Comment Re:Sad Co-incidence (Score 2) 606
Parent, you may trust it more than IE, but here's where Opera comes in. I'm not going to preach to you, but check it out.
Defeating Google's Perpetual Search Logging 251
heretic108 writes "Google's policy of storing everyone's search histories forever is causing concern amongst many, especially since Google stores a cookie on everyone's PC expiring in 2038. But at least one user is fighting back. His short and simple guide tells you how to set up any decent web browser so that it routes Google requests through an anonymous proxy, while sending everything else direct to the net for full-speed surfing. Follow these steps and get Google's nose out of your business once and for all."
NASA Finds 4-5" Crack in Shuttle Insulation 193
PresidentKang writes "Spaceflight Now is reporting that a large crack has been found in an external tank foam of Space Shuttle Discovery on the launch pad. According to the article: "Engineers inspecting the shuttle Discovery's external tank following Sunday's launch scrub found a crack in the tank's foam insulation near a bracket holding a 17-inch oxygen feed line in place. Some engineers believe the crack must be repaired but senior managers say a variety of options are on the table, from fly as is to making repairs.""
Amazon Dumping Google for Microsoft? 126
theodp writes "How do you reward Google for letting your CEO buy stock for six cents a share? If you're Amazon, you dump Google for Windows Live Search to power subsidiary Alexa, who has not yet commented on the switch. Other Windows Live Search sightings are being observed at Amazon subsidiary a9.com." From the Search Engine Lowdown article: "The Alexa toolbar's gotten Alexa a bad rap from privacy advocates, though in function it's effect on search results is similar to click stream data that Google, Yahoo, MSN, Ask may or may not be using in their determinations of relevance. Wall points out that 'A9 is still powered by Google...' A9 is Amazon's primary search project. Wall wonders, however, if the change in Alexa indicates a larger coming change in Amazon's relationship to Google. I agree. In fact, I see the move as the first Google Dump in the post eBay's-seeking-partners-against-Google era."
Comment Re:Mod Parent Down-Malicious Perl Code in Sig (Score 1) 674
A closer analogy would be if you blindfolded yourself and then randomly selected kitchen drawers putting whatever you found to your own throat. If you go looking for trouble assuming everything is safe then you will get burned. That goes for everything in life. If you go around running code you can't understand (obfuscated or not) then you will end up getting what you deserver.
