erasmus & zarathustra

2011-04-02

Google detects "bad" websites A virus or a fist of iron

Apparently google and browser developers have collaborated to create a "hacked website" scanner that marks websites as "bad" if they have been hacked. Even if the website is fixed or marked in error, it is very difficult to get the "bad" site un-marked.
A form has to be filled out and a maybe 2 week turn-around is promised.

I find that most users of the internet panic when they see one of these warnings. And it is very hard to get around it.

clicking on the white button causes the following :

clicking on the ignore warning button causes the following :
Nothing

I think this may warrant a class action suit .... google gives you no decent place to send a plea for help.

2011-03-31

Speed limits are set by idiots ... or the equivalent

bah humbug

INDIA is a bad actor babies, babies ... babies

This shows terrible cultural axioms..... POD

31 March 2011 Last updated at 11:00 ET

India has a diverse population of a billion-plus people

India's population has grown by 181 million people over the past decade to 1.21bn, according to the 2011 census.

More people now live in India than in the United States, Indonesia, Brazil, Pakistan and Bangladesh combined.

India is on course to overtake China as the world's most populous nation by 2030, but its growth rate is falling, figures show. China has 1.3bn people.

The census also reveals a continuing preference for boys - India's sex ratio is at its worst since independence.

Female foeticide remains common in India, although sex-selective abortion based on ultrasound scans is illegal. Sons are still seen by many as wage-earners for the future.

Statistics show fewer girls than boys are being born or surviving. The gender imbalance has widened every decade since independence in 1947.

According to the 2011 census, 914 girls were born for every 1,000 boys under the age of six, compared with 927 for every 1,000 boys in the 2001 census.

2011-03-24

Cut the US Post Office back ... way back

The Constitution specifies that the US have a post office... it does not specify how big or pervasive it should be. Let anyone who wants to compete with the Post Office. Scale it back to about two employees who design stamp covers.

Think os the saving to society.