors. All with the blessing of our laws.
The whois info shows a change on 11/11/10 so the owner fields are probably current for the buyer SoftMaker:
org: SoftMaker Software GmbH address: Kronacher Str. 7 city: Nrnberg pcode: 90427 country: DE updated: 2010-11-11 11:09:42
Their site advertises some type of Office software. But the temporary page is interesting in itself, though probably not related to the OO fork. Dunno.
Speaking of ehow (Demand Media), here's a great article about how they're junking up the SERPs. It's not just small time link farms, it's industrial strength pollution backed by hundreds of millions of dollars.
Google is going to need to take a firm stand. And they most likely want to do it desperately now that there's some real competition. But it's a tough nut to crack and they certainly don't want to upset their applecart (i.e. ad revenues).
If it's a preview ad or any other marketing crap that makes you wait, absolutely. But I like their "basic" captcha (http://www.nucaptcha.com/products/basic). Even if it had a Coke can in the background.
I'm sick and tired of squinting and trying to figure out whether it's an 'n' or an 'r' merged into the next letter. All on a lovely hatched background. The basic examples show clearly recognizable text where the obfuscation is done through movement and selecting the word by color.
Of course the other factors are increased aggregate data use, slower connections, eventually defeated, etc. And hopefully they can integrate some "good" into it like recaptcha does.
I think the larger issue being hinted at is that if you search for 'widgets', the first few organic results will be someone who wants to sell you a widget. Further down the page will be a blogger who shares his knowledge about how to fix the widget, for example. Or some other cool widget use. It's amazingly common and the trend has become more apparent over the last couple years.
So yes, there is a clear delineation between paid ads and organic results. But under the covers it certainly appears there's something major going on. Note the number of Amazon ads that appear in the first 4 results where approximately 80% of the clicks happen.
OTOH, if I really want to find a good page on someone's experience fixing the widget, I personally have no problem going 4 or 5 pages deep to get there. Or tightening the query via long-tail. And imho Google is still the best SE to do that; it's a delicate balance.
Well said. I strongly suspect that is what confuses the anti-evolution folks the most, not because of religious doctrine. Analyzing topics like this requires true observation without *any* type of invisible hand. Then rational thought can flourish.
But for most people it's almost impossible to remove intent because of their worldview through life-long, every day conditioning. They interact with human endeavors constantly like buildings, computers and airplanes. All constructed from preprocessed materials all laid out on a blueprint.
Then they "intuitively" conclude that life must be the same way; with ultimate intent. It truly is difficult to imagine complex systems assembled without a blueprint. Much less by what works best through adaptation and time, started by random molecular combinations. But of course we now know that's exactly what it was.
Not much different than the flat-earthers but there's hope. It just took a long time for the reality to sink in, thereby changing the mindset.
I've purposely not bought any DRM'ed games since the EA three activation stunt so forgive my ignorance. Can someone expand on the Blizzard DRM issues?
The Diablo sequel was the one game I've been looking forward to. If it has anything like the activation limits or constant internet connection crap, etc., then I'm out too.
In fairness, the singer's music may be familiar but not the name. That happens a lot.
In this case I'm in the same boat as the gp. Never heard of this singer (or even how to pronounce her name) but that's because I haven't watched MTV in a very long time.
Assuming this isn't a troll, the answer is pre-coded functionality. Go to wordpress.org and do some reading or install it and play with it yourself.
The bigger issue is that word processors, especially Microsoft Word, should never be used for generating anything on the web. There's tons of unadulterated crap spewed out by Word which makes a mess of everything.
Notepad or any other editor? No problem as long as it's pure 100% USDA choice text.
I registered a domain a while back for an bike hobbyist site that I wanted to start. Nothing major, just swap tips and meetups to help out the community.
Over the next few months I started getting random emails from some users that my site was "infected" and "hacked", etc. The first thought was that their machines were infected so I didn't think much of it. But I checked to see if there was anything wrong with my server and everything looked ok.
Next thought was that somehow I got stuck in one of the Google filters in the SERP (i.e. "visiting this site may harm your computer") . Again, no evidence that was the case.
