...what it does is prevent my proxy/filter (Proxomitron) from altering queries and result pages, like stripping out the link redirects, disabling the Toolbar, Suggestions, Instant, etc...
They do provide a work-around if you define www.google.com as a CNAME for nosslsearch.google.com (for schools, etc, that need to filter things). I implemented this w/o updating DNS or my hosts file by adding a proxy rule that alters the "Host" field in outgoing headers to nosslsearch.google.com to be "www.google.com". It's not perfect, but along with disabling Javascript for Google, it helps a lot.
FWIW, I'm switching to use Startpage and DuckDuckGo - not because of extra privacy, but because they let me customize my results to remove all the crap that Google adds.
I really hope that some day I can just apologize for ever giving them the finger.
There's no need to apologize later Linus. They behaved badly and you called them out on it. If they change their behavior for the better, simply praise them for that then.
This is sensible; but the reason I don't buy on iTunes or physical media is because I really don't care if it becomes unavailable. I've watched it, no point to me in watching again.
My only exception at all to this rule is Office Space.:)
Many (most?) shows are (or the current season is) not immediately available on Netflix.
Don't get me started on bluray box sets.
Not all shows / movies are available indefinitely online and, especially if it's something one will watch more than once, some people like the permanent, high-quality, availability that physical media provides. I have box sets of Farscape, Firefly and Dead Like Me and equivalent media for a few other, now canceled, shows I enjoy. Sure, these may all be currently available on Netflix - at least as long as you subscribe - but I know my physical media will always be...
Not every dog. I saved some cash when I figured out that, for him, "focus relentlessly on delivering delightful, seamless experiences" meant chasing his tail and licking his private parts...
The cheapest TVs available when I bought mine (to use as a TV monitor) had 3 HDMI inputs.
Sometimes, you're limited by what's available when you actually *need* to replace something.
I have a 40" Sony Bravia I bought in early 2006, when my previous 32" CRT died, and it only has one HDMI input - which is attached to a Sony DA3200ES receiver. The Blu-ray player is attached to one of the receiver's HDMI inputs. The TV's VGA port is attached to my MythTV system @ 1280x768 (the video card flakes at a higher res.) All the other (Pioneer) media components, including two 150W 16" front speaker cabinets, are attached through the receiver - ya, the volume will go to 11 w/o breaking a sweat.
The Pioneer components are from a rack system my wife bought herself in 1985 as a divorce present - just before we met and I actually hooked everything up for her when we met. She died in January 2006 so there's some sentimental attachment to those components - which still work great, btw.
If I ever got a gaming console - big "if" - I'd probably pump it through one of the other HDMI ports on the receiver.
Are you telling me if they had peer reviewed studies proving these drugs improved your health or extended your useful life you would not take them?
Ah yes, the ultimate offer that cannot be refused.
Hmm... Suicide is illegal in many (most?) places, so if such a drug could be proven to extend one's healthy/useful life - especially if it extended it forever, would taking the drug be required and refusing to take it illegal?
I remember reading one bio-mathematics person determining that bees do their little waggle dances in nine dimensions projected onto two, and I thought she was insane.
I'm just saying that the industry can't keep supporting Model Ts on the Information Superhighway.
I understand and generally agree with your comment, but new and/or trendy doesn't always mean "better", even if the Firefox developers want it to and/or think it does.
You may want to consider using DuckDuckGo for searches...
Thanks, I'm looking into that - and Startpage - now. They both offer desirable, easy display customizations.
I don't really care about Google logging/using my search data, but it pisses me off that I can't (easily) customize the search experience on their pages. I was able to kill most of the annoying bits like suggestions and instant using NoScript and not allowing Javascript. Using Proxomitron was able to filter cookies and HTML to remove the redirection links, Tools bar and ensure other things were set/cleared, but *that* requires an http connection and - for some reason - I'm now getting redirected to https at home but, strangely, not at work (both while signed out as I never actually sign into Google) - Heavy sigh.
I'll probably try playing with Greasemonkey to see how that goes. However, I really liked filtering through Proxomitron as it also works for IE and other applications... I suppose I could always add a hosts entry "216.239.32.20 www.google.com" to hit "nosslsearch.google.com" instead.
