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Wired Reports on 'Googlemania'

Posted by simoniker on from the like-beatlemania-with-better-haircuts dept.

Decaffeinated Jedi writes "As a tie-in with its March 2004 cover story on the search phenomenon that is Google, Wired has posted its Complete Guide to Googlemania. Written before Google delayed its IPO earlier this month, the feature nevertheless offers a series of interesting articles focused on the search engine giant. Particularly interesting sections include Googlemaniacs (in which 'superusers' like Matt Groening and Garry Trudeau discuss how they use Google on a daily basis), a look at how blog comment spammers have taken advantage of Google's PageRank system, and a gallery of hypothetical interface redesigns by a group of artists and graphic designers."

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  1. Fristy goolge haiku by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Google for "first post"
    Makes my posting turtle slow
    Yes, I fail it.

  2. Ah, yes, google-bombs by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Such as these trophy winners:

    miserable failure
    unelectable

    1. Re:Ah, yes, google-bombs by greentree · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      and also weapons of mass destruction

    2. Re:Ah, yes, google-bombs by reverseengineer · · Score: 0, Offtopic
      If you dig a bit deeper into history, you'll find the French have won some stuff. They beat back the Moors at Tours in 732, which is why you (probably) don't speak Arabic. Curiously enough, the French did win the Hundred Years' War, despite losing most of the major battles like Crecy and Agincourt. Louis XIV also led France to a number of victories- they came out on top in the War of Devolution (which ranks up there with the Soccer War and the Chaco War as the best named war). There's the Napoleon thing, yes, and while I understand that it eventually all ended with Bonaparte rotting away on St. Helena, it did take England, Russia, and Prussia together. I mean, if you can't be impressed with that, then you can't really consider Germany to be a historically military power, since they tend to eventually lose once most of the other world powers ally to stop them.

      Admittedly, the military history of France since then has been rather dismal. They lost to Mexico (Mexico, for goodness sake!) in that whole Maxmillian/Puebla/Cinco de Mayo thing, they were humiliated in the Franco-Prussian War, the Western Front of WWI sat in the middle of France for several years (regarding Verdun, though, that happened in 1916, so America was still on the sidelines), they were conquered outright in WWII (and had a large percentage of their population collaborate with their Nazi masters), and lost most of their colonial possessions in embarassing defeats (Dien Bien Phu, for instance).

      Because of these things, as an American, I too have occasionally made fun of the French (favorite French military joke- "French rifles for sale- excellent condition, never fired, only dropped once!"), but hey, I can't be too hard on the French personally. I figure we do owe them pretty big for Lafayette, the Louisiana Purchase, Impressionism, cognac, the Statue of Liberty, existentialist philosophy, and French actresses- so take it easy on them, will ya?

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      "FDA staff reviewers expressed concern about the number of patients who were left out of the study because they died."
  3. Googlemania? I LUV LARRY!! by Brian+Dennehy · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    LARRY PAGE IS SO DREAMY! He's the funny one!

    Reason: Don't use so many caps. It's like YELLING.

  4. Many articles about the same subject by Via_Patrino · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    We've just talked about google today. In fact I was reading that article right now.

    I like to read all the interesting articles, but that way it isn't possible. I bet people will post similar comments in both articles.

    Couldn't that article wait until tomorrow?
    And maybe some other articles about google are submitted until there and you can merge them in one.

  5. Woot Fp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    dabblehrs. In truth, from now on or all parties it's

  6. Re:Googlemania by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    You mean like this?

  7. Blog Spammers by idiotnot · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    A bunch of users have blogs on a communal machine I use (and my company hosts). One of these blog spammers posted a comment on a blog. The blog owner, being a bit upset about this, tracked the guy down to collect the advertising fee the advertiser agreed to by posting the ad on the site.

    Note: Unauthorized advertisements posted to this site or to the comments section for this site comprises agreement to pay $100.00 (U.S.)(non-refundable) for each advertisement. I also reserve the right to terminate said advertisement(s) at any time.

    Upon receiving the collection notice, the blog spammer sent a complaint notice to our ISP saying that we were sending UCE. Jerkoff. The whole saga starts here and continues for several entries....

  8. John "Eff'ing" Kerry by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    One of Sen. John Kerry's favorite stump speech tag lines these days is a blast at "Benedict Arnold CEOs [who] send American jobs overseas." But he never gets around to mentioning his wife's Heinz Foods empire, which seems to be leading the pack in exporting jobs from America into the Third World.

    Reporting for Tech Central Station, James Glassman revealed Wednesday, "The Kerry family business, H.J. Heinz Co. of Pittsburgh, operates 22 factories in the United States and 57 in foreign countries."

