tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327385879090677365.post631669428267177950..comments2023-10-19T07:40:04.547-06:00Comments on Common Sense in Life: Hey Google...Gary McCallumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07786666270314056047noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327385879090677365.post-62325235604897107682012-01-25T10:37:45.966-07:002012-01-25T10:37:45.966-07:00It's hard to explain this without getting tech...It's hard to explain this without getting technical, but a basic function of internet communications is to give some value for a "wait time". As much as we may think the internet is 'instant', it can take many seconds to actually reach a communications destination, and send information back.<br /><br />There is also the 'expectation' by a user, that when they close a program, the program *stops*. So when I close my browser (in this case it was IE8) then I damn well expect anything it was processing to stop. So is part of this an IE issue? Or a communications protocol issue? In other words, who or what is actually to blame for the first group of outgoing packets being sent (they are the first group, shown in a blue-type color).<br /><br />The big concern for me is more the attempts by Google, SO LONG AFTER THE FACT... in an attempt to get information from me. And just what the heck is so important that they need it that badly?<br /><br />Make no mistake, Google does some pretty great things. However we must remember that nothing in life is free. With all of the extra goodies Google is offering (email handling, document sharing, even these blogs), they have to be getting *something* from it. And what they get is access to everything you allow them to. "Access to" doesn't really imply they are snooping on your stuff that you have as private... it just means the potential is there. And of course, Google is USA based, and we know how anal Homeland Security is within the USA...<br /><br />I'm just saying, we should question things that seem strange. And this was clearly very strange. Is there a justifiable reason for it? ... That, I am not aware of. But perhaps there is...Gary McCallumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07786666270314056047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327385879090677365.post-57539548666430319122012-01-24T21:34:55.191-07:002012-01-24T21:34:55.191-07:00Interesting and certainly not something I have tho...Interesting and certainly not something I have thought about. On our site we use google analytics because we think it is a good way of learning who is interested in what we are doing.Diana Herringtonhttp://realfoodforlife.com/noreply@blogger.com