Yes, it would be easier to proxy everything, but it reduces your speed to the 56k neighborhood. Most of us aren't paranoid enough to want to take that hit. It's much more effective to proxy only the sites you don't trust.
But I trust Google way more than other sites. If you do not trust Google, how can you trust all of those other sites out there?
It seems like a write-in campaign would be a more direct means of sending them a message. Why not use another website? Personally I do not have a problem giving Google my personal information, but I understand that others do.
Doesn't it seem much easier just to use one of the other half dozen search engines? AllTheWeb and other sites are perfectly valid choices for Google haters.
I think that this will not affect things too drastically, although it will take some getting used to. Maybe this will make people spend a little more time in that mystical "real world." Oh wait, no it won't.
But what about those sites that you don't even know are monitoring you. I think it is far easier to proxy all basic webtraffic rather than trying to list every single site that collects information about you.
If you are going to the trouble of setting up a proxy, why not use it for all of your web traffic? I mean, there are websites out there that collect just as much information as Google does, why do you want them collecting information about you?
Considering he is #861941, he is actually is pretty new here.
Back on topic: I really do not want to drag my cell phone back and forth across a desk. Also, if I am on a trip and end up using my computer for an extended period of time, I want something that is a bit more ergonomic. A phone is designed to be held close to the head, not horizontally and in front of you.
I doubt that that counts bags that are lost for less than 8-12 hours. I have very often had to wait over an hour after the belt has stopped moving to go try to find my bags in the back room. This is in addition to the times that I have left the airport without them. If the USPS had that horrible of tracking and delivery, no one would ship with them.
Airlines need to stop losing so many bags now. There is no reason their supply chain should have such massive loss. Also I believe that hotels will start providing toothpaste along with shampoo in every room now that we cannot carry it with us.
This is a major change in how we travel, but we all will get used to it with time. I would rather have to have to buy new toothpaste because the airline won't get my bags to me for another day than risk having a loved one killed crossing the pond.
I am a Christian and I believe that actions are very important. Christ focused on people's actions. Why were so many of his followers willing to be tortured and executed for Him is actions don't matter? The Bible is full of people of action and faith. Also, God's law requires logical analysis between right and wrong. I fail to see how my deciding to wait until I am wed to have sex reduces my ability to evaluate a complex boolean expression acording to De Morgan's Laws.
I am a licensed EMT (and a college student). I evaluate everything on a patient and treat what I can in the field. My faith in God does not tell me only to kneel over the patient and pray that he get better. If a patient is bleeding and has a rising blood pressure and slow pulse, I don't attribute it solely to God ("making things up and stopping when it sounds good"), I assume that I must have missed something and reassess my assumptions based on the observed contradictions. I do have faith in the Lord that He will watch over those whom I will not be able to save, but I do not see how that makes me "empty" as you claim. I lead a rich and happy life with the Lord as my guide, and I am not ashamed to admit that.
As a seasoned traveler, I can tell you that the airlines will always find a way to lose your bags. It doesn't matter if they are pushing a cart of luggage 10 feet, they will find a way to lose it. It is (well, was) standard practice to carry everything with you that you need for one day. This included toothpaste, shampoo, clean underwear, and maybe even a mini bottle of Jack.
Hotels often provide tooth paste, but only if you ask the front desk for it. I predict that they will start putting it in every room every night.
Here is a question I have: are people still allowed to purchase beverages after going through security if they don't bring it on the plane? Beverage sales are big business in airports.
Beta? I thought that was copyrighted by Google. It is their software development arm. You know, they produced GMail Beta, Google Video Beta, Google Maps Beta, you get the picture.
I agree that TFA is a little light on the science, but Business Week is not known for its tech coverage. I think the biggest thing that we can learn from this story is that it is a slow news day.
Considering the massive volume of data still being processed and stored in paper form, software does very little. Even information in databases is often printed for different reasons and stored. Especially when an organization has cheap or free interns (cough... government) it is cheaper in the short and medium term to work inefficiently than to seriously commit to digital integration.
The Bible is a large book and you are looking at just 1 page. That is not fair. Taking such an extremely narrow view of religion is a horrible thing to do for many reasons. Look at it as a whole. Look at the power of Christ and the messages he brought. Look at everything, not just one story.
A strange outlook for sure. Why exactly is that the case? What harm could be done to your children by sharing with them the word of the Lord? How old are they?
Your statement utterly baffles me. If you check my user profile, you will see that I am a serious/.er (though I only have about 1/4 as many comments as you, #183847) but I feel that I have to speak up in the face of such idiocy. If you read my original post on this subject, I asserted that videogames are not the cause of youth violence. The Bible is by far a better influence, however.
I think the answer is better spam filters. My mother uses her Verizon e-mail account extensively and barely touches her Gmail account. The Verizon.net account is getting hit hard by spam now, but my Gmail account is almost entirely clean of spam entering the inbox. I salute the Great State of Michigan for its initiative, but most e-mail providers can do a much better job of stopping spam that has already been sent. A few years ago, people were proclaiming the end of the communicative medium as spam became the majority of e-mails. Thanks to advances in filtering, I now receive fewer spams than I did then.
I understand what you are saying. After all, the word of God is full of tales of sex and violence. The key difference is that the Bible does not glorify them.