So I emailed back to a couple of the folks that reported the problem and asked for a screenshot of exactly they were seeing. Sure enough I get a browser screenshot back that has DuckDuckGo plastered all over it, warning about how my site was not to be trusted.
After some more research, it turns out that anyone browsing with the Duck Duck Go toolbar is hooked into a database at ivegotafang.com (also maintained by the Duck Duck Go folks). It acts as a net nanny and filters out parking pages and other "unsavory" sites on the fly. Sure enough, since the domain I used had previously been parked, it was still flagged as evil.
To get out of the database you're supposed to go to the site and basically beg to be removed. On principle there was no way I was going to stoop to this level so I just told my users the story and to uninstall the Duck Duck Go toolbar. Everything was fine after that.
Of course there are very few people using the Duck Duck Go search engine, let alone the toolbar. But the bigger issue is whether this behavior should be encouraged. This isn't like a net-nanny filter for porn. It's for something as innocent as a parking page which lots of sites resolve to while being developed.
With Google a parked page simply doesn't show up in the index and they reeevaluate periodically. Duck Duck Go says they also reevaluate but that obviously wasn't the case for my site. The warning page is essentially a manifestation of guilty until proven innocent.
What if there were a hundred for-profit companies like Duck Duck Go, and for each one you were responsible for their erroneous results? And what if you were running a business and just one of your customers saw that screen and started spreading the word that my business can't be trusted because of a false positive on Duck Duck Go? Then you're on the hook for spending hours trying to undo the damage, not Duck Duck Go. Good luck with that.
Soapbox off. Imho, the whole Duck Duck Go thing is nasty and should be avoided at all costs.
I've used all the big names and Moniker.com or Namecheap.com come out on top imho.
The control panel UI is "better" at Namecheap but Moniker's is just fine too. Customer service is good at both. Namecheap has coupons to get the cost down to $9, Moniker is flat-out $9 for a.com.
Note that all registrars need to upsell (figure profit on a domain registration is only around $1). These two are comfortably subtle about it.
Neither do the scummy 60-day lock-in that Godaddy relies upon (i.e. no transfers for 60 days for any registration and/or whois changes).
Lots more detailed reasons but I'll stop there.
Bottom line is that there really is no reason to use Netsol or Godaddy.
Interesting. Then add time as a variable to further complicate detection. Each machine in the botnet sending a report every rand(168) hours. For a large enough set of compromised machines, the statistics of which reported crashes float to the top of the queue would certainly be messed up.
Plus If they were to filter these botnet machines at the IP level for a particular app then it would block real reports from coming in, further skewing the stats. There are real users sitting behind these compromised machines after all.
The only problem with that scenario is if they still reported feeling ill. Then if you admit that the WiFi was on, the response will be "Aha, that proves it was the WiFi!", fully accepted even with the logical inconsistencies.
When all along it was a mold problem, or some other. Of course the next week the evil WiFi will be removed, the symptoms continue and a new RF culprit is put in the crosshairs.
I think there should be a mainstream term for how people react to situations like this, junk science is too cliched. Let's call it either "knee-jerk science" or "witch-hunt science". Akin to Feynman's cargo cult.
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It's an amalgamation of talking points by Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh. It's not synergy per se, but it seems like they all follow the same schedule of attack topics.
Although the Republicans are currently in disarray, they truly do understand how to distribute propaganda for the best effect. Keep the message simple and opinionated, then use factual omission instead of outright lying. It's very carefully crafted.
That was a reasonably stated counterpoint.
Until you couldn't resist ending with "naive self-hating leftist mentality" and all of its obvious ultra-lunatic-fringe-far-right-nutcase-Limbaugh-nonsense-and-dumb-as-a-rock-Palin-sympathizer overtones....
See what I did there?
Not to mention the potential of Joe jobs. Could be a brand new market segment for the cracker crowd, catering to a company's competitors. All with the blessing of our laws.
