Re: Google+

2011-07-24 Thread Alex Gogan
Ok, Have invited as many as asked I think. If anyone is missing an invite just email me here or alex.go...@gmail.com Been on for awhile so have plenty :¬} Regards Alex On 23/07/2011 06:50, Doug Pensinger wrote: Hi Jo Anne. Just go to your apps store on your smarter than me phone (I've got

Re: google

2011-07-22 Thread Alex Gogan
Hi Jon, No probs but you need to get a gmail email account which are free www.gmail.com and can send out the invite. If there are any others have some invites left. Also if any of you guys are interested in joining my circle just look out for me, alex.go...@gmail.com Regards On

Re: google

2011-07-22 Thread Kevin O'Brien
On 7/22/2011 3:07 AM, Alex Gogan wrote: Hi Jon, No probs but you need to get a gmail email account which are free www.gmail.com and can send out the invite. If there are any others have some invites left. Also if any of you guys are interested in joining my circle just look out for me,

Re: Google+

2011-07-22 Thread Matt Grimaldi
If you still have an invite left, I would like one for matzeb...@gmail.com Thanks, -- Matt From: Alex Gogan a...@gogan.com To: Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2011 9:05 AM Subject: Re: Google+ Hi Danny

Re: Google+

2011-07-22 Thread Dave Land
On Jul 22, 2011, at 5:45 PM, Jo Anne wrote: evenstar5...@gmail.com Has been invited to Google+ Dave ___ http://box535.bluehost.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com

Re: Google+

2011-07-22 Thread Wayne Eddy
*To:* Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com *Sent:* Thursday, July 21, 2011 9:05 AM *Subject:* Re: Google+ Hi Danny Done On 18/07/2011 16:46, Danny O'Dare wrote: Yes, please invite me! Thanks, DANNY On 13 July 2011 18:21, Alex Gogan a...@gogan.com a...@gogan.com

Re: Google+

2011-07-22 Thread Doug Pensinger
Hi Jo Anne. Just go to your apps store on your smarter than me phone (I've got one too) and type in G+ DB just friended me (or whatever you call it on +). I'm glad _he's_ got a short memory. Doug On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 6:12 PM, Dave Land dml...@gmail.com wrote: On Jul 22, 2011, at 5:45 PM,

Re: Google+

2011-07-21 Thread Danny O'Dare
Yes, please invite me! Thanks, DANNY On 13 July 2011 18:21, Alex Gogan a...@gogan.com wrote: Hi Guys, If anyone wants some google+ invites email me, or if you are on add me my email for google is alex.go...@gmail.com have couple hundred here Regards Alex

Re: Google+

2011-07-21 Thread Alex Gogan
Hi Danny Done On 18/07/2011 16:46, Danny O'Dare wrote: Yes, please invite me! Thanks, DANNY On 13 July 2011 18:21, Alex Gogana...@gogan.com wrote: Hi Guys, If anyone wants some google+ invites email me, or if you are on add me my email for google is alex.go...@gmail.com have couple

Re: Google Buzz

2010-02-11 Thread John Williams
On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 7:14 AM, Nick Arnett nick.arn...@gmail.com wrote: So... Google Buzz introduced itself to me this morning, just as I was reading an article on privacy concerns about it.  The biggest one is that it automatically imports contacts and shows them as friends. When buzz

Re: Google Buzz

2010-02-11 Thread Nick Arnett
On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 7:20 AM, John Williams jwilliams4...@gmail.comwrote: Why do you think it imported something from your contacts? Did you click on setup or whatever when the buzz screen popped up? It said it automatically imported the people I talk to the most. The list it showed me

Re: Google Buzz

2010-02-11 Thread Nick Arnett
On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 7:20 AM, John Williams jwilliams4...@gmail.comwrote: Why do you think it imported something from your contacts? Did you click on setup or whatever when the buzz screen popped up? Here is what it said, exactly: *Welcome to Buzz* *Buzz is a new way to share updates,

Re: Google Buzz

2010-02-11 Thread John Williams
On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 7:32 AM, Nick Arnett nick.arn...@gmail.com wrote: Welcome to Buzz Buzz is a new way to share updates, photos, videos and more, and start conversations about the things you find interesting. You're already set up to follow the people you email and chat with the most.

