Google's Secret Lab

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Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday June 1, 2005 @05:00AM from the everyone-loves-a-mystery dept.

Voelspriet writes "The mystery behind eval.google.com should be solved soon. It's a secret lab of Google. Real people, from all over the world, are paid to finetune the index of Google, reveals Searchbistro, a new weblog of the Dutch reporter Henk van Ess. A Flash-movie shows some screens of Google's 'Rater Hub', Full details about Eval.Google will be published later this week.

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Eval?... by Jambon · 2005-06-01 05:03 · Score: 2, Funny

...I thought they said they wouldn't do any of that?
1. Re:Eval?... by Anonymous Coward · 2005-06-01 05:58 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  yeah, i read evil.google.com too...
Evil by Anonymous Coward · 2005-06-01 05:03 · Score: 3, Funny

Thought it said "evil.google.com" for a sec then instead of "eval.google.com".
Do no eval by tehshen · 2005-06-01 05:06 · Score: 5, Funny

This is proof... Google is slowly turning eval!

</bad puns>

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Gotta love the mainstream media. by Anonymous Coward · 2005-06-01 05:09 · Score: 1, Funny

Real people, from all over the world

As opposed to imaginary people that exist only in my head.
Hey, wait a minute...! by Junior+J.+Junior+III · 2005-06-01 05:10 · Score: 2, Funny

I thought Google was all about NOT being eval. What gives?

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Secret Lab? by grassy_knoll · 2005-06-01 05:11 · Score: 4, Funny

Don't tell me it's in a supposedly inactive volcano on a south-pacific island, perhaps guarded by large numbers of minions in silver jumpsuits.

'Cause while I'm sure there are many Phd's there... I'd like to think none of them went to evil medical school.

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Re:YAGS by c0d3h4x0r · 2005-06-01 05:11 · Score: 2, Funny

I'm sorry, but "Jesus Christ on a Stick" has already been patented by my company. Prepare to be sued.

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Re:Whew! by pizen · 2005-06-01 05:18 · Score: 2, Funny

so the best search engine is people.
</Charlton Heston voice>

Google is the Soylent Green of search engines!
Oh My God! by tfaust · 2005-06-01 05:19 · Score: 3, Funny

It's made out of people! eval.google.com is people! It's people!
Soylent Google by DuckofDeath87 · 2005-06-01 05:28 · Score: 5, Funny

Google is made from people!
Re:Raters by geekoid · 2005-06-01 05:31 · Score: 2, Funny

"... I want to spout off, not critique...."

So it works just fine.

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Re:Google Rocks! by GraZZ · 2005-06-01 05:32 · Score: 3, Funny

Insightful? WTFBBQ?!
Agggh!!! by MightyMartian · 2005-06-01 05:40 · Score: 2, Funny

Google searches are made out of people! They're people!

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Re:Google Rocks! by coopaq · 2005-06-01 05:43 · Score: 2, Funny

Insightful? WTFBBQ?!
Dude, I don't know, but shutup about it.

If the people find some infinite wisdom in it then more points for me :)
Secret lab discovered? Time to call in... by IronChefMorimoto · 2005-06-01 06:04 · Score: 2, Funny

...Brock Samson (http://www.adultswim.com/shows/venturebros/index. html ) to kick the sh*t out of this guy running the blog.

IronChefMorimoto
Re:Oops! by Eric604 · 2005-06-01 06:11 · Score: 2, Funny

I don't know, I suggest you reread the article.
Proof of the Evil Bit by sbowles · 2005-06-01 07:55 · Score: 2, Funny

This seems to be one of the first documented uses of the Evil Bit (RFC 3514):
eval -> 01100101011101100110000101101100
evil -> 01100101011101100110100101101100

Google has obviously turned off the Evil Bit.

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