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September 3, 2008

Googlesoft? Google Chrome's Scary EULA terms

UPDATE: Google has changed its EULA and removed the section that I quoted below. Section 11 currently reads (in whole):

11. Content license from you

11.1 You retain copyright and any other rights you already hold in Content which you submit, post or display on or through, the Services.

END UPDATE

I'd avoid Chrome for a while because, it seems, Google wants to own you. At least, in their new browser's Terms and Conditions page

11.1 You retain copyright and any other rights you already hold in Content which you submit, post or display on or through, the Services. By submitting, posting or displaying the content you give Google a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive license to reproduce, adapt, modify, translate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute any Content which you submit, post or display on or through, the Services. This license is for the sole purpose of enabling Google to display, distribute and promote the Services and may be revoked for certain Services as defined in the Additional Terms of those Services.

11.2 You agree that this license includes a right for Google to make such Content available to other companies, organizations or individuals with whom Google has relationships for the provision of syndicated services, and to use such Content in connection with the provision of those services.

I'm no lawyer, but that sounds pretty scary. Not only scary, but something Microsoft would do.

October 12, 2007

Sorry about Internet Explorer

Just checked this site in Internet Explorer 6 and discovered that it completely sucks. (The site in IE6, not the site.)

(And I would really love to rant about how stupid the IE6 developers are, but I'll hold off on that.)

I haven't seen it in IE7. But in 6, the sidebar is down on the bottom on the main page and about page and background images don't show up. Which is utter crap.

November 30, 2006

One Year With Ubuntu

Can you really go a year without Windows? (Microsoft Windows, I mean.)

daboss Is going to try. (The Link.)

From his site: "I am not a Windows hater. But faced with the prospect of shelling out the dough for Vista, I got curious - could I do everything I could in Windows with Open Source software? Find out as I try to go a year without Windows and embrace Ubuntu. As an added bonus, I will be documenting each step of my installation and configuration so you won't have to go searching the internet for solutions!"

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June 15, 2005

Damn Microsoft

If you're reading this site using Internet Explorer and the page looks all funny, don't blame me.
Blame Microsoft.
You see, Microsoft decided not to follow web standards when creating IE. Standards that other browsers (like, say, Firefox) follow. Standards that make creating websites easier.
But they refuse to follow the standards and are going about the web experience their own way.

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