lördag, april 16, 2005

Idé jag inte patenterade

Jaha, nu har de gjort en produkt av idén jag kom på för åratal sedan. En klocka som väcker en när man sover som lättast. Läs mer >

Google - ny och skum funktion...

På mamamusings' blog läste jag:

"google prefetching links
Via Cameo Wood, I found out why it is that I’m occasionally getting unexpected requests to set a cookie for other sites when I search in Google—it’s because Google is now using the “pre-fetch” functionality in some browsers (like Firefox) to automatically load the first result in your search in the background, whether or not you click on the link.

This is annoying for several reasons. First of all, if your company is monitoring where you go on the net, it makes it look like you’ve gone to that page—the page is in your cache, the cookies are set on your computer, etc. Second of all, it messes up the logs on that site’s server, by making it look like you went to their site from a Google search even if you didn’t click on the link.

The Google FAQ on this “feature” does tell you how to disable it in Firefox or Mozilla:

1. Type “about:config” the address bar.
2. Scroll down to the setting “network.prefetch-next” and set the value to “False”."

Man kan undra varför Google inför denna funktion? Det blir ett väldigt tankande i onödan kan man tycka.

Ny funktion i IRC?

Cut from mamamusings:

"laughing out loud

Via Weez, a wonderful collection of IRC conversations guaranteed to make geeks fall on the floor and roll around laughing.

My favorite thus far:

<Cthon98> hey, if you type in your pw, it will show as stars
<Cthon98> ********* see!
<AzureDiamond> hunter2
<AzureDiamond> doesnt look like stars to me
<Cthon98> <AzureDiamond> *******
<Cthon98> thats what I see
<AzureDiamond> oh, really?
<Cthon98> Absolutely
<AzureDiamond> you can go hunter2 my hunter2-ing hunter2
<AzureDiamond> haha, does that look funny to you?
<Cthon98> lol, yes. See, when YOU type hunter2, it shows
to us as *******
<AzureDiamond> thats neat, I didnt know IRC did that
<Cthon98> yep, no matter how many times you type hunter2,
it will show to us as *******
<AzureDiamond> awesome!
<AzureDiamond> wait, how do you know my pw?
<Cthon98> er, I just copy pasted YOUR ******'s and it appears
to YOU as hunter2 cause its your pw
<AzureDiamond> oh, ok.
"