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gafferted writes "The boffins at google have been experimenting with new toys, such as Keyboard Shortcuts and glossary, but most fun is Google Sets. Try "green, purple, red" to get a set of 40 different colours. Try a set that contains both Richard Stallman and Bill Gates, see what google associates with Slashdot or ask for a set of rude words."

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  1. OFMG I thought it could never happen... by Zeddicus_Z · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...but you've Slashdotted google!#*(@Q$#^$

    wow.

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    1. Re:OFMG I thought it could never happen... by HiQ · · Score: 5, Funny

      Can you find Google in the Google cache???

    2. Re:OFMG I thought it could never happen... by Kredal · · Score: 5, Funny
      Actually you can. The funniest thing about it is the standard disclaimer, "Google is not affiliated with the authors of this page, nor responsible for it's content.

      To wit: http://216.239.35.100/search?q=cache:zsbOtgGsZtYC: www.google.com/+google&hl=en&ie=UTF8

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    3. Re:OFMG I thought it could never happen... by sameerd · · Score: 2, Funny

      I wonder if its possible to slashdot Slashdot. Now that google has fallen its time to go for the ultimate.

  2. How about this set... by doc_traig · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... "Google" and "Jumps the Shark"?

    - DDT

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  3. Great... by Nachtfalke · · Score: 2, Funny

    The one time I actually want to read what the story's about, and the webserver is down...

  4. Cuthbert, Dibble, Grubb! by gdav · · Score: 5, Funny

    I am in awe.

    I fed it Hugh, Pugh and Barney Mcgrew - and it gave the right answer.

    It can't be far from becoming self-aware.

    george

    1. Re:Cuthbert, Dibble, Grubb! by CoolVibe · · Score: 2, Funny
      > It can't be far from becoming self-aware.

      When it starts spouting "I am." at every query, start getting worried :)

  5. Obviously broken by GigsVT · · Score: 5, Funny

    No wonder it is still beta, it associates Rob Malda with RMS and Bill Gates!

    Richard Stallman
    Bill Gates
    Linus Torvalds
    Larry Wall
    Bruce Perens
    Eric Raymond
    Steve Jobs
    Brian Behlendorf
    Chris Dibona
    Larry Augustin
    Rob Malda
    Michael Tiemann
    Randal Schwartz
    Jamie Zawinski

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    1. Re:Obviously broken by sharkey · · Score: 4, Funny

      "One of these things is not like the other..."

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  6. slashdot rude words by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
    "see what google associates with Slashdot or ask for a set of rude words."

    Google assiciates rude words with Slashdot, but i think the sysadmins were typing them in manually for each query i made while their servers were grinding to a slasdotted halt.

  7. google cache? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    looks like googles slashdotted, someone find a cache of the page on google!

  8. In case it's slashdotted by jweatherley · · Score: 5, Funny

    Dilbert Google Doodle

    Web Images Groups Directory
    ______________________
    | | <- Google search
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    o Advanced Search
    o Preferences
    o Language Tools

    New! Advertise with Google's cost-per-click AdWords Select.

    Advertise with Us - Search Solutions - News and Resources - Jobs, Press, Cool Stuff...

    ©2002 Google - Searching 2,073,418,204 web pages

    Damn lameness filter won't let you have a joke so forgive the junk:
    # Important Stuff: Please try to keep posts on topic.
    # Try to reply to other people comments instead of starting new threads.
    # Read other people's messages before posting your own to avoid simply duplicating what has already been said.
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    # Offtopic, Inflammatory, Inappropriate, Illegal, or Offensive comments might be moderated. (You can read everything, even moderated posts, by adjusting your threshold on the User Preferences Page)

    Problems regarding accounts or comment posting should be sent to CowboyNeal.

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  9. Keys... by mbbac · · Score: 2, Funny

    If Google were smart they'd use the w, a, s, d keys instead of i, j, k, l. My fingers automatically go to wasd after many, many games of Quake 3 -- and many other games using the same engine. :)

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  10. Pair o' Ducks by obtuse · · Score: 2, Funny

    Google caches sites that don't cache themselves, but Google doesn't cache itself.

    Shouldn't Google cache itself?

    I am Russell.

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  11. Google *do* cach itself, and the result is funny! by Jugalator · · Score: 3, Funny

    Looks like an easter egg to me. :)

    Google's cache of www.google.com

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  12. amazing by Drath · · Score: 3, Funny

    Wow I entered Natalie Portman into google sets and i got 'hot grits' back!

  13. Kevin Bacon is now at a whole new level.... by i_want_you_to_throw_ · · Score: 2, Funny

    Now you can connect him with everything in the universe.

  14. from the mad-mad-scientists dept? by MrEd · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'd be pretty damn mad if my project got the slashdotting that this has brought down on labs1.google.com...

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  15. Re:Fark-like Not Safe For Work by arkanes · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think you may be the coolest person I ever met, because you used the phrase "grepping for inbound boobies". I need a bumper sticker of that or something.

  16. Ultimate Test by km790816 · · Score: 3, Funny

    The ultimate test: Jenna Jameson, Sylvia Saint, Houston, Chasey Lain, Christy Canyon

    ...and it passes with flying colors.

  17. In Case it Returns from "The Slashdotted Zone" by guttentag · · Score: 3, Funny
    At the moment, http://labs.google.com/ is displaying this:
    Thanks for your interest in Google Labs.

    The lab is temporarily closed as we deal with an experiment that got slightly out of hand. Nothing to be concerned about, really. All of our engineers are perfectly safe and there was never any real danger of it escaping into the wild.

    Please check back in a few hours. Everything should be back to normal then and science will march on once again. We appreciate your patience.

    I assume they've sent someone to fetch Stephen Wolfram so science may continue.

    This makes me wonder what Google will be like 10 years from now. Will they accidentally release a Lawnmower-Man-like entity onto the Internet and then categorically deny everything? Will they have to contribute to a special SuperFund for Internet pollution? Will we see cartoons of Men In Black spray-burning suspicious goo off the Google logo?