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    Image of Benguin Benguin
    05:09 PM

    In reply to Your Next Google Search Is Going to Freak You Out
    When the suggested searches came up at 0:15, my eyes combined third and fourth lines and I read it as "recipes for ground kids." For a second I thought Google was endorsing cannibalism.
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    Image of Oyabun Oyabun
    12/05/09

    In reply to Are You Comfortable With Google's Level of Control Over Your Data?
    I don't care that much. I use Scroogle instead of Google Search so that my searches are not tied to my IP in Google's databases. The length of time search engine operators store your data varies but Google's retention time is 9 months - reduced from 18 months. Scroogle sends all search requests to Google through the same IP addresses thereby making your requests anonymous*(to google - not to law enforcement).
    I use Google Voice and Gmail. Private contractors working with the government could probably retain some of the same information gleaned from my gmail accounts. Or they could just buy my data from a data mining corp. My divorce, cable bill emails and Newegg specials aren't anything too secret. I use Google Voice for women I just met and personal business. They can data mine the crap out of that junk all they want.

    If I want free phone numbers in other area codes with visual voicemail and 8gb of free IMAP email I go to Google. If I want privacy*(everything short of Echelon) I use other means of communication. The CEO of Google's remarks are douche baggery but I have no illusions about how "private" my private life is.
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    Edited by Oyabun at 12/05/09 8:17 PM Oyabun was starred Oyabun was unstarred
    Image of Bokusatsu_Tenshi Bokusatsu_Tenshi
    12/05/09

    In reply to Your Next Google Search Is Going to Freak You Out
    The title should be: "In this video, Google tells with a straight face what they have been doing for years now".
    Relax people, if Google wanted to screw you for things you did in the past, you'd all be in jail by now. Not to mention ISPs.
    Getting paranoid about your kinky or unlawful searches now will do nothing to save your souls.
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    Image of ManiacFive ManiacFive
    12/05/09

    In reply to See the World From Your Couch: Pompeii Ruins Now on Google Street View
    I found being there when it was busyish is not entirely detrimental to the experience. It shouldnt put anybody off too much. It might ruin the ambiance of it being a ruined city sure. But you've gotta remember that Pompeii was a big city, it would have been full of hustle and bustle, with crowds standing around the forum, squint, you can almost imagine yourself there in its heyday.

    Almost, it maybe requires a stretch of the imagination and an education in Roman history.
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    Edited by ManiacFive at 12/05/09 1:16 PM ManiacFive was starred ManiacFive was unstarred
    Image of balls187 balls187
    02:28 AM

    @ManiacFive: Even when it's busy,the ruins are so large that you can move about pretty easily. Plus people always flock to the pyrocastic statues.
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    12/05/09

    In reply to Your Next Google Search Is Going to Freak You Out
    I really don't much care. From what I can tell, it means that when I search from my own account, I'll get tailored results based on my prior browsing history. It doesn't mean my coworkers will get search results based on my prior browsing history.

    Big deal. Somewhere, there is a computer crunching algorithms.

    And as for the "Big Brother" mullarkey, I'll worry about it when it happens. There's too much stuff to worry about in this world already without making up bogeymen.
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    Image of skierpage skierpage
    12/05/09

    In reply to Google's in the Business of Defining Words Now With Google Dictionary
    I think Firefox comes with the quicksearch http//dictionary.reference.com/search?q=%s associated with keyword 'dict'.

    I added
    'd' http//www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/%s
    and
    'wd' http//en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%s

    Press Ctrl+L, type "d allosaurus", Enter. Done.

    The mother of all quicksearches is going direct to the Wikipedia page with
    'w' http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%s
    Learn Wikipedia's capitalization rules and skip the whole search and ads step altogether! That's why Google is compelled to try (and fail) with Knol, that's why Google is doing dictionary.

    Add a : to the URL's; read the Lifehacker post on quick search.
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    Edited by skierpage at 12/05/09 4:25 AM skierpage was starred skierpage was unstarred
    Image of frigg frigg
    12/05/09

    In reply to Your Next Google Search Is Going to Freak You Out
    Are these the same two guys from that "I'm a Mac, I'm a PC" commercial Apple's been running for a couple years?
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    Image of twoeightnine twoeightnine
    12/04/09

    In reply to See the World From Your Couch: Pompeii Ruins Now on Google Street View
    Here's pics of the trike in action. [www.flickr.com]
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    Image of Jsqrd Jsqrd
    12/04/09

    In reply to Your Next Google Search Is Going to Freak You Out
    That's one hell of a cookie google has got going on.
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    Image of ilovexspin ilovexspin
    12/04/09

    In reply to See the World From Your Couch: Pompeii Ruins Now on Google Street View
    Well now this ruined the excitement of seeing it in real life...
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    12/04/09

