Just when I thought that those annoying Google popups telling me to install Google Chrome had gone way, those evil things made their return yesterday to IE7, IE9, Firefox 9 and 10, and Safari. Strangely that damn popup did not appear in Opera. What does it take to destroy that annoying Google popup? Clearly Google [...]
Further to what I think of as Google abusing its dominant position in constantly targeting Microsoft’s Internet Explorer browsers and asking the user to switch to Google’s Chrome browser, there appears to be a change now. My previous rants on this: Google, you’re still annoying me and abusing your position http://www.metalvortex.com/blog/2011/12/16/718.html Google abusing its dominant [...]
I had previously blogged about Google abusing its position. They’re still are it; spot the odd one out: Google, please don’t tell me what browser to use. And why is it that your annoying message is not shown in Opera, Safari and Firefox? There’s something not quite right in Google. Article by Kulvinder Singh Matharu [...]
Google has been irritating me of late. And increasingly so. I have tried to “just get along” with one aggressive form of product-push from Google but it’s now reached the stage where I need to say something and get it off my chest. I use Firefox as my default web browser but, now and again, [...]
I came across this via richarddawkins.net…indoctrination and child abuse. The Pastor from Jesus Camp Has a New Book Out http://richarddawkins.net/articles/642972-the-pastor-from-jesus-camp-has-a-new-book-out The Pastor from Jesus Camp Has a New Book Out http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2011/09/06/the-pastor-from-jesus-camp-has-a-new-book-out/ Disgusting. Children should be given the tools for critical thinking; tools that can be used to understand how the world really works. This "Jesus [...]
The saga of “Officer Bubbles” continues… Meet the YouTube Commenter Sued for Mocking ‘Officer Bubbles’ http://gawker.com/5668410/meet-the-youtube-commenter-sued-for-mocking-officer-bubbles Toronto’s ‘Officer Bubbles’ gains web notoriety http://www.thestar.com/article/836982 MisterOfficerBubbles’s YouTube Channel http://www.youtube.com/user/MisterOfficerBubbles#p/u It was great that the incident was caught on camera. Cameras are a wonderful tool as they help in fighting abuse of power. I do wonder, though, how [...]
Michael Shermer describes how Deepak Chopra, whilst transplanting medieval theology into “New Age” theology, has misused and abused quantum effects; “quantum woo” as someone once called it. Deepak Chopra’s God 2.0 http://www.bigquestionsonline.com/columns/michael-shermer/deepak-chopras-god-20 Article by Kulvinder Singh Matharu – 2010
Why does this evil happen? Where are the prosecutions? Where are the criminal investigations? Why isn’t this front page news? This video is hard to watch. WARNING: CONTAINS DISTRESSING AND DISTURBING IMAGES British girls undergo horror of genital mutilation despite tough laws http://richarddawkins.net/videos/492795-british-girls-undergo-horror-of-genital-mutilation-despite-tough-laws British girls undergo horror of genital mutilation despite tough laws http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2010/jul/25/female-circumcision-children-british-law Article [...]
Followers of Christ Church, Oregon City. Faith healing in Oregon: A picture worth a thousand words http://richarddawkins.net/articles/493276-faith-healing-in-oregon-a-picture-worth-a-thousand-words Oregon faith-healing parents fight to get baby back, face criminal charges http://www.oregonlive.com/oregon-city/index.ssf/2010/07/post_2.html I would call this child abuse. Article by Kulvinder Singh Matharu – 2010
Gizmodo article Are Cameras the New Guns? at http://gizmodo.com/5553765/are-cameras-the-new-guns reports that, in certain parts of the USA, the police are beginning to persecute and prosecute those persons who photograph or record the police. One of the great benefits of the increasingly ubiquitous nature of cameras is that cameras act as a control against police abuse; [...]