FreeOffice.com just sold for $55k at Sedo.com:
http://domainnamewire.com/2010/11/02/500000-logo-com-deal-helps-sedo-clear-1m-for-the-week/
The whois info shows a change on 11/11/10 so the owner fields are probably current for the buyer SoftMaker:
org: SoftMaker Software GmbH
address: Kronacher Str. 7
city: Nrnberg
pcode: 90427
country: DE
updated: 2010-11-11 11:09:42
Their site advertises some type of Office software. But the temporary page is interesting in itself, though probably not related to the OO fork. Dunno.
Pro-tip: Starbucks also sells decaf.
Speaking of ehow (Demand Media), here's a great article about how they're junking up the SERPs. It's not just small time link farms, it's industrial strength pollution backed by hundreds of millions of dollars.
http://www.wired.com/magazine/2009/10/ff_demandmedia/
Google is going to need to take a firm stand. And they most likely want to do it desperately now that there's some real competition. But it's a tough nut to crack and they certainly don't want to upset their applecart (i.e. ad revenues).
If it's a preview ad or any other marketing crap that makes you wait, absolutely. But I like their "basic" captcha (http://www.nucaptcha.com/products/basic). Even if it had a Coke can in the background.
I'm sick and tired of squinting and trying to figure out whether it's an 'n' or an 'r' merged into the next letter. All on a lovely hatched background. The basic examples show clearly recognizable text where the obfuscation is done through movement and selecting the word by color.
Of course the other factors are increased aggregate data use, slower connections, eventually defeated, etc. And hopefully they can integrate some "good" into it like recaptcha does.
I think the larger issue being hinted at is that if you search for 'widgets', the first few organic results will be someone who wants to sell you a widget. Further down the page will be a blogger who shares his knowledge about how to fix the widget, for example. Or some other cool widget use. It's amazingly common and the trend has become more apparent over the last couple years.
So yes, there is a clear delineation between paid ads and organic results. But under the covers it certainly appears there's something major going on. Note the number of Amazon ads that appear in the first 4 results where approximately 80% of the clicks happen.
OTOH, if I really want to find a good page on someone's experience fixing the widget, I personally have no problem going 4 or 5 pages deep to get there. Or tightening the query via long-tail. And imho Google is still the best SE to do that; it's a delicate balance.
Well said. I strongly suspect that is what confuses the anti-evolution folks the most, not because of religious doctrine. Analyzing topics like this requires true observation without *any* type of invisible hand. Then rational thought can flourish.
But for most people it's almost impossible to remove intent because of their worldview through life-long, every day conditioning. They interact with human endeavors constantly like buildings, computers and airplanes. All constructed from preprocessed materials all laid out on a blueprint.
Then they "intuitively" conclude that life must be the same way; with ultimate intent. It truly is difficult to imagine complex systems assembled without a blueprint. Much less by what works best through adaptation and time, started by random molecular combinations. But of course we now know that's exactly what it was.
Not much different than the flat-earthers but there's hope. It just took a long time for the reality to sink in, thereby changing the mindset.
Thanks, hadn't heard of it and it looks reasonably priced. Definitely going to give it a try.
I've purposely not bought any DRM'ed games since the EA three activation stunt so forgive my ignorance. Can someone expand on the Blizzard DRM issues?
The Diablo sequel was the one game I've been looking forward to. If it has anything like the activation limits or constant internet connection crap, etc., then I'm out too.
Sure Steve. Except it was last weekend.
A real blast from what I hear.
In fairness, the singer's music may be familiar but not the name. That happens a lot.
In this case I'm in the same boat as the gp. Never heard of this singer (or even how to pronounce her name) but that's because I haven't watched MTV in a very long time.
Yep, exactly. And imagine if Microsoft succeeded with the whole Frontpage-plus-proprietary-extensions crap. Scary thought.
Assuming this isn't a troll, the answer is pre-coded functionality. Go to wordpress.org and do some reading or install it and play with it yourself.
The bigger issue is that word processors, especially Microsoft Word, should never be used for generating anything on the web. There's tons of unadulterated crap spewed out by Word which makes a mess of everything.
Notepad or any other editor? No problem as long as it's pure 100% USDA choice text.
