Damn, I was about to make my dad proud with the news:-)
It's kind of amusing that since Google own blogspot, at least they're picking up the bill for the traffic caused by a deficiency in their own search engine.
I was thinking of seeing if I could add a header to stop google indexing the page but I do like being on a search engine. I'd feel better though if there was any easy way for someone to simply say, I want to exclude blogs.
I don't know about being a waste of resources but you're right that these blogs are poisoning search engines.
My blog, has a tiny mention of Bifidus Digestivum (a new miracle incredient) and a commentry on an amusing Danone advert. Now, most of the traffic I get is from people searching for
A lot of people are coming to my blog and really, just finding crap. Try it yourself, do a google for Bifidus digestivum and you'll see a site called 'buffoons'.
I heard that there was to be a separate index for blogs in Google. personally I think this would be excellent.
Fair point but absolute worse case, amazing odds against it, scenario.
This thing might be able to survive in our current environment and might be compatible enough with us to cause us a problem and we might not be able to evolve resistance to it.
That's a lot of mights.
I agree that we shouldn't just bring a bucket of microbes back, dump them in the garden and see what happens, but if brought back and studied under careful conditions, there should be minimal risk. We already study some pretty nasty substances and organisms quite safely.
Ha ha. Using the Urban Dictionary as a reference for correct spelling is like linking to Fox News as proof that san event took place.
Although both are used as forums for crazies who want to spout their bizarre beliefs, at least the Urban Dictionary seems to have a fairly decent editorial process.
That's not India to blame. The worst support I get is from people in this country (Ireland).
BTW. That bad support has driven me to take my business elsewhere wherever possible. One reason why swans will fly out of my arse before I give Eircom any more money.
Too right. If Coca Cola can get away with re-selling tap water with added carcinogens Dasani, yet continue to sell their products, then I think consumers have a very short memory. Either that or don't care.
The average consumer probably won't even hear about this ruling before they go to PC World to pick-up their new Lexmark.
I think it does make sense in the same way that it's handy to be able to stop certain web sites from being loaded. It should be a fairly trivial feature to implement in any decent system.
I think you're fighting a losing battle here though.
Taking it a bit further, wouldn't it be handy if, when you dial premium numbers from your phone, you would get a brief 10 second message just advising you of this?
Truancy arguably has a lot to do with deliquent behavior. When these kids are ducking out of school, what are they doing? Visiting museums or hanging around the streets with too much time on their hands? Who is supervising them?
Children need structure and they need supervision. While you can leave some to their own devices, the majority will need guidance.
What you're suggesting is that we replace a flawed system with chaos.
I think that if somebody dies because an ambulance, police cruiser, or fire truck is unnavailable, and one that could have responded is on an unjustified call, the 911 abuser responsible for that call can even get hit with wrongful death.
Definitely! This is just as negligent as someone who drives drunk and kills someone.
I've never understood the stupidity. Near where I used to live, people would light fires and then when the firemen showed up, would pelt them with stones. Same happened to ambulances. In the end, it got to the point where they would not enter this area until a police escort was available.
It's just pissing on your own chips. In the end, these are the same people who may die one day because the ambulance or fire engines had to wait for a police escort.
The idea of this guy becoming a prison wife is amusing, for the same reason people find it amusing when people die or castrate themselves due to their stupidity or poor judgement (Darwin Awards).
Maybe it's just satisfying to imagine someone who took away the rights of others, have karma come back to bite them on the arse. Doesn't mean we condone this or even imagine it will happen but still, it's amusing.
Humour doesn't have to be responsible or politically correct.
I'll gladly pay for a physical copy of a movie I enjoy. Just don't tell me I can't watch a copy of a movie from china that Miramax hasn't yet ruined through editing, use my PC to watch it, or force me to sit through some sutpid 'coming to dvd soon' ad, and you will get no trouble out of me...
I hate those DVD intros.
I can't remember the title but I have one that is particularly bad. You have to watch a terrible montage of short clips from their titles. Essentially just a sequence of explosions. The best part is, you can't skip it. Before you can enjoy the film you've paid for, you have to watch 30 seconds of this crap. During this time, you'll see the Universal logo sequence 3-4 times. Idiots, they don't even show enough of each clip to allow you to work out the names of the films.