    In reply to See the World From Your Couch: Pompeii Ruins Now on Google Street View
    Pompeii was so blah, it was the imagination tour. This pile of rocks was a noble house, this pile of rocks was the bath. The only cool parts were the people who were trapped in the lava (though really eerie) and the one building that survived, which happened to be the whorehouse. I would have rather spent an extra day in just about any of the other cities I visited in Italy.
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    Image of Shamoononon: I shave my legs. Shamoononon: I shave my legs.
    12/04/09

    @Digo: That's the story with most old places. I happen to enjoy them though.
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    Edited by Shamoononon: I shave my legs. at 12/04/09 10:50 PM Shamoononon: I shave my legs. was starred Shamoononon: I shave my legs. was unstarred
    Image of Digo Digo
    12/04/09

    @Shamoononon: I shave my legs.: Not really, Athens and Delphi have ruins too, but they were freaking sweet. Pompeii was mostly piles of rocks. I know that's because the other ruins didn't have a volcano explode on them so they still had some shape...but still.
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    Image of Shamoononon: I shave my legs. Shamoononon: I shave my legs.
    12/04/09

    In reply to Your Next Google Search Is Going to Freak You Out
    Sure, I already knew this. Everytime I punch in the words 'wonderful' or 'sexy' or 'God' and stuff, it returns my online profiles.
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    Shamoononon: I shave my legs. was starred Shamoononon: I shave my legs. was unstarred
    Image of Him Him
    12/05/09

    @Shamoononon: I shave my legs.: So THATS why your pic looks familiar.
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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    12/04/09

    In reply to See the World From Your Couch: Pompeii Ruins Now on Google Street View
    How'd they get the car up there...
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    12/04/09

    @Nathan Obbards:
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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    12/04/09

    @bucho54: ICE CREAM MAN!!!
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    Image of bleek bleek
    12/04/09

    @Nathan Obbards: Don't worry guys, I'm from google.
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    ilovexspin promoted this comment Edited by bleek at 12/04/09 10:34 PM bleek was starred bleek was unstarred
    Image of Dacker Dacker
    12/04/09

    In reply to Are You Comfortable With Google's Level of Control Over Your Data?
    As Google infiltrates itself into our lives more and more, I'm getting increasingly concerned that they will diverge from their unofficial motto: "Don't be evil."

    I believe the target of the motto was Micro$oft, but they are behaving more-and-more like their arch-nemesis.

    Google has done a very poor job telling users exactly what they will and will not do with the data they collect on us.
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    Image of tvcity6455 tvcity6455
    12/05/09

    @Dacker: And people don't really seem to care because they're too busy oooing and aahing over all the free stuff.

    Nobody ever does anything unless there's something in it for them. It may seem cynical, but I always try to understand what someone's getting when they want to give me something for free.
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    Dacker promoted this comment Edited by tvcity6455 at 12/05/09 1:16 AM tvcity6455 was starred tvcity6455 was unstarred
    Image of Dacker Dacker
    12/05/09

    @tvcity6455:

    As they say, "There ain't no free lunch!"

    The price we're paying to Google for all these free apps is a piece of ourselves and tiny pieces of our personal freedom to use the net without fear of our activities being used against us. I'm not just talking about the RIAA or MPAA, it's also employers, the police and FBI, even insurance companies and your ex's lawyers.

    If Google's doesn't fully disclose what they're doing with our data and what lines they will not cross, I foresee a day in the next three years where Google's name will be as vilified as Micro$oft's.

    I hope this does not come to be....
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    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    12/04/09

    In reply to Are You Comfortable With Google's Level of Control Over Your Data?
    The way I see it, it's not scary until it's either forced or abused. As it is, Google has invaded a lot of sectors, yes, but most services are either optional, or at the very least offer opt-out methods. Google's gone the extra effort, in many situations, to make sure it's easy (or easier) to transfer your data away (as Lifehacker featured a while back).

    Honestly, Google's been pretty trustworthy in my book. There's some things they've done that I could take issue with if I really wanted to (they way they've been handling Android, the cease and desist order to cyanogen), but all-in-all they've demonstrated a good deal of openness and the will to let users control their data. I mean, think of how much they could do.

    I don't know if it's because of paranoia, movies, or good ol' fashion daddy issues, but a lot of folks tend to think that big corporations are automatically bad if they have a lot of power. Which is typically the case, but doesn't necessarily have to be.

    Of course, this doesn't mean I won't treat Google like they're human. They're honest now, but they're growing, current management will either change hands or possibly change mindsets later on. If Google starts to get too clingy or controlling, you can bet I'd make use of those data liberation tools in a heartbeat.
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    Image of aeiluindae aeiluindae
    12/04/09

    The only issue I is the lack of government regulations on what they are allowed to do with your data. As I understand it, the laws still need to catch up with the reality. Google seems to self-regulate fairly well though, and they do let you move your data and delete your account. I'd much rather they assured users that the data was actually erased when an account is deleted, but its better than many services. What entertains me, though, is that we trust Google more than our governments.
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