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Googling For Dates?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the look-into-the-past dept.

JAK writes "The New York Times' down-to-earth ethicist Randy Cohen writes on the moral implications of searching for a date's past on Google. He suggests that the practice is ok (even admitting to doing it himself) but warns against jumping to conclusions based on a quick search or confusing someone for others with the same name. He also writes that "the verb ''to Google'' is now a familiar neologism" (neologism: a new word, usage, or expression, I looked it up). You can read about it The Times (free reg blah blah)"

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  1. post... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ze first!

    I = ruel!

  2. Thanks, Mr Hemos by LumpishGenius · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    "... He also writes that the verb ''to Google'' is now a familiar neologism" (neologism: a new word, usage, or expression, I looked it up).

    Thanks for the tip, brainiac.

    NB: Most of your readers have twice the vocabulary of any two members of the Slashdot team.

    1. Re:Thanks, Mr Hemos by greenrd · · Score: 1, Offtopic
      You're obviously new here - you made two mistakes. You replied to a comment instead of the article itself. And the text in italics is not written by "Mr. Hemos", it's written by the article submitter.

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  3. Re:In SOVIET RUSSIA... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    We have no life, existing in a former empire and making lame In SOVIET RUSSIA commnets. We suck so hard that people hate us and it inspirers mass trolling. Go shove your lame stupid feeble attempts at humor and go fuck yourself.
    --The campain against lame /. commnets continues

  4. Re:In SOVIET RUSSIA... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You must be a slashdot editor, going by your spelling.

  5. Re:Dates? by krisguy · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Code 1007 - Disappearing a dead hooker from CowboyNeal's shack

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  6. Re:In SOVIET RUSSIA... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    In Soviet Russia, lame slashdot comments YOU.

  7. Forget Google...there are better sources... by djupedal · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Google won't find anything beyond the charade an individual has created on a home page...or makes up in a blog, for that matter.

    ...$17.95 per month (and up) will get you a lot more information than some skim-the-surface search engine. If you're really into finding out about someone, subscribe to one of several online investigation services...that's where the real dirt is.

    Mr. Cohen's article sounds more like an advertisement for google, than a holiday tip for the lovelorn.

  8. Re:Google -- NYTimes -- Google by dimator · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    What I want to know is, do we still need the "Free Reg, bla bla" reminder everytime an NYT article is posted? Don't we all get it by now?

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  9. Re:Limiting to only Google!? by MisterFancypants · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    If you want to see something really funny check out Phroggy's website at phroggy.com. Haha, what a loser! No wonder he has to troll for dates among underage chat girls with low self-esteem...

  10. Re:googling by permaculture · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I have moderator points, but where's the "+1 Southpark reference" modifier?

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  11. Thank you hemos by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Thanks a lot for pointing out neologism. If /. will start explaining every single three-syllable word, that will be highly appreciated by the people selling you bandwith.

    1. Re:Thank you hemos by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Thanks a lot for pointing out neologism. If /. will start explaining every single three-syllable word, that will be highly appreciated by the people selling you bandwith.


      Nee O Lo Gi sem. Hmm. How many syllables am I holding up?