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Google Releases Windows Version of New Browser

Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 1:16:51 pm PDT

The beta version of Google’s shiny new web browser has been released, for Windows only: Google Chrome.

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1 hans ze beeman  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 1:17:35pm

The Butterfly should get nervous

2 Shug  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 1:19:06pm

Cool.
Now I can see their Logo celebrating Roald Dahl and ignoring D Day in a much brighter scehme

3 rawmuse  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 1:19:18pm

This should bring data mining to breathtaking new heights.

4 joncelli  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 1:19:22pm

Not bad. Nice and austere, and pretty fast. Can't wait until the Mac version comes out. Of course Hotmail doesn't like it, but no surprises there. Should be a winner.

5 Kefirah  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 1:20:32pm

i'm sticking to firefox. i don't like their ignorance, willful or not, of american national holidays.

6 Peacekeeper  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 1:20:40pm

And I watched as he opened the seventh seal, and lo! the sun became as a blue screen and the server error flashed in torment...

7 Stinky Beaumont  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 1:21:19pm

Works fine with LGF.

8 dennisw  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 1:22:05pm

Am using it right now. Simple and uncluttered. I like it. Favorites/bookmarks is inconvenient plus spell check is flakey

9 WriterMom  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 1:22:09pm

I don't think I'll use it. It makes me angry enough that I am a Google addict. Don't want to give them any more WHATEVER....

10 Kerr Avon  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 1:22:34pm

I got it and it looks good, I like the tab placements and the speed is good. LGF displays perfectly.

11 Sponge  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 1:23:30pm

The only thing I would like to see is the traffic that it sends back to google. I mean, they're ALL about your privacy and protecting your rights to it, right?

12 taxfreekiller[deleted]  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 1:23:46pm
13 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 1:24:11pm

Does the Chinese version have built in censors and filters?

14 jcm  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 1:24:43pm

re: #7 Stinky Beaumont

Works fine with LGF.

Stinky,
Can Charles post a screen shot of the interface?

Thanks!

15 sattv4u2  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 1:24:45pm

You kids and your new fangled Google Schmoogle.

16 jcm  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 1:25:46pm

re: #13 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Does the Chinese version have built in censors and filters?

Comes with armed guard, let's say unauthorized access is "discouraged."

17 Fat Jolly Penguin  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 1:26:11pm

Well, it's OK, but I think I prefer Firefox.

18 Rednek  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 1:26:25pm

I'm sticking with Mosaic.

19 sattv4u2  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 1:26:30pm

re: #15 sattv4u2

You kids and your new fangled Google Schmoogle.

Back in my day, if you wanted to find something, you did it the tried and true old fashioned way.

Tell the kid in your class that wheezed and had glasses to find it for you or you'd steal his pocket protector!

20 Salem  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 1:27:17pm

Interesting. Not dazzling. But then I only just started it.

21 looking closely  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 1:28:35pm

Has anyone noticed any advantages over the most recent Firefox iteration?

IE, should I even bother to try it?

22 Jewels (AKA Julian)  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 1:28:46pm

Back in my day, we had text only browsers (called Lynx)....

24 jester6  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 1:29:23pm

I was reading the Google Chrome Comic last night and the wife looked over my shoulder and thought it might have been porn. Then I gave her the laptop to prove it was not porn.

She looked at it for a few seconds before giving it back to me.

"It is porn and you are a geek," she said.

25 nikis-knight  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 1:29:53pm

I won't use it, but it's nice to see something challenge the dominance of IE, and Google can do it. Competition is good.

26 jcm  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 1:30:53pm

re: #25 nikis-knight

I won't use it, but it's nice to see something challenge the dominance of IE, and Google can do it. Competition is good.

Gates and Page jousting would be far more entertaining.
/

27 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 1:31:17pm

You kids today with your zimas, your hula hoops and your Dan Fogelberg...

28 Salem  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 1:31:22pm

Interesting. The status bar is only visible during operations.

29 Wendya  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 1:31:29pm

So far, so good.

I like the lack of clutter and the reduction in memory usage.

30 sattv4u2  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 1:32:21pm

OT ,,, Monsoon misery spreads in India; people, rhinos flee

New Delhi Mayor Gopi Punia Nagin could not be reached for comment

31 Jimmy the Notable  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 1:32:42pm

So its true then, Google wants to take over the world.

I'll be busy scrubbing the internet of my identity and hiding in my shelter.

32 CyanSnowHawk  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 1:32:47pm

re: #18 Rednek

I'm sticking with Mosaic.

Lynx 4ever!

33 looking closely  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 1:32:56pm

re: #25 nikis-knight

I won't use it, but it's nice to see something challenge the dominance of IE, and Google can do it. Competition is good.

Unfortunately, more likely it will simply challenge the second-place of Firefox.

While the savvy have a choice, the computer-unsavvy will still use the default browser that came bundled with their OS.

34 trailortrash  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 1:33:05pm

this chrome rocks :thumbsup:

35 zombie  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 1:34:21pm

re: #22 Jewels (AKA Julian)

Back in my day, we had text only browsers (called Lynx)....

A quadrillion years ago, in my toddlerhood, I read the entire user's manual for HyperCard. It was incredibly informative and everything I know about HTML and "hyperlinking" I learned from that one document. Seriously. I still think in those terms.

Of course, HyperCard was linking to things on one's own hard drive (er, floppy drive), but the principle was the same. My understanding of the Internet was given a good foundation by HyperCard.

36 jester6  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 1:34:49pm

re: #33 looking closely

Unfortunately, more likely it will simply challenge the second-place of Firefox.

While the savvy have a choice, the computer-unsavvy will still use the default browser that came bundled with their OS.

After reading about the guts of this thing I would not be so sure. Firefox makes a difference to power users. This should give a performance boost to everyone.

37 jemima  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 1:35:47pm

Firefox was great, now not so much--I got 3.0 and within hours went back to 2.0.0.16, I didn't see the improvement and saw the disimprovements instead. I've been using FF for 6 years and Opera is faster. I downloaded Chrome. I won't switch but I might use it once in a while, the way I do with Opera.

38 The Other Les  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 1:36:02pm

Sorry to bring this up again but my internet connection has been dropping out.

Has anyone else in the Twin Cities area had this problem?

39 rawmuse  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 1:37:34pm

I actually memorized Morse code, as a Boy Scout.

40 Jimmy the Notable  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 1:37:46pm

re: #37 jemima

Mind if I ask what you don't like about FF3?

41 Cap'n DOC  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 1:37:50pm

re: #2 Shug

re: #5 Kefirah

Google can suck a noodle. I prefer a good old-fashioned Dogpile.

42 Sponge  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 1:38:59pm

re: #41 Cap'n DOC

re: #5 Kefirah

Google can suck a noodle. I prefer a good old-fashioned Dogpile.

Its my default search engine in my Opera install.....

43 opnion  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 1:39:31pm

Greetings, Running dogs of Yankee Imperialism.
I just had Medved on in the car. He was interviewing David Brooks at the convention.
According to them some media types are calling Sarah Palin "White Trash", for having five kids.
I wonder how many children that they think are appropriate.

44 zombie  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 1:40:04pm

From the Wikipedia entry on HyperCard:

Bill Atkinson later lamented that if he had only realized the power of network-oriented stacks, instead of focusing on local stacks on a single machine, HyperCard could have become the first Web browser.
HyperCard saw a loss in popularity with the growth of the World Wide Web, since the Web could handle and deliver data in much the same way as HyperCard without being limited to files on one's own hard disk. Interestingly, HyperCard had a significant impact on the web as it inspired the creation of both HTTP itself (through its influence on Tim Berners-Lee's colleague Robert Cailliau)[citation needed], and JavaScript (whose creator, Brendan Eich, was inspired by HyperTalk [3]). It was also a key inspiration for ViolaWWW, an early web browser.
45 Spiritualized  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 1:42:11pm

Google-Watch.org

Google distorts reality, Austrian study says

A research team led by Prof. Hermann Maurer, chairman of Graz University's Institute for Information Systems and Computer Media, argues that Google is turning into a new version of George Orwell's "Big Brother" - creating unacceptable monopolies in many areas of the worldwide web.

According to his research, around 61 billion Internet searches are conducted each month. In the US, on average 57 percent of searches are conducted with Google, and up to 95 percent of Internet users use Google at least sometimes.

It is dangerous enough that single entity such as Google is dominant as a search engine, Maurer and his co-writers say, but the fact that Google is operating many other services and is probably colluding with still further players was "unacceptable".

Stick with Firefox.

46 looking closely  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 1:42:16pm

re: #36 jester6

After reading about the guts of this thing I would not be so sure. Firefox makes a difference to power users. This should give a performance boost to everyone.

I don't know if I'm a "power user" or not, but I like Firefox.

Its not so clear to me that the average surfing schmoe would ever notice or care.

Also, Microsoft may be slow and corporate, but its not stupid. Anything that Google can do, Microsoft can do, and I understand it has its own new brower soon to come.

47 jemima  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 1:43:05pm

#40 What was different?

