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Take My Cookies, Give Me My Google Search

Google has announced that effec­tive 1 March 2012 it will con­sol­i­date all 60 of its pri­vacy poli­cies into one and will share infor­ma­tion across all of its ser­vices. This has many of the pri­vacy para­noid in a tizzy. Among the … Con­tinue read­ing

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Thank You

We started this site in Decem­ber 2009. One half a mil­lion pageviews is quite a mile­stone and it seems a “thank you” to all of you who view this site is war­rented. And as a reminder, com­ments and ques­tions are … Con­tinue read­ing

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Hurricanes and Weather Forecasting

Irene has come and gone. The mas­sive storm fol­lowed the pre­dicted path very closely. How­ever, as is so often true, the storm did not have the wind strength that was pre­dicted. We should all be extremely impressed by how well … Con­tinue read­ing

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This opin­ion could be blamed on my long-lost aca­d­e­mic back­ground, but that would not be pre­cise. Really, it has arisen because I have expe­ri­enced too many posts where the ini­ti­at­ing thought was obscure because it was not ref­er­enced, too many … Con­tinue read­ing

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Drinking Games are Not — How to Piss Off the Net Famous

Peo­ple have been doing this since at least the 4th or 5th cen­tury BC. They were known to do it in ancient Greece and ancient China. It is prob­a­bly safe to assume peo­ple have been doing it even longer and … Con­tinue read­ing

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Bit of a Milestone and a Thank You

We started this blog on 8 Decem­ber 2009. Last night, nine months later, a bit of a mile­stone was passed and it seems appro­pri­ate to take a moment to rec­og­nize this and say thank you. Sur­viv­ing Sur­vival has been viewed more … Con­tinue read­ing

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Dreamworld — What Is a Sex Worker?

Our bub­ble is not that opaque. It is at least some­what translu­cent. We may live lives that many would con­sider shel­tered, but at least we are vora­cious in our appetites for learn­ing from books, films, the Inter­net what­ever source we … Con­tinue read­ing

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Censorship and Social Media

Any­one from the US who goes to Europe is prob­a­bly shocked by tele­vi­sion. Between the effects of Hayes Com­mit­tee and the FCC, movies and tele­vi­sion in the US are heav­ily cen­sored. Some­times it is hard to under­stand the logic; bod­ies … Con­tinue read­ing

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