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I’m feeling lucky protocol

I was reading about the “I’m feeling lucky” pseudo-protocol on fish.cx, which suggests the idea of having Google show us search terms for results as they are shown. Here are some ways the extra information might be labeled or explained: “What you should have entered to find this page”; “Alternate searches that return these results”;…Continue Reading…

make yourself far cleverer

It is not an intelligence-boosting formula likely to impress an Oxbridge don: watching Countdown, playing Sudoku, remembering telephone numbers and taking a shower with your eyes closed. guardian uk

Google wants to store the world

According to Reuters, Google’s chief executive, Eric Schmidt, made a cryptic comment in his presentation that one goal of Google was to “store 100 percent” of consumer information. zdnet uk

gwerdna is Andrew G backwards

Werdna was the name of the evil wizard nemesis in Wizardry — anyone remember Wizardry? — Apple ][ game with vector graphics for dungeon hallways? /. comment

the year of the OS X exploit

“This is almost certainly the year of the OS X exploit,” said Jay Beale, a senior security consultant for Intelguardians and an expert in hardening Linux and Mac OS X systems. “The OS X platform may be based on a Unix platform, but Apple seems to be making mistakes that Unix made, and corrected, long…Continue Reading…

Text is boring

“ur site is really poorly laid out and hard to read…u just scroll down and there more of that dull dull font” -John Shook. I need to add photos to my posts; I will not post again until I have a photo to include.