I have to think. First off, the dictionary add-on no longer worked. Things weren't where they had been. I was in a rush and wanted to get things done but had to stop and start looking around. That's a very bad sign for a potential future in my life. I'm sure it's more of a personal reaction than real but FF was crashing on my old system probably 6-10 times a day and I was fed up. Maybe it would be better on Vista.

48 Occasional Reader  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 1:45:46pm

re: #39 rawmuse

I actually memorized Morse code, as a Boy Scout.

You nutty kids with your jazzy "telegraph" machines. In my day, we had smoke signals, and we were damn happy to have 'em, let me tell you.

49 goddessoftheclassroom  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 1:46:48pm

re: #43 opnion

Greetings, Running dogs of Yankee Imperialism.
I just had Medved on in the car. He was interviewing David Brooks at the convention.
According to them some media types are calling Sarah Palin "White Trash", for having five kids.
I wonder how many children that they think are appropriate.

I think liberals hear of a family with more than two kids and think, "How selfish!" Conservatives think, "How wonderful!"

50 Nevergiveup  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 1:47:12pm

re: #48 Occasional Reader

You nutty kids with your jazzy "telegraph" machines. In my day, we had smoke signals, and we were damn happy to have 'em, let me tell you.

In my day, we just smoked this stuff and stared at each other and giggled?

51 beens21  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 1:47:25pm

ot I have McAfee and the Systemguard keeps disabling randomly and I can't find a fix for it.Is this happening to anyone else.

52 hans ze beeman  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 1:48:11pm

re: #48 Occasional Reader

You nutty kids with your jazzy "telegraph" machines. In my day, we had smoke signals, and we were damn happy to have 'em, let me tell you.

I'd have thought you were a drummer!

53 CyanSnowHawk  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 1:49:47pm

re: #43 opnion

Greetings, Running dogs of Yankee Imperialism.
I just had Medved on in the car. He was interviewing David Brooks at the convention.
According to them some media types are calling Sarah Palin "White Trash", for having five kids.
I wonder how many children that they think are appropriate.

I would have to think that their mandate on that would fall to the low side of what I think appropriate. I've got 1. I went to elementary school with a girl that was 1 of 18. (I have no idea how they got that large a family, if it was a merger of two or done the old fashioned way.) So I think that somewhere in between those numbers would be appropriate, if you want kids that is, no point in making it mandatory to have at least one.

54 Cygnus  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 1:50:13pm

re: #35 zombie

A quadrillion years ago, in my toddlerhood, I read the entire user's manual for HyperCard. It was incredibly informative and everything I know about HTML and "hyperlinking" I learned from that one document. Seriously. I still think in those terms.

Of course, HyperCard was linking to things on one's own hard drive (er, floppy drive), but the principle was the same. My understanding of the Internet was given a good foundation by HyperCard.

Ubernerd!

55 Salem  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 1:51:09pm

Kinda weird having the tabs on top. I know I'll get used to it.

I like it. I read the comic and I think there's very forward thinking behind it. It's almost scary that they could get Scott McCloud to do the comic, and toward a remarkable deadline. Google really is a monster organization.

56 Jimmy the Notable  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 1:51:57pm

re: #36 jester6

After reading about the guts of this thing I would not be so sure. Firefox makes a difference to power users. This should give a performance boost to everyone.

I guess I'm a power user, and yeah, I think FF3 re: #47 jemima

That's fair. At first I didn't like it, and I'm still annoyed that a really great RealPlayer video download add-on doesn't work anymore, but I just use IE if I find a video that I absolutely need to download. (Like the Sarah Palin speech).

My favorite thing about FF3 is that the address bar acts like a search engine for all of your previously visited websites. It searches web addresses and the titles of the web pages. So if I'm reading something about, say, Brett Favre, I don't have to remember which ESPN.com page it was, I can search "brett favre ESPN" and it will, extremely quickly, list all of the websites that have that in the title and the web address. I find it never-endingly useful.

57 Alouette  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 1:52:41pm

I can't get this Google Chrome to run. I downloaded and installed it, rebooted, but it displays some window for about a nano-second and then quits.

So, screw 'em.

58 Dales  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 1:52:57pm

Pretty.

However, compared to Firefox, painfully slow. And boy are there a lot of ads all over the place that I have been able to avoid by using AdBlock.

I might use it occasionally for a change of pace, but right now it is just a curiousity.

59 opnion  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 1:53:09pm

re: #49 goddessoftheclassroom

I think liberals hear of a family with more than two kids and think, "How selfish!" Conservatives think, "How wonderful!"


I wonder which kid or kids the Libs think that the Palins should have passed on.
The Kennedys have big families & they admire kennedys

60 jcm  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 1:53:13pm

re: #39 rawmuse

I actually memorized Morse code, as a Boy Scout.

- .... .- - .----. ... / -.-. --- --- .-..

I cheated.

61 hans ze beeman  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 1:53:23pm

re: #57 Alouette

I can't get this Google Chrome to run. I downloaded and installed it, rebooted, but it displays some window for about a nano-second and then quits.

So, screw 'em.

They got all the information from you they want.

/cue scary music

62 Alouette  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 1:53:48pm

re: #43 opnion

some media types are calling Sarah Palin "White Trash", for having five kids.

I have 9 kids, I guess that makes me whiter and trashier.

63 addison  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 1:53:51pm

re: #43 opnion

Greetings, Running dogs of Yankee Imperialism.
I just had Medved on in the car. He was interviewing David Brooks at the convention.
According to them some media types are calling Sarah Palin "White Trash", for having five kids.
I wonder how many children that they think are appropriate.

One [or none], I imagine.

64 sattv4u2  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 1:54:21pm

re: #43 opnion

I wonder how many children that they think are appropriate.

Depends.
If they are talking about a welfare mom, they'll tell you it's non of your damn business, and that 'she' is struggling the best she can because of the Bush economy only helping the rich
If they are talking about a middle class white fly over America couple, they'll tell you 2 is too many. That the family has too much of a carbon footprint

65 infidel Alan  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 1:55:06pm

Let me alert other Firefox users who do research on the internet, especially academic research: there is a new extension called Zotero that saves and organizes the data and/or websites you wish to save and even allows you to make and organize notes. My cousin, who is an English teacher, loves it.

66 Nevergiveup  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 1:55:26pm

Last update - 20:25 02/09/2008

Ex-Mossad agent: We let Nazi doctor Mengele get away

[Link: www.haaretz.com...]

To bad.

67 Jimmy the Notable  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 1:55:28pm

re: #43 opnion

Greetings, Running dogs of Yankee Imperialism.
I just had Medved on in the car. He was interviewing David Brooks at the convention.
According to them some media types are calling Sarah Palin "White Trash", for having five kids.
I wonder how many children that they think are appropriate.

Liberals think that children will be a net loss for their happiness. Conservatives think the opposite. They're also great for the economy as well. That's just five more sets of hands that will grow up and get jobs.

68 CyanSnowHawk  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 1:55:40pm

re: #62 Alouette

I have 9 kids, I guess that makes me whiter and trashier.

Either that, or you have more fingerprints on the inside of your car windows.

69 opnion  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 1:55:41pm

re: #62 Alouette

I have 9 kids, I guess that makes me whiter and trashier.

The elite are such asses. They have journalism degrees because they couldn't do math.
And good for you.

70 sattv4u2  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 1:56:18pm

re: #59 opnion

I wonder which kid or kids the Libs think that the Palins should have passed on.
The Kennedys have big families & they admire kennedys

But you don;t understand. It's okay for the Kennedys because of the "tragedies" that family has endured

71 opnion  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 1:56:38pm

re: #64 sattv4u2


I wonder how many children that they think are appropriate.

Depends.
If they are talking about a welfare mom, they'll tell you it's non of your damn business, and that 'she' is struggling the best she can because of the Bush economy only helping the rich
If they are talking about a middle class white fly over America couple, they'll tell you 2 is too many. That the family has too much of a carbon footprint

You just won the thread.

72 rusty_armor  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 1:56:46pm

I managed to accidentally crash it 60 seconds into the first opening of it.

Am I good, or what?

73 Salem  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 1:56:47pm

re: #45 Spiritualized

Google is turning into a new version of George Orwell's "Big Brother" - creating unacceptable monopolies in many areas of the worldwide web.

You know the browser is open source, right?

74 opnion  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 1:57:24pm

re: #70 sattv4u2

But you don;t understand. It's okay for the Kennedys because of the "tragedies" that family has endured

Rikkety bridge?

75 Nevergiveup  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 1:57:52pm

re: #70 sattv4u2

But you don;t understand. It's okay for the Kennedys because of the "tragedies" that family has endured

What about Mary Jo Kopechne's family?

76 Salem  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 1:58:02pm

Would a drag on the ajax wheel be a problem with the browser, or server, or whahuh?

77 Abu Lahab  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 1:58:59pm

LGF works just greatly with this new browser. I've browsed several pages of LGF using it. It's really fast, and it imports all your settings (if you wish) from your other FireFox or IE.
I like it.

78 sattv4u2  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 1:59:24pm

re: #75 Nevergiveup

What about Mary Jo Kopechne's family?

Their response is "sure, but Ted has had to live with that all these years !"

79 straitcircle  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 2:00:03pm

I thought Google collects data, so this is what it is? Why release something that promotes privacy?

