Google @ MindSay

What the shit is "google" looking at my blog at 1:50 in the morning?!

INSANE! >o<

Night!....Well morning

YouTube has had a lot of trouble when it comes to  copyright infringement.  Many go on YouTube, not for content related to video blogs or dramatic chipmunks, but for clips from the Daily Show, Colbert Report, Scrubs,  Burn Notice, and other popular TV shows and movies.  Recently, a U.S. court ordered that YouTube's owner, Google, to hand over records for each video watched to media powerhouse Viacom.

So what does that mean?  This means that any video you watch will note your IP address, and your YouTube account name if you are using it, and what video you watch.

So what?  IP addresses can be reset, and I don't really need my YouTube account.  For one thing, not many people know how to reset their IP addresses, yours truly included.  Also, some say it's not that hard to trace the data back to a specific user.

So is YouTube safe?  Right now, it's kinda hard to tell.  Tthis ruling was fairly recent, so what Viacom does with the data is up in the air.  But if people start getting sued for thousands of dollars, like they do for illegal downloads, then we'll know. 

Any advice?  Well, you can do a few things.  First off, Firefox has some add-ons that can hide your IP address. Tor-Proxy.NET Toolbar (LINK) is one example of this.  You can also lessen the amount of videos you watch while you are on your YouTube account (they get recorded).  This doesn't mean that your YouTube account is worthless; you can still use it to watch subscriptions to non-copyrighted material.

What's your opinion on this? (Like I actually care.)  Thanks for asking!  Personally, this is another step towards an invasion of privacy.  I'm not going to rant about the police state, but this isn't a good thing.  Viacom could have just gotten reparations (Google's worth a shitload), but I think they took it a step too far.

Here's a link to a CNN article talking more about this issue:LINK

Happy July 4th everybody. =)

Stupid Google stalking my MindSay.

 

It needs to gtfo.

 

I should start posting here again.

 

Summer is here and after thursday the 26th, I'm officially done with school.

Yeah....

 

SOMEONE TALK TO ME! D:<

If you're a user of the Google search engine, you've probably noticed the custom logos the company often displays for holidays and notable events.  However, as several bloggers have noticed today - Memorial Day in the US - the company has its standard logo up, while other search engines like Yahoo and Ask.com have decorated their logos and homepages to pay tribute to American servicemen and women. 

If it weren't for the fact that Google so often customizes its logo (examples here) - including for obscurities such as the recent 125th Birthday of Walter Gropius and the 50th Anniversary of the Lego Brick - no one would probably be making a big deal out of it, but since the company has become so widely known for it, not doing anything special today certainly seems a bit odd. 

What do you think, did Google drop the ball here, or is it possible for a company with 15,000+ employees simply to "forget"?

Meanwhile, MindSay wishes you a Happy Memorial Day and certainly appreciates the sacrifices of all those who have served and are currently serving in our armed forces. 

  thearidzone did this on his blog, and since most everyone I know, loves their own name, I was equally fascinated to see how much my name is mentioned by Google searches.

What you do is, put your name in and the word that I have in parenthesis, and put down the next few words that show up on the FIRST site on the Google search.  It is actually uncanny in some ways, and I found it to be fun.  So this is what it said about me.

Bonnie (needs) an MP3 player.

Bonnie (looks like) a chubbier Ricky Lake.  If any of you know who this is, please tell me; I'd love to know.

Bonnie (likes) animated profiles.

Bonnie (says) "My name is Jim Bonnie and I have been writing for 20 years..."

Bonnie (wants) stew.

Bonnie (does) it Raitt!

Bonnie (hates) Rats!  This could not be more true.  I even call mice, rats. Petrified.

Bonnie (loves) Clyde.  Go figure!

Bonnie (has) tuberculosis. That was a sad one, about someone who only has one lung.

Bonnie (goes) to heaven.  From the one above, maybe I am going quicker than I think! :)

Do this with your own names and see what fun it is.  I welcome all comments, about who Raitt and Ricky Lake are, or anything else you would like to say.  I need cheering up; been in a state of depression (silly bipolar thing, but very real and I can't snap out of it) so make me smile, please?