Re: [OT] google.com

2012-06-15 Thread Curt
On 2012-06-15, rjc wrote: > No worries. > > As suspected - coockies or config is at fault :^) I asked if she had cookies enabled but I neglected to ask whether she had tried getting rid of them (in the privacy settings) and starting with a clean slate cookie-wise, but I guess we'll never know now

Re: [OT] google.com

2012-06-15 Thread rjc
On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 01:27:10PM BST, lina wrote: > On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 7:59 PM, rjc wrote: > > On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 11:47:36AM BST, lina wrote: > >> It's iceweasle related, other browser no problem. > > > > In that case quit Iceweasel and: > > > > % mv $HOME/.mozilla/firefox $HOME/.mozil

Re: [OT] google.com

2012-06-15 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Fri, 2012-06-15 at 14:43 +, Camaleón wrote: > No add-on will be present in my Firefox if I can avoid it, they are > forbidden :-) :) I limit the number off add-ons and sometimes I'm using different profiles. Current Ubuntu has two defaults that can't be removed by Firefox. Global Menu Bar

Re: [OT] google.com

2012-06-15 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Fri, 2012-06-15 at 09:06 -0500, hvw59601 wrote: > Although I am a heavy Google user (except Google+), there is > disappointment: although I live in Mexico and speak Spanish at home, I > only Google search through that bookmark... and Google never catches on! > How hard must it be to note "thi

Re: [OT] google.com

2012-06-15 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 15 Jun 2012 08:02:13 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Thu, 2012-06-14 at 16:15 +, Camaleón wrote: >> If Google says you are in Malaysia is that _you are_ there. > > http://www.affiliateprograms.com/blog/what-to-know-about-duckduckgo/ > (Didn't read the duckduckgo article completely mys

Re: [OT] google.com

2012-06-15 Thread hvw59601
Camaleón wrote: On Thu, 14 Jun 2012 19:30:52 +0800, lina wrote: I feel something weird, since yesterday when I opened www.google.com it showed me "Bahasa Malaysia", but I have never used the www.google.com.my. (...) If Google says you are in Malaysia is that _you are_ there. Period. Or you

Re: [OT] google.com

2012-06-15 Thread lina
On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 7:59 PM, rjc wrote: > On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 11:47:36AM BST, lina wrote: >> It's iceweasle related, other browser no problem. > > In that case quit Iceweasel and: > > % mv $HOME/.mozilla/firefox $HOME/.mozilla/firefox.old Thanks. It works. Best regards, > > If it start

Re: [OT] google.com

2012-06-15 Thread rjc
On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 11:47:36AM BST, lina wrote: > It's iceweasle related, other browser no problem. In that case quit Iceweasel and: % mv $HOME/.mozilla/firefox $HOME/.mozilla/firefox.old If it starts working again remove the new firefox directory, copy the old one to the original name (keep

Re: [OT] google.com

2012-06-15 Thread Ralf Mardorf
IMO GOOGLE is borked. For Firefox Ubuntu, the German Google shows English buttons and links (selected languages are on top en - us, followed by en and on bottom de, might cause the button and link language), the Link to google.com links to google.de. I didn't reboot to another Linux, e.g. Debian

Re: [OT] google.com

2012-06-15 Thread Ralf Mardorf
Try upgrading to 13 by stable backports. Perhaps this is useful: http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2012/06/msg00892.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.

Re: [OT] google.com

2012-06-15 Thread lina
On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 3:12 PM, rjc wrote: > On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 06:44:11AM BST, lina wrote: >> Even the first link given by Curt, not work. the www.google.com/ncr >> opened still the Malaysia language. > > What web browser are you using and do you have cookies enabled? > > Does this happen i

Re: [OT] google.com

2012-06-15 Thread lina
On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 4:28 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > >From the German Google it usually is possible to switch to google.com by > the link at the right bottom corner, at the moment it stays at google.de > here. > > When I'm using the link from http://www.google.com.my/ I also get the > German Goo

Re: [OT] google.com

2012-06-15 Thread lina
On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 4:02 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > What IP does a webpage see if you visit it? To ensure what they really > see go to > > http://www.heise.de/netze/tools/meine-ip-adresse/ > > The German words [1] in English: "Your request is from the IP address:" > > Then check the IP at > > h

Re: [OT] google.com

2012-06-15 Thread lina
On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 3:48 PM, Curt wrote: > On 2012-06-15, lina wrote: >> >> Even the first link given by Curt, not work. the www.google.com/ncr >> opened still the Malaysia language. > > Did you say what browser you're using?  Do you have the same problem > with all browsers? The problem onl

Re: [OT] google.com

2012-06-15 Thread rjc
On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 06:44:11AM BST, lina wrote: > Even the first link given by Curt, not work. the www.google.com/ncr > opened still the Malaysia language. What web browser are you using and do you have cookies enabled? Does this happen in any other browser? Which country do you reside in?