80 right_wing2  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 2:00:22pm

Sticking with Firefox. I don't even use Google as a search engine unless nothing else works.

81 Nevergiveup  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 2:00:35pm

'West will suffer more than Moscow'

[Link: www.jpost.com...]

Obama's friends?

82 Alouette  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 2:01:29pm

re: #69 opnion

The elite are such asses. They have journalism degrees because they couldn't do math.
And good for you.

I have a degree in Math, too.

83 Kong_an563  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 2:02:41pm

Doesn't look like you can block 'stuff'. Without AdBlock, NoScript all the extra 'stuff' consumes my dialup bandwidth to the point where the connection becomes nearly unusable.

Looks like I'll stick with firefox.

84 experiencedtraveller  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 2:02:44pm

Yeah but will it work with Vista?

/Vista early adapter aka sucker for abuse.

85 jcm  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 2:02:58pm

re: #82 Alouette

I have a degree in Math, too.

I don't like math, did Bio-chem instead.

86 Salem  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 2:03:41pm

I'm getting a bug, here. The browser keeps pushing itself on top of the taskbar.

87 looking closely  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 2:04:43pm

Sounds like I'll pass on this one.
I'm pretty happy with Firefox 3.

88 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 2:04:45pm

re: #85 jcm

I don't like math, did Bio-chem instead.

Started Bio-Chem, switched to Criminal Justice, went Marines and now I've been a IT Security Geek for the last 10+ years.

Need to actually get a degree in something sometime.

89 jcm  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 2:05:58pm

re: #88 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Started Bio-Chem, switched to Criminal Justice, went Marines and now I've been a IT Security Geek for the last 10+ years.

Need to actually get a degree in something sometime.

Bio-chem, but work in elec-engineering.... still trying to figure out how that happened. ;-)

90 Salem  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 2:06:15pm

Wow, this is weird...

91 opnion  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 2:06:33pm

re: #82 Alouette

I have a degree in Math, too.

I rest my case. You have their asses kicked!

92 CyanSnowHawk  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 2:06:49pm

re: #84 experiencedtraveller

Yeah but will it work with Vista?

/Vista early adapter aka sucker for abuse.

Have you seen the new Windows Mojave commercials?

It makes it look like they have to trick people into using it.

"We've secretly switched Brenda's OS with Folgers Crystals, do you think she will notice?"

93 dentate  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 2:08:41pm

working perfectly so far. Don't like the difficulty of finding recent history though.

94 CyanSnowHawk  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 2:09:41pm

re: #89 jcm

Bio-chem, but work in elec-engineering.... still trying to figure out how that happened. ;-)

You're perfectly poised for the plunge into organic electronics. Kind of like what the Vorlons and Shadows used.

95 Salem  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 2:11:29pm

re: #93 dentate

working perfectly so far. Don't like the difficulty of finding recent history though.

The recent history is always there in the "Tabs Page". If you keep that open in one tab, just reload it periodically.

96 karch  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 2:12:38pm

Google Chrome "Incognito mode"

For times when you want to browse in stealth mode, for example, to plan surprises like gifts or birthdays view porn sites without your other half knowing, Google Chrome offers the incognito browsing mode. Webpages that you open and files downloaded while you are incognito won't be logged in your browsing and download histories; all new cookies are deleted after you close the incognito window. You can browse normally and in incognito mode at the same time by using separate windows

Google still knows who you are, what you are doing and what you are thinking about doing though. Isn't that the Google Earth picture vehicle outside your window?

-Ed.

97 Salem  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 2:12:52pm

Oo, look at the "Task Manager". Pretty nifty.

98 LEGION  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 2:15:32pm

Nope, don't do google. Firefox is fine. Ask.com is better. Pattoee on the liberal lefty commies.

99 Nevergiveup  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 2:15:46pm

re: #82 Alouette

I have a degree in Math, too.

Well with 9 kids we know you can count.

100 Outrider  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 2:17:14pm

re: #45 Spiritualized

Google-Watch.org
A research team led by Prof. Hermann Maurer, chairman of Graz University's Institute for Information Systems and Computer Media, argues that Google is turning into a new version of George Orwell's "Big Brother" - creating unacceptable monopolies in many areas of the worldwide web....

I'm thinking a company is to shoot for success when they start up. But, not to much or to big. That's just plain evil. /

We tend to vilify anyone or anything that gets too big or too successful. You know; that entire rolling over those companies less able or qualified to compete? I'm guessing some people feel the playing field should be kept level; even if it requires the government stepping in and slapping the larger company around or breaking it up.

101 jcm  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 2:17:23pm

re: #98 LEGION

Nope, don't do google. Firefox is fine. Ask.com is better. Pattoee on the liberal lefty commies.

"Strength is irrelevant. Resistance is futile. We wish to improve ourselves. We will add your biological and technological distinctiveness to our own. Your culture will adapt to service ours."
Google Mission Statement.
///

102 Dammits Dad  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 2:17:40pm

Downloaded, installed, ran, shut down, uninstalled, no thanks.
I will stick with Opera, I don't care for Firefox anymore either.
If I visit here in Firefox it does not render the pages properly.
I don't like it when a web site is a very long strip, five words wide down the center, same with Safari.
Opera is much more user friendly in my book.

103 Quilly Mammoth  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 2:17:47pm

And of course this release generates a great deal of opportunity to generate spam. My Spam filter is packed with "Google Chrome" offerings. None real.

104 Salem  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 2:18:36pm

Well, this is the first day of the release. Whatever...

105 geata  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 2:20:33pm

It's decent, but it gives me no reason to switch, and I am plenty creeped out by Google to stick with Fx.

106 Quilly Mammoth  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 2:21:04pm

re: #102 Dammits Dad

Have you updated Firefox? LGF looks the same to me in either browser, IE is slightly different.

107 Salem  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 2:21:16pm

Oh, "BETA". Wonder what that means? Duh.

108 Quilly Mammoth  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 2:23:18pm

re: #107 Salem

Oh, "BETA". Wonder what that means? Duh.

To me Beta means "Beta wait for some other people to discover the bugs before using".

109 WhoKnu  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 2:24:04pm

kinda slow so far. at this point I'm locked in to firefox for one reason... AdBlock Plus. Foxmarks helps as well, however AB+ is a MUST.

110 jcm  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 2:24:26pm

re: #107 Salem

Oh, "BETA". Wonder what that means? Duh.

Beta.....
You guinea pig.
;-)

111 Salem  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 2:24:34pm

Lets's see...they should make the bookmark toolbar so you can hide it and present it will a cursor rollover...

112 Alouette  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 2:24:41pm

re: #99 Nevergiveup

Well with 9 kids we know you can count.

21 grandkids and counting (see I need more than fingers and toes)

113 Dammits Dad  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 2:26:42pm

re: #106 Quilly Mammoth

Have you updated Firefox? LGF looks the same to me in either browser, IE is slightly different.

All versions of Firefox act the same for me, very disappointing to me as I love Thunderbird.

114 Ben Hur  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 2:27:19pm

Pakistan Opens Investigation Into 'Honor Killings' of Five Women

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistan opened an investigation Monday into the killings of five women who tried to choose their own husbands, after a provincial lawmaker defended their deaths as a "centuries-old tradition."

115 Jimmy the Notable  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 2:28:00pm

re: #109 WhoKnu

kinda slow so far. at this point I'm locked in to firefox for one reason... AdBlock Plus. Foxmarks helps as well, however AB+ is a MUST.

AB+ is amazing. Apparently, we're supposed to feel guilty about using it though, because we're "stealing" internet content. To that I say: oh well.

116 Salem  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 2:28:01pm

re: #108 Quilly Mammoth

To me Beta means "Beta wait for some other people to discover the bugs before using".

Wouldn't this browser be pretty secure right now since hackers don't have a clue about it, yet? So far I've found one bug. We're not talking Netscape Crash-O-Rama, yet.

117 Wendya  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 2:28:50pm

re: #45 Spiritualized

Google-Watch.org

Stick with Firefox.

I love how when google first hit the scene, they were the up and comer... the alternative to the big evil yahoo. Now google is the evil conglomerate.

Seriously, if it works and you like the results, use it.

118 Ben Hur  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 2:30:26pm

Al-Aqsa in danger – now animated


(Video) New video by Hamas TV accuses Haredi Jews of digging under Temple Mount as ‘Muslim world sleeps’

Thread me, please.

119 Ben Hur  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 2:31:53pm

re: #118 Ben Hur

Al-Aqsa in danger – now animated

Thread me, please.

Eh, don't bother.

120 Salem  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 2:31:55pm

Ctrl+b hides the bookmark toolbar

121 at night  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 2:32:12pm

Just how many children did Robert Kennedy have !?
Was he "White Trash"?

122 opnion  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 2:32:34pm

I heard Obama say on the radio today, that a big reason things went so well thais time around, is because the State of Louisiana & the City adopted a lot of his recommendations. Can't make it up.

123 ContraJihadi  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 2:32:36pm

re: #58 Dales

Pretty.

However, compared to Firefox, painfully slow. And boy are there a lot of ads all over the place that I have been able to avoid by using AdBlock.

