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Rekrul
join:2007-04-21
Milford, CT Reviews:
 ·AT&T U-Verse
| Has anyone noticed that Google SafeSearch is now mandatory? Starting a couple months ago, Google took away the ability to turn off SafeSearch for its .com domains, although the sites in other countries still had that ability. I started a thread on Google Groups and all Google would say was that they weren't censoring anything, people just had to be more specific in their queries. That was demonstrated to be false.
Now Google has made this change to all their sites world-wide.
Instead of the old three options of "Off", "Moderate" and "Strict", you now have "Show most relevant results" and "Filter explicit results". The latter is equivalent to strict filtering and the former is the equivalent of moderate filtering.
There is now no way to get unfiltered search results using Google!
Some people will say that it doesn't matter because there are other ways to find porn. That ignores the bigger picture. How do you know what's being filtered? Can you guarantee that only porn is being filtered? No, you can't. How do you trust filtered search results if you can't turn the filters off for comparison?
Who appointed Google the net's nanny? |
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 KrKHeavy Artillery For The Little GuyPremium
join:2000-01-17
Tulsa, OK | All the lawyers and politicians in the USA who blame Google for actually delivering search results you were interested in. |
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 LinklistPremium
join:2002-03-03
Longport, NJ
kudos:5 | reply to Rekrul
Not true.
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Search Settings
Search results
Languages
Location
Help
SafeSearch filters
How much explicit sexual content (web pages, images, and videos) should SafeSearch filter from your results?
No filtering Moderate Strict
Lock SafeSearch
my settings are set to "no filtering"
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 LadyLPremium
join:2002-09-18
Lorain, OH
 ·RoadRunner Cable
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Re: Highway 401 Accident Near Toronto Whenever it snows in Ohio...the accidents are caused by people who have lived in Ohio for years...they just don't slow down or really watch what is going on around them !  
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CXM_SplicerLooking at the bigger picturePremium
join:2011-08-11
NYC
kudos:1 Reviews:
·Verizon FiOS
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Re: FCC takes power away from NIMBY's for temp cell towers I find that he is primarily an advocate for big business; if a rule empowers big business then he is all for it. If a rule restricts big business then we need to get rid of that law and de-fund the agency passing it... smaller government.
When most people use the term 'smaller government' what they really mean is 'more powerful business' or a 'more free market'. |
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 Vchat20Landing is the REAL challengePremium
join:2003-09-16
Columbus, OH | reply to LadyL
Re: Highway 401 Accident Near Toronto said by LadyL:Whenever it snows in Ohio...the accidents are caused by people who have lived in Ohio for years...they just don't slow down or really watch what is going on around them !
Sad but true. 
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 statestress magnetPremium,Mod
join:2002-02-08
Purgatory
kudos:6
Webhosting
Android
Sonic.net
Washington & Balti..
UK Chat
| Pure unadulterated awesomeness »www.youtube.com/watch?v=iasXdkIrzUQ |
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Reviews:
·AT&T U-Verse
| reply to Vchat20
Re: Highway 401 Accident Near Toronto I lived most of my life in Illinois before I entered the Air Force and got stationed at Wright-Patterson AFB in Dayton, OH,Whiteman AFB in Missouri and K.I. Sawyer AFB near Marquette, MI., among others. All of these places had snow, and K.I. Sawyer averaged over 200 inches a year, and most people could drive decently in it, especially in MI. From MI, I moved to Austin, TX and it is terrifying if there is any snow at all. Most here have no idea how to drive on it, so it is best to stay at home until it melts.
However, my job required me to be at work regardless of the weather, so I got to see some interesting situations. |
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LinklistPremium
join:2002-03-03
Longport, NJ
kudos:5 | Anonymous does another stupid useless attack »www.foxnews.com/tech/2013/01/26/···website/
The hacker-activist group Anonymous says it hijacked the website of the U.S. Sentencing Commission to avenge the death of Aaron Swartz, an Internet activist who committed suicide.
