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Google Expanding To IRC?
AnimeFreak writes "In this The Register article, Google apparently has been involved in a little bit of activity in various IRC channels. According to Google, as asked by IRC Junkie: they're researching ways to improve their service and the activity is only temporary. Could this mean an ability to search for information that is contained on IRC? Services, such as Netsplit.de and Search IRC exist, and both allow the ability to get information from various IRC networks. Is Google trying to replicate what both these sites have done?"
"Search for w4r3z complete. Results 1-10 of eleventy billion:"
--saint
2005 - Google indexes all the things ever said on soap operas and talk radio.
2007 - Did you forget what you said in your high school cafeteria in 1998? Don't worry, Google now has it indexed.
2010 - Lost your car keys? Don't worry, Google knows. Just do a search and you will find them.
Don't blame Durga. I voted for Centauri.
...a/s/l?
Ita erat quando hic adveni.
XGoogle.ORG -> Error: Cannot Connect to Data Base
Too many connections
Slashdotted already? We slashdotters are more dangerous than a beowulf cluster of... something.
Founder of Mirror Moon - Tsukihime Game Trans
Bill Gates: Speak.
Neo: The search engine Google has grown beyond your control. You cannot stop him -- but I can.
Bill Gates: And if you fail?
Neo: I won't.
--- several scenes later ---
Google: Mr. Anderson! Welcome back, we missed you.
* Google pauses and looks around at the multitude of web sites and irc channels he has cached
Google: Like what I've done with the place?
Neo: It ends tonight.
Google: I know it does, I've had some researched figure out the answer for me. That's why the rest of me is just going to enjoy chatting on irc while we fight. I've seen the logs and irc'ers already know that I'm the one that beats you, so they're just gonna download from some leet xdcc bots.
Now we've new category of stuffs to search for other than p0rns. :)
bloodninja: Ok baby, we got to hurry, I don't know how long I can keep it ready for you.
j_gurli3: thats ok. ok i'm a japanese schoolgirl, what r u.
bloodninja: A Rhinocerus. Well, hung like one, thats for sure.
j_gurli3: haha, ok lets go.
j_gurli3: i put my hand through ur hair, and kiss u on the neck.
bloodninja: I stomp the ground, and snort, to alert you that you are in my breeding territory.
j_gurli3: haha, ok, u know that turns me on.
j_gurli3: i start unbuttoning ur shirt.
bloodninja: Rhinoceruses don't wear shirts.
j_gurli3: No, ur not really a Rhinocerus silly, it's just part of the game.
bloodninja: Rhinoceruses don't play games. They f*cking charge your ass.
j_gurli3: stop, cmon be serious.
bloodninja: It doesn't get any more serious than a Rhinocerus about to charge your ass.
bloodninja: I stomp my feet, the dust stirs around my tough skinned feet.
j_gurli3: thats it.
bloodninja: Nostrils flaring, I lower my head. My horn, like some phallic symbol of my potent virility, is the last thing you see as skulls collide and mine remains the victor. You are now a bloody red ragdoll suspended in the air on my mighty horn.
bloodninja: Goddam am I hard now.
(Original post from bash.org
*Goes into new google IRC search mechanism and searches for term "Warez"*
Result: "Warez" is a very common word and was not included in your search
Mad Hatter
ChatScan was an Israeli enterprise that claimed 10 million in funding. They joined a bot to IRC channels. The bot broadcast live channel text to their website. The idea was, people could scan down a list of pre-selected channels, see which had interesting conversations, then go and join them - or just watch from the website.
Users who found what they thought was private conversation up on the web were outraged. IRC channel owners and admins agree with you 100% - they considered this unwanted and unauthorize intrusion a gross invasion of privacy, and banned the bots. The bots came back on new IPs and were banned again. When they came back on a variety of IPs, IRC admins got together and put up a list so everyone could be sure to ban every last one.
Logging and archiving classes, guest speakers, technical chats and special events is a great idea, IF the people putting on said event WANT it logged. But those who do, already put the transcripts up on the web.
IRC networks compete for users. Users definitely will not stay on networks or in channels if they think there is a chance of casual conversation being logged. Doesn't matter if Google tries, or some new startup. It won't fly.