Cuil Proves the Bubble Is Back

MattSparkes writes "Cuil may only have launched this week, but it seems that they're already enjoying late-'90s boom-style comforts. 'Lunch is ordered in every single day. Huge fridges burst with snacks and drinks. Bowls of strawberries and muffins lie around the rest area. The company pays for a personal trainer and gym membership for everyone. A doctor calls round each Friday, after the weekly barbeque, to see if everyone's in good health. Employees drift in an out at times that suit themselves.' Seems like an awesome place to work, but how long will their $25 million VC funding last at this rate?"

Comments

The bubble is back!

[2.7182]

But if we are smart, we can still make money. I recommend selling short on Google now.

Re:The bubble is back!

[kalirion]

But I suspect /.ers don't have that kinda cash on hand.

But they could easily get some. Not legally, but round off a few fractions of a penny to a bank account and if you get caught, the worst they would ever do is they would put you for a couple of months into a white-collar, minimum-security resort! Shit, we should be so lucky! Do you know, they have conjugal visits there?

Re:The bubble is back!

[iknowcss]

I have a bad feeling that all of this is going to bring us to a conversation that involves the phrase "pound-me-in-the-ass prison"

Re:The bubble is back!

[Van Cutter Romney]

But I suspect /.ers don't have that kinda cash on hand.

But they could easily get some. Not legally, but round off a few fractions of a penny to a bank account and if you get caught, the worst they would ever do is they would put you for a couple of months into a white-collar, minimum-security resort! Shit, we should be so lucky! Do you know, they have conjugal visits there?

God! I'm looking up money laundering in the dictionary ...

Re:The bubble is back!

[Anonymous Coward]

Do you know, they have conjugal visits there?

You realise that you still have to find yourself a partner, right?

Re:The bubble is back!

[rochi]

just don't touch my stapler.

Re:The bubble is back!

[sharpone]

But I suspect /.ers don't have that kinda cash on hand.

But they could easily get some. Not legally, but round off a few fractions of a penny to a bank account and if you get caught, the worst they would ever do is they would put you for a couple of months into a white-collar, minimum-security resort! Shit, we should be so lucky! Do you know, they have conjugal visits there?

I'm a married man, and I haven't had a conjugal visit in 6 months.

Re:The bubble is back!

[Experiment 626]

I'm a married man, and I haven't had a conjugal visit in 6 months.

That's really unfortunate. Your wife is awesome in bed.

Re:The bubble is back!

[darthnoodles]

Possible solutions:
-Push the beds together tonight.
-Stop playing games until the wee hours of the morning. Try going to bed at the same time as your wife.
-Stop watching porn until the wee hours of the morning. Again, try going to bed at the same time as your wife.

Re:I'm not sure this is as good as it sounds

[gringer]

Posting AC because obviously I don't want my current or past employers or coworkers to somehow get word of this and get pissed off at me.

Or, for that matter, my... er, I mean your future employers or coworkers

I figured out their business plan:

[MMC Monster]

Be on the front page of /. every week, boosting their add impressions.

Different headline

[radarjd]

Perhaps the headline should be "Cuil Proves that VCs are Still Vulnerable to Hype"?

Re:..and?

[Applekid]

Plus, how much does a bowl of strawberries cost?

The strawberries are cheap. The 12 female naked virgins that serve them to you body-shot style are what costs.

Re:Carrot and Stick

[MistrBlank]

At least you see the stick, where I work, they give me the stick, it's just in a place I can't see it.

Cuil's fate

[beluv]

Google will acquire them within a year... unless Microsoft beats them to it.

Re:Cuil Proves Nothing

[swrona]

I dont know what your problem is; CUIL returns 78,662,145 results for "beef". They don't seem to have trouble finding it. :)

Re:This isn't that unusual

[aldousd666]

haha, I take it that means you do Javascript then.

Too bad their search engine sucks...

[aardwolf64]

Too bad their search engine sucks... I searched for: homepage, and my homepage wasn't in the results. Contrast that with Google, where my homepage is the #1 hit.

Re:If the bubble's back, it will burst soon

[GweeDo]

search for "lock ness monster"
Google: images of Nessie, links to wikipedia and other helpful sites
Cuil: a man pulling on his penis

So, the moral of the story? Misspell something in google and get relevant data. Do that to Cuil and you get a penis.

Re:Whatever.

[hobbit]

I gave up today in shear frustration.

That might be what your problem is: it's not supposed to be yielding wool.

Re:Cuil Proves Nothing

[entrox]

Actually, I think it's hilarious that your query returns a googlewhack: a link to the very comment you replied to. Pretty impressive.

not really.

[Anonymous Coward]

I'll believe the bubble is back when Cuil gets a spokespuppet.

Re:Cuil Proves Nothing

[zartacla]

* google sucks * , searched on google - 618000 results. *google sucks *, searched on cuil - 20055 results. We've got a winner !