On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 8:34 AM, Derek Smithies <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi, > What sort of news? > > Explanation of why chromium on linux:: > On clicking a link on a 100.00000% guaranteed safe site, a page opens up > to some random site offering share market trading and fantastic returns > google did not help on that one. > > > etherape shows that my linux box is sending messages to > syd09s01-in-f13.1e100.net > This one is easy:: > What is 1e100.net? It’s Google. A WHOIS lookup for that domain reveals > it’s owned by them. > Why would Google use an "weird" domain name like 1e100.net? It’s symbolic > of a googol (10×10^100) which is where Google gets its name from. > Actually I think a googol is 10^100 not 10x10^100 (which is 10^101). None of this is news of a Christchurch or Canterbury nature. Of course people should document their fixes, their problems and their solutions. But that doesn't require yet another localised linux web page. Then again, build it and they will come...
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