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Comment: And to add to my comments... (Score 2) 92

by daveschroeder (#40181829) Attached to: Google Highlights Censored Search Terms In China

You can still do the search by hitting "Search Anyway". Anywhere other than mainland China, this search will work. Just try it. If you're in mainland China and you elect to search anyway, that will result in your connection being reset and will temporarily break your ability to interact with Google. It is China, not Google, that is doing this.

Comment: China is doing the blocking — not Google (Score 2) 92

by daveschroeder (#40181705) Attached to: Google Highlights Censored Search Terms In China

You have no idea what you're talking about.

The search can still be performed, but it is China — NOT Google — that is doing the censoring by interfering with queries which contain offending terms.

Before, if someone in mainland China performed a search containing an offending term, equipment that is part of the so-called "Great Firewall" would interfere with the search, making it appear that the search results page was unavailable or resetting the browser's connection, and then making Google unavailable to the user for a period.

Now, Google is warning you that will happen based on observations of which search terms resulted in China's filters blocking the search results.

Why are there so many ignorant comments on this post claiming that it's "Google" the one doing the blocking? They're not.

Comment: Re:not sure (Score 1) 449

by Zordak (#40159831) Attached to: Windows 8: More EULA, Fewer Rights.
Wow. Reading comprehension FAIL. Read your own link:

Although the NORC study was not primarily intended as a determination of which candidate "really won", analysis of the results, given the hand counting of machine-uncountable ballots due to various types of voter error, indicated that they would lead to differing results.

And later:

The results of the study showed that had the limited county by county recounts requested by the Gore team been completed, Bush would still have been the winner of the election. However, the study also showed that the result of a statewide recount of all disputed ballots could have been different.

The things we actually learn from Florida in 2000 are: (1) There was no clear winner; (2) Using the method Bush favored would probably lead to a Gore victory, while using the method Gore favored would probably lead to a Bush victory; and (3) Al Gore is a whiny crybaby who kept demanding the votes be recounted until he won.

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NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "The music industry will never be the same. Singer Amanda Palmer (@amandapalmer on Twitter), has just raised over $1,000,000 directly from her fans, through Twitter and other social media, to mix, promote, and distribute her new album. Armed only with a Kickstarter page, social media accounts, and a lot of friends, she has just liberated a lot of musicians from the tyranny of having to 'sign' with a big studio. I predict music business historians will be writing about this day for years to come. The "big 4" record companies just got a lot smaller."
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Comment: Re:Finally the private sector is allowed to take o (Score 1) 217

by daveschroeder (#40109467) Attached to: ISS Captures SpaceX Dragon Capsule

So, how have the big traditional space contractors like the Rockwell, Boeing, Lockheed, etc., of old, and now United Space Alliance and United Launch Alliance not delivered on their contracts? Saying that it might cost too much by some measure is one thing, but in terms of space launch to LEO you don't get a better record than ULA. Note, too, that SpaceX is using a significant amount of government infrastructure and personnel to launch and manage its space systems — not to diminish what they're doing one bit.

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