I actually ran an anti-bullying program in high school (went and taught elementary students about not killing each other) but I fail to see how this game will make things worse. Bullying is a huge problem in this country and parents seem too busy to blame anybody outside of the community. People need to realize that video games are not going to make people into bullys; families, schools, and other close influences do.
Congratulations, good sir. It is entirely possible that that is the geekiest joke ever made on Slashdot. You have combined Linux and esoteric valcanology. Wow.
If his farts are so acidic that they are causing his ass to burn, run fast and run far! You then might want to call him and tell him to get that checked out.
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What, Google is the Outrage of the Week (tm)? Are you sure that you remembered to use the TPS cover report on that memo?
It seems like a write-in campaign would be a more direct means of sending them a message. Why not use another website? Personally I do not have a problem giving Google my personal information, but I understand that others do.
Doesn't it seem much easier just to use one of the other half dozen search engines? AllTheWeb and other sites are perfectly valid choices for Google haters.
I think that this will not affect things too drastically, although it will take some getting used to. Maybe this will make people spend a little more time in that mystical "real world." Oh wait, no it won't.
But what about those sites that you don't even know are monitoring you. I think it is far easier to proxy all basic webtraffic rather than trying to list every single site that collects information about you.
If you are going to the trouble of setting up a proxy, why not use it for all of your web traffic? I mean, there are websites out there that collect just as much information as Google does, why do you want them collecting information about you?
Considering he is #861941, he is actually is pretty new here.
Back on topic: I really do not want to drag my cell phone back and forth across a desk. Also, if I am on a trip and end up using my computer for an extended period of time, I want something that is a bit more ergonomic. A phone is designed to be held close to the head, not horizontally and in front of you.
I doubt that that counts bags that are lost for less than 8-12 hours. I have very often had to wait over an hour after the belt has stopped moving to go try to find my bags in the back room. This is in addition to the times that I have left the airport without them. If the USPS had that horrible of tracking and delivery, no one would ship with them.
This is a major change in how we travel, but we all will get used to it with time. I would rather have to have to buy new toothpaste because the airline won't get my bags to me for another day than risk having a loved one killed crossing the pond.
I am a licensed EMT (and a college student). I evaluate everything on a patient and treat what I can in the field. My faith in God does not tell me only to kneel over the patient and pray that he get better. If a patient is bleeding and has a rising blood pressure and slow pulse, I don't attribute it solely to God ("making things up and stopping when it sounds good"), I assume that I must have missed something and reassess my assumptions based on the observed contradictions. I do have faith in the Lord that He will watch over those whom I will not be able to save, but I do not see how that makes me "empty" as you claim. I lead a rich and happy life with the Lord as my guide, and I am not ashamed to admit that.
Hotels often provide tooth paste, but only if you ask the front desk for it. I predict that they will start putting it in every room every night.
Here is a question I have: are people still allowed to purchase beverages after going through security if they don't bring it on the plane? Beverage sales are big business in airports.
Beta? I thought that was copyrighted by Google. It is their software development arm. You know, they produced GMail Beta, Google Video Beta, Google Maps Beta, you get the picture.
I agree that TFA is a little light on the science, but Business Week is not known for its tech coverage. I think the biggest thing that we can learn from this story is that it is a slow news day.
Considering the massive volume of data still being processed and stored in paper form, software does very little. Even information in databases is often printed for different reasons and stored. Especially when an organization has cheap or free interns (cough... government) it is cheaper in the short and medium term to work inefficiently than to seriously commit to digital integration.
The Bible is a large book and you are looking at just 1 page. That is not fair. Taking such an extremely narrow view of religion is a horrible thing to do for many reasons. Look at it as a whole. Look at the power of Christ and the messages he brought. Look at everything, not just one story.
Your statement utterly baffles me. If you check my user profile, you will see that I am a serious
I think the answer is better spam filters. My mother uses her Verizon e-mail account extensively and barely touches her Gmail account. The Verizon.net account is getting hit hard by spam now, but my Gmail account is almost entirely clean of spam entering the inbox. I salute the Great State of Michigan for its initiative, but most e-mail providers can do a much better job of stopping spam that has already been sent. A few years ago, people were proclaiming the end of the communicative medium as spam became the majority of e-mails. Thanks to advances in filtering, I now receive fewer spams than I did then.
Mario does 2D graphics and people love it. The Almight God tries it and people complain. You just can't win!
You have to admit that the content of Rockstar games is entirely different from that of The Holy Bible, both in content and presentation.
I actually ran an anti-bullying program in high school (went and taught elementary students about not killing each other) but I fail to see how this game will make things worse. Bullying is a huge problem in this country and parents seem too busy to blame anybody outside of the community. People need to realize that video games are not going to make people into bullys; families, schools, and other close influences do.
Here is answer to your "why now" question: government moves that slowly. It takes this many years for them to get around to issuing their warnings.
Congratulations, good sir. It is entirely possible that that is the geekiest joke ever made on Slashdot. You have combined Linux and esoteric valcanology. Wow.
[Insert obligatory American Idol joke here.]
If his farts are so acidic that they are causing his ass to burn, run fast and run far! You then might want to call him and tell him to get that checked out.