[ale] OT: Google releases new OS browser - CHROME

[Paul Cartwright]

Jim Philips wrote:
> On Thursday 04 September 2008 09:19:48 Robert Reese~ wrote:
> >> so the winders world gets another chunk of spyware to run on their
> >> box. And Google gets deeper access to everything they do. "Do no
> >> evil" is pretty vague and referenceless. They can do a lot of
> >> "really bad" before they cross the line to "evil".
> >> I'm glad I run GNU/Linux!
> > .:sigh:.  Would you like a little tinfoil to go with that whine?
> >
> > If someone doesn't like whatever you presume Chrome is doing, then
> they are
> > perfectly allowed to remove that functionality from the source code and
> > redistribute it.
> >
> > R~
>
> On a similar front: Has anybody tried ubiquity for Firefox? It gives you
> something like a command-line terminal where you can execute simple
> commands
> and see results immediately. For instance:
>
> weather atlanta, ga
http://packages.debian.org/lenny/weather-util


  Package: weather-util (1.4-1)


    command-line tool to obtain weather conditions and forecasts

This utility is intended to provide quick access to current weather
conditions and forecasts. Presently, it is capable of providing data for
localities throughout the United States of America by retrieving and
processing METAR data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration and forecasts from the National Weather Service.



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Paul Cartwright
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