Re: Google Buzz

2010-02-11 Thread Alex Gogan
You guys are lucky, I just got the Palm Pre... love it .. sortof and set up my gmail account and a few others and it then imported ALL my facebook, gmail etc contacts and there are thousands of contacts now in the palm pre... http://www.gogan.com/blog/ Sent from Ballyboden, Ireland On Thu, Feb

Re: Google Buzz

2010-02-11 Thread Mauro Diotallevi
On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 9:28 AM, Nick Arnett nick.arn...@gmail.com wrote: It said it automatically imported the people I talk to the most.  The list it showed me sure didn't look like that, however. It was probably the people with gmail accounts that you talk to the most. -- Mauro Diotallevi

Re: Google Buzz

2010-02-11 Thread Nick Arnett
On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 2:45 PM, Mauro Diotallevi diotall...@gmail.comwrote: On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 9:28 AM, Nick Arnett nick.arn...@gmail.com wrote: It said it automatically imported the people I talk to the most. The list it showed me sure didn't look like that, however. It was

Re: Google vs Bing

2009-11-26 Thread Warren Ockrassa
On Nov 25, 2009, at 3:57 AM, Trent Shipley wrote: Google? Bing? I don't care. Neither do I, which makes me wonder why you bothered to write anything else. -- Warren Ockrassa | @waxis Blog | http://indigestible.nightwares.com/ Books | http://books.nightwares.com/ Web |

Re: Google vs Bing

2009-11-26 Thread Nick Arnett
On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 2:57 AM, Trent Shipley tship...@deru.com wrote: Google? Bing? I don't care. So Bing doesn't stand for But It's Not Google? Seriously, however... I'm working on a project that involves using several different search engines, via their APIs, and aggregating results.

Re: Google vs Bing

2009-11-25 Thread Charlie Bell
On 25/11/2009, at 9:57 PM, Trent Shipley wrote: It would take time to wean myself off Microsoft even if someone made an desktop operating system that was twice as good. There is. I did. Except for gaming. So I use a MacBook for day-to-day shite, email, letters, browsing, whatever, and I

Re: Google vs Bing

2009-11-25 Thread Trent Shipley
Charlie Bell wrote: On 25/11/2009, at 9:57 PM, Trent Shipley wrote: It would take time to wean myself off Microsoft even if someone made an desktop operating system that was twice as good. There is. I did. Except for gaming. So I use a MacBook for day-to-day shite, email,

Re: Google vs Bing

2009-11-25 Thread Charlie Bell
On 25/11/2009, at 11:05 PM, Trent Shipley wrote: Charlie Bell wrote: On 25/11/2009, at 9:57 PM, Trent Shipley wrote: It would take time to wean myself off Microsoft even if someone made an desktop operating system that was twice as good. There is. I did. I have Kubuntu, Ubuntu,

Re: Google vs Bing

2009-11-25 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
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Re: Google Wave

2009-10-19 Thread Deborah Harrell
From: Matt Grimaldi matzeb...@yahoo.com FUD usually appears as an acronym for the usual resistance to change:   Fear   Uncertainty   Doubt Oh, dear. I'm hosed. I neither twitter nor text nor have a phone that I use for anything other than talking... Debbi I Am NOT A Fuddy-Duddy!!!