It's sole purpose was to give their managing director an erection when his minions first played it for him.
Yep, Google can't be expected to know of every single trademark, just like they can't be expected to catch someone trading music over gmail. If The Cheeky Girls notice someone trading their songs over gmail, and report it to Google, they should expect Google to take action to stop the abuse. If Google don't respond, then Google are responsible. if they response correctly though, then Google have done all they need to.
Yep, it's the same reasoning used participants in a mob to justify lynching. the same defence used by people who participate in genocide. They believe they can absolve themselves of guilt and blame everything on their God, Fuhrer or Grand Wizard.
Sad really. Good luck with your slightly more enlightened version.
Interesting point. I've seen this point made elsewhere to explain the Bush administrations love of war and disdain for the environment.
Not sure I agree with it but, if they believe that God is destined to come and fix everything once the shit really hit the fan, that would explain their reckless attitude.
That's the joy of fundamentalism. Ironinically the people who believe themselves to be the most ardent followers of a cause, or most likely to be the ones who have completely lost sight of the true meaning of their beliefs.
Agreed. I see it as being similar to my credit card company.
Years back, I went on holiday to the US and rented a car for a mont and, the car hire company charged a large amount to my card. The credit card company contacted me to see if it was actually me doing this. They didn't cancel my card though, they spoke to me first to make sure it was all legit.
The tinfoil hat brigade have to realise that there are certain irrelevant 'freedoms' you have to sacrifice for your own personal safety.
If my ISP or company sys admin contacted me to say that my machine was downloading or uploading large amounts of material to an external server, I'd appreciate them contacting me. Of course, I'd be a bit upset if they just killed the link without asking me.
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Damn, I was about to make my dad proud with the news :-)
It's kind of amusing that since Google own blogspot, at least they're picking up the bill for the traffic caused by a deficiency in their own search engine.
I was thinking of seeing if I could add a header to stop google indexing the page but I do like being on a search engine. I'd feel better though if there was any easy way for someone to simply say, I want to exclude blogs.
I don't know about being a waste of resources but you're right that these blogs are poisoning search engines.
My blog, has a tiny mention of Bifidus Digestivum (a new miracle incredient) and a commentry on an amusing Danone advert. Now, most of the traffic I get is from people searching for
Bifidus digestivum
danone actress
danone advert mother daughter
A lot of people are coming to my blog and really, just finding crap. Try it yourself, do a google for Bifidus digestivum and you'll see a site called 'buffoons'.
I heard that there was to be a separate index for blogs in Google. personally I think this would be excellent.
Fair point but absolute worse case, amazing odds against it, scenario.
This thing might be able to survive in our current environment and might be compatible enough with us to cause us a problem and we might not be able to evolve resistance to it.
That's a lot of mights.
I agree that we shouldn't just bring a bucket of microbes back, dump them in the garden and see what happens, but if brought back and studied under careful conditions, there should be minimal risk. We already study some pretty nasty substances and organisms quite safely.
Ha ha. Using the Urban Dictionary as a reference for correct spelling is like linking to Fox News as proof that san event took place.
Although both are used as forums for crazies who want to spout their bizarre beliefs, at least the Urban Dictionary seems to have a fairly decent editorial process.
Yes, this is very common in the UK. I don't think it's a legal thing but the big supermarkets tend to do it.
When you buy toilet roll/kitchen towels, there's normally a price per sheet show.
That's not India to blame. The worst support I get is from people in this country (Ireland).
BTW. That bad support has driven me to take my business elsewhere wherever possible. One reason why swans will fly out of my arse before I give Eircom any more money.
Too right. If Coca Cola can get away with re-selling tap water with added carcinogens Dasani, yet continue to sell their products, then I think consumers have a very short memory. Either that or don't care.
The average consumer probably won't even hear about this ruling before they go to PC World to pick-up their new Lexmark.
I think it does make sense in the same way that it's handy to be able to stop certain web sites from being loaded. It should be a fairly trivial feature to implement in any decent system.
I think you're fighting a losing battle here though.
Taking it a bit further, wouldn't it be handy if, when you dial premium numbers from your phone, you would get a brief 10 second message just advising you of this?
