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Cory Doctorow's Fiction About An Evil Google

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the government-search-engines dept.

ahem writes "I saw a link on Valleywag to a story written by Cory Doctorow about what would happen if Google got in bed with the Dept. of Homeland Security. Chilling, well written, but the ending was a bit anti-climactic for my tastes."

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  1. What would happen... by TapeCutter · · Score: 4, Funny

    "....if Google got in bed with the Dept. of Homeland Security."

    The resulting offspring would spend all their time searching themselves for terrorists.

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  2. uhm.... yeah by User+956 · · Score: 4, Funny

    what would happen if Google got in bed with the Dept. of Homeland Security.

    Well, DHS loves performing cavity searches, and Google's the best search engine out there right now. You do the math.

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  3. Re:This is fiction? by cyphercell · · Score: 3, Funny

    I think I'll write a fictional story about what would happen if my neighbor took a shit.. Wanna read it?

    I think I'll wait for the movie :)

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  4. Re:The ending by 1u3hr · · Score: 4, Funny
    Could it really have ended any other way?

    "If you want to imagine the future, imagine a boot stamping a human face... forever."

  5. That's why... by pushing-robot · · Score: 4, Funny

    I monitor Google's Execs each and every day for goatees. You can't be too careful.

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  6. How about evil Slashdot? by msormune · · Score: 5, Funny

    How abut a story about "Evil Slashdot" that is used as a massive tool for concentrated DDOS attacks? Oh wait...

  7. Cory Doctorow visits a Radio Shack by Dr.+Cody · · Score: 3, Funny

    http://ldopa.net/2006/06/04/cory-doctorow-visits-a-radio-shack/

    Cory and the rest of boingboing.net truly epitomize the worst excesses of the Blogosphere. Too bad we can't lock them all up in Second Life and feed them to the furries.

  8. Re:Fiction? by jollyreaper · · Score: 3, Funny

    Google is the #1 company that has been fighting AGAINST government intrusion into search. Yeah, cuz they don't like the competition.
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