Archive for the ‘Miscellaneous’ Category

Removing Supercookies

Friday, March 18th, 2011

“So, you think your computer system blocks cookies. It doesn’t. You use a cookie remover to get rid of them. Great. But what about supercookies?” (more…)

How to Search Without Being Tracked by Google

Friday, November 5th, 2010

“With 200 million searches per day, most from outside the U.S., Google amounts to a privacy disaster waiting to happen. Those newly-commissioned data-mining bureaucrats in Washington can only dream about the sort of slick efficiency that Google has already achieved.” (more…)

What They Know About You

Thursday, November 4th, 2010

“The Wall Street Journal’s ‘What They Know’ series documents the new, cutting-edge uses of this Internet-tracking technology. … A Journal investigation finds that one of the fastest-growing businesses on the Internet is the business of spying on consumers.” (more…)

The Demographics of Irrelevance

Monday, January 18th, 2010

“Is there a ‘male’ message in our churches today? Is there a message that gives a young man a worthy cause to work for and to fight for? Why would he stay, to listen all his life to the same sermon over and over again, in many different versions…?” (more…)

Are You Suffering from E.D. (End-times Dysfunction)?

Monday, November 23rd, 2009

“Do you feel defeated and overwhelmed—like the waiting world out there is just too intimidating to even try to face? If so, then you may be suffering from E.D.… End-times Dysfunction. …

“Once Christians understand that the Christian life is a victorious life, meant to be a life of spreading Christ’s power into the world and not cowering in fear of the world, they immediately feel a new vigor and potency for living.” (more…)

Politics and the English Language, by George Orwell

Thursday, September 24th, 2009

“[Political] prose consists less and less of words chosen for the sake of their meaning, and more and more of phrases tacked together like the sections of a prefabricated hen-house.” (more…)

Swine Flu Vaccine Linked to Deadly Nerve Disease?

Wednesday, August 19th, 2009

“Two letters from the U.K.’s Health Protection Agency to top neurologists, sent on the eve of a massive vaccination program against the H1N1, or swine flu, virus and leaked to a British newspaper, warn doctors to watch for an increase in cases of a fatal brain disorder which could be triggered by the vaccine. … The HPA letters, sent to 600 neurologists, cite the use of a similar swine flu vaccine in the U.S. in 1976 that caused more fatalities than the influenza.” (more…)

Fourth-Generation Warfare Evolves, Fifth Emerges

Saturday, April 11th, 2009

“Seventeen years ago, a small group of authors introduced the concept of ‘Four Generations of War.’ Frankly, the concept did not get much traction for the first dozen years. Then came 9/11…. (more…)

Wikipedia Lies, Slander Continue

Saturday, April 11th, 2009

“If ever there were a website to avoid at all costs, it’s Wikipedia. No good can possibly come from using this vast wasteland of error and deliberate deceit…. How low does Wikipedia go?” (more…)