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Google's Next Steps

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the hey-cool-site dept.

danimlp writes "An article at SearchEngineWatch states that Google and Yahoo have become as almost parts of the operating system, a 'layer' above Linux, Windows or Mac OS. Another article at Kottke.org says that Google is building a a huge computer with a custom operating system that everyone on earth can have an account on. Some people predicts that, after Gmail, Google could start a new instant message service or even its own electronic currency."

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  1. Oh, the neins! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    *dons tin foil hat*

    1. Re:Oh, the neins! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      dont u mean tin+foil+hat

  2. gBucks? by lavaface · · Score: 4, Funny

    If google prints money maybe I can be a googillianaire.

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    1. Re:gBucks? by atomic-penguin · · Score: 2, Funny

      Yeah, then you can have corporate sponsorship on Sesame Street.

      The letter 'G' is brought to you by Google, for everything you want to find!

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  3. Imagine... by FrYGuY101 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Imagine a beowulf cluster of... Oh, wait...

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  4. GooOS? by Moocowsia · · Score: 3, Funny

    Hwo do you pronounce that? Like Goose?

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    1. Re:GooOS? by baywulf · · Score: 4, Funny

      They will combine SkyOS and .NET to form SkyNET.

    2. Re:GooOS? by cornjchob · · Score: 4, Funny

      They will combine SkyOS and .NET to form SkyNET.

      Then, they'll build a robot with an Austrian accent and send him into the past to run against the governer of California

      Hell, if the story gets good enough, I say we make a movie. Perhaps James Cameron would be interested in directing?

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    3. Re:GooOS? by maxbang · · Score: 3, Funny

      Not sure about the pronunciation, but I fear it's killer app has something to do with searching for pr0n.

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  5. Narrow by CGP314 · · Score: 5, Funny

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  6. This just IN! by phita23 · · Score: 5, Funny

    This just in: "Google to define a new universal standard of internet measurement, called a G-Unit."

    1. Re:This just IN! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      In other news, Google has started up a new, popular hangout in many states. Called the G-Spot, it appears to be immensly popular with women, yet many men seem to have trouble finding it, even with directions.

  7. Hmm by ghettoboy22 · · Score: 4, Funny

    From http://www.kottke.org/04/04/google-operating-syste m "So. They have this huge map of the Web and are aware of how people move around in the virtual space it represents. They have the perfect place to store this map (one of the world's largest computers that's all but incapable of crashing)."

    SkyNet? Is that you?

  8. Long term plan by product+byproduct · · Score: 5, Funny

    Today Google is an operating system layer.
    Tomorrow they're a utility, like gas and electricity.
    Next week they're a small government.
    Next month they take over the world.
    Maybe also the galaxy.

  9. Here you go by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    http://images.google.com/images?q=money&hl=en&lr=& ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi

    1. Re:Here you go by discogravy · · Score: 4, Funny
      one of those images led me to this website.

      I might have to go back to school. I wonder if Google will open a University one day.

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  10. Nostradamus obviously predicted this by Billobob · · Score: 4, Funny

    "The young lion [google] shall overcome the old [microsoft]/On the field of battle in single combat; [desktop]/In a cage of gold [computer] he shall pierce his eyes: [gates' breaks his glasses]/Two knells one, then to die, a cruel death [bankruptcy]"

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  11. Re:Let me be the first to say... by istewart · · Score: 4, Funny

    So are you saying that Christ would buy everyone a pony? Where do I sign up?

  12. I'm waiting for Google goggles... by SmackCrackandPot · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'd like a pair of virtual stereo glasses that could project a screen in front of my eyes, and which would activate keyword searches using silent pre-vocal muscle movements. Then google would be an integral part of my being.