Re: Google Wave

2009-10-19 Thread Matt Grimaldi
From: Matt Grimaldi matzeb...@yahoo.com FUD usually appears as an acronym for the usual resistance to change: Fear Uncertainty Doubt From: Deborah Harrell harrellmed...@yahoo.com ]Oh, dear. I'm hosed. I neither twitter nor text nor have a phone that I use for anything other

Re: Google Wave

2009-10-16 Thread Jo Anne
Thanks, Max and Bruce. But I have one more question. What's FUD? Is it printable? Amities, Jo Anne evens...@hevanet.com ___ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com

Re: Google Wave

2009-10-16 Thread Matt Grimaldi
FUD usually appears as an acronym for the usual resistance to change: Fear Uncertainty Doubt -- Matt - Original Message From: Jo Anne evens...@hevanet.com To: brin-l@mccmedia.com Sent: Fri, October 16, 2009 12:45:22 PM Subject: Re: Google Wave Thanks, Max and Bruce. But I

Re: Google Wave

2009-10-15 Thread sendai
On 15/10/2009, at 8:11 AM, Nick Arnett wrote: On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 3:07 PM, Wayne Eddy we...@bigpond.net.au wrote: Hi all, I just got access to Google Wave, and I was wondering if there was anyone on the list who might be interested in helping my try it out by joining a discussion about

Re: Google Wave

2009-10-15 Thread sendai
received the invite, they can use it with any e-mail address they wish. And yes, they do take a few days to process. Regards, Wayne. - Original Message - From: Nick Arnett To: Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2009 8:11 AM Subject: Re: Google Wave

Re: Google Wave

2009-10-15 Thread Jo Anne
OK, Guys, what the heck is Google Wave? Is it like what Twits do with Tweets? I know what a beta test is, but a Google Wave? Speak slowly and directly into the microphone, please. Amities, Jo Anne evens...@hevanet.com ___

Re: Google Wave

2009-10-15 Thread Max Battcher
Jo Anne wrote: OK, Guys, what the heck is Google Wave? Is it like what Twits do with Tweets? I know what a beta test is, but a Google Wave? Speak slowly and directly into the microphone, please. It depends on who you ask and how much hype they've ingested, digested, and are prepared to

Re: Google Wave

2009-10-15 Thread Bruce Bostwick
On Oct 15, 2009, at 3:03 PM, Max Battcher wrote: Jo Anne wrote: OK, Guys, what the heck is Google Wave? Is it like what Twits do with Tweets? I know what a beta test is, but a Google Wave? Speak slowly and directly into the microphone, please. It depends on who you ask and how much

Re: Google Wave

2009-10-15 Thread Max Battcher
Bruce Bostwick wrote: I haven't chimed in on Wave or the more general subject of cloud computing yet, since I haven't used it yet (which, in some people's judgment, makes me ineligible to comment, although I consider that a questionable argument), but my misgivings about it are generally

Re: Google Wave

2009-10-15 Thread Bruce Bostwick
On Oct 15, 2009, at 4:35 PM, Max Battcher wrote: Bruce Bostwick wrote: I haven't chimed in on Wave or the more general subject of cloud computing yet, since I haven't used it yet (which, in some people's judgment, makes me ineligible to comment, although I consider that a questionable

Re: Google Wave

2009-10-14 Thread Nick Arnett
On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 3:07 PM, Wayne Eddy we...@bigpond.net.au wrote: Hi all, I just got access to Google Wave, and I was wondering if there was anyone on the list who might be interested in helping my try it out by joining a discussion about the future? Can you invite others to the beta?

Re: Google Wave

2009-10-14 Thread Wayne Eddy
, October 15, 2009 8:11 AM Subject: Re: Google Wave On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 3:07 PM, Wayne Eddy we...@bigpond.net.au wrote: Hi all, I just got access to Google Wave, and I was wondering if there was anyone on the list who might be interested in helping my try it out by joining

Re: Google Wave

2009-10-14 Thread Lance A. Brown
Wayne Eddy said the following on 10/14/2009 6:07 PM: Hi all, I just got access to Google Wave, and I was wondering if there was anyone on the list who might be interested in helping my try it out by joining a discussion about the future? Regards, Wayne Eddy I'd love to get an invite

