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The Man Who (Really) Makes Google Tick

An anonymous reader writes "Like his friends Sergey Brin and Larry Page, Craig Silverstein abandoned his PhD studies at Stanford to become employee No.1 and technology director at Google. While building the search engine in a garage, never in his wildest dreams did he think Google would become what it is today. Not only is it the envy of software giant Microsoft, Google continues to redefine the technology market with its creativity and tenacity. In this in-depth interview, Silverstein discusses a wide range of issues including the backlash against Gmail among privacy advocates, the company's cultural changes and its shifting reliance on PageRank."

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  1. Taco-snotting: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Harmless recreation or insidious communist plot?

    1. Re:Taco-snotting: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      A little from column "A" and a little from column "B".

  2. Re:How long can Google maintain? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Mod it:
    NIGGER WITH A BIG DICK IN HIS BUTT.

    but seriously, why should it be either. maybe it really was an honest post.

  3. Re:Making MS green... by duncan+bayne · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    They are evil, on the surface. See above for details of how Google! oppose the RKBA (although as a private company, that is their right).

  4. Re:Boycott Google! by duncan+bayne · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Nice slogan, but what happens if someone is making war on you? Go ask the Jews whether they liked being disarmed.

  5. Re:Boycott Google! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Hell, make love during war, before war and after war too! The ability to love and war are not the same thing. I don't like guns, but you can't fix everything with love. Sometimes you need respect (the non-violent kind).

  6. Re:Boycott Google! by duncan+bayne · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    No, there isn't the RKBA in NZ. Yet. We members of the Libertarianz party are trying to rectify that :-)

    And yes, of course, Google have the right to run whatever ads they choose. I said boycott, not legislate :-)

  7. Please send gmail invite TIA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Thanks much!
    williamstephens007@yahoo.com

  8. Re:Should have named the company 'Joogle' by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
  9. Re:Boycott Google! by duncan+bayne · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I guess the Iraqis killing US servicepeople are doing so with water pistols? :-P

    Also, firearms are still useful for self-defense, in fact, they're better than anything else, *especially* if you're a woman defending herself against stranger rape.

  10. alltheweb.com by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    alltheweb.com!

    i have memefected you!

  11. Re:Boycott Google! by YrWrstNtmr · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Why is my (as a rational human of legal age) owning a firearm a threat to anyone except those who might do me harm?

    In other words...what business is it of yours what I own? I'm not planning on shooting you. Unless of course you plan on breaking into my house one night. Then all bets are off.

    By definition...if you outlaw guns, the only ones with guns will be outlaws. Take that as you wish.

  12. Re:Boycott Google! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Why do I get the feeling that you're a virgin?

    I think most Libertarians are.

    Get a date, man!

    OSDN Personals: worked for me and my little femme-hacker :)

  13. Re:Matraxx Regoatse [MD5 harsh 0xcd74c015f46607] by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    MD5 hashes are 128 bits. Yours is 56 bits.

  14. Re:Boycott Google! by cujo_1111 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I guess the Iraqis killing US servicepeople are doing so with water pistols?

    No, Rocket Propelled Grenades are much more effective. But seriously, have a look at the comparative death tolls between the Coalition and Iraqis, ~600 vs ~11,000. I think the trigger happy US are more deadly with or without their guns.

    in fact, they're better than anything else, *especially* if you're a woman defending herself against stranger rape.

    So you wouldn't use a gun if someone you knew was raping you?

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    If I point out that you are incorrect, making me a foe does not make you any more correct.
  15. Re:Boycott Google! by duncan+bayne · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I mean that guns are less effective against rape by people known to the victims, as there's less opportunity to use them.

    E.g. most wives don't keep their husbands at gunpoint while in bed together, but that doesn't mean they don't get raped while in bed with the rapist.

  16. Not a gun nut but... by Botunda · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    When the fall of "American" society falls, who do you think we'll be defending ourselves against?
    Another country or our own countrymen?

    The owner of this .sig does not own a gun... be afraid

  17. Re:STOP THE MADNESS by cowbud · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Gig of harddrive space whatever, come on with your witty come backs slashies. Come on "OHh looks like he doesn't read the articles" AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHHHHHHHHHHHH

    Ohh shit ive cracked.

  18. OT: grammar by corbettw · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I'm far more worried about the divorse lawyer or the ex-employee with an axe to grind then I am about the Government.

    I've been seeing this a lot lately, and can't understand why people screw it up so badly.

    "Then" refers to a point in time. "Than" is used as a comparison. The sentance should read "I'm far more worried about the divorce lawyer or the ex-employee with an axe to grind than I am about the Government." Yes, yes, typos happen, but this happens so often that I think people honestly think they're saying "then" when they're saying "than".

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    God invented whiskey so the Irish would not rule the world.