The district in Glendale, California, is paying $40,500 to a firm to monitor and report on 14,000 middle and high school students' posts on Twitter, Facebook and other social media for one year.
From TFA:
Frydrych's firm scours the social media postings of Glendale students aged 13 and older -- the age at which parental permission isn't required for the school's contracted monitoring -- and sends a daily report to principals on which students' comments could be causes for concern, Frydrych said.
And how does the school district get the student account information? I know if they had asked me for that info (if social media, nay the Internet, existed when I was in HS) I would have replied, "fuck off." Hell, I'd give that same answer to that same question to my employer now.
... a facility known as the Information Dominance Center.
I thought information wanted to be free.
I guess we're the "bottom" in this NSA BDSM situation because all I've seen so far is the NSA reaching for the big, black strap-on... But I thought the bottom has all the power in this kind relationship - and we obviously don't - so I'm really confused.
... I'd just be happier if I could get Google to serve up search/result pages without suggestions, instant, sidebars, Javascript, safe search etc... Sure, I'm able to kill most of that using cookies, Proxomitron (strip code, bake cookies...) and NoScript but it's a PITA. I just want simple Google searches w/o all the crap. Just my $.02.
The demonstration is that Intel has chips running on extremely low power, which honestly is kind of cool.
Actually, this is because Intel developers obviously drink a LOT and probably accidentally knocked an open bottle of wine onto something in the lab. The "demonstration" is the result of the official incident write-up as an "experiment"...:-)
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They do provide a work-around if you define www.google.com as a CNAME for nosslsearch.google.com (for schools, etc, that need to filter things). I implemented this w/o updating DNS or my hosts file by adding a proxy rule that alters the "Host" field in outgoing headers to nosslsearch.google.com to be "www.google.com". It's not perfect, but along with disabling Javascript for Google, it helps a lot.
FWIW, I'm switching to use Startpage and DuckDuckGo - not because of extra privacy, but because they let me customize my results to remove all the crap that Google adds.
They behaved badly and you called them out on it. If they change their behavior for the better, simply praise them for that then.
Ah, you're probably not married then.
Actually, I was very happily married for 20.5 years. My wife died in January 2006.
I really hope that some day I can just apologize for ever giving them the finger.
There's no need to apologize later Linus. They behaved badly and you called them out on it. If they change their behavior for the better, simply praise them for that then.
Also Dumbledor dies at the end of harry potter. The cake is a lie. Walter poisons Todd's Tea with ricin.
Dr. Malcolm Crowe (Bruce Willis) has been dead throughout the whole movie and Soylent Green is people.
[ Too soon for these spoilers? :-) ]
This is sensible; but the reason I don't buy on iTunes or physical media is because I really don't care if it becomes unavailable. I've watched it, no point to me in watching again.
My only exception at all to this rule is Office Space. :)
Of course, other people have other exceptions...
...when it is available on Netflix ...
Many (most?) shows are (or the current season is) not immediately available on Netflix.
Don't get me started on bluray box sets.
Not all shows / movies are available indefinitely online and, especially if it's something one will watch more than once, some people like the permanent, high-quality, availability that physical media provides. I have box sets of Farscape, Firefly and Dead Like Me and equivalent media for a few other, now canceled, shows I enjoy. Sure, these may all be currently available on Netflix - at least as long as you subscribe - but I know my physical media will always be...
Every man and his dog seems to own one.
Not every dog. I saved some cash when I figured out that, for him, "focus relentlessly on delivering delightful, seamless experiences" meant chasing his tail and licking his private parts...
But it is confusing for new users, ... [so] middle-click paste will be permanently removed ...
Because new users are new forever and can never learn anything. /sarcasm
The cheapest TVs available when I bought mine (to use as a TV monitor) had 3 HDMI inputs.
Sometimes, you're limited by what's available when you actually *need* to replace something.
I have a 40" Sony Bravia I bought in early 2006, when my previous 32" CRT died, and it only has one HDMI input - which is attached to a Sony DA3200ES receiver. The Blu-ray player is attached to one of the receiver's HDMI inputs. The TV's VGA port is attached to my MythTV system @ 1280x768 (the video card flakes at a higher res.) All the other (Pioneer) media components, including two 150W 16" front speaker cabinets, are attached through the receiver - ya, the volume will go to 11 w/o breaking a sweat.
