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Web Caching: Google vs. The New York Times

Posted by timothy on from the right-to-be-annoying dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The Google cache is a popular feature among karma fetishists. Many stories with links to the NY Times attract comments pointing to Google's copy of the article. This gives readers access to the content without registering. C|Net reports that Google is in talks with the NY Times to close this backdoor. The article raises some general concerns regarding the caching of webcontent. Shouldn't the NY Times simply tell Google not to cache their site?"

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

    first post win

  2. Would you like a sausage? by enneff · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Maybe. It's hard to tell.

  3. What? Unbelievable by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic


    Hang on, I've got Bloomberg on the phone right now, I'll tell him to get down there and kick their asses.

  4. tsarkon reports jesus vs. satan in programming! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Jesus and Satan have an argument as to who in the better programmer. This goes on for a few hours until they come to an agreement to hold a contest, with God as the judge.

    They set themselves before their computers and began. They type furiously, lines of code streaming up the screen, for several hours straight. Seconds before the end of the competition, a bolt of lightening strikes, taking out the electricity.

    Moments later, the power is restored, and God announces that the contest is over.

    He asks Satan to show what he has come up with. Satan is visibly upset, and cries, "I have nothing. I lost it all when the power went out."

    "Very well, then, " says God, "Let us see if Jesus fared any better."

    Jesus enters a command, and the screen comes to life in vivid display, the voices of an angelic choir pour forth from the speakers.

    Satan is astonished. He stutters, "B-b-but how?! I lost everything, yet Jesus' program is intact! How did he do it?"

    God chuckles, "Everybody knows...Jesus saves."

  5. And the winner is . . . by patch-rustem · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Google Wins!

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    Karma: Bad due to google bombing - Robert Watkins woz 'ere.
  6. Re:Anyone above this post hasn't read the article. by patch-rustem · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    What's so good about reading the article?
    If you think that would make me make any more sense, then you're lemoned.
    I didn't even read your comment.
    ha HA ha ha hA

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    Karma: Bad due to google bombing - Robert Watkins woz 'ere.
  7. MOD PARENT UP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    +1, Insightful

  8. Re:Free registration..some implications by micromoog · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I'm a little confused about your sig . . . you put "true" in bold as though your conclusion were some secondary, hidden lesson. The way I see it, "never compete with a machine at the task for which it was designed" is the intended lesson, quite obviously and in black and white. If this is the true lesson, what is the implied false lesson you refer to?