I might use it occasionally for a change of pace, but right now it is just a curiousity.

That's about what I have decided, at least until some add-ons like AdBlock, NoScript, and CookieSafe appear.

124 Occasional Reader  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 2:32:39pm

re: #118 Ben Hur

Al-Aqsa in danger

Well, duh, because of the Al-Aqsa pipeline, killing all those caribou.

125 zerodamage  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 2:34:11pm

I do not know yet if I much like it. Been using it for a bit and the lack of a "Home" button that I can click on and a button to open a new tab instead of having to do "Ctrl-T" doesn't jive well with me. Plus, right now I am very happy with my Firefox 3.x and the plugins that I use. This is the only reason that I use Firefox on all 4 of my machines, including my primary Ubuntu machine and my work Leapord machine.

126 Archimedes  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 2:34:12pm

re: #60 jcm

- .... .- - .----. ... / -.-. --- --- .-..

I cheated.

--- -... .- -- .- / .. ... / .- / .-- ..- ... ...

127 Nevergiveup  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 2:34:37pm

re: #122 opnion

I heard Obama say on the radio today, that a big reason things went so well thais time around, is because the State of Louisiana & the City adopted a lot of his recommendations. Can't make it up.

Well Russia withdrew per his request also?

128 zerodamage  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 2:35:00pm

A buddy of mine says it looks like the Pokemon browser. I think he kind of hit the nail on the head with that simple thought. : -)

129 Salem  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 2:35:59pm

re: #125 zerodamage

I do not know yet if I much like it. Been using it for a bit and the lack of a "Home" button that I can click on and a button to open a new tab instead of having to do "Ctrl-T" doesn't jive well with me. Plus, right now I am very happy with my Firefox 3.x and the plugins that I use. This is the only reason that I use Firefox on all 4 of my machines, including my primary Ubuntu machine and my work Leapord machine.

Options/Basics/check "Show Home Button on Toolbar"

130 opnion  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 2:36:36pm

re: #127 Nevergiveup

Well Russia withdrew per his request also?

Well it was all the fault of Bush/Cheney/McCain.
Barry Hussein Obomber said that we set a bad example in Iraq.

131 MandyManners  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 2:36:45pm

re: #124 Occasional Reader

Well, duh, because of the Al-Aqsa pipeline, killing all those caribou.

"Alaska? Alaska? Alaska? Alas...?"

132 MandyManners  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 2:37:37pm

Hey! The upper boarder to my comment box is back to a fresh, mint green instead of the light sage. Either is pretty.

133 Summer  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 2:38:12pm

Testing Testing Testing from Chrome...

Wow this is pretty impressive. Very fast, very simple, very nice. =)

Could use a few extra options like tabs on the left or right side going vertically and a panel for bookmarks on the left or right side as well. Other than that, I like what I see in a beta so far!

Yay. o/

134 zerodamage  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 2:38:23pm

re: #129 Salem

Options/Basics/check "Show Home Button on Toolbar"

Wow, that should be there by default. I hope they fix that before they go out of Beta. I've been too busy at work to do much more than play with the interface a little that is there. I do like the list of recently visited sites and recently closed tabs. That is neat.

135 rhino2  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 2:40:02pm
136 Summer  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 2:40:17pm

re: #134 zerodamage

I didn't know anyone actually uses a home button anymore. =)

137 Salem  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 2:40:54pm

re: #134 zerodamage

Wow, that should be there by default. I hope they fix that before they go out of Beta. I've been too busy at work to do much more than play with the interface a little that is there. I do like the list of recently visited sites and recently closed tabs. That is neat.

Yeah, but if you open a fresh, empty tab, it brings you to your home page. I guess they're expecting that will make the home button obsolete. Same with the Tab Page vs. the bookmark toolbar.

138 Typicalwhitey  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 2:42:12pm

testing

139 jcm  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 2:42:25pm

re: #135 rhino2

Take it for what it's worth.

BIG CHROME DOME IS RIPPING US OFF!

140 Occasional Reader  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 2:42:38pm

re: #132 MandyManners

The upper boarder to my comment box

You're charging someone rent to live in your comment box?!

Now that's the kind of entrepreneurial spirit I like to see.

141 Alouette  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 2:43:01pm

re: #118 Ben Hur

Al-Aqsa in danger – now animated

Thread me, please.

The fat Jew looks like Hassan from the old Bugs Bunny cartoon.

142 jcm  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 2:43:03pm

re: #138 Typicalwhitey

testing

Psst! I didn't know there was test, anyone got paper and pencil I can use?

143 SouthAmericanWay  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 2:43:29pm

Wonderful: I'm enthralled with its agility. After years of Firefox, I am finally switching.

144 zerodamage  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 2:44:55pm

re: #136 Summer

I'm a busy man. I like being able to get where I have to go without having to use my left hand to type. I like being able to click on new tab button, click on my bookmarks (typically via delicious.com with the sweeeeeet firefox integration) and opeing the pages I go to.

If I have to type, I use OpenDNS.com with some nice shortcuts which you set yourself to open pages. For example, I type lgf to open the main page here at LGF. Works like a Charm. I can also use it to keep my son from browsing to accidental porn sites; he is only 9 after all and doesn't know what that stuff is. It's hard enough already to explain things to him but something he were to accidentally see on the web would be too much to handle.

I've also got him bouncing through a SQUID proxy to I have that much more control over what he does and sees.

This is a nice option as well for some parental controls: Dan's Guardian.

145 WrathofG-d  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 2:45:46pm

Barack Obama gets some (unwanted?) endorsements.

I wonder how the campaign will (would) explain this Islamophbia and racism, etc.

146 WrathofG-d  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 2:46:42pm

re: #141 Alouette

I guess they didn't read this: Temple Mount Is Jewish Says Supreme Muslim Counsel

147 MandyManners  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 2:46:56pm

re: #140 Occasional Reader

You're charging someone rent to live in your comment box?!

Now that's the kind of entrepreneurial spirit I like to see.

LOL!

148 Typicalwhitey  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 2:49:12pm

Please tell me this is a photoshop:

[Link: www.dailykos.com...]

149 Summer  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 2:50:08pm

re: #144 zerodamage

I totally understand what you mean. I just didn't know anyone still has a "home page" they open with that button instead of just clicking 'new tab' or something. =) My 'home page' is always blank tho. =)

And yea I click on bookmarks instead of typing all the time. Of course! =)

150 CyanSnowHawk  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 2:51:51pm

OT - Now it's TS HANNA, TS IKE, and TS JOSEPHINE

The hits just keep on coming.

151 Globular Cluster  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 2:51:53pm

So is this browser worth the install? My time is precious.

152 Salem  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 2:52:38pm

re: #148 Typicalwhitey

Please tell me this is a photoshop:

[Link: www.dailykos.com...]

US Magazine? LOL!

153 CyanSnowHawk  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 2:53:36pm

re: #151 Globular Cluster

So is this browser worth the install? My time is precious.

It's a Beta version. Wait until it's ripe first.

154 MandyManners  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 2:53:59pm

re: #148 Typicalwhitey

Please tell me this is a photoshop:

[Link: www.dailykos.com...]

Oh, fuck. I hope so.

156 MandyManners  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 2:55:20pm

re: #148 Typicalwhitey

Please tell me this is a photoshop:

[Link: www.dailykos.com...]

Their site.

[Link: www.usmagazine.com...]

157 Persian Shoe  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 2:55:29pm

re: #154 MandyManners

What fucktard IQ do you need to read US?

158 Typicalwhitey  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 2:55:46pm

re: #156 MandyManners

I dont see the front page there, do you?

159 zerodamage  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 2:55:49pm

For those who want to see what it looks like and some of the limited features at the moment can see a quick hands on via LifeHacker.com here: Chrome Overview

160 MandyManners  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 2:56:49pm

re: #157 Persian Shoe

What fucktard IQ do you need to read US?

It's for those who like celebrities.

161 MandyManners  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 2:57:22pm

re: #158 Typicalwhitey

I dont see the front page there, do you?

Nope. I don't have time to go to Wal*Mart to see it, either. Anyone?

162 Salem  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 2:57:27pm

Wow. The History Page is really cool. Yet obvious and simple.

163 Persian Shoe  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 2:57:47pm

re: #160 MandyManners

Correction:

It's for those who like to read about themselves.

164 MandyManners  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 2:58:59pm

From KOS.

Rick Klein says on his ABC news blog:

Let’s say you don’t read The New York Times or The Washington Post (or The Note, for that matter). Let’s say you don’t follow the big political blogs and you’re not obsessed with every turn of the screw of this fascinating presidential race.

Let’s say, instead, like millions of working-class Americans, you get your “news” on the political race from the supermarket aisle. Let’s say you’re -- I don’t know, a “hockey mom” -- and you’re intrigued by this Sarah Palin person you’ve been hearing so much about since Friday.

So you’re shopping this week -- and what do you see on the cover of US Weekly? That esteemed journalistic institution is taking it right to John McCain’s running mate -- with a hard-hitting piece that details the “scandal” involving her daughter’s pregnancy.

