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The toolbar is FREE..to you. Their (Google's) income is derived from purchases made based on queries through the toolbar. Let's say Jafo needs to buy a new Wombat. He types "Wombat" into the Google toolbar and gets results. He spies "Koop's Gently Used Wombat Emporium" on the sidebar, a place of prominence. Visits my site, finds a wombat to his liking and we do the deal. Google gets a peice of the Wombat action. If Jafo downloaded the Google
I am reading "The Google Story" and it is really interesting watching the company evolve. I also recommend reading this article from Google-watch entitled "Google as Big Brother": Link It was from 2003, but it will cause you to lose sleep.
It perhaps is only my warped sense of humor, but the original article on Wikipedia has a misspelling. The magazine is "SKeptic" with a "k" not "SCeptic" with a "c." Singrdave cited it faithfully, pardon the pun, it was the Wiki author that made the mistake. Having said that,there are LOTS of studies that support the finding. You can dispute the validity of IQ tests if you want, but the finding is supported by numbers of tests. I couldn't find
Hiya, Starkers. You get the gist and others do to. "Google's attempt to use the US and European legal systems for competitive advantage -- a trick also used by the failing Netscape -- seems to have attracted more than a little derision. Many comments suggest Google is using double standards, epecially since it uses its own browser -- since that's basically what Firefox is, now -- in the same way." - Source: <a href="http://blogs.guardia
Google has filed a complaint with the US Department of Justice and the European Union, complaining that IE7, which uses MSN as the default search engine, will give Microsoft an unfair advantage. Since Google is the default search engine for both Firefox and Opera, and pays those organizations for that position, in essence Google is complaining that Microsoft is acting
Oh, you will be aghast at the Novell/Utah bashing....which seems quite accurate. From 1989 to 1993, Novell prospered. Then came the acquisitions. First the purchase of Unix from AT&T, then the puirchase of WordPerfect and Quattro Pro. These products had...well, nothing to do with Novell's core business. These disastorous acquistuions and resales cost Novell billions and sapped the company's energies and focus. Rick also points out tha
"but are you a believer in these books as well Larry?" Just to clarify, both the books that I referenced are historical texts. I believe in history. I also think that if you believe the Bible to be important, you want to know as much as you can about it. Saul of Tarsus, who became Paul, for example, was a Pharisee. We know this because he said "I am a Pharisee." (Pretty convincing.) Thats from Acts, if I remember correctly. So, who we
"In Search of Stupidity" by Merrill "Rick" Chapman is a must read for anyone in technology sales and marketing. It is laugh-out-loud funny, while at the same time accurate and factual. If you were in business, any business, in 1982 you read "In Search of Excellence: Lessons from Ame
Dan Brown is a conspiracy theorist without peer. He has written books about plots of the Catholic Church, the Illuminati (Angels and Demons) and the US Gevernment (Digital Fortress) to take over the world. He has also said in an interview that he believes in the Protocols of the Elders of Zion, so Jews do not escape his paranoia either. But KFC, I urge you to read The Gnostic Gospels by Elaine Pagel for a historical (not fictional) di
WebGizmos, yes, I am quite pleased with how it works so far for security. kingbee, would I be correct in stating that you rendered that opinion without trying the software or looking at the links? Microsoft is offering anti-virus, anti-spyware, firewall, backup and more.
Glad everything is going so well for you. As to the pricing, Norton Anti-virus 2006 is $39.99, McAfee Internet Security is $49.99 for a one-year subscription.....each of those is for one PC. Microsoft's Introductory pricing seems more than fair.
In 2002, Bill Gates set security as Microsoft's top priority. With the introduction of IE7 (currently in Beta 2) and Windows Live OneCare, Microsoft has come a long way toward fulfilling that promise. Why is it important that Microsoft has taken these steps? I have an anti-virus program that regularly updates itself, programs to protect me from adware and m
Good article, KFC, well-written. How do you date the Gospels and the Gnostic Gospels? There is a body of evidence that the Gospels, ALL the Gospels, were not written until the 2nd Century. I include both the four Gospels that you reference and the larger body of the discounted Gnostic Gospels. The word "Gospel" was not in common use until this time. There is no reference to the Gospels as written texts until the 3rd century, even amon
" Taxes show the Cheneys made $8.8M " Source: Link "The overwhelming bulk of the income listed by Vice President Dick Cheney and his wife, Lynne, resulted from exercising stock options in order to make charitable contributions. That money came from a fund Cheney set up in 2001 to distance him from income produced by stock options he accumulated as
The Libertarian party has come out against reparations, which may be the source of Gideon's complaint. Reparations are NOT a punitive measure, so Ex Post Facto arguments are not applicable. No one is suggesting arresting and bringing to trial some old Southener who owned slaves "legally" before the Civil War, as far as I know. The "Unconstitutional" argument is specious in this instance. Here's an article explaining Ex Post Facto for anyone wh
Movements afoot, legitimate otherwise: Link Millions for Reparations site. Link Farmer-Paellmann suit. The thing that is often misunderstood about reparations is that they are not primarily PUNITITIVE, they are to REPAIR an injustice. I feel of two minds about this, however, I do enjoy debating wi
Hmmm, Moderateman, how do you feel about Switzerland repaying the assets seized from Jews during WWII? How about Germany paying for the slave labor used to start their auto factories? You think Porsche, Volkswagon and Audi should get away with what they did? These companies delayed justice, should we just say "Okay, you win?" Ah, more current issues. In the above cases, the suits were brought by survivors or their immediate relatives. But not
BakeStreet, bless you for always being there. I mean that in a secular way, of course. Did you have a chance to read my earlier article at Link Not only Iran, but Qatar has contributed to the Hamas cause, bringing it to a nice round $100 million.
Dr. Guy, thanks for all the support, now and in the past. MM, I won't use such language....EVER. You are free to do so, of course. But not me. Mason, you need to label sarcasm. (I hope that it was...no, it must be.)
Eh, perhaps you are right. It is a matter of degree, but maybe that degree is important. I am tired and frustrated. The bombing story is already moving to the back pages.
Rightwinger, you are both right and wrong. I abhor the New Liberalism that supports the murderers, the abusers of women, the ones that send their children out to kill and die. But the conservatives are little better. Oh, the rhetoric is there. But 40 years before 9/11, the PLO was hijacking planes and throwing (Jewish) Americans off cruise ships. There were condemnations, but actions? No. The oil is too important, the money too significent.<BR
Thanks for commenting. After I wrote this it occurred to me that no one will do a thing about it. Most won't even care.
I just posted an article on the Hamas' supported attack on civilians eating lunch in Tel Aviv and, while it made me feel better, it occured to me that nothing will come of it. I added the link, read it if you want, but in the end it hardly matters. There will be no marchs, no protests outside the Palestinian embassy, Cindy Sheehan won't camp on the President'
Whether for an individual, a nation or a people, there is no right more fundamental than the right of self-defense. We need to be able to defend ourselves in order to be able to excercise any other rights. Wikipedia defines self-defense as "Self-defense refers to actions taken by a person to defend onself, one's property or one's home." Now we get t
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