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Reviews:
·Comcast
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Re: FCC takes power away from NIMBY's for temp cell towers This could be a good thing, but it also comes with potential drawbacks. For instance, I'd be rather perturbed if a service provider decided to drop a temporary cell tower in the neighborhood - even if it was just for a couple weeks to support a large event. These things aren't the most attractive looking pieces of equipment and do take up space. But avoiding things like this is one of the reasons I moved about as far beyond the suburbs as possible. Still, however, I'd like to have the Town have the power to prevent a deployment of temporary sites if enough of its residents objected. |
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·Comcast
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Re: SNOW, SNOW, SNOW said by Linklist:1st measurable snowfall today. Roads all bollixed up as usual.
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74*F and sunny here. Walked the hound with the Wife and we wore shorts.
Broke a sweat and appreciated the occasional breeze.
I do wish it was cold here and some snow would be cool too but that only happens every several years.
Enjoy.
Dave
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KearnstdElf WizardPremium
join:2002-01-22
Mullica Hill, NJ | reply to Linklist
Re: FCC takes power away from NIMBY's for temp cell towers we do need something though to speed new towers through Planning and Zoning. One person can hold up construction. And really towers are not that ugly, you barely notice them after awhile.
Unlike those fake pine tree cell towers that stick out like a sore thumb. I cannot understand why people think those are better than the typical slender grey steel tower. My mind tends to ignore the normal towers but when I see the tree ones I instantly can tell something is a bit off with that tree.
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Rekrul
join:2007-04-21
Milford, CT Reviews:
·AT&T U-Verse
| reply to Linklist
Re: Has anyone noticed that Google SafeSearch is now mandatory? said by Linklist:Not true.
quote:
Search Settings
Search results
Languages
Location
Help
SafeSearch filters
How much explicit sexual content (web pages, images, and videos) should SafeSearch filter from your results?
No filtering Moderate Strict
Lock SafeSearch
my settings are set to "no filtering" Then you're the exception because everyone else is only seeing two options; "Show most relevant results" and "Filter explicit results".
Advanced Image Search options
Dropdown box on the results page
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LadyLPremium
join:2002-09-18
Lorain, OH Reviews:
·RoadRunner Cable
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Re: Pure unadulterated awesomeness Cute, very cute...young Hammers and/or James Brown 
Sorry, don't know who else to name...am 'showing' my age.
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ndwbr
join:2003-07-10
Atlanta, GA
1 edit | Verizon 4G + FoxFi app performing better than AT&T 6Mbps DSL Hi everyone, AT&T DSL is out again (2nd time in 4 weeks, rep says it will be out for 3-5 days - don't worry they're gonna pay!) so I've gotten another chance to power-test out the FoxFi wifi tethering app turning my Verizon Galaxy S3 into a wifi hotspot - Yes I popped $7 for the paid version of this app (best $7 I ever spent instead of paying $30/mo to the big V!) The last speed test I ran gave me 13Mbps/10Mbps compared to my 6Mbps/512Kbps DSL. Since I'm on an unlimited Verizon plan I'm going to keep testing this as long as I can! This is great - I've got my laptop connected to it (I can even VPN and remote desktop to work with no problem at this speed) and I can take my Wifi Kindle Fire anywhere I want and use it too! At my current rate I'll probably double my usage to 4gb over last month's - Wondering if Verizon will have any issue with this...but as I understand it they can't prohibit you from using your phone this way...Any one have a similar experience or comments on this to share? |
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ndwbr
join:2003-07-10
Atlanta, GA | I'm seriously considering it but I have to have a long-term solution with a reliable connection from home to do work stuff after hours. I don't yet know if this Verizon solution is going to be long term. If so it would be SWEET cause I've got work ponying up $100 of my $115 monthly bill  |
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| So try the connection from home and work.. What kind of ping do you get? Maybe run an all night internet stress test? |
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ndwbr
join:2003-07-10
Atlanta, GA | Doin that right now runnin VPN+Remote Desktop, Pandora playin music, plus texting on the phone - does it all w/o even blinking !! |
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