“BABIES, LIES & SCANDAL,” screams the headline on the cover, with a picture of a smiling Palin holding her fifth child, 4-month-old Trig.

165 MandyManners  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 2:59:13pm

BRB

166 gop_patriot  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 2:59:39pm

re: #156 MandyManners

They're actually asking for people to vote on this question:

Should Sarah Palin step down as the Republican vice presidential candidate?

and the "Yes" vote is winning. Good Lord.

167 zerodamage  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 2:59:48pm

re: #154 MandyManners

Oh, fuck. I hope so.


I do not get it...... is it because she gave an interview to the DailyKos of the tabloid magazines or is there something on the cover that I am supposed to be seeing..... I am confused.

168 Nevergiveup  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 3:01:15pm

Fox news is reporting that North Korea is rebuilding their Nuke program. Like that wasn't expected? Did it ever real end?

169 zerodamage  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 3:01:16pm

Should we take that magazine seriously? Sounds like they took a hold on the Palin Conspiracy Theory of 2008 and are trying to validate it. Are you surprised?

170 Typicalwhitey  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 3:02:16pm

re: #167 zerodamage

I do not get it...... is it because she gave an interview to the DailyKos of the tabloid magazines or is there something on the cover that I am supposed to be seeing..... I am confused.

She didnt give an interview.
It is recycled stuff.

171 Alouette  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 3:03:03pm

re: #164 MandyManners

From KOS.

“BABIES, LIES & SCANDAL,” screams the headline on the cover, with a picture of a smiling Palin holding her fifth child, 4-month-old Trig.

The LIES and SCANDAL are from the Dems. Sarah has the BABIES.

172 Typicalwhitey  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 3:03:33pm

Mandy

I don't know about you but this is seriously pissing me off.
I read on Drudge that Fred Thomson is going to start ripping new assholes in the media tonight about this during his speech.

Also heard that Bristols fiance will be there.

173 CyanSnowHawk  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 3:04:04pm

re: #163 Persian Shoe

Correction:

It's for those who like to read about themselves.

That cover which I could not see at DKos, but seem to have found over at ABC News Blog is pretty F*ed up, but is it significant, or just another piece of the MSM smear?

They really don't seem to want a woman anywhere near the White House, do they?

174 Nevergiveup  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 3:04:32pm

re: #172 Typicalwhitey

Mandy

I don't know about you but this is seriously pissing me off.
I read on Drudge that Fred Thomson is going to start ripping new assholes in the media tonight about this during his speech.

Also heard that Bristols fiance will be there.

Is Bristol's fiance gonna body check a couple of reporters?

175 WrathofG-d  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 3:04:36pm

Ah....with all this discussion and slandering of the VP, I can feeeeeeel the CHANGE in Washington.

176 Halman  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 3:05:03pm

re: #172 Typicalwhitey

Mandy

I don't know about you but this is seriously pissing me off.
I read on Drudge that Fred Thomson is going to start ripping new assholes in the media tonight about this during his speech.

Also heard that Bristols fiance will be there.

Read that also. Fred will be on the attack tonight.

177 gop_patriot  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 3:05:20pm

re: #65 infidel Alan

Awesome! I just downloaded it. Thanks!

178 viojam  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 3:05:22pm

rawmuse is dead on. google saves your search terms linked to your ip address forever. this browser will simply take it to a new level. i just got ie 8 beta 2. google says privacy schmivacy.

179 Fenway_Nation  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 3:06:08pm

re: #164 MandyManners

From KOS.

Rick Klein says on his ABC news blog:
“BABIES, LIES & SCANDAL,” screams the headline on the cover, with a picture of a smiling Palin holding her fifth child, 4-month-old Trig.

Wow....looks like they're just a bunch of howler monkeys flinging the same old shit to the wall again hoping that it will stick.

180 BlueCanuck  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 3:06:40pm

re: #179 Fenway_Nation

Wow....looks like they're just a bunch of howler monkeys flinging the same old shit to the wall again hoping that it will stick.

Signs of insanity.

181 CyanSnowHawk  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 3:06:58pm

re: #168 Nevergiveup

Fox news is reporting that North Korea is rebuilding their Nuke program. Like that wasn't expected? Did it ever real end?

Well, the world has not done anything serious about Iran's program, so perhaps Dear Leader was willing to risk another angry letter on UN stationary.

I think he may be in for a surprise sometime between Nov. 5, 2008 and Jan. 19, 2009

182 Nevergiveup  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 3:07:17pm

I didn't know nancy Peloci also has 5 children. Poor kids.

183 Fenway_Nation  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 3:08:01pm

re: #180 BlueCanuck

Signs of insanity.

Business as usual

Fixed that for ya, blue....

184 Archimedes  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 3:09:45pm

I'm browsered out. I have four browsers now. :D

185 Nevergiveup  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 3:10:15pm

re: #181 CyanSnowHawk

Well, the world has not done anything serious about Iran's program, so perhaps Dear Leader was willing to risk another angry letter on UN stationary.

I think he may be in for a surprise sometime between Nov. 5, 2008 and Jan. 19, 2009

I hope that time period goes done in history as a period when President Bush meets with leaders of the 5 families....

186 Occasional Reader  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 3:11:10pm

re: #184 Archimedes

I'm browsered out. I have four browsers now. :D

John McCain can't even remember how many browsers he has!

/New DNC talking point

187 justadot  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 3:13:26pm

I like this Google Chrome browser. No serious problems spotted with jQuery, either. It even implements the CSS3 border-radius property.

I did notice that the browser did have problem with the UTF-8 BOM left over from one of my "pre-minified" javascript files (jquery.levitip.js, I think.) Firefox, Safari, Opera, and IE had no problem with this UTF-8 byte-order-marker (or "signature ", really.)

At any rate, this is enough to break jQuery in Google Chrome, but it's easy to fix. If you don't know it, this BOM looks like the Latin-1 characters LATIN SMALL LETTER I WITH DIAERESIS, RIGHT-POINTING DOUBLE ANGLE QUOTATION MARK, and INVERTED QUESTION MARK, or simply this: 

Note to any who uses jsmin: remove BOMs from your javascript. I should've known better. jQuery works fine with Google Chrome without them.

188 Occasional Reader  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 3:15:09pm

re: #187 justadot

At any rate, this is enough to break jQuery in Google Chrome, but it's easy to fix. If you don't know it, this BOM looks like the Latin-1 characters LATIN SMALL LETTER I WITH DIAERESIS, RIGHT-POINTING DOUBLE ANGLE QUOTATION MARK, and INVERTED QUESTION MARK

I'm trying to think of a reply to this, but can't get beyond the "bunny with a pancake on its head" stage.

189 goddessoftheclassroom  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 3:15:59pm

back to the gossip about Gov. Palin:

The Left is acting like junior high school girls--and that's NOT a compliment. They are slanting and stirring up drama.

I've seen judgments on Miss Palin's fiance based on his MySpace page. Yeah, that's an accurate bio of a person...

191 gop_patriot  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 3:16:49pm

re: #170 Typicalwhitey

She didnt give an interview.
It is recycled stuff.

I'm trying to figure out why US Magazine thinks it's qualified to attack a Vice Presidential candidate based on her unmarried daughter's surprise pregnancy and whatever else crap they're dredging up. Especially considering that their entire magazine was FOUNDED on digging up crap about "celebrities", gossiping, and rumor-mongering?

Sadly, there are people morons that will fall for this, and believe everything this magazine prints.

192 Nevergiveup  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 3:17:38pm

Maureen Dowd, Idiot
—Ace

There is no real story to go with this, I just like how Ace indentified Dowd.

193 jcm  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 3:17:49pm

re: #182 Nevergiveup

I didn't know nancy Peloci also has 5 children. Poor kids.

They're not really her's she's covering for her daughter, they're really her Grandchildren! No! It's True!
/koskiddie

194 Fenway_Nation  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 3:17:57pm

re: #190 Typicalwhitey


Why Did one of Chuck Schumer's aides have Micheal Steele's SSN?

195 CyanSnowHawk  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 3:18:54pm

re: #191 gop_patriot

I'm trying to figure out why US Magazine thinks it's qualified to attack a Vice Presidential candidate based on her unmarried daughter's surprise pregnancy and whatever else crap they're dredging up. Especially considering that their entire magazine was FOUNDED on digging up crap about "celebrities", gossiping, and rumor-mongering?

Sadly, there are people morons that will fall for this, and believe everything this magazine prints.

John McCain makes a commercial calling a politician a celebrity and suddenly the puff rags get delusions of grandeur.

196 Typicalwhitey  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 3:20:41pm
197 Fenway_Nation  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 3:21:02pm

re: #195 CyanSnowHawk

John McCain makes a commercial calling a politician a celebrity and suddenly the puff rags get delusions of grandeur adequacy.

Needed fixin'.

198 Typicalwhitey  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 3:21:33pm
199 Archimedes  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 3:22:17pm

re: #160 MandyManners

It's for those who like celebrities.


I'm seeing a hit job on Sarah Palin and a suck up to Obama. Notice, also, the sub-par picture of Palin they put next to that poll. A poll, btw, asking if she should step down!

So, it's clearly a biased little rag for small minded people.

