Saturday, August 01, 2009
Fix for IE8 corrupt search provider bug
I experienced this bug from the time I first downloaded the IE8 beta in Nov 2008, but it wasn't a huge problem as I don't use IE for anything except the Windows Update site and the now defunct yahoo launchcast. I waited in vain as the production version failed to fix the bug, as did an uninstall/reinstall. What DID work for my XP Pro SP3 machine is the fix described here:

http://blog.kirb.us/2009/03/20/a-program-on-your-computer-has-corrupted-your-default-search-provider-setting-for-internet-explorer/

Note that this is also the fix suggested by Michael Agens in post #8 (who as you will see is NOT the MS employee in the thread).

I hope this helps someone!

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Sunday, September 30, 2007
and you call yourself a football team
i was reading the paper the other day, after yet another abismal start to the season only to notice that Duke had put an ad in the paper for a kicker. i knew they were bad, but this is a new low. Scrapper Nation has documented this occasion, complete with a pic of the actual ad that was placed.



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Saturday, September 29, 2007
2007 AL EAST CHAMPS!

For the first time since 1995, the Boston Red Sox are the division champs. Unfortunately the Yanks had an amazing second half to resurrect their season and have claimed the wild card, so they are still a threat. I guess no one told Papelbon it was okay to wear shorts!

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Hello amr,

Subject:
Privacy of individual images in some posts.

You have replied in a query in Feb 007 that a post cannot be made private.

Is this applicable even now, or any hack is available to manage making [not necessarily the post], more correctly, image on a post private?

I deal with sexual health and sex education. Relevant images would be useful [essential], but I am shaky about posting them.

Should I write to Google feedback to review and inform me?

[Below I have pasted the content policy excerpts verbatim though you thoroughly know it or possibly as a staff may have contributed to the policy doc. You may skip this.]


"We believe Blogger increases the availability of information, encourages healthy debate, _ _ _ _ _We respect our users' ownership of and responsibility for the content they choose to share. It is our belief that censoring this content is contrary to a service that bases itself on freedom of expression."
[I would add like to add 'EDUCATION' along with the word 'expression'.]

However,
"Image and video content that contains nudity, sexually graphic material, or material that is otherwise deemed explicit by Google should be made private."

is also mentioned in the content policy.

Please give me appropriate guidance.

Best regards,
Dr. Ashok Koparday
Medical Director,
Samadhan India
Consultant in Sexual Medicine
You may wish to see one post, with the text and relevant image, as a sample.
The link below will take you there straight.
http://mysexdoctor.blogspot.com/2007/09/honeymoon.html
PS
This might take your precious time. However, I cannot continue till I receive authoritative guidance. Hope you understand!

By Blogger DR. ASHOK, at 10/15/2007 7:07 AM  

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ESPN - Mosley acknowledges using steroids from BALCO - Boxing
ESPN - Mosley acknowledges using steroids from BALCO - Boxing

It's unconscionable that in this day and age professional athletes think they can get away with claiming that they are not at fault because "[they] didn't know what the hell it was". These guys train hard and pay good money to push the boundaries and get whatever edge they can. There's no way they let anyone give them anything or put anything on them without knowing exactly what it was....

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Tuesday, May 22, 2007
if the brits can do it
...why can't we?

img credit: Phil Noble/Press Association

Gay Britons Serve in Military With Little Fuss, as Predicted Discord Does Not Occur

By Sarah Lyall, for the New York Times



Since the British military began allowing homosexuals to serve in the armed forces in 2000, none of its fears — about harassment, discord, blackmail, bullying or an erosion of unit cohesion or military effectiveness — have come to pass, according to the Ministry of Defense, current and former members of the services and academics specializing in the military. The biggest news about the policy, they say, is that there is no news. It has for the most part become a nonissue.


i've started perusing the nytimes more frequently to augment the horribly inadequate hourly cnn trawls. to be honest, although i am greatly concerned about our involvement in iraq, i've never really thought about more than the troops in combat. Don't Ask, Don't Tell became public policy when i was but a wee middle schooler (1993), more concerned with winning games and doing well in school than anything else.

With the extended tours of duty it is impossible for us to maintain troop levels for too much longer without putting everyone at (even more) risk. Why is it that in 2007 we're more concerned with what a soldier does in the bedroom on their own time than their ability to fight for our country?

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Wednesday, May 16, 2007
...the guy's only doing it for some doll
this weekend, we finally had our last run of performances for the spring hoof n' horn show @ duke -- guys & dolls. the graduation weekend shows were really different from the april ones, and not just because the pit was huge and full of new people. the orchestra director was great, but much less laid back than the original one, so it the atmosphere wasn't quite as chill. here are a few clips from our production. can you hear the clarinet? :-p

Bushel and A Peck


Adelaide's Lament - feat. Haley Swindal


Take Back Your Mink


Sue Me - feat. Haley Swindal and Matthew Colabrese

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come back to xanga!

By Anonymous Luke, at 5/16/2007 4:31 AM  

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Monday, May 14, 2007
back again (or am i?)
i don't think anyone bothers coming here anymore (can't say i blame you), but, for what it's worth, i'm back. i couldn't let an entire baseball season go by without some sort of comment, esp given that as of may 13, 2007 the bosox were 8 games up on the not-so-mighty yankees. if the sox are up by 12+ in june when clemens returns i don't see the yanks catching them, barring multiple major injuries.

Don't cry Bobby, you can try for a hit again tomorrow (photo: Ted S. Warren/AP)


p.s. as much as i like the originality of the look, realistically, i'm never gonna invest the time to upgrade it to new blogger standards so i guess i'll be going back to a not so original look if i decide to start posting regularly again. boo.

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they dont have to catch them though.. just win the wild card

By Blogger Steven, at 5/18/2007 9:13 AM  

true but given the strength of the AL central that's not a slam dunk either. as of today (5/18) they are tied with Baltimore, 10 games out of 1st place, and 6.5 games out in the wild card, with 5 teams ahead of them. the tigers and twins are looking strong this year so we'll see how this plays out.

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Sunday, January 21, 2007
i demand a recount!

can someone explain to me why Tony Romo's going to the 2007 Pro Bowl while deserving guys like Tom Brady sits at home? (yes, i do realize they play in different conferences so he's not directly taking brady's spot, but the point is that a player shouldn't be picked based on a few flashy games). and yes, i do realize i'm biased but it's my blog so there :-p

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