Is google sabotaging browsers?
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From: Grant Edwards on 6 Mar 2010 15:39 On 2010-03-06, notbob <notbob(a)nothome.com> wrote: > I'm running slack 13 and use seamonkey as my browser. Lately, > hotlinks in websites seem to take forever, or worse, clicking on them > at least twice, to finally go to the linked URL. Is it possible > google is subverting browsers to encourage adoption of its chrome > browser? Yes. It's possible. But, since nobody else is reporting issues like that, your thesis needs some modification: Is it possible google is subverting just _your_ browsers to encourge _just_you_ to adopt its chrome browser. Again, that's possible, but there are several much more likely explanations. My money's on a broken DNS server/config. -- Grant Edwards grant.b.edwards Yow! Hey, wait at a minute!! I want a gmail.com divorce!! ... you're not Clint Eastwood!!
From: Grant Edwards on 6 Mar 2010 15:40 On 2010-03-06, Sam <sam(a)email-scan.com> wrote: > notbob writes: > >> I'm running slack 13 and use seamonkey as my browser. Lately, >> hotlinks in websites seem to take forever, or worse, clicking on them >> at least twice, to finally go to the linked URL. Is it possible >> google is subverting browsers to encourage adoption of its chrome >> browser? > > No, you just need to switch to extra-thick tin foil. Lead foil works even better, but it's highly toxic -- so be very, very careful with it. -- Grant Edwards grant.b.edwards Yow! I'm also against at BODY-SURFING!! gmail.com
From: notbob on 6 Mar 2010 16:10 On 2010-03-06, Grant Edwards <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> wrote: > Yes. It's possible. But, since nobody else is reporting issues like > that, your thesis needs some modification: Is it possible google is > subverting just _your_ browsers to encourge _just_you_ to adopt its > chrome browser. heh heh.... Well, I'm not quite that arrogant. I jes thought I'd ask if anyone else is experiencing this problem. Someone has to be the first to ask. It could be my noscript, but NS has never been an issue before. I don't know if google can even do what I asked, but NS shows their google analytics insinuated on almost every page I access. Who knows what google is capable of? > explanations. My money's on a broken DNS server/config. I'll explore that possibility. nb
From: John Hasler on 6 Mar 2010 16:31 Grant writes: > Lead foil works even better, but it's highly toxic -- so be very, very > careful with it. No, you need _real_ tin foil. You may have noticed that it is no longer available and they will tell you to use aluminum foil instead. This is not an accident... -- John Hasler jhasler(a)newsguy.com Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI USA
From: Grant Edwards on 6 Mar 2010 17:27
On 2010-03-06, John Hasler <jhasler(a)newsguy.com> wrote: > Grant writes: >> Lead foil works even better, but it's highly toxic -- so be very, very >> careful with it. > > No, you need _real_ tin foil. You may have noticed that it is no longer > available and they will tell you to use aluminum foil instead. This is > not an accident... If you can find a few old spools of solder somewhere, you should be able to hammer out some decent tin/lead foil that would have good brain-control wave shielding characteristics. However, old solder probably has a rosin flux core, and you don't want that getting in your hair. Or maybe you do. Anyhow the solvents required to get it out of your hair are nasty, so solid-core solder is recommended. -- Grant Edwards grant.b.edwards Yow! All right, you at degenerates! I want gmail.com this place evacuated in 20 seconds! |