200 justadot  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 3:23:42pm

re: #188 Occasional Reader

Ha. No more cryptic, technobabble, thread-breaking comments from me today.

201 Salem  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 3:25:17pm

re: #200 justadot

Ha. No more cryptic, technobabble, thread-breaking comments from me today.

This thread has never been all that, anyhow.

202 DoubleU  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 3:25:23pm

Google tracks everything else you do on the internet with java, cookies and an email why not sucker people into a browser? They really know how to keep track of people's information.

203 jcm  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 3:25:32pm

re: #196 Typicalwhitey

Hating Sarah

Palin became governor of Alaska, but never left the working class -- with her old-fashioned beehive hairdo and librarian eyeglasses, with a husband who is a commercial fisherman and works on a North Shore oil field, and with her hobbies of fishing and hunting.

As such, she's the object of the cultural disdain of a left that loves the working class in theory, but is mystified or offended by its lifestyle and conservative values in reality. If there's ever been an exemplar of the rural America that, in Barack Obama's telling, "bitterly" clings to its guns and religion, it's Sarah Palin.
WOOT!

204 Nevergiveup  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 3:25:42pm

"Blair sister-in-law denied land exit from Gaza
Booth, who was on activist ship that broke naval blockade, denied entry into both Israel and Egypt"

[Link: www.ynetnews.com...]

Make yourself at home!

205 christheprofessor  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 3:25:53pm

Regarding Bristol Palin, the thing that really irks me is that the people who somehow think her pregnancy is any of their business are the same ones who scream bloody murder when a conservative says that 14 year-old kids shouldn't be allowed to get an abortion without parental permission, as if parents have no right to know their minor children are undergoing a significant medical procedure (yet the school nurse can't even dispense an aspirin to the same kid without a parent's written permission on file).

206 gop_patriot  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 3:26:34pm

re: #205 christheprofessor

Exactly!

207 jcm  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 3:27:25pm

re: #204 Nevergiveup

"Blair sister-in-law denied land exit from Gaza
Booth, who was on activist ship that broke naval blockade, denied entry into both Israel and Egypt"

[Link: www.ynetnews.com...]

Make yourself at home!

I hear there's nice homes over looking the sewage pond available at low price.

208 OldLineTexan  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 3:28:40pm

re: #207 jcm

I hear there's nice homes over looking the sewage pond available at low price.

You laugh, but my tomatoes are larger and better than yours. ;)

209 jcm  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 3:30:05pm

re: #208 OldLineTexan

You laugh, but my tomatoes are larger and better than yours. ;)

Organic too!

210 buzzsawmonkey[deleted]  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 3:31:01pm
211 OldLineTexan  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 3:31:28pm

re: #209 jcm

Organic too!

Great, now I'll never buy anything with an organic label again, LOL.

212 WrathofG-d  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 3:32:35pm

re: #204 Nevergiveup

I actually almost got in a fight with an Israel on this issue. When I realized that Israel had allowed the shmucks into Gaza, I told the Israeli that those shmucks should be forced to stay in Gaza.

Sounds like someone listened.

Enjoy Gaza, Losers.

213 OldLineTexan  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 3:32:35pm

re: #210 buzzsawmonkey

Well, that a-sewages any concerns I might have.

The dog always smells a bit ripe, however.

214 buzzsawmonkey[deleted]  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 3:33:23pm
215 Fenway_Nation  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 3:33:26pm

re: #204 Nevergiveup

"Blair sister-in-law denied land exit from Gaza
Booth, who was on activist ship that broke naval blockade, denied entry into both Israel and Egypt"

[Link: www.ynetnews.com...]

Make yourself at home!

Kinda like a roach motel.....you can check in, but you can't check out.

I bet she didn't plan on this being one of the outcomes of that publicity stunt.

216 OldLineTexan  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 3:33:26pm

re: #212 WrathofG-d


Enjoy Gaza, Losers.

I wish LGF still had rotating titles.

217 buzzsawmonkey[deleted]  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 3:34:36pm
218 OldLineTexan  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 3:34:41pm

re: #215 Fenway_Nation

The Gaza Roach Motel, heh.

219 MandyManners  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 3:36:25pm

There is no date on the cover on the ABC blog. I ran to Wal*Mart to see what *is* on the cover of the 9/8/08 issue. IT IS NOT SARAH PALIN. Shannon Doherty (?) is on the cover on the newstands.

Gotta' go sling some hash for The Kid. bbl

220 Nevergiveup  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 3:36:33pm

re: #217 buzzsawmonkey

They will, of course, spin it to show the harshness of Israeli oppression rather than look about them and see what a social sinkhole they are defending.

Maybe, but you can bet your sweet ass, after they get out they ain't never going back!

221 MandyManners  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 3:37:23pm

The date should be on the top.

[Link: blogs.abcnews.com...]

222 ornery elephant  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 3:38:05pm

Local Minneapolis Fox News reporter just did a phone interview from a new riot in St. Paul - he saw at least three rioters on the ground, crowds pushing into horses of the police, police reacting - heard screams in the background....chants of "Let Them Go!" - the reporter decided to back off as tear gas was being threatened by police. He's working on getting the video back to the station right now.

Looks like it is going to be a bad night.

223 Shiplord Kirel  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 3:38:13pm

re: #203 jcm

Palin became governor of Alaska, but never left the working class -- with her old-fashioned beehive hairdo and librarian eyeglasses, with a husband who is a commercial fisherman and works on a North Shore oil field, and with her hobbies of fishing and hunting.

As such, she's the object of the cultural disdain of a left that loves the working class in theory, but is mystified or offended by its lifestyle and conservative values in reality. If there's ever been an exemplar of the rural America that, in Barack Obama's telling, "bitterly" clings to its guns and religion, it's Sarah Palin.
WOOT!

Indeed. Millions of women will identify with her, many of them profoundly so, for she represents the real world of life in America.

The lib's ideal woman and feminist, otoh, is a hairy-legged lesbian clinging bitterly to her cats.

224 buzzsawmonkey[deleted]  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 3:38:30pm
225 snowcrash  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 3:39:08pm

re: #219 MandyManners
Mandy, thanks. I am really angry but this helps.

226 Nevergiveup  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 3:39:11pm

"Barney Frank: Sarah Palin’s family life is fair game"

[Link: news.bostonherald.com...]

Wasn't there a homosexual male prostitution ring being run out of his Washington DC basement?

227 Archimedes  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 3:39:14pm

re: #199 Archimedes

I'm seeing a hit job on Sarah Palin and a suck up to Obama. Notice, also, the sub-par picture of Palin they put next to that poll. A poll, btw, asking if she should step down!

So, it's clearly a biased little rag for small minded people.

This may have been lost in the translation. I'm referring to this site:
[Link: www.usmagazine.com...]
[Link: www.usmagazine.com...]

228 OldLineTexan  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 3:40:17pm

re: #224 buzzsawmonkey

"I went to Gaza and all I got was this skin rash and this lousy keffiyeh!"

Can you get a Russian passport there? Could make a big difference.

229 WrathofG-d  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 3:40:54pm

re: #217 buzzsawmonkey

The amount of free press they have gotten out of NOTHING is amazing.

The fact that the "evil jooos, who kill people for sport" didn't blow them out of the water at first sight should be a testiment to the fact that everything they say about Israel is a LIE....but of course, such is not so.

Its also interesting to note that when those who left by boat left, they took 7 "citizens" with them. I can only imagine who those 7 were. "Students" and "doctors" I'm sure.

230 OldLineTexan  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 3:40:55pm

re: #226 Nevergiveup

"Barney Frank: Sarah Palin’s family life is fair game"

[Link: news.bostonherald.com...]

Wasn't there a homosexual male prostitution ring being run out of his Washington DC basement?

Like I needed convincing that Barney Frank is a disgusting, slimy individual.

231 Nevergiveup  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 3:41:09pm

re: #228 OldLineTexan

Can you get a Russian passport there? Could make a big difference.

Even the Ruskies wouldn't sent their people into that rat hole.

232 OldLineTexan  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 3:41:51pm

re: #231 Nevergiveup

Even the Ruskies wouldn't sent their people into that rat hole.

Not enough oil pipelines?

233 buzzsawmonkey[deleted]  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 3:42:04pm
234 OldLineTexan  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 3:42:21pm

re: #229 WrathofG-d

The amount of free press they have gotten out of NOTHING is amazing.

The fact that the "evil jooos, who kill people for sport" didn't blow them out of the water at first sight should be a testiment to the fact that everything they say about Israel is a LIE....but of course, such is not so.

Its also interesting to note that when those who left by boat left, they took 7 "citizens" with them. I can only imagine who those 7 were. "Students" and "doctors" I'm sure.

What they need are some community organizers and such.

235 buzzsawmonkey[deleted]  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 3:44:18pm
236 goddessoftheclassroom  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 3:44:28pm

re: #223 Shiplord Kirel

Indeed. Millions of women will identify with her, many of them profoundly so, for she represents the real world of life in America.

The lib's ideal woman and feminist, otoh, is a hairy-legged lesbian clinging bitterly to her cats.

BINGO!

