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Google to be Sued Over Name?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the ludicrous-lawsuits-for-everyone dept.

WK writes "Now that Google's IPO is running, the company is on the verge of being sued by the family of Professor Edward Kasner who invented the word 'Googol' to describe a very big number. The great-niece of Kasner who was 4 years old at the time her uncle died says that although Google has brought attention to the name, it has not brought attention to Kasner's work. Google was not using the concepts, but just capitalizing on the name."

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  1. 4 years old? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    never too young for a first post!

  2. oh you just wait by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Wait until the Gore family decide to sue the entire internet for never acknowledging it's creator.

  3. What do do by amix · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Kill her !

    DISCLAIMER

    SINCE I DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF SCUMBAGS OR SIMILARE STRANGE BEINGS ARE READING THIS, AND SINCE I KNOW, THAT THE ATTORNEYS ALL OVER THE WORLD ARE AEH, SCUMBAGS AND COMPLETELY NUTS (THIS ONLY REPRESENTS MY VERY OWN PERSOAL VIEWS) AND WANT TO BE BILLIONAIRES, I WANT TO DECLARE THAT I AM JUST AND ONLY JOKING AND HOPING TO GE A +5 FUNNY BY THE HUMBLE MODERATORS, WHICH I THINK ARE THE MOST MAGNIFIC SINCE I MODERATED A FEW DAYS AGO. NEVER WOULD I WANT ANYONES DEATH NOR DO I THINK KILLING ANOTHER BEING IS THE RIGHT WAY TO SOLVE DISPUTES, THAT ARE ABOUT A LOT OF MONEY, MAYBE A MILLION OR TWO, MAYBE EVEN FIVE OR, GIMME A BREAK, TEN #@?! MILLION US OLLARS....... OR 500 MILLION. OR EVEN MORE.

    BETTER POOR THAN EVIL !

    Holy Cow ! Gimme a break. Did I say fivehundretmillion ?

    Where's that *peep* ?

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    Hello?? Fred?! Is this you?
  4. Re:That's asinine... by stanmann · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    you could even open up a sit down restaurant selling authentic irish cuisine.

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    Food not Bombs is a nice platitude but it breaks down when you notice that the Bombees are usually well fed
  5. Re:Baaahhh.... by JCMay · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Now owner's can sell


    Owner's what can sell?
  6. I hope your whole family dies... by gnuLNX · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    a slow cruel death. The world needs to start un-natuarally selecting the smarter of our species and your family gene pool clearly does not provide anything usefull to our species.

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    what?