Re: Google Wave

2009-10-14 Thread Nick Arnett
On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 3:18 PM, Wayne Eddy we...@bigpond.net.au wrote: No Problem, Nick. I will send you an invite - I think it might take a few days to process though. I assume you want to use this address nick.arn...@gmail.com ? That's the one. Thanks! Nick

Re: Google Wave

2009-10-14 Thread Dave Land
Message - From: Nick Arnett To: Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2009 8:11 AM Subject: Re: Google Wave On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 3:07 PM, Wayne Eddy we...@bigpond.net.au wrote: Hi all, I just got access to Google Wave, and I was wondering

Re: Google Wave

2009-10-14 Thread Wayne Eddy
! - Original Message - From: Lance A. Brown la...@bearcircle.net To: Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2009 8:31 AM Subject: Re: Google Wave Wayne Eddy said the following on 10/14/2009 6:07 PM: Hi all, I just got access

Re: Google Wave

2009-10-14 Thread Lance A. Brown
Wayne Eddy said the following on 10/14/2009 11:28 PM: Hi Lance, have you got a gmail address you want to use? I have sent Nick Dave invites, and I am happy to you one too, but I want to invite a few others from elsewhere so three invites for the Brin List will have to do for now.

Re: Google Wave

2009-10-14 Thread Doug Pensinger
Looks cool, count me in please. Use brig...@zo.com Thanks, Doug On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 2:07 PM, Wayne Eddy we...@bigpond.net.au wrote: Hi all, I just got access to Google Wave, and I was wondering if there was anyone on the list who might be interested in helping my try it out by joining a

RE: Google Operating System

2009-07-14 Thread Julia
_ From: brin-l-boun...@mccmedia.com [mailto:brin-l-boun...@mccmedia.com] On Behalf Of Doug Pensinger Sent: Monday, July 13, 2009 10:38 PM To: Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion Subject: Re: Google Operating System Julia wrote: Reply: I get no more than 1 in 500 false

RE: Google Operating System

2009-07-13 Thread Julia Thompson
-Original Message- From: brin-l-boun...@mccmedia.com [mailto:brin-l-boun...@mccmedia.com] On Behalf Of John Williams Sent: Thursday, July 09, 2009 11:48 PM To: Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion Subject: Re: Google Operating System On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 9:11 PM, Doug

Re: Google Operating System

2009-07-13 Thread John Williams
On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 6:29 AM, Julia Thompsonf...@zurg.net wrote: I get no more than 1 in 500 false positives. I get no more than 1 in 1000 false negatives. That is interesting. I am much more worried about false positives (missing a real email) than I am about false negatives (seeing a few

Re: Google Operating System

2009-07-13 Thread Doug Pensinger
Julia wrote: Reply: I get no more than 1 in 500 false positives. I get no more than 1 in 1000 false negatives. It was more than that early on in my use of Gmail, I got one account in 2004, IIRC, and another in 2007. The more recent one, most of the false positives were from one mailing

Re: Google Operating System

2009-07-11 Thread Lance A. Brown
Alberto Monteiro wrote: Other than by breaking the M$ pay to play licensing paradigm and leveling the playing field for open source developers? Who says M$ won't have users pay to play M$-Linux? It's possible that the worse nightmare of the free-software sjihad/s community happens: M$ may

Re: Google Operating System

2009-07-09 Thread Dave Land
On Jul 8, 2009, at 8:35 PM, John Williams wrote: My prediction is that Chrome OS will never gain significant market share for high-powered computers, but it may make some inroads in netbooks (which are in between a notebook and a smart phone in terms of power). Of course, the google says Chrome

Re: Google Operating System

2009-07-09 Thread Charlie Bell
On 09/07/2009, at 1:35 PM, John Williams wrote: On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 7:44 PM, Rceebergerrceeber...@comcast.net wrote: I don't see how turning your PC into a dumb terminal could be considered an advance. I'm not storing my stuff on Google's servers. My impression is that the Chrome OS

Re: Google Operating System

2009-07-09 Thread Doug Pensinger
Charlie Wrote ...and Google already have one. It's called Android, plus there's gOS which Google had hefty input into. And there are miriad other Linuces and BSDs to try, up to and including Darwin/OSX. So I'm with Will (you can pick yourselves up at your leisure). Don't see the point of

Re: Google Operating System

2009-07-09 Thread Alberto Monteiro
John Williams wrote: My impression is that the Chrome OS will allow you to avoid just what you say above. It is an actual OS, although probably OS lite would be a better term. It will be able to run programs on your own CPU, provided they conform to whatever API google is coding, and it

Re: Google Operating System

2009-07-09 Thread Mauro Diotallevi
On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 1:33 AM, Dave Landdml...@gmail.com wrote:    http://bit.ly/1m1rVP or, if you prefer full-blooded URLs:  http://fakesteve.blogspot.com/2009/07/lets-all-take-deep-breath-and-get-some.html It's brilliant start to finish, but I especially liked:    Trying to make an OS

Re: Google Operating System

2009-07-09 Thread Bruce Bostwick
On Jul 9, 2009, at 9:11 AM, Mauro Diotallevi wrote: http://fakesteve.blogspot.com/2009/07/lets-all-take-deep-breath-and-get-some.html It's brilliant start to finish, but I especially liked: Trying to make an OS out of Chrome is like saying you're going to turn a Pontiac Aztek into a

Re: Google Operating System

2009-07-09 Thread Mauro Diotallevi
On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 2:11 AM, Charlie Bellchar...@culturelist.org wrote: On 09/07/2009, at 1:35 PM, John Williams wrote: My impression is that the Chrome OS will allow you to avoid just what you say above. It is an actual OS, although probably OS lite would be a better term. ...and Google

Re: Google Operating System

2009-07-09 Thread Charlie Bell
On 10/07/2009, at 12:53 AM, Mauro Diotallevi wrote: On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 2:11 AM, Charlie Bellchar...@culturelist.org wrote: On 09/07/2009, at 1:35 PM, John Williams wrote: My impression is that the Chrome OS will allow you to avoid just what you say above. It is an actual OS, although

Re: Google Operating System

2009-07-09 Thread Dave Land
On Jul 9, 2009, at 7:41 AM, Bruce Bostwick wrote: (As far as why .. well, it's possible that Google has taken notice that Microsoft has been promoting Bing pretty heavily, and this is a shot across their bow. If Chrome OS succeeds, and evolves into something that can displace Windows as a

Re: Google Operating System

2009-07-09 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Bruce Bostwick wrote: (As far as why .. well, it's possible that Google has taken notice that Microsoft has been promoting Bing pretty heavily, and this is a shot across their bow. If Chrome OS succeeds, and evolves into something that can displace Windows as a full-functioning OS,

Re: Google Operating System

2009-07-09 Thread Bruce Bostwick
On Jul 9, 2009, at 10:50 AM, Dave Land wrote: I am not like our friend Mario with his 57 Varieties approach to operating systems. I use Mac OS X almost exclusively because operating system fit and finish matter to me. (This is not a statement of superiority to Mario, merely noting a

Re: Google Operating System

2009-07-09 Thread Bruce Bostwick
On Jul 9, 2009, at 11:10 AM, Alberto Monteiro wrote: Bruce Bostwick wrote: (As far as why .. well, it's possible that Google has taken notice that Microsoft has been promoting Bing pretty heavily, and this is a shot across their bow. If Chrome OS succeeds, and evolves into something that can

Re: Google Operating System

2009-07-09 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Bruce Bostwick wrote: Not to mention that changing Windows virtual monopoly to *Nix monopoly is _very bad_ for the development of new techs. How would migrating to a larger user base for *nix be bad for the development of new techs? Because Monopoly is Evil. Other than by breaking the

Re: Google Operating System

2009-07-09 Thread Bruce Bostwick
On Jul 9, 2009, at 11:59 AM, Alberto Monteiro wrote: Who says M$ won't have users pay to play M$-Linux? It's possible that the worse nightmare of the free-software sjihad/s community happens: M$ may embrace, extend and then extinguish Linux. The way they embraced and extended the Web with

Re: Google Operating System

2009-07-09 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 8 Jul 2009 at 23:43, Doug Pensinger wrote: Charlie Wrote ...and Google already have one. It's called Android, plus there's gOS which Google had hefty input into. And there are miriad other Linuces and BSDs to try, up to and including Darwin/OSX. So I'm with Will (you can pick

Re: Google Operating System

2009-07-09 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 10:35 PM Wednesday 7/8/2009, John Williams wrote: On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 7:44 PM, Rceebergerrceeber...@comcast.net wrote: I don't see how turning your PC into a dumb terminal could be considered an advance. I'm not storing my stuff on Google's servers. My impression is that the Chrome

Re: Google Operating System

2009-07-09 Thread Rceeberger
On 7/9/2009 11:15:40 AM, Bruce Bostwick (lihan161...@sbcglobal.net) wrote: At the risk of being flamed, I might also point out that NASA has long since forbidden any primary functionality on ISS from running on Windows platforms because of stability concerns -- if it's onboard and actually

Re: Google Operating System

2009-07-09 Thread Bruce Bostwick
On Jul 9, 2009, at 7:38 PM, Rceeberger wrote: On 7/9/2009 11:15:40 AM, Bruce Bostwick (lihan161...@sbcglobal.net) wrote: At the risk of being flamed, I might also point out that NASA has long since forbidden any primary functionality on ISS from running on Windows platforms because of

Re: Google Operating System

2009-07-09 Thread xponentrob
- Original Message - From: Bruce Bostwick lihan161...@sbcglobal.net To: Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com Sent: Thursday, July 09, 2009 8:37 PM Subject: Re: Google Operating System Sounds like you might know the right people to ask for a tour*. ;) (*one

Re: Google Operating System

2009-07-09 Thread Doug Pensinger
Andrew wrote: The spam filter on Pegaus Mail works fine for me, and it's mine rather then being in the control of a company which is going to scan my emails. I've yet to find (and this includes gmail) another filter which is more than 90% accurate for me. I'd estimate the efficiency of my

Re: Google Operating System

2009-07-09 Thread John Williams
On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 9:11 PM, Doug Pensingerbrig...@zo.com wrote: I'd estimate the efficiency of my gmail filter is 99% or better. That is a particularly uninformative statistic. Much more interesting would be two figures: probability of false positives ( number of real marked as spam /

Re: Google Operating System

2009-07-09 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 11:48 PM Thursday 7/9/2009, John Williams wrote: On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 9:11 PM, Doug Pensingerbrig...@zo.com wrote: I'd estimate the efficiency of my gmail filter is 99% or better. That is a particularly uninformative statistic. Much more interesting would be two figures: probability of

Re: Google Operating System

2009-07-09 Thread Doug Pensinger
On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 8:48 PM, John Williams jwilliams4...@gmail.comwrote: On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 9:11 PM, Doug Pensingerbrig...@zo.com wrote: I'd estimate the efficiency of my gmail filter is 99% or better. That is a particularly uninformative statistic. Much more interesting would be

Re: Google Operating System

2009-07-08 Thread Doug Pensinger
Mauro wrote: So, any early adopters planning on switching over when it ships? I'm willing to at least give it a hard drive partition. Me too. I refuse to use Explorer and would jump on a new OS from Google especially. Doug Chrome maru ___

Re: Google Operating System

2009-07-08 Thread Rceeberger
On 7/8/2009 8:06:20 PM, Doug Pensinger (brig...@zo.com) wrote: Mauro wrote: So, any early adopters planning on switching over when it ships? I'm willing to at least give it a hard drive partition. Me too. I refuse to use Explorer and would jump on a new OS from Google especially.