One of my goals this year is to teach my students to detect bias in nonfiction. They're doing a great job with it. Example, original:

Palin became governor of Alaska, but never left the working class -- with her old-fashioned beehive hairdo and librarian eyeglasses, with a husband who is a commercial fisherman and works on a North Shore oil field, and with her hobbies of fishing and hunting.

Now with positive bias:

Palin became governor of Alaska, but never turned her back on her roots -- with her chic French twist and designer glasses, with a husband who has been successful both in the fishing and oil industries, and with her hobbies straight out of an LL Bean or Orvis catalogue.

237 Nevergiveup  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 3:46:00pm

re: #235 buzzsawmonkey

Is there anywhere one can email or something to congratulate the Republicans on the Palin choice and to urge McCain and Palin--and her family--to hang tough?

I am sure the RNC, or the State House in Alaska. Any Republican Senator. Or better send it to all of them. And thanks for the suggestion. I am gonna do it.

238 Fenway_Nation  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 3:46:09pm

For all you History Channel buffs out there, jack-of-all trades and Tougher in Alaska host Geo Beach weighs in on Gov. Palin's selection as McCains VP.

239 OldLineTexan  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 3:46:09pm

re: #236 goddessoftheclassroom

Between you and Lucius Septimus, I feel like I have to get back in school. ;)

I could write the Kos and DU versions, though...

240 buzzsawmonkey[deleted]  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 3:47:34pm
241 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 3:49:18pm

in late ...

Never install version 1.0 of anything unless you're expert enough to clean up the damage.

Matter of fact, don't install version x.0 of anything. Wait 'til the new step-up gets covered with a respectable layer of band-aids.

242 galloping granny  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 3:50:06pm

re: #230 OldLineTexan

Like I needed convincing that Barney Frank is a disgusting, slimy individual.

Well, there is one thing about all the hoopla. There is not a single soul in the nation that will not know who Sarah Palin is by election day.

243 WrathofG-d  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 3:50:06pm

re: #234 OldLineTexan

It seems that Ms. Blair (or whatever her name is) after getting accommodations from the Israeli government from the Sea, was attempting to up the ante and "break the siege" through the land boarders.

See that is what happens when you give accomodations, and such to people. They don't see it as a warm kind gesture but instead a weakness then try to push it, till they break you. You'd think Israel would have learned this lesson by now.

Anyway, her friends learned the same lesson. They intend to do the Greece to Gaza treck to pick up more dreck from Gaza in the upcoming weeks. Unless, Israel takes action and maintains their control of the waterways, they are going to have these shmucks coming-and-going as they please. This is not good.

244 Nevergiveup  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 3:50:30pm

re: #241 pre-Boomer Marine brat

in late ...

Never install version 1.0 of anything unless you're expert enough to clean up the damage.

Matter of fact, don't install version x.0 of anything. Wait 'til the new step-up gets covered with a respectable layer of band-aids.

Out of curiosity, did you ever go to bed with a virgin?

245 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 3:50:45pm

re: #236 goddessoftheclassroom

Houston, we have a problem.

246 BlueCanuck  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 3:50:54pm

re: #221 MandyManners

Dates on the bottom right corner. September 15, 2008

247 goddessoftheclassroom  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 3:51:57pm

re: #240 buzzsawmonkey

Well, if not negative, disdainful from an elite perspective. "Working class," "old-fashioned beehive hairdo [not even hair style!], "Librarian eyeglasses," "hobbies of hunting and fishing" reek with the sneering undertone of "She's a redneck."

248 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 3:52:11pm

re: #244 Nevergiveup

No, but that's a WHOLE DIFFERENT ... *bite tongue*

249 Nevergiveup  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 3:52:36pm

re: #248 pre-Boomer Marine brat

No, but that's a WHOLE DIFFERENT ... *bite tongue*

I just couldn't help myself.

250 goddessoftheclassroom  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 3:53:22pm

re: #245 pre-Boomer Marine brat

[Link: icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com...]

MWAH!

251 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 3:54:28pm

re: #249 Nevergiveup

I just couldn't help myself.

LOL, I know.
I started to reply, I was talking about software, but decided that wasn't slamming the door hard enough.

/the room teaches one to be paranoid about the fellow lizards

252 BlueCanuck  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 3:54:31pm

re: #241 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Beta is for serious geeks, first release is for the must haves. Me? I always wait until the major bugs are killed(2 version of primary release). :)

253 Fenway_Nation  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 3:54:32pm

By the way, I would like to take this opportunity to coin the acronym P.D.S.- Palin Derangement Syndrome.

Maybe I can start by applying it to some of the commentors in that Christian Science Monitor article I just linked to.

254 Shiplord Kirel  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 3:55:02pm

re: #226 Nevergiveup

"Barney Frank: Sarah Palin’s family life is fair game"

[Link: news.bostonherald.com...]

Wasn't there a homosexual male prostitution ring being run out of his Washington DC basement?

I really respected Barney Frank for calling out that jackass Eason Jordan (former CNN president) when the latter claimed that US troops were deliberately targeting journalists in Iraq. This happened at the moonbattish World Economic Forum in 2005 and Jordan apparently thought it was a safe venue for his real opinions. Frank blindsided him and really handed him his head.
That was a while back, though, and Frank has definitely made himself fair game again with these latest remarks.

255 701c  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 3:55:24pm
256 goddessoftheclassroom  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 3:55:35pm

re: #253 Fenway_Nation

By the way, I would like to take this opportunity to coin the acronym P.D.S.- Palin Derangement Syndrome.

Maybe I can start by applying it to some of the commentors in that Christian Science Monitor article I just linked to.

Can we shorten that to PalinDRome? Moonbats seem to have it backwards and forward...

257 Nevergiveup  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 3:55:38pm

re: #250 goddessoftheclassroom

[Link: icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com.. .]

MWAH!

Whenever I am changing the litter, one of our cats just sits there and watches so he can be the first to initiate the clean litter. Every time. I think he takes after me?

258 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 3:55:52pm

re: #250 goddessoftheclassroom

[Link: icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com.. .]

MWAH!

MWAH!

Not using in wrong, just solving the problem at its source

259 ploome hineni[deleted]  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 3:56:03pm
260 BlueCanuck  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 3:56:36pm

re: #256 goddessoftheclassroom

Wow, alas I have but one ding to give that comment.

261 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 3:57:21pm

re: #252 BlueCanuck

Beta is for serious geeks, first release is for the must haves. Me? I always wait until the major bugs are killed(2 version of primary release). :)

2.4c (if not later)

262 ploome hineni[deleted]  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 3:57:35pm
263 NoSubmission  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 3:57:46pm

re: #235 buzzsawmonkey

Is there anywhere one can email or something to congratulate the Republicans on the Palin choice and to urge McCain and Palin--and her family--to hang tough?

Right here!

264 goddessoftheclassroom  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 3:58:01pm

re: #260 BlueCanuck

Wow, alas I have but one ding to give that comment.

You are too kind!

265 ploome hineni[deleted]  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 3:59:34pm
266 goddessoftheclassroom  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 3:59:57pm

re: #265 ploome hineni

hahahaha

[Link: icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com.. .]

It's one of my all-time favorite sites!

267 Macker  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 4:01:06pm

re: #60 jcm

- .... .- - .----. ... / -.-. --- --- .-..

I cheated.

-. --- / ... .... .. - / ... .... . .-. .-.. --- -.-. -.- -.-.--

268 goddessoftheclassroom  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 4:01:44pm

goddessoftheclassroom and pre-Boomer Marine Brat get Charles's goat fighting like cats and dogs:

[Link: icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com...]

269 Fenway_Nation  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 4:03:11pm

re: #256 goddessoftheclassroom

Can we shorten that to PalinDRome? Moonbats seem to have it backwards and forward...


I'm actually staggered by the amount of hate and vitriol directed towards her that came from out of nowhere. I mean she's been on the national stage for only a couple of days and she's already a despotic secessionist who's allegedly covering up an incestuous affair in her family, depending on which blog you go to.

I didn't know that much about BHO when he was first introduced onto the national stage, but I witheld judgement (then again, I wasn't expecting to get blown away, either). The more I hear from him, the more he reminds me of one of those annoying salesmen who won't take 'no' for an answer. Michelle's gaffes notwithstanding, I don't have to resort to dragging his family into it. I mean doesn't the lack of experience on any level of politics and associations with shady charachters speak for itself?

270 buzzsawmonkey[deleted]  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 4:03:29pm
271 buzzsawmonkey[deleted]  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 4:04:11pm
272 Sharmuta  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 4:04:45pm

Michele Bachmann is going to impress. Can't wait to see her.

273 Macker  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 4:04:55pm

re: #256 goddessoftheclassroom

I PalinDRome I

274 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 4:06:30pm

re: #268 goddessoftheclassroom

goddessoftheclassroom and pre-Boomer Marine Brat get Charles's goat fighting like cats and dogs:

[Link: icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com.. .]

ROFL!
Great one!

275 Intrepid  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 4:07:42pm

I wonder if this will get the Republicans who said they weren't able to attend the convention (i.e. Liddy Dole, and a couple others IIRC) a bit more motivated to drop by St Paul/Minneapolis?

