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XKCD Inadvertently Causes Googlebomb
MrCopilot writes "As I noted yesterday (and was joined by many others)... in an offhand observation xkcd has singlehandedly changed a small section of the Internet. Changing the results from a Google search for "Died in a Blogging Accident" from 2 to (at this writing) over 7,170 in a little more than 24 hours." If you aren't reading xkcd, you're missing out.
Ordered 2007-11-17, said to be shipped by 2007-11-30. Still haven't seen a sign of them.
Typically when I order from something like amazon or thinkgeek or jinx it takes two weeks, tops.
Belief is the currency of delusion.
as soon as they start up bittorrent. Even if the connection is fully encrypted.
Of course Azarus-Vuze isn't exactly subtle, since it gets all of that other stuff. The first time I tried bittorent tonight, they waited 15 minutes before shutting my connection off. The second time they did it in maybe 10 seconds. And didn't turn it on again for half an hour.
Also, long before this they've been rewriting packet. The news that says they've been shutting off connections isn't the half of it.
I tried downloading Ubuntu over bittorent a couple of weeks ago - and it failed the checksums hundreds of times until I gave up!! Got that? Garbage in the packets!
Come on, I can't be the only one! Lets hear from you. Comcast in San Francisco!
That reminds me of the old jokes...
What does Diana stand for?
Died In A Nasty Accident
What does Dodi stand for?
Died On Dashboard Impact
What did Dodi say to his driver?
Want to come to Paris with me and Di?
Exactly. I'm not sure about "inadvertantly", either; seeing what happens to the search term over time is part of the fun of that comic and was almost certainly intentional. About the only part of the headline that makes sense is "xkcd"...