Walu, see my reax in lower case ;-) On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 12:34 PM, Walubengo J <jwalu@yahoo.com> wrote:
McTim - my reaction in caps (though am not shouting ;-) on some of your comments
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2. Is this actually the case? If Google removes content, then it's not "blocked" per country is it, it's removed for all. MUCHERU COULD CLARIFY. BUT BASICALLY I DO NOT THINK GOOGLE REMOVES CONTENT "GLOBALLY"
Of course they do, if it's a violation of their AUP in one country, its a violation in another. While possible, it's fiendishly difficult to update algorithms on an hourly basis to serve different content and search results to different IP ranges. BECAUSE WHAT IS ILLEGAL IN ONE COUNTRY IS NOT NECESSARILY SO IN THE OTHER - THINK HITLER-RELATED CONTENT; THAT'S LARGELY A BIG NO IN GERMANY BUT ELSEWHERE ITS NOT A BIG DEAL. That's nearly a Godwin!
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4.I can't parse this one, sorry. NO PROBLEM - UPDATE YOUR COMPILER ;-) NWAY, I THINK WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT THE IMPLICATIONS OF AN OMNIPRESENT TECHNOLOGY SUCH AS GOOGLE. A TIME IS COMING WHEN MUCHERU AND Co (GOOGLE) WILL CONTROL WHAT YOU READ, SEE AND HEAR. I CAN ONLY ENVY THEIR POSITION.
Only if you choose to use Google services. -- Cheers, McTim "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route indicates how we get there." Jon Postel