276 goddessoftheclassroom  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 4:08:39pm

BBIAW

277 Dr. Shalit  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 4:09:11pm

OK Everyone -

Chrome works well - AND - IS COUNTERINTUITIVE With no HOME or STOP d icons. Tabs on Top actually makes sense after a fashion - think of your filing cabinet (Paper Variety) as you open it up. Add the Icons and I would like it.
Take the "Big Goog" out of the picture and I would LOVE it. Bet the NEXT version of GOOGLE PACK has a version of it - bye, bye FF.

-S-

P.S. - This message brought to you on Chrome Beta via a "MOJAVE" OS Machine.

278 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 4:09:30pm

What's going on at the convention at this moment?
C-Span is showing some panel show gabfest.
Does that mean the evenings session hasn't begun?

Is there another web stream besides C-Span I can watch?

279 Alouette  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 4:09:39pm

Does anybody remember the movie The Contender, about the assassination-by-media of a female candidate for VP? It's playing out in real life, except with the libs and conservatives reversed.

280 Macker  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 4:10:49pm

re: #277 Dr. Shalit

P.S. - This message brought to you on Chrome Beta via a "MOJAVE" OS Machine.

You mean Vile Interface Sure To Antagonize?

281 Salem  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 4:11:20pm

re: #277 Dr. Shalit

OK Everyone -

Chrome works well - AND - IS COUNTERINTUITIVE With no HOME or STOP d icons. Tabs on Top actually makes sense after a fashion - think of your filing cabinet (Paper Variety) as you open it up. Add the Icons and I would like it.
Take the "Big Goog" out of the picture and I would LOVE it. Bet the NEXT version of GOOGLE PACK has a version of it - bye, bye FF.

Options/Basics/check "Show Home Button on Toolbar"

282 realwest  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 4:11:21pm

re: #275 Intrepid
Hey, don't know if Liz Dole will be there - last I heard, North Carolina is gonna get slammed by Hanna!
But I sure hope not!

283 BobbyKay  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 4:12:35pm

I've downloaded Chrome and I'm using it right now. The Ajax functionality on this site (LGF) doesn't seem to work with Chrome. When I logged into LGF, the whole page needed to refresh.

Also, when I tried to import my bookmarks from Firefox, the drop down menu in Chrome for choosing the 'from' browser only listed IE. I checked Chrome's help site and it said that Chrome can import from both IE and Firefox. Not for me it can't, apparently. There's nothing that I can find on the help site about this problem

284 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 4:13:57pm

Jerry Reed has passed away.
*hat off*
His music lives on.

285 BBEV  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 4:15:31pm

Well keeping on thread.. My IE7 does not work anymore, I can't get into "My Computer" I have done a system sweep a defrag and still nothing. This lap top is 7 years old and I think it is time for a new one but my fire fox is still working!

286 BBEV  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 4:16:12pm

re: #282 realwest

Hey Real how how are you doing.

287 StinkHammer  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 4:17:16pm

re: #279 Alouette

Does anybody remember the movie The Contender, about the assassination-by-media of a female candidate for VP? It's playing out in real life, except with the libs and conservatives reversed.

From what I understand, Gary Oldman (big conservative actor) who played the heavy, evil Republican in that film was quite disappointed in the resulting movie. Said if he'd understood just how bad it would make conservative politicians look in the end he wouldn't have signed onto it in the first place.

Or at least, I seem to recall something like that surrounding the film....

288 ploome hineni[deleted]  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 4:23:25pm
289 Dr. Shalit  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 4:26:14pm

OK Big "G" -

Looks like you anticipated me on the Y-Net Have Your Say. I will say it here and I will say it now -
ow
1. I AM GILAD SHALIT'S Distant Cousin.

2. Former UK PM Blair's Sister in Law is now - BY HER OWN SILLY DEVICE - a GAZA HOSTAGE.

3. F.M. Tzipi Livni - DEMAND that GILAD and Ms. Booth come out together - BOTH ALIVE - OR NO DEAL! Let Ms. Booth Live in Gaza as does my cousin.

-S-

290 realwest  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 4:29:26pm

re: #286 BBEV Hey BBev!
I'm still in pain - actually more this afternoon that earlier today and yesterday, but going to see the Oral Surgeon tomorrow and am hoping for the best!
Hope you and your wife are doing better - doncha owe me an e-mai?!? LOL! - only when you can.
Otherwise we're just praying that Hanna doesn't hit us too hard.

291 realwest  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 4:30:39pm

Well all y'all gotta go mush some dinner - hope I get the chance to see you all down the road!

292 GuyverII  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 4:36:52pm

Dangit, if only it had adblock. That McCain add at the top of Drudgereport is making me dizzy.

293 neverquit  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 4:40:41pm

I don't google, I Yahoo!.

294 witness  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 4:45:13pm

re: #22 Jewels (AKA Julian)

Back in my day we had punch card readers

295 Clemente  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 4:57:20pm
...for Windows only...

Resistance is futile. You will be assimilated.

296 BBEV  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 5:04:50pm

re: #290 realwest

Hey BBev!
I'm still in pain - actually more this afternoon that earlier today and yesterday, but going to see the Oral Surgeon tomorrow and am hoping for the best!
Hope you and your wife are doing better - doncha owe me an e-mai?!? LOL! - only when you can.
Otherwise we're just praying that Hanna doesn't hit us too hard.

I do and I will right now.

297 Cartman  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 5:23:40pm

I guess I'll give this a test run, out of curiosity. I'm sure Google will be tracking my every web surfing move, but they'll tire of me pretty quickly - LGF, Rush 24x7, Malkin, some other "right wingnut" sites, some news sites, ESPN and other sports and gun forums - and that's about it. I'm sure they'll find me quite boring.

298 xenon23  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 5:31:07pm

GOOGLE IS WATCHING YOU!

299 wiffersnapper  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 5:36:12pm

FF3 FTW FFS

300 Salem  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 5:59:03pm

Start typing an actor's name into the "Omnibar". It puts an IMDB link for them right there under where you're typing. A whole bunch of search engines are incorporated the same way.

301 Salem  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 6:03:14pm

Try typing in the word "little"...

302 aaron  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 7:07:43pm

I can log in at the bottom of a page such as this...

303 aaron  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 7:10:00pm

...however, when I try and log in to the front page of LGF, I get shunted to a page that isn't there(?).

304 Kulhwch  Tue, Sep 2, 2008 7:17:12pm

Well, not available for Windows2000, so I guess I'll stick with Opera ...

}:)     [And I probably won't be missing anything.]

305 balljar  Wed, Sep 3, 2008 5:42:23am

The browser on the outside is no big deal, but if you right click on the title bar, you can select Task Manager and see each tab as a separate process that can be terminated. If you have ever had multiple tabs open and one kills your browser, this is an excellent level of isolation. Also, on sites that are Javascript intensive, the performance is way better.

306 PayBackTime  Wed, Sep 3, 2008 6:28:44am

I suggest that if you do use the Google browser, don't do anything that you would consider to be private, sensitive for now.

The browser is open-source, I'd wait until more knowledgeable people get a look at the code - any code that collects data and sends it back to the hive - Google - might be objectionable.

Google's business model is to collect ALL INFORMATION, like the BORG (remember the good old days when Microsoft was the BORG?) and chew on it.

They can build a profile on you based on your viewing habits - like a library that collects data on the books you take out.

Privacy is rapidly becoming an anachronism.

307 Pettifogger_ZA  Wed, Sep 3, 2008 7:51:21am

No Mac version! Boo! Hiss! I downloaded it onto a Winsdows machine at lunchtime...It may be pretty slick, but I think I'll stick to Firefox and Safari for Mac. I'm also very cagey about the amount of times that ANY Google app I run on my iMac tries to "call home". I have Little Snitch 2.0.4 installed and it ALWAYS kicks up a fuss whenever I have Google Desktop running in the background. Furthermore, why can't Google apps like Desktop and Chrome be downloaded as one single installer executable/disk image? Instead, you have to first download a small stub file (0.5-1MB in size) and run that while online to download a far larger "main" installer application! Argh!

308 Salem  Wed, Sep 3, 2008 10:15:36am

The problem with this and the countless other "spying on the public" conspiracy theories is that the spying entity would have to have staff of billions to monitor all the information in any way that would be practical to their sinister motives. People, the browser is open-source. If they really wanted the monitor the population, they wouldn't make a browser that could be freely dissected, much less one that their competition could swipe, rendering their network of espionage quaint and pointless.

309 Sketti  Wed, Sep 3, 2008 1:12:07pm

If you use Google Chrome you better make sure you read the EULA (see below). If you don't mind having your work product/text/writings/etc stolen used anyway Google wants, then by all means use Chrome.


11.1 You retain copyright and any other rights you already hold in Content which you submit, post or display on or through, the Services. By submitting, posting or displaying the content you give Google a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive license to reproduce, adapt, modify, translate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute any Content which you submit, post or display on or through, the Services. This license is for the sole purpose of enabling Google to display, distribute and promote the Services and may be revoked for certain Services as defined in the Additional Terms of those Services.

11.4 You confirm and warrant to Google that you have all the rights, power and authority necessary to grant the above license.


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