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Yahoo's Geek Statue

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the worth-a-read dept.

Philipp Lenssen writes "Yahoo put up a life-size alpha geek statue in honor of the Yahoo Mail team, which they think beat the Gmail team. The statue's plaque says it's presented "in recognition of tremendous intellectual efforts put forth in order to defeat Gmail", and: "Not since the code breakers in Britain's Bletchley Park deciphered Germany's Enigma code during World War II has so much brainpower been focused on kicking an enemy's ass." Flickr has a photo." It's a nice little article on the difference between two of the net's superpowers.

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  1. One word by Tx · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hubris.

    And someone needs to get over there and mod that statue pronto.

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    Oh no... it's the future.
  2. Re:First Post! by boaworm · · Score: 4, Funny

    Also, how is it that they "defeated" Gmail? I have accounts with both and find Gmail superior.

    Hey, atleast they got a statue!

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    Aristotele
  3. Re:This is Wrong by pipingguy · · Score: 4, Funny


      Yes, it's certainly hyperbole.

    Stop bullshitting. A movie I saw explained that it was the Americans that broke the Enigma code. Get your history straight before posting.

  4. Yahoo Mail is better than GMail ? by ^avenger · · Score: 4, Funny

    Since when ? It is like microsoft presenting an award to themselves that Windows is the most secure OS - Exactly.