| Topic: |
Religions > Atheism |
| User: |
"Desertphile" |
| Date: |
26 Aug 2006 12:19:28 PM |
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Google Groups Killfile Updated 08/26/2006 |
The Internet Explorer killfile for Google Groups has been updated. The
updates are available at:
Browser Helper Version
http://holysmoke.org/ggfbho/index.htm
Stand-alone .EXE Microsoft Windows Version
http://holysmoke.org/ggf/index.htm
The update is due to a change in Google Group's HTML format.
Visual BASIC 6.0 source code is available at the above URLs.
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How to Killfile Scientology crime cult's spam when using "Google
Groups"
This is an automated message injected into Usenet's newsgroup
alt.religion.scientology periodically. If you have any questions
regarding the Google Groups spam filters described below, please send
those queries to instead of posting them here
in Usenet. You may also discuss the topic in the Google Group "Google
Groups Killfiles" at
http://groups.google.com/group/googlegroupskillfile
HOW TO: Google Groups Killfile / Twit Filter
1: via Internet Explorer
2: via Desertphile's Google Groups specific web browser
3: via FireFox
INTRODUCTION: Google Groups offers readers tens of thousands of Usenet
newsgroups to read and participate in; these newsgroups span every
conceivable human endeavor and all imaginable topics. Unfortunately
Google Groups currently does not offer a way to filter out the
assholes, con-men, liars, frauds, and Scientologists (see for example
the web page at http://holysmoke.org/forgeries/forged.htm), and
therefore it is often difficult to wade through the crap to find the
material worth reading and contributing to; fortunately, there are a
few technology applications to remove that crap and make reading Usenet
via Google Groups as easy it is using an off-line Usenet reader.
METHOD NUMBER ONE: Using Microsoft's Internet Explorer Browser to read
Google Groups.
Microsoft's Internet Explorer allows consumers to program browser
extensions, called "Browser Helper Objects" (BHOs), and add them to the
browser more or less seamlessly. Once a BHO has been installed,
Internet Explorer incorporates that addition every time the browser is
launched. A BHO generally consists of a Dynamic Link Library (usually a
file with the extension ".DLL") and an installation program to register
that DLL as a BHO. (The installation program usually also functions as
a removal program if and when it is launched and it sees the BHO is
already installed.)
There is a Internet Explorer Browser Helper Object (IE BHO) free for
download at http://holysmoke.org/ggfbho/index.htm that will allow the
end user to filter out unwanted messages in newsgroups read via Google
Groups. This BHO includes the features:
A) Hiding all articles written by authors listed in the kill file
B) A kill file that is easily maintained by the end user
C) A very quick and intuitive way to add article authors to the kill
file
D) An option to remove Google Groups advertising if desired
E) An optional automatic "next page" function that will navigate the
browser to the next page if all articles on a page have been filtered
F) A very simple installation program
G) Tested on Windows 98se and Windows XP
H) The Visual BASIC 6.0 source code is available free for download
When the BHO sees that a web page is Google Groups it scans the HTML
DOM (Hypertext Markup Language Document Object Model) and inserts some
URLs that in turn either adds the name of a message's author into the
filter list, or opens the "control panel" so that people can change
options on how the BHO works. It then looks to see who to filter, and
when it spots an article by that person it either blanks the HTML code
so that the browser doesn't show the message even exists, or it places
"*Filtered*" in the place of the article, or it places "Filtered:
<name>" in its place. When the web page is not Google Groups the BHO
ignores the page (i.e., it makes no changes).
o) Look for the link at the top right corner of the Google Groups web
page that reads "Killfile." You will see this when the BHO has been
successfully installed, and when you are signed in to Google Groups.
That link will display the killfile's options which you may set.
o) Look for the link that says "SLAY" next to every article's author's
name. If you select that link, the author's name will be added to the
kill file and you will hear a "Ding" letting you know the name has been
added. If you select the "SLAY" link next to the name again, nothing
will happen.
o) Changes you make, such as names added to the kill file, will be
reflected in subsequent page navigation.
METHOD NUMBER TWO: Using Desertphile's simplified Google Groups
Browser.
Microsoft's Visual BASIC 6.0 programming environment allows a
programmer to sub-class the Internet Explorer. This means that one may
use a portion of Internet Explorer and design specific solutions to WWW
browsing using the same code Internet Explorer uses, without making any
changes to Internet Explorer. This is an option for people who do not
wish to install a Browser Helper Object: Desertphile's simplified web
browser is a stand-alone program that you may start (launch) and end as
a stand-alone program--- it does not extend your Internet Explorer.
The Visual BASIC 6.0 source code and the application for this
simplified browser is available free for download at
http://holysmoke.org/ggf/index.htm It has the same features described
above and it works the same way (it uses the same code).
METHOD NUMBER THREE: FireFox web browser.
If one wishes to filter articles from Google Groups, and if one is
using the FireFox browser, one may visit
http://www.penney.org/ggkiller.html and download the Google Groups
Killfile Java script (also requires the GreaseMonkey FireFox
extension).
GreaseMonkey extends the FireFox web browser in much the same way
Internet Explorer is extended via a Browser Helper Object. Once
GreaseMonkey is installed, one may then write or download Java
script(s) that modify a HTML DOM such as Google Groups.
o) First download and install the GreaseMonkey FireFox extension
o) Close FireFox and launch it again. If GreaseMonkey is installed
successfully, you will see the face of a monkey in the bottom right
corner of the FireFox browser.
o) Go back to http://www.penney.org/ggkiller.html and move your mouse
cursor to the link that reads "Latest Google Groups KillFile Script."
Use your mouse's right button to pop up a menu box and select the
"Install User Script" option.
You will now have a Killfile for Google Groups when using the FireFox
web browser. You will know it is working when you see "Ignore user"
next to the name of article authors.
*Note:* I have noticed some flaws when testing this Killfile: it does
not always provide a link to add an article's author to the kill file
list. You may wish to check back now and then at
http://www.penney.org/ggkiller.html to see if an updated Java script
has been posted there.
CONCLUSION: With one of these methods you will be able to read abused
newsgroups, such as alt.religion.scientology for example, easily and
simply. In under a minute of navigating to Google Groups and adding the
latest spammers or Scientology crime syndicate shills to your kill file
list, you will be able to read the newsgroup without seeing any of the
clutter and crap.
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