tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post6692853533668743974..comments2024-03-19T07:48:54.021-06:00Comments on Gus Van Horn: Quick Roundup 360Gus Van Hornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-43794821844952972642008-09-04T16:18:00.000-06:002008-09-04T16:18:00.000-06:00And speaking of complaints, another one bites the ...And speaking of complaints, <A HREF="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080903-google-on-chrome-eula-controversy-our-bad-well-change-it.html" REL="nofollow">another one</A> bites the dust!Gus Van Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-158957599656518412008-09-04T16:03:00.000-06:002008-09-04T16:03:00.000-06:00OOHH! Thanks Kyle. That makes sense. One compla...OOHH! Thanks Kyle. That makes sense. One complaint down, a few to go. zAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-90775857401009718052008-09-04T09:35:00.000-06:002008-09-04T09:35:00.000-06:00Thanks for the info, Kyle.Thanks for the info, Kyle.Gus Van Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-19389072268156716252008-09-04T09:32:00.000-06:002008-09-04T09:32:00.000-06:00The URL input field in Chrome doubles as a search-...The URL input field in Chrome doubles as a search-engine field. If you type in an URL, the browser loads it. If you type in a search string, it gets passed to the search engine.<BR/><BR/>They have definitely played games with other components of the UI. I haven't had much time to play with the browser further so I can't really address the remainder of your questions.Kyle Haighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14608497826478356055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-40413517246045607992008-09-04T07:25:00.000-06:002008-09-04T07:25:00.000-06:00Sorry you don't like Chrome, but then part of the ...Sorry you don't like Chrome, but then part of the beauty of the free market is that nobody can MAKE you use it!<BR/><BR/>Google did open-source it, so there's always the hope for people who like the older browsers that some group will develop a browser with some of the old "look and feel" you like that has some of Chrome's real improvements "under the hood"....Gus Van Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-10306847537577599122008-09-04T07:03:00.000-06:002008-09-04T07:03:00.000-06:00I downloaded google chrome to check it out and alr...I downloaded google chrome to check it out and already i hate it. first of all, theres no google search box. that doesn't make any sense to me. i love being able to do a google search at any time by simply clicking in the upper right hand corner. also, where is the menu bar? i'm lost without "file, edit, view, tools, help" etc. and why is there no drop-down thingy in the address bar? i don't like using bookmarks, i like it when the sites i visit regularly drop down from the address bar. even firefox messes this up to the point where i have no idea how to control what is in the drop-down. i like IE the most really but it freezes up constantly so i use firefox.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-11471378382288694432008-09-03T14:39:00.000-06:002008-09-03T14:39:00.000-06:00My initial reading of the legalese is that you ret...My initial reading of the legalese is that you retain copyright, but grant to Google the ability to reproduce your work solely for promotional purposes.<BR/><BR/>If I published a novel through a blog while using Chrome, Google could reproduce an excerpt for promotional purposes, but would get in trouble if it tried selling (or giving away) printed copies of the whole thing.<BR/><BR/>It sounds somewhat like (although it isn't the same thing as) "fair use".<BR/><BR/>Having said that, I do only joke about being a lawyer, so I could be wrong....Gus Van Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-85463046966491446512008-09-03T14:27:00.000-06:002008-09-03T14:27:00.000-06:00http://gizmodo.com/5044871/google-chrome-eula-clai...http://gizmodo.com/5044871/google-chrome-eula-claims-ownership-of-everything-you-create-on-chrome-from-blog-posts-to-emails<BR/><BR/>Little Green Footballs links to Gizmodo, a blog at which the author states: <BR/><BR/>"So, are you enjoying the snappy, clean performance of Google Chrome since downloading yesterday? If so, you might want to take a closer peek at the end user license agreement you didn't pay any attention to when downloading and installing it. Because according to what you agreed to, Google owns everything you publish and create while using Chrome."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-47286544420945395722008-09-03T14:04:00.000-06:002008-09-03T14:04:00.000-06:00You're welcome. And he's prolific, too. This is so...You're welcome. And he's prolific, too. This is someone you can learn a TON from.Gus Van Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-77074412424878172202008-09-03T13:59:00.000-06:002008-09-03T13:59:00.000-06:00Gus,Thanks for the Paul Graham recommendation. I j...Gus,<BR/>Thanks for the Paul Graham recommendation. I just read a couple of essays. He's great! I particularly enjoyed "Why to Not Not Start a Start-Up." [sic]Galileo Blogshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02592692929747610846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-40449365866718050482008-09-03T12:10:00.000-06:002008-09-03T12:10:00.000-06:00To Larson's credit, it'd be really hard to misinte...To Larson's credit, it'd be really hard to misinterpret within the typical context of him tenaciously ridiculing local government.<BR/><BR/>But yes, I see your point - definitely an esoteric term that carries a risk for misinterpretation.Brad Harperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01777289606643476655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-25073256131199526002008-09-03T11:52:00.000-06:002008-09-03T11:52:00.000-06:00Thanks for the explanation.I can see why Larson mi...Thanks for the explanation.<BR/><BR/>I can see why Larson might want to use such a term, but it still doesn't sit well with me, given how already-muddled political discourse is these days.<BR/><BR/>For example, lots of leftists regard large corporations as equally nefarious as an oppressive government. (Leftists don't regard government infringement of individual rights as the inherent danger that it is. They just regard non-leftist governments as such.) The movie "Soylent Green" is a pretty good example of this. <BR/><BR/>This sloppiness is often used to make the less politically astute suspicious of companies and sympathetic to regulation, which merely aggravates the real problem of the government violating individual rights -- and confusion about the nature of the corporation as a means of protecting private property and doing business.<BR/><BR/>So while Keith Larson's term might conceivably work as some kind of shorthand for those "in the know", it is too easily misconstrued for a general audience. An average Joe, hearing a short snippet of this talk show might hear "GovCo" and think something like, "Yeah. Our government is acting like a Big Corporation again! We need to put a stop to that." What does acting like a big corporation MEAN to such a person? Your guess is as good as mine.Gus Van Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-1999547509680350192008-09-03T10:12:00.000-06:002008-09-03T10:12:00.000-06:00GovCo. is a neologism coined by Keith Larson, a lo...<EM>GovCo.</EM> is a neologism coined by <A HREF="http://larson.wbt.com/" REL="nofollow">Keith Larson</A>, a local reality-minded talk-radio personality. Essentially it represents government acting beyond its proper scope, especially in a self-perpetuating manner, i.e., a government concerned with expanding itself (the way a private company would operate). As used above, I refer to Google hiring Government (via lobbying, taxes, who knows what else) to abuse its monopoly of the use of force as a means to some business (private) concern. Anytime a private enterprise leverages illegitimate Government power to violate rights of others, as if it were merely commissioning the services of another private company, the term GovCo. is fitting. <BR/><BR/>Of course it's blatantly ironic to refer to our Government as an entity bound by the just laws of economics (existence, identity, causality etc.) - but this only adds to the sarcastic charm of the term.Brad Harperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01777289606643476655noreply@blogger.com