Modded troll? There is no justice in the world.
Wish I had a mod point.
Truancy arguably has a lot to do with deliquent behavior. When these kids are ducking out of school, what are they doing? Visiting museums or hanging around the streets with too much time on their hands? Who is supervising them?
Children need structure and they need supervision. While you can leave some to their own devices, the majority will need guidance.
What you're suggesting is that we replace a flawed system with chaos.
Definitely! This is just as negligent as someone who drives drunk and kills someone.
I've never understood the stupidity. Near where I used to live, people would light fires and then when the firemen showed up, would pelt them with stones. Same happened to ambulances. In the end, it got to the point where they would not enter this area until a police escort was available.
It's just pissing on your own chips. In the end, these are the same people who may die one day because the ambulance or fire engines had to wait for a police escort.
The idea of this guy becoming a prison wife is amusing, for the same reason people find it amusing when people die or castrate themselves due to their stupidity or poor judgement (Darwin Awards).
Maybe it's just satisfying to imagine someone who took away the rights of others, have karma come back to bite them on the arse. Doesn't mean we condone this or even imagine it will happen but still, it's amusing.
Humour doesn't have to be responsible or politically correct.
I hate those DVD intros.
I can't remember the title but I have one that is particularly bad. You have to watch a terrible montage of short clips from their titles. Essentially just a sequence of explosions. The best part is, you can't skip it. Before you can enjoy the film you've paid for, you have to watch 30 seconds of this crap. During this time, you'll see the Universal logo sequence 3-4 times. Idiots, they don't even show enough of each clip to allow you to work out the names of the films.
It's sole purpose was to give their managing director an erection when his minions first played it for him.
Yep, Google can't be expected to know of every single trademark, just like they can't be expected to catch someone trading music over gmail. If The Cheeky Girls notice someone trading their songs over gmail, and report it to Google, they should expect Google to take action to stop the abuse. If Google don't respond, then Google are responsible. if they response correctly though, then Google have done all they need to.
Yep, it's the same reasoning used participants in a mob to justify lynching. the same defence used by people who participate in genocide. They believe they can absolve themselves of guilt and blame everything on their God, Fuhrer or Grand Wizard.
Sad really. Good luck with your slightly more enlightened version.
Interesting point. I've seen this point made elsewhere to explain the Bush administrations love of war and disdain for the environment.
Not sure I agree with it but, if they believe that God is destined to come and fix everything once the shit really hit the fan, that would explain their reckless attitude.
That's the joy of fundamentalism. Ironinically the people who believe themselves to be the most ardent followers of a cause, or most likely to be the ones who have completely lost sight of the true meaning of their beliefs.
Wow! You copied and pasted that much text all by yourself? Mummy will be proud of her little soldier.
It's not big or clever to make fun of Master Yoda's posts.
Weeks ago? Try months.
Heh heh, I checked the first site and it is pretty good. A mate suggested a similar tactic to get more traffic to my site.
The second link though, I think I'll try that when I'm not at work.
Ta.
I suppose email clients will be a serious hole as long as passwords are being sent in the clear.
If you're going to extract passwords from someone using a VPN, wouldn't you have to at least be in a position to sniff their traffic though?
When you say, over the phone, do you mean from other people using dial-up connections with the same ISP?
Agreed. I see it as being similar to my credit card company.
Years back, I went on holiday to the US and rented a car for a mont and, the car hire company charged a large amount to my card. The credit card company contacted me to see if it was actually me doing this. They didn't cancel my card though, they spoke to me first to make sure it was all legit.
The tinfoil hat brigade have to realise that there are certain irrelevant 'freedoms' you have to sacrifice for your own personal safety.
If my ISP or company sys admin contacted me to say that my machine was downloading or uploading large amounts of material to an external server, I'd appreciate them contacting me. Of course, I'd be a bit upset if they just killed the link without asking me.
Hello, thank you for calling Bank of Ireland, may I take your name please?
Steve Johnson.
Mr Johnson, I'll need to ask you some questions to confirm your identity..
I watch Armadillo Porn.
Er, ah, Mr *Johnson*, how may I help you?
When you go to Google image search and type "Nude Britney Spears".
You might want to block pop-ups though.