Wow.. Just Wow. You have no idea what my stance is on gun control law, I'm actually pro-guns, and I have not supported any campaigns to tighten the laws. You are consistently misunderstanding everything I say. I can see why you are posting as an A/C now.

Actually, no, it is not. I said that he stalked and killed him, that is an absolutely true statement, unless you are suggesting that he did not stalk him, and that he did not kill him, I don't think that you would claim something like that though, since that would be borderline delusional, and you don't strike me as that sort of person.

You're putting words in my mouth and stretching logic again. Your logic revolves around an argument that no one is presenting, take away the intent to murder and that argument makes no sense.

I'm guessing you didn't actually look at the pictures of the injuries? What words were exchanged are incredibly important. If Zimmerman threatened Martin with a gun, he would have every right to have tackled him in the first place. Again, we can't know this information because Martin is unfortunately dead. We have only what Zimmerman claims.

It's easy for you to claim such things from a lofty position, however, real humans are spontaneous, and when confronted can do illogical things. I could easily see the situation starting either way as feasible, though logic has little to do with anything when adrenaline is pumping. You don't seem to understand human nature very well. As someone who has been in my fair share of fights, logic has little to do with anything when one is about to start.

Not when you misinterpret it to be anything other than a simplification of the events that happened. Since you related what I said with claiming he killed him in cold blood, it's obvious that you misunderstood me.

No one is arguing that he originally intended to kill Martin that night. You're attempting to stretch that logic in to saying that it would then also be illogical to let Martin get close to him though, and that is incorrect. Zimmerman had no reason to be afraid of Mr Martin up until they confronted each other, at which point they were both already within close range of each other. It is confirmed by Dee Dee that they exchanged words. After that there is no information on how the fight started, all we know is that after the fight started Zimmerman ended up on the floor on his back with Martin on top of him. At some point, Zimmerman pulled his gun and shot Martin several times.

The eyewitness Jonathon Good testified “It seemed like a tussle,” adding that at first he thought he was witnessing a dog attack. He then said that he saw “downward movement,” but couldn’t confirm that he saw punches being thrown. He added that the person on top was “straddling” the person on bottom. Additionally, this photo of Zimmerman's face after the altercation does not reflect a man who's face has been pummeled. He has no bruises at all, yet his nose is broken? Additionally, this photo here shows two lacerations on the back of his head. Did Martin smash his head into the ground repeatedly? Sure doesn't look like it. It looks like he was tackled and got injured during the fall.

So let me reiterate:
1. Martin is walking to a friends house through the rain wearing his hoody after having went to a convenience store to get skittles.
2. Zimmerman sees Martin walking, and follows him because he believes he is suspicious.
3. Martin runs away from someone we can only assume he believes is suspicious as well.
4. Zimmerman leaves his truck to follow Martin, after having reportedly lost him, he does to check the street address on the opposite side of the street?
5. Martin returns to confront his follower.
6. Words are exchanged, and a fight starts.
7. During the fight, Martin tackles Zimmerman, Zimmerman receives several injuries.
8. The eye witness enters at this point and confirms Martin is on top of Zimmerman, but cannot see much more than that.
9. Zimmerman shoots Martin several times, Martin dies.

So now there are some holes in Zimmerman's claims. The eye witness could hardly see what was going on, but was able to confirm that Martin was on top of Zimmerman. No one knows what words were exchanged before the fight, or who threw the first punch. Lack of injuries on Martin does not mean he started the fight, just that he wasn't hit. It is incredibly important who started the fight, and as Zimmerman is the instigator of the entire situation, I am more prone to believe that he instigated things along further.

I don't believe I ever said the justice system should convict him. No one can confirm what really happened there, so it would be wrong to convict him, but as I said originally, karma will see it's way in the end. If Zimmerman was really justified then that statement wouldn't mean anything. It is definitely his fault that Martin is dead though. That much is clear, he could have walked away with a few scrapes and bruises, and reported Martin to the police for assault, instead, he chose to shoot him, and accidentally killed him.

That's the thing, the phone conversation with Zimmerman did not indicate who attacked first. All we have is Mr. Zimmermans word on that, it would be interesting to hear what Mr. Martin would have to say, but unfortunately, Mr. Zimmerman killed him, and all he has to show for it were a few scratches on his head. I've gotten worse from that from falling down while rollerblading.

His story does not add up, in my opinion.

Way to not bring up any actual points, Anonymous Coward. I've looked at the evidence, and I know juries can be wrong, juries can be biased. But you've apparently made up your mind, so don't let me stop you.

I'm reminds of a song by Bad Religion "Them and Us".
Hate is a simple manifestation
of a deep-seated self-directed frustration,
all it does is promote fear and consternation,
it's the inability to justify the enemy and it fills us all with trepidation.

