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POPSAn Opinion I Agree With....The USA The internet needs to remain a place of open knowledge, free speech and uncensored information. Most of the world has some form of censorship imposed on it's citizens. In the US, the MSM feeds us what they think we 'need to know' (hence the over-coverage of Brittney and Lindsey) and puts their own spin on the important stories (such as Gitmo). The internet allows us to sort, digest, and learn and form our own opinions. If a body, like the UN, takes control of domain naming, etc... we may lose that ability. As a citizen of a free country, I'm not willing to give up my rights to appease countries that don't respect them.
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POPSSponsored search results lead to malware If you're not sure, verify the URL. Microsoft and Google have large payrolls, but the search giants don't employ literal armies to review ad submissions. If you're at all suspicious of an ad's legitimacy, check the URL via a service such as hpHosts, which tracks domain names that researchers have reported as malicious. Help vendors by reporting malicious advertisers. To report bogus ads on Google, e-mail security at google.com. This is likely to be more effective than reporting the site via the search giant's online form. If you discover malware purveyors advertising in Bing's results, e-mail secure at microsoft.com. Yahoo, however, offers only a Security Phishing Report Form.
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POPSShould XXX sites have to use a .XXX domain name? Once again a report shows why we can not legislate proper behavior. I personally think that an XXX domain would be a great way for all pornographers to have their own home on the web place to gather. But like other legislation of this nature it would be worthless to attempt if they are going to allow the porn industry to continue to cloak itself in the .com world to appear legitimate. Those who wish to seek out this type of "entertainment" will find it no matter where it resides in the community. Therefore creating a virtual "Red Light District" would probably work as well as prohibition did. This one certainly belongs in the LOONY BIN.
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POPSLibriVox free Audiobook search page Wide range of Public Domain Audio books. Copyright status is subject to individual country law. Open source project that aims to create audio books of any available public domain books
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POPSUS Control of internet remains issue
" The domain name system is controlled by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, over which the US Government retains Veto power...By controlling core systems the United States indirectly influences the way much of the world uses the internet. " Four words make that statement a Dangerous euphemism 'core,''Veto,' 'indirectly,' and 'much' In view of the word core, replace veto, with monopoly, indirectly with directly,much with all. It's a control issue, and the retention of a veto in what was supposed to be a free system is a contradiction. There is no body with the power to overrule. Essentially, the 'US' must cede control. but when everyone is the 'enemy' including the general public how likely is that. How many of the over 17,500 three letter combinations have been registered? What scope is there for an alternate/pirate system? What if Non US internet organizations decided to ignore the veto? Does the internet have the capacity to operate beyond central control?
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POPSChanges Approved Allowing Hundreds of New Domain Names It's about time! They are also looking to clamp down on the "domain tasters" who tie up domain names seeing what the traffic is for certain names, and then they buy the domain and hold out for the highest bidders. This is why a lot of brand names are at strange named domains ... their domain name was already bought by an investor, and they would not pay the price to buy the domain name.
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POPSGOOGLEWHACK! I first heard of this through Dave Gormans stand up show. Then tried my hand at it, was not too successful, pity for me.
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