  13. Re:Google + Sun = Amazing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    buy em out

  14. Re:Let me be the first to say... by in7ane · · Score: 4, Funny

    Never the less, http://www.gchrist.com/ does exist, and as for gpony.com:

    Registrant:
    Google Inc. (DOM-425410)
    2400 E. Bayshore Pkwy Mountain View CA 94043 US

    Domain Name: gpony.com

    Registrar Name: Alldomains.com
    Registrar Whois: whois.alldomains.com
    Registrar Homepage: http://www.alldomains.com

    Administrative Contact:
    DNS Admin (NIC-1467103) Google Inc.
    2400 E. Bayshore Pkwy Mountain View CA 94043 US
    dns-admin@google.com +1.6503300100 Fax-+1.6506188571

    Technical Contact, Zone Contact:
    DNS Admin (NIC-1467103) Google Inc.
    2400 E. Bayshore Pkwy Mountain View CA 94043 US
    dns-admin@google.com +1.6503300100 Fax- +1.6506188571

    Created on..............: 1995-Aug-13.
    Expires on..............: 2006-Aug-12.
    Record last updated on..: 2004-Mar-31 16:50:22.

    Domain servers in listed order:

    NS1.GOOGLE.COM 216.239.32.10
    NS2.GOOGLE.COM 216.239.34.10
    NS3.GOOGLE.COM 216.239.36.10
    NS4.GOOGLE.COM 216.239.38.10

    ...so don't be so sure.

  15. Oblig Plan by Meneudo · · Score: 3, Funny

    1) Custom OS, G-mail 2) ? 3) Profit (of course, all of it in Google e-currency)

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  16. Re:Yahoo what? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    re: I fail to remember anybody I ever met who uses Yahoo for anything whatsoever

    Depending on whom you ask, Yahoo is the #1 or #2 internet destination. You might want to think about broadening your social circle a little.

  17. 'Ghost in the Machine' plot? by xtermin8 · · Score: 2, Funny

    This sounds like a number of cheesy science fiction plots. Will Google interface with nuclear missile technology as well? Stay tuned!

  18. I for one... by SuperBanana · · Score: 2, Funny
    Just remember, the reason Micro$osft was able to become our evil overlord is because we let them.

    I for one, am severely disappointed in the only way in which the word "overlord" has been used in the comments posted thusfar!

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  19. Re:Argh! by Alethes · · Score: 4, Funny

    Linux is just the kernel. The OS is Google/Linux.

  20. Check your facts... by Skim123 · · Score: 2, Funny
    While Google has an index of 4,285,199,774 pages

    I had read it was 4,285,203,148 pages.

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  21. Re:Argh! by No.+24601 · · Score: 3, Funny
    The OS is Google/Linux.

    Don't you mean GNUgle/Linux.

    Sorry had to say it ;) Hey if not me, someone else!

  22. There's no way Google will be able to avoid this by Alaska+Jack · · Score: 2, Funny

    Google may develop an online currency -- 'Googles,' if you like (http://www.emarketer.com/news/article.php?1002736 ).

    Given that dictionary.com defines spot as an informal term for "a piece of paper money worth a specified number of dollars," I suggest there is no way Google will be able to prevent people from calling them "gSpots."

  23. Google builds Deep Thought by HangingChad · · Score: 2, Funny

    After Deep Thought has ingested all the knowledge on the Internet we can ask it the answer to life, the universe and everything.

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  24. Re:Danger, Will Robinson.... by mvdde_xh · · Score: 5, Funny

    And I think it was Bill that said "Power corrupts, but absolute power is kinda fun".

  25. Re:Don't Panic by wmspringer · · Score: 3, Funny

    Finding people who want to sift through 1000 MB of spam every week?

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  26. internet math by BorgCopyeditor · · Score: 2, Funny

    Google + Jabber = Goober

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  27. Re:Let me be the first to say... by SkiifGeek · · Score: 5, Funny

    SELECT FROM sense_of_humour WHERE UID = 595850; 0 rows returned.

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  28. Re:A Google "killer" by zsau · · Score: 3, Funny

    Before you hand that in---I hope I'm not too late---you might want to proofread it for punctuation/grammar.

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  29. Privacy? by stefanb · · Score: 3, Funny

    From the Gmail privacy policy:

    Google will never sell, rent or share your personal information, including your Gmail address or email content, with any third parties for marketing purposes without your express permission.

    Ah, good! So I won't receive any spam from John Ashcroft any time soon...