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The World According to Google
Ant writes "BBC News has an interesting article and a streaming video documentary on Google. It has interviews with Google staff and people who dislike the company. From the article: 'In the 18 months since its stock market flotation, Google has been transformed from a company that prided itself on being simple and effective, into a multi-headed high tech beast which wants to get involved in everything.'"
what's next from Google:
WORLD DOMINATION! (currently in beta)
I enjoy large posteriors and I cannot prevaricate.
http://www.google.com/googlegulp/
Google gulp beta! 4 great flavors
Hmmmm, turns up 2,840,000,000 hits
Remember kids, with great power comes great opportunity to abuse that power
Interesting that you posted as an AC.
Of course, if you hold these opinions, the NSA probably already has surveillance on you through your ISP. After all, if you're not with us, you're against us. See you in the carrot patch.
Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.
You are obviously mistaken my friend. Things like this don't evolve. A "higher intelligence" or "intelligent designer," as it may be, directs and leads their growth into new patterns and directions that would be too complex to arise on their own otherwise.
Amazoogle, of course. Or Googlazon ... but that sounds like the name of a monster from a Japanese B grade.
The higher the technology, the sharper that two-edged sword.
At least it prevents goatse.xxx
How many people can read hex if only you and dead people can read hex?
Serious business
"The way we can tell it's C# instead of Haskell is because it's nine lines instead of two." -- wadler
Yes and then we can gain access to root and find the garbage file to execute the Da Vinci code and hold the world hostage!
I, for one, welcome our new internet-meme overlords.
Better yet, join the Google Air Force and you can drop some Google bombs.
KABOOM!
https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere