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Snag? Although Darth’s last post on this thread is listed as having been ~1hr and 10 mins ago, after Nodes @1156, it hasn’t yet appeared on my screen.
Increasing the font size a good bit would definitely help, IMHO. Thanks.
@Phil the ex frog
“why the fuck would you install noscripts to then create exceptions to potential harmful scripts.”
Ahem … I asked YOU (the coders) if there were any exceptions one should create in order for this forum to function as intended.
I assumed, quite naturally IMHO, that IF you were to supply me with any such exceptions, they would NOT be “potentially harmful”!
I thought that was the whole point of exceptions – you only create an exception when you KNOW it is NOT a harmful one.
Sorry for not being Kevin Mitnick, or whatever you were expecting…
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BTW, I NEVER use Google. There’s simply no need to expose oneself to such invasive corporate surveillance, when there are so many other great search engines out there.
I’ll be glad not to post on this vindictive persecuting blog again.
Goodbye.
The light orange is horrible, AND difficult to read.
Can you change it to dark blue, please.
Thanks.
Baal
Habbabreak will not function with the new theme. Welcome back to the real world.
Sometimes it’s good to take a recharge break.
Let your final search on Google be “search engine”.
It’s the start of a great adventure!
“Welcome back to the real world.”
The trouble is reality can get really subjective, if you let it.
Ok. The new layout dilutes the troll a bit, I suppose. But a block/fade option would be good to reduce the tendency to reapond ad infinitum to intentionally provocative, distracting or plain moronic posters. Please consider it.
I furiggin hate google so would be more than happy to be convinced there is a worthwhile alternative. Maybe I’m just not aware of it.
I thought all the search engines rely on the results of the giants. E.g. Duckduckgo heavily markets it’s open source aspect but barely mentions their proprietary side (and the limited benefits of their privacy angle doesn’t impress me). It’s still an incorporated money making machine serving a slight variation of the same results. A poorer variation in my experience – so what’s the point?
I suspect anyone wanting to disrupt will simply ignore the threading anyway. Pretty much like the thread subject is ignored. Trolls tend to just post on the newest thread irrespective of the subject.
The current setup has the latest page displayed first. The later the post, the more off-topic it’s likely to be, so any newcomer sees the most recent contributions to a discussion which has long since lost the plot.
I hate google too, and want as little as possible to do with that monster.
You might like this: (“Ad giant”!)
Hand in glove: Google and the US State Dept
Analysis: Release of more Clinton emails reveals extent of ad giant’s cosy relationship
Hand in glove: Google and the US State DeptThanks for the link to Google nastiness. Trouble is, I find Google useful, largely because it can time-filter its results. OTOH, I am beginning to suspect that those results are tampered with, and possibly maliciously tailored to what Google would like me to see rather than what I want to see. Before I order the tinfoil, someone please tell me I’m wrong.
You are not wrong!
If you want reassurance of that fact, then read “The Filter Bubble: What the Internet Is Hiding from You” by Eli Pariser (for starters).
“The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains” by Nicholas Carr is very good, too.
I did a quick search for these books only to find google have extended their explicit removal of results. I’m pretty sure it used to happen only on EU tlds. Now it also happens on .com.
At the bottom of this .com page:
“Some results may have been removed under data protection law in Europe.”
Darth
Can we also get back the allowed html tags examples that used to be under the comment entry box. i.e. for blockquote, em, bold etc
Sorry, I should have said please. At this time in the morning it’s easy to forget you volunteer.
You’re right. I used to use .com for exactly that reason. It looks as if Google is effectively ignoring the request to use .com and simply relaying what the .uk version wants to give you. The results are very similar now. Wonder if spoofing your IP would help? Tor?
It is supposed to be displayed. Don’t know why it is not being shown but will look into it. Hadn’t actually noticed until you mentioned it.
Here’s Eli Pariser doing a live audio-visual (speech with slides) presentation of “The Filter Bubble”
Starts at 4.00, finishes about 45.00, then some questions and answers.
Something to get you started –
hover over “enhanced by Google” and you will see this message:
“Your searches are private here.
When you search with StartPage, we remove ail identifying information from your query and submit it anonymously to Google ourselves.
We get the results and return them to you in total privacy. Your IP address is never recorded, your visit is not logged and no tracking cookies are placed on your browser.”Read this too:
https://ixquick.com/eng/ixquick-merging-with-startpage.html?hmb=1
It goes without saying that a paid-for VPN should be everyone’s SOP these days, doesn’t it? (Everyone who’s paying attention, anyway).
There ARE other search engines as well. Smaller sometimes, but also more ethical, specialised…
And youngsters may not be aware of the usefulness and benefits of Web Directories – they still exist too.
But I’m not going to do ALL the work for you…
Internet ‘research’ is your friend – Google isn’t!
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