I registered a domain a while back for an bike hobbyist site that I wanted to start. Nothing major, just swap tips and meetups to help out the community.
Over the next few months I started getting random emails from some users that my site was "infected" and "hacked", etc. The first thought was that their machines were infected so I didn't think much of it. But I checked to see if there was anything wrong with my server and everything looked ok.
Next thought was that somehow I got stuck in one of the Google filters in the SERP (i.e. "visiting this site may harm your computer") . Again, no evidence that was the case.
So I emailed back to a couple of the folks that reported the problem and asked for a screenshot of exactly they were seeing. Sure enough I get a browser screenshot back that has DuckDuckGo plastered all over it, warning about how my site was not to be trusted.
After some more research, it turns out that anyone browsing with the Duck Duck Go toolbar is hooked into a database at ivegotafang.com (also maintained by the Duck Duck Go folks). It acts as a net nanny and filters out parking pages and other "unsavory" sites on the fly. Sure enough, since the domain I used had previously been parked, it was still flagged as evil.
To get out of the database you're supposed to go to the site and basically beg to be removed. On principle there was no way I was going to stoop to this level so I just told my users the story and to uninstall the Duck Duck Go toolbar. Everything was fine after that.
Of course there are very few people using the Duck Duck Go search engine, let alone the toolbar. But the bigger issue is whether this behavior should be encouraged. This isn't like a net-nanny filter for porn. It's for something as innocent as a parking page which lots of sites resolve to while being developed.
With Google a parked page simply doesn't show up in the index and they reeevaluate periodically. Duck Duck Go says they also reevaluate but that obviously wasn't the case for my site. The warning page is essentially a manifestation of guilty until proven innocent.
What if there were a hundred for-profit companies like Duck Duck Go, and for each one you were responsible for their erroneous results? And what if you were running a business and just one of your customers saw that screen and started spreading the word that my business can't be trusted because of a false positive on Duck Duck Go? Then you're on the hook for spending hours trying to undo the damage, not Duck Duck Go. Good luck with that.
Soapbox off. Imho, the whole Duck Duck Go thing is nasty and should be avoided at all costs.
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Well said.
I've used all the big names and Moniker.com or Namecheap.com come out on top imho.
The control panel UI is "better" at Namecheap but Moniker's is just fine too. Customer service is good at both. Namecheap has coupons to get the cost down to $9, Moniker is flat-out $9 for a .com.
Note that all registrars need to upsell (figure profit on a domain registration is only around $1). These two are comfortably subtle about it.
Neither do the scummy 60-day lock-in that Godaddy relies upon (i.e. no transfers for 60 days for any registration and/or whois changes).
Lots more detailed reasons but I'll stop there.
Bottom line is that there really is no reason to use Netsol or Godaddy.
Unless you're Sen. Larry Craig, then you're in it for the fringe benefits.
Holy crap, my kingdom for a mod point.
Interesting. Then add time as a variable to further complicate detection. Each machine in the botnet sending a report every rand(168) hours. For a large enough set of compromised machines, the statistics of which reported crashes float to the top of the queue would certainly be messed up.
Plus If they were to filter these botnet machines at the IP level for a particular app then it would block real reports from coming in, further skewing the stats. There are real users sitting behind these compromised machines after all.
Ouch.
The Kochs came to realize this in the '80s and '90s. The fruit of which is now being borne through the Republican and Libertarian propaganda machines.
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/08/30/100830fa_fact_mayer
Used to be the place to go...until competition provided some choice back in the early '00s.
Seriously, by any metric Network Solutions has always been the worst registrar to deal with. Price, customer service, etc., the stories are legendary.
The only problem with that scenario is if they still reported feeling ill. Then if you admit that the WiFi was on, the response will be "Aha, that proves it was the WiFi!", fully accepted even with the logical inconsistencies.
When all along it was a mold problem, or some other. Of course the next week the evil WiFi will be removed, the symptoms continue and a new RF culprit is put in the crosshairs.
I think there should be a mainstream term for how people react to situations like this, junk science is too cliched. Let's call it either "knee-jerk science" or "witch-hunt science". Akin to Feynman's cargo cult.