Google's New Calendar CL2

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Posted by ryuzaki0 on Thursday March 9, 2006 @06:11PM from the ajax-in-action dept.

pvt_medic writes "Google is apparently working on its own calendar (CL2) program to integrate with Gmail. The closed beta is ongoing with about 200 participants - people involved are not allowed to invite outsiders to see the calendar and are under strict rules not to share any details with outsiders. Here are some leaked photos of the CL2."

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How long? by From+A+Far+Away+Land · 2006-03-09 18:13 · Score: 5, Funny

How long until law enforcement uses the Google Calendar to solve crimes? Say the local QuikEMart is knocked off, they just have to Google it: Knock off QuikEMart at 10PM brings up one hit: Snake.

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1. Re:How long? by BitwizeGHC · 2006-03-09 18:15 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  "'Daily Reminder: Thursday: Purchase feeble public access cable show and exploit it.' Boy, I feel sorry for whoever that is!"
  
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2. Re:How long? by nko321 · 2006-03-09 18:22 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  I need more sleep. I could've sworn I read, "Say the local QuikEMart is knocked up..."
3. Re:How long? by rob_squared · 2006-03-09 18:25 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Gcrime is indexing your local hideout, please choose the types of activity to index: [x]Meth Lab [ ]Prostitutes [ ]Jaywalking [x]Gunplay [x]Laundering [x]Bribery
  
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Re:Why? by Adult+film+producer · 2006-03-09 18:21 · Score: 5, Funny

Because GooCal will obsolete all other calendars!
Why I love the internet. by loconet · 2006-03-09 18:21 · Score: 4, Funny

I dont know about anyone else but I had a good chuckle from this:

"people involved are not allowed to invite outsiders to see the calendar and are under strict rules not to share any details with outsiders. Here are some leaked photos of the CL2."

I love the internet.

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Snake? Snake Plisken? by raftpeople · 2006-03-09 18:41 · Score: 2, Funny

I heard you were dead.
Re:Snake? Snake Plisken? by Anonymous Coward · 2006-03-09 18:51 · Score: 1, Funny

I thought you were taller.
Why a new calendar? by NeuroManson · 2006-03-09 19:49 · Score: 5, Funny

Before we went to the Julian calendar, a lunar calendar more than sufficed. Just add a leap second for every 1200 years or so, to compensate for lunar drift.

Ironically, we wouldn't have had to deal with all of these end time religious types (who decided to ignore the difference between the two) today, since their end of the world prophecies would have been scheduled for at least a few hundred years from now, rather than based on the year 2000.

Missing Mars due to a glitch in converting imperial to metric is one thing, destroying the Earth to speed up various religious prophecies due to a glitch in calendar systems is another.

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Awesome! by Godji · 2006-03-09 20:00 · Score: 5, Funny

So now that Google already knows what we're searching for and can read our e-mail, it will also be able to know what we're doing at any given time? I'm definitely signing up!! What's next, Google Personal Diary? Google Thought Recorder?

Remember the quote, "We're moving to a Google that knows more about you" ? You'd better.
1. Re:Awesome! by KingJoshi · 2006-03-09 22:34 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  Remember? I don't have to remember anything anymore. Google does that for me ;)
  
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2. Re:Awesome! by alexgieg · 2006-03-10 01:01 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  Google already have the "Personal Diary" service. It's called Blogger.
  
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Re:Why? by el_womble · 2006-03-09 20:16 · Score: 3, Funny

The same reason I use gmail. I have three computers, and don't want three email addresses. For that reason its easier for me to sync if I have a central, 24/7 server I can get my mail from.

The same with a calender. I don't use .Macs calander web frontend, but I do sync with they're server so that no matter where I am I have the latest version, and, if I want to, it's trivial for me to share that information with others.

I do use my phone's calander, but more as a viewer than, data entry (if god had meant us to use a phone for data entry he would have given us 9 thumbs). If I do have to create an entry whilst I'm out, being able to use a web interface to polish it makes a lot of sense.

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manage myself? by dartarrow · 2006-03-09 20:40 · Score: 2, Funny

Hmm.... I suppose something like this could help me better manage my social life...

..oh wait...

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Re:URL by badzilla · 2006-03-09 20:52 · Score: 5, Funny

And case they take it down, here's the Google cached version...

http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:4kukc10YIpwJ:w ww.google.com/cl2/+site:www.google.com+inurl:cl2&h l=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&ie=UTF-8

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On the up by prjames · 2006-03-09 22:00 · Score: 5, Funny

Google - It just gets Beta and Beta
Re:mmm sleepy about google by waif69 · 2006-03-10 02:45 · Score: 2, Funny

Eating dead babies is better than eating living ones.
Re:Security? We've heard of it... by Punboy · 2006-03-10 05:17 · Score: 3, Funny

I seriously cannot believe you would do that. That is like, against the Slashdot Code of Honor.

You should be banned.

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