Re: Google Operating System

2009-07-08 Thread John Williams
On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 7:44 PM, Rceebergerrceeber...@comcast.net wrote: I don't see how turning your PC into a dumb terminal could be considered an advance. I'm not storing my stuff on Google's servers. My impression is that the Chrome OS will allow you to avoid just what you say above. It

Re: Google, video DRM, spammers flatulent llamas.

2008-07-27 Thread Julia Thompson
On Sun, 27 Jul 2008, Gary Nunn wrote: PS - nothing really here about flatulent llamas, just thought I would see if anyone was paying attention. Darn. I live near an alpaca farm, and wondered if what you had to say might be applicable (As the crow flies, they're closer than the

Re: Google, video DRM, spammers flatulent llamas.

2008-07-27 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 08:41 AM Sunday 7/27/2008, Julia Thompson wrote: On Sun, 27 Jul 2008, Gary Nunn wrote: PS - nothing really here about flatulent llamas, just thought I would see if anyone was paying attention. Darn. I live near an alpaca farm, and wondered if what you had to say might be applicable

Re: Google: creator of the universe = FSM #1hit......News at 11

2006-01-08 Thread Maru Dubshinki
On 1/8/06, Robert G. Seeberger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... The worldwide popularity of the FSM puts a whole new spin on If god did not exist we would need to create him (where is that quote from?) http://urlx.org/google.com/19ef xponent Hee Haw! Maru rob Voltaire. ~Maru The ways of the

Re: Google: creator of the universe = FSM #1hit......News at 11

2006-01-08 Thread Julia Thompson
Robert G. Seeberger wrote: http://www.venganza.org/ I am surprised at how often this site changes and how much it has grown. I end up back there about every 6 weeks or so and it seems to greatly grow in content everytime I visit. The funniest thing is the merchandising and the

Re: Google Gagged

2003-09-26 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 25 Sep 2003 at 20:09, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 02:19 PM 9/25/03 +0100, Andrew Crystall wrote: On 24 Sep 2003 at 21:36, Doug Pensinger wrote: All right, experts, when I try to go to Google I get a web page that reads in part: big snip Okay, do the hosts thing. Then,

Re: Google Gagged

2003-09-26 Thread Doug Pensinger
Thanks all for the help. Google's back and Spy Bot loaded. I'm not sure how or where I got whatever it was as I'm very cautious about attachments and downloading, but others - my wife and son - have been on my machine, so I'll blame them. 8^) In any case, all's well that ends well, thanks

Re: Google Gagged

2003-09-25 Thread Bryon Daly
From: Doug Pensinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] All right, experts, when I try to go to Google I get a web page that reads in part: I'm not as expert as some on this list are, but I'm up at 3AM, so I'll add my 2 cents... Are you trying to get to Google? Your computer is running software that doesnt

Re: Google Gagged

2003-09-25 Thread Jan Coffey
--- Bryon Daly [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The advice it gives seems very reasonable to me. It does seem odd that the fake google you're getting redirected to would be warning you about it, though. Also, AdAware, and Spybot Search and Destroy are both good programs. I've used both and

Re: Google Gagged

2003-09-25 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 24 Sep 2003 at 21:36, Doug Pensinger wrote: All right, experts, when I try to go to Google I get a web page that reads in part: big snip Okay, do the hosts thing. Then, immediately head over and get Spybot Search and Destroy: http://security.kolla.de/news.php?lang=en It is basically

Re: Google Gagged

2003-09-25 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 25 Sep 2003 at 0:42, Jan Coffey wrote: --- Bryon Daly [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The advice it gives seems very reasonable to me. It does seem odd that the fake google you're getting redirected to would be warning you about it, though. Also, AdAware, and Spybot Search and

Re: Google Gagged

2003-09-25 Thread Steve Sloan II
Bryon Daly wrote: Also, AdAware, and Spybot Search and Destroy are both good programs. I've used both and prefer spybot, but both are reputable. AOLMe too!/AOL But seriously, it's a good idea for everybody to run one or both of those programs every now and then, whether they fix this problem