    A quick check of the Heinz corporate Web site seems to confirm the fact that the Democratic presidential front-runner is married to one of America's worst corporate traitors, at least according to the way he defines the term.

    Under World Locations, Mrs. Heinz Kerry's webmaster lists Heinz plants throughout the Third World, including the Middle East, Africa, Southern Africa, the Pacific Rim and Asia.

    Mrs. Heinz Kerry's company seems to particularly favor the employee pool in Asia, where workers come dirt cheap and slave labor is not unknown.

    Here's just a few of the locations where Sen. Kerry's corporate bucaneer-missus has her third world workers toiling overtime to keep the prospective first couple living in style:

    HEINZ SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.
    Established 2001
    Republic of Singapore
    Factory: Singapore
    Major Product Lines: chili sauces/ketchup/preserved beans/soy sauces.
    Brand Names and Trademarks: SinSin.

    HEINZ-UFE LTD.
    Established 1984
    Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
    Factory: Guangzhou
    Major Product Lines: cereals for infants.
    Brand Name and Trademark: Heinz.

    HEINZ COSCO
    Established 1999
    Qingdao, People's Republic of China
    Factory: Qingdao
    Major Product Lines: infant foods/ketchup/mayonnaise/puree.
    Brand Name and Trademark: Heinz.

    HEINZ WIN CHANCE LTD.
    Established 1987
    Bangkok, Thailand
    Factory: Bangplee
    Major Product Lines: chili sauce/ketchup/oyster sauce.
    Brand Name and Trademark: Heinz.

    HEINZ INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED
    Acquired 1994
    Mumbai, India
    Factory: Aligarh/Bangalore
    Major Product Lines: glucose powders/infant feeding
    products/ketchup/medicated powders/milk-based beverages.
    Brand Names and Trademarks: Complan/Farex/Glucon-D/
    Heinz/Nycil/Sampriti.

    PT HEINZ ABC INDONESIA
    Established 1999
    Jakarta, Indonesia
    Factories: Daan Mogot, Jakarta; Karawang Timur; Pasuruan
    Major Product Lines: chili sauce/fruit drink concentrates/ ketchup/soy sauces.
    Brand Name and Trademark: ABC.

    PT HEINZ SUPRAMA
    Acquired 1997
    Surabaya, Indonesia
    Factory: Sidoarjo
    Major Product Lines: noodles/noodle snacks.
    Brand Names and Trademarks: Burung Dara/Heinz.

    HEINZ UFC PHILIPPINES
    Established 2000
    Manila, the Philippines
    Factories: Cabuyao Laguna; Davao City
    Major Product Lines: banana ketchup/hot sauce/sweet chili sauce/tomato ketchup.
    Brand Names and Trademarks: Jufran/Mafran/Papa/UFC.

    HEINZ HONG KONG LIMITED
    Established 2000
    Wanchai, Hong Kong

  9. ABORT YOUR GAY BABY TODAY by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    before its too late.Why would anyone choose a gay lifestyle? They say they are born that way so identify the "gene" and abort 'em.If everyone aborts their gay baby we can end homosexuality in a politically correct way.After all what is more politically correct than abortion?Sure bigoted Christian fundamentalists wil oppose it they hate abortion while merely dissaproving of homosexuality but fuck 'em.ABORT GAY BABIES1

  10. IS THIS LIKE THE DEANMANIACS? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    YEAaaaaaaaaah

  11. FRET THE FUZZUR by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    BUZZOR the SHIZOR on mY Suxlkjdlfalsdkkjflorf

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  12. familiar by minus_273 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    damn this article looks familair..

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    The war with islam is a war on the beast
    The war on terror is a war for peace
  13. Must every Wired Article be Covered on Slashdot? by Proudrooster · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Is there some rule that requires slashdot to cover every article they print? I think nearly everyone who reads slashdot also subscribes to Wired. I just don't understand the point of continuing to publish every Wired article... however, I don't understand how the moderators can post duplicate messages so frequently either. Sorry, maybe it's just me.

  14. No, I'm New Here by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    No, I'm New Here

  15. No he didn't by 0x0d0a · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    No he didn't. He put an ellipsis at the end to indicate that there was something following, and expected readers to infer the text themselves.

    Secondly, jokes tend to be funnier if one gives only the minimal amount of information for most people to get the joke. Driving one home *after* someone's got a joke weakens the punchline.

    Furthermore, the Konami code has a number of variations, some of which do *not* end with "B A Start". The approach of the original user, whether intentional or not, let readers who had encountered different variations of the code than you have also appreciate the joke.

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    May we never see th