Within the next two weeks,
Google Analytics will be performing a system upgrade. This upgrade is to further increase the scalability and reliability of
Google Analytics to meet the demand of an increasing number of enterprises using
Google Analytics. Rest assured your website traffic data will be unaffected and there will be no interruption to data collection or processing. All reports will be available and accessible to users. However, for some limited hours, users will not be able to perform administrative account actions such as opening new accounts, creating or modifying profiles, setting up filters and goals, managing user access, etc. The specific system upgrade times will be posted in the
Google Analytics administrative interface. If you anticipate a need to make account changes during the next two weeks we encourage you to make them as soon as possible to ensure smooth operations during the system upgrade.
We are proud to see the continued growth in
Google Analytics and are committed to delivering the unparalled reliability and scalability that users have come to expect from products running on
Google’s globally renowned infrastructure.
P.S. Google Website Optimizer will also be undergoing a system upgrade. All running experiments will continue to run and collect data. However users will be unable to create or modify experiments. Read more on the Website Optimizer blog.
Posted by Trevor Claiborne, Google Analytics Team
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The US-based International Intellectual Property Alliance has asked the US Trade Rep to add Indonesia to its list of rogue nations that don’t respect copyright. What did Indonesia do to warrant inclusion on this “301 list”? Its government had the temerity to advise its ministries to give preference to free/open source software because it will cost less and reduce the use of pirated proprietary software in government. According to the IPA, this movement to reduce copyright infringement is actually bad for copyright, because “it fails to build respect for intellectual property rights and also limits the ability of government or public-sector customers (e.g., State-owned enterprise) to choose the best solutions.”
This is like crack dealers campaigning against having a laugh with friends because happiness reduces the need for intoxicants. This is like… well, it’s like a bunch of fat-cat scumbags behaving so shamefully that you want to smack them.
Let’s forget that the statement ignores the fact that there are plenty of businesses built on the OSS model (RedHat, WordPress, Canonical for starters). But beyond that, it seems astonishing to me that anyone should imply that simply recommending open source products – products that can be more easily tailored without infringing licensing rules – “undermines” anything.
In fact, IP enforcement is often even more strict in the open source community, and those who infringe licenses or fail to give appropriate credit are often pilloried.
If you’re looking at this agog, you should be. It’s ludicrous.
But the IIPA and USTR have form here: in recent years they have put Canada on the priority watchlist.
When using open source makes you an enemy of the state
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The US-based International Intellectual Property Alliance has asked the US Trade Rep to add Indonesia to its list of rogue nations that don’t respect copyright. What did Indonesia do to warrant inclusion on this “301 list”? Its government had the temerity to advise its ministries to give preference to free/open source software because it will cost less and reduce the use of pirated proprietary software in government. According to the IPA, this movement to reduce copyright infringement is actually bad for copyright, because “it fails to build respect for intellectual property rights and also limits the ability of government or public-sector customers (e.g., State-owned enterprise) to choose the best solutions.”
This is like crack dealers campaigning against having a laugh with friends because happiness reduces the need for intoxicants. This is like… well, it’s like a bunch of fat-cat scumbags behaving so shamefully that you want to smack them.
Let’s forget that the statement ignores the fact that there are plenty of businesses built on the OSS model (RedHat, WordPress, Canonical for starters). But beyond that, it seems astonishing to me that anyone should imply that simply recommending open source products – products that can be more easily tailored without infringing licensing rules – “undermines” anything.
In fact, IP enforcement is often even more strict in the open source community, and those who infringe licenses or fail to give appropriate credit are often pilloried.
If you’re looking at this agog, you should be. It’s ludicrous.
But the IIPA and USTR have form here: in recent years they have put Canada on the priority watchlist.
When using open source makes you an enemy of the state
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Ed. note: Authors Gever Tulley and Julie Spiegler’s Fifty Dangerous Things (you should let your children do) builds on the premise that “dangerous” things we avoid are often eye-opening and educational. One such dangerous thing: Cooking food in your dishwasher.
We’ve examined using the dishwasher to poach salmon and clean potatoes in the past; here’s another take on the unusual oven.
An oven is an insulated box with a heating element inside. Looked at that way, is the dishwasher that much different? Sure it has spray arms for water and uses soap, but it is also insulated and has a heating element. That makes it an oven—with a few extra features thrown in.
Cooking in the dishwasher is not much different than baking; you just need to keep the food from getting soapy. Here’s how to make dishwasher chicken, hot dogs, or vegetables:
Requires:
…
- Aluminum Foil
- Raw Chicken, Hot Dogs, or Vegetables
- Butter
- Salt or Spices (optional)
- Meat Thermometer (or Adult)
How to:
- Prepare food. Cut chicken into strips about 1⁄2 inch wide. If you don’t like chicken, hot dogs, vegetables, or apples work just as well. Place food in center of a sheet of foil. Dab with butter and add salt or spices if you like.
- Seal it up. Fold up, then carefully roll the edges of the foil to create a watertight packet. You can add another layer of foil if your foil is thin. Place packet in top rack of dishwasher (middle if you have three racks) and finish loading the dish- washer with dirty dishes. Do not let packet get punctured by the rack or any dishes.
- Cook it. Run the dishwasher on the hottest setting (at or above 160 degrees F). After the wash cycle finishes, make sure the dry cycle completes before opening.
- Check it. Carefully remove the foil packet from the dishwasher and examine for punctures. Discard and try again with the next load of dishes if any holes are found. Open the packet and check to make sure your chicken is thoroughly cooked.
- Enjoy. Toast goes particularly well with dishwasher chicken.
Note: Undercooked chicken can be unsafe to eat. Check your food carefully before consuming. Use a meat thermometer
Now, if only there was a way to make toast without using the toaster….
Fifty Dangerous Things explores the idea that many “dangerous” things that are interesting, eye-opening, enlightening or just plain fun! And while there are aspects of danger in virtually everything we do, the trick is to learn how mastery actually minimizes danger. Walking is dangerous when we start as babies, but we persevere and it becomes safe. Next we learn to negotiate stairs. Why stop there? Why not practice and become proficient at walking on the roof or walking on a tightrope? These are just a few of the Fifty Dangerous Things the book invites you to try.
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Starting today, we are happy to announce that you can upload your pictures right from Picasa Web Albums into Panoramio. By uploading your best photos of places into Panoramio you can share them with the Panoramio community and the world through Google Earth, Google Maps, Google Search, and more.
Panoramio is a community for hosting relevant photos about places, so every photo uploaded into Panoramio will be reviewed to ensure it meets the criteria to be included in
Google Earth. We recommend you to check the
Photo acceptance policy for
Google Earth and
Google Maps.
To upload photos from Picasa Web Albums, your photos need to be geo-tagged and in a public album. Eligible photos in Picasa Web Albums will display the “Upload to Panoramio” option below the Location map.
You’ll need to log-in or create a Panoramio account to upload photos.
After uploading a photo to Panoramio, it will remain public as it was before in Picasa Web Albums. The process will create a second copy, so be aware that if you want to delete this photo in the future you will need to delete it from both Picasa Web albums and Panoramio.
We are looking forward to seeing your great pictures!
Posted by Roger Trias i Sanz, Panoramio Software Engineer
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