Maybe there is a way to justify this situation, but I certainly can't see it, even with what you've said. Teenagers are notorious for blowing a lot of steam, and I can't see how any adult could not know that, unless they completely forgot what it was like to be a teen themselves. Trayvon would have blown a lot of smoke, but if Zimmerman had just done nothing and said nothing, Trayvon would have just walked away and the only thing hurt would have been Zimmerman's ego.

The whole altercation could have been resolved with words, and at worst, fists. Weapons should never have been a part of the equation, and ultimately Trayvon was minding his own business until Zimmerman's poor choices ruined his life. Maybe Trayvon could have avoided the situation too, but he didn't bring a gun, and he didn't stalk someone down the street. In my opinion, Trayvon's actions were justifiable, even though they were stupid, but Zimmerman's actions are not justifiable, in addition to being stupid.

I'm amazed that anyone actually does consider what he did to be self-defense. In my eyes, he stalked and killed a teenage boy just for looking like a hoodlum. I used to look like a hoodlum when I was young and stupid too, is it okay for some self-righteous "neighborhood watch" bully to kill me as well? This whole thing really irritates me. I take solace only in the fact that I know that karma will one day catch up to Mr. Zimmerman. Pretty much the same as O.J. Simpson http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/07/10/oj-simpson-parole-hearing/2507087 .

I don't think this has anything to do with Google though, unless I am misunderstanding what you are saying. I also have HTTPS Everywhere installed, I opened up Wireshark, set my filter to watch TCP ports 80 and 443 outbound, and then attempted to reproduce your issue without any success. HTTPS Everywhere caught the connection before it ever left my machine. My first outbound connection was always a SYN packet to 74.125.224.211 on port 443, except in cases where a session remained open when I typed in a new keyword, in that case, the same session was reused. I tried this with several different searches, and immediately after closing and re-opening Firefox without a variance in results.

Maybe this used to be a bug in the HTTP Everywhere add-on, and it has since been fixed? It doesn't appear to still exist though, unless you can provide more details on how to reproduce it.

Government officials seem to imply that the leak was on behalf of defense contractors (and in some cases sub-contractors), and not specifically themselves. It just goes to show that if you want something done right, you really have to do it yourself.

From TFA:

Why do you think the above post shows asocial tendencies? I can't see that when I read it. The way I read it, this person is quite social but has high, yet not completely unreasonable standards to their social interactions. Based on what was said, it seems that the AC has friends who are also like minded. What is asocial about that?

The way I understand it, someone who is asocial would avoid all sorts of social interaction, and not just have standards that differ to your own.

I'm just curious about what makes it asocial, because I experience similar tendencies, though I do not require that people meet me in real life. I do maintain a small knit of friends rather than a large one. It is just rare for me to find people who I really connect with, and when I do find such people, I tend to like to spend most of my time with them. Due to that fact, I don't have much time for others, not that I couldn't find something interesting about someone else as well. Everyone is interesting in their own ways -- though there are a few things I can't stand about some people, but that list is pretty short.

Would I be considered asocial as well then? Most of my friends seem to think I am very sociable though. It's not that I don't care about people outside of my small knit, I just can't focus on multiple people one after the other because doing so leaves me feeling tired, and stressed out.

How is that solving the problem? You're treating the symptom at that point. It seems to me this whole product is a problem.

* The uncertainty of what it is actually capable of, who can access it's features, etc.
* Lack of transparency from Microsoft on their exact intentions with such features.
* Microsofts stance on actively working against the freedoms of their customers, such as with the First Sale Doctrine in the USA.

In general, this product gives off an extremely hostile vibe. I don't want that kind of thing in my home. If you are fine with that, more power to you, I won't try to convince you otherwise, but you need to understand that other people have concerns that are perfectly as valid as your own.

$string = 'It is statistically impossible';
do {
    $string .= ' for it to be statistically impossible';
} while (true);

I think Zero's thought is unrefined, but touches on a valid point. It isn't possible to prove that any speculation about God is accurate. You can guess on it all you like, and you might get lucky, but without some evidence to test your speculations against, it will never be certain. I would say that we are certain of knowledge that is reproducibly and demonstrably true within our current scope. Even if our universe existed inside of another universe where the laws of physics for example were no longer true, the laws of physics would still be true in our universe for as long as it can be shown that they are true and certain. What a loopy loop!

-Attempts his best Homer Simpson impersonation- MMMMmmmmm.. Cooked Intelligence.

We should elect Homer Simpson for guv of California next!

If someone started monitoring me with something like that, I'd probably use it as an opportunity to practice archery, and accidentally miss the target. If you know what I mean. Musta been something in my eye when I let that arrow slip.

I was about to say, "You know, you're arguing with someone who is pasting in text from elsewhere?", but it looks like you figured it out already. Might even just be a troll, hard to say, as I can see an actual scientologist sounding that mindless as well... err, no offense, Mr. Mindless. :)