The Pioneer components are from a rack system my wife bought herself in 1985 as a divorce present - just before we met and I actually hooked everything up for her when we met. She died in January 2006 so there's some sentimental attachment to those components - which still work great, btw.
If I ever got a gaming console - big "if" - I'd probably pump it through one of the other HDMI ports on the receiver.
This is a great feature for people too stupid to just use the other HDMI input on their TV.
My TV only has one HDMI input - and my receiver has two. (Not everyone has whatever you have.)
Are you telling me if they had peer reviewed studies proving these drugs improved your health or extended your useful life you would not take them?
Ah yes, the ultimate offer that cannot be refused.
Hmm... Suicide is illegal in many (most?) places, so if such a drug could be proven to extend one's healthy/useful life - especially if it extended it forever, would taking the drug be required and refusing to take it illegal?
Well, we still don't have a good theory of quantum gravity.
QG = x + y (for sufficiently appropriate values of x and y)
I remember reading one bio-mathematics person determining that bees do their little waggle dances in nine dimensions projected onto two, and I thought she was insane.
Not insane, just high.
I'm just saying that the industry can't keep supporting Model Ts on the Information Superhighway.
I understand and generally agree with your comment, but new and/or trendy doesn't always mean "better", even if the Firefox developers want it to and/or think it does.
You may want to consider using DuckDuckGo for searches...
Thanks, I'm looking into that - and Startpage - now. They both offer desirable, easy display customizations.
I don't really care about Google logging/using my search data, but it pisses me off that I can't (easily) customize the search experience on their pages. I was able to kill most of the annoying bits like suggestions and instant using NoScript and not allowing Javascript. Using Proxomitron was able to filter cookies and HTML to remove the redirection links, Tools bar and ensure other things were set/cleared, but *that* requires an http connection and - for some reason - I'm now getting redirected to https at home but, strangely, not at work (both while signed out as I never actually sign into Google) - Heavy sigh.
I'll probably try playing with Greasemonkey to see how that goes. However, I really liked filtering through Proxomitron as it also works for IE and other applications... I suppose I could always add a hosts entry "216.239.32.20 www.google.com" to hit "nosslsearch.google.com" instead.
Haven't we grown out of "the ends justify the means" yet?
You must be new here - I mean to the planet - welcome. Watch your back, we're a narrow-minded, short-sighted, fucked-up species.
The district in Glendale, California, is paying $40,500 to a firm to monitor and report on 14,000 middle and high school students' posts on Twitter, Facebook and other social media for one year.
From TFA:
Frydrych's firm scours the social media postings of Glendale students aged 13 and older -- the age at which parental permission isn't required for the school's contracted monitoring -- and sends a daily report to principals on which students' comments could be causes for concern, Frydrych said.
And how does the school district get the student account information? I know if they had asked me for that info (if social media, nay the Internet, existed when I was in HS) I would have replied, "fuck off." Hell, I'd give that same answer to that same question to my employer now.
... a facility known as the Information Dominance Center.
I thought information wanted to be free.
I guess we're the "bottom" in this NSA BDSM situation because all I've seen so far is the NSA reaching for the big, black strap-on... But I thought the bottom has all the power in this kind relationship - and we obviously don't - so I'm really confused.
The demonstration is that Intel has chips running on extremely low power, which honestly is kind of cool.
Actually, this is because Intel developers obviously drink a LOT and probably accidentally knocked an open bottle of wine onto something in the lab. The "demonstration" is the result of the official incident write-up as an "experiment"... :-)
ultimately were not as responsive or successful in following cues as they would otherwise be with humans.
I think dogs also get a lot of action/behavioral cues from our facial and vocal expressions, which may be missing from the robots.
It's gonna take a mighty big shark to carry around that kind of firepower . . .
Don't give the Sci-Fi -- I mean SyFy (sigh) -- channel any ideas. Sharknado was bad enough.
They rock at redditing and slashdoting, however.
Proper Verbs are annoying. Stop browsering and learn some grammar.
It also busts drunk and sleepy drivers, because their brain waves differ from those when you're fully awake and totally sober.
And that equates to how many cups of coffee in the morning?