Re: [OT] google.com

2012-06-15 Thread Ralf Mardorf
>From the German Google it usually is possible to switch to google.com by the link at the right bottom corner, at the moment it stays at google.de here. When I'm using the link from http://www.google.com.my/ I also get the German Google. http://www.google.com/webhp?complete=0&hl=en is ok here and

Re: [OT] google.com

2012-06-15 Thread Curt
On 2012-06-15, Curt wrote: > On 2012-06-15, lina wrote: >> >> Even the first link given by Curt, not work. the www.google.com/ncr >> opened still the Malaysia language. > > Did you say what browser you're using? Do you have the same problem > with all browsers? > By the way, a technical evidenc

Re: [OT] google.com

2012-06-15 Thread Ralf Mardorf
What IP does a webpage see if you visit it? To ensure what they really see go to http://www.heise.de/netze/tools/meine-ip-adresse/ The German words [1] in English: "Your request is from the IP address:" Then check the IP at https://apps.db.ripe.net/search/query.html?form_type=simple&full_query_

Re: [OT] google.com

2012-06-15 Thread Curt
On 2012-06-15, lina wrote: > > Even the first link given by Curt, not work. the www.google.com/ncr > opened still the Malaysia language. Did you say what browser you're using? Do you have the same problem with all browsers? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org wit

Re: [OT] google.com

2012-06-14 Thread Ralf Mardorf
Apologize http://www.scroogle.org/sucks.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1339740319.2650.27.camel@precise

Re: [OT] google.com

2012-06-14 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Thu, 2012-06-14 at 16:15 +, Camaleón wrote: > If Google says you are in Malaysia is that _you are_ there. http://www.affiliateprograms.com/blog/what-to-know-about-duckduckgo/ (Didn't read the duckduckgo article completely myself.) http://scroogle.org/ https://www.ixquick.com/ In the past o

Re: [OT] google.com

2012-06-14 Thread lina
On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 1:25 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > Edit > Preferences > Content > Languages didn't change accidental? > When I remove German de, I sometimes directly get google.com. Tested > now, but it has got no impact at the moment. I only had "English" setting there. Even the first link

Re: [OT] google.com

2012-06-14 Thread Ralf Mardorf
Edit > Preferences > Content > Languages didn't change accidental? When I remove German de, I sometimes directly get google.com. Tested now, but it has got no impact at the moment. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact

Re: [OT] google.com

2012-06-14 Thread Camaleón
On Thu, 14 Jun 2012 19:30:52 +0800, lina wrote: > I feel something weird, since yesterday when I opened www.google.com it > showed me "Bahasa Malaysia", but I have never used the > www.google.com.my. (...) If Google says you are in Malaysia is that _you are_ there. Period. Or you think you know

Re: [OT] google.com

2012-06-14 Thread Curt
On 2012-06-14, lina wrote: > > I feel something weird, since yesterday when I opened www.google.com > it showed me "Bahasa Malaysia", but I have never used the www.google.com.my. > > Strange huh? I don't know how to fix it, I can compare with other > sites to understand the meaning. > http://supp

Re: [OT] google.com

2012-06-14 Thread lina
I changed to another cable. and also tried wireless, all the same. P.S I am not in malaysia, Thanks with best regards, -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.

Re: [OT] google.com

2012-06-14 Thread lina
On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 7:35 PM, Mihamina Rakotomandimby wrote: > >> P.S I checked my IP, it's not in Malaysia. and ever reboot, clear >> cache, still not work. > > > What's your IP? > Geolocation is not always up to date... from ipaddress it showed correct position. It used to work well, but si

Re: [OT] google.com

2012-06-14 Thread Mihamina Rakotomandimby
P.S I checked my IP, it's not in Malaysia. and ever reboot, clear cache, still not work. What's your IP? Geolocation is not always up to date... -- RMA. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debia

Re: [OT] google.com

2012-06-14 Thread lina
I don't know how to check further. $ ping www.google.com PING www.l.google.com (173.194.38.144) 56(84) bytes of data. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org

[OT] google.com

2012-06-14 Thread lina
Hi, I feel something weird, since yesterday when I opened www.google.com it showed me "Bahasa Malaysia", but I have never used the www.google.com.my. Strange huh? I don't know how to fix it, I can compare with other sites to understand the meaning. Any suggestions are appreciated. P.S I checked