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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?"

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  1. I figured out their business plan: by MMC+Monster · · Score: 5, Funny

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

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  2. Different headline by radarjd · · Score: 3, Funny

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

  3. Re:..and? by Applekid · · Score: 3, Funny

    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.

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  4. Re:Carrot and Stick by MistrBlank · · Score: 4, Funny

    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.

  5. Re:Cuil Proves Nothing by swrona · · Score: 5, Funny

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

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  6. Re:This isn't that unusual by aldousd666 · · Score: 3, Funny

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

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  7. Too bad their search engine sucks... by aardwolf64 · · Score: 3, Funny

    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.

  8. Re:The bubble is back! by kalirion · · Score: 5, Funny

    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?

  9. Re:The bubble is back! by iknowcss · · Score: 5, Funny

    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"

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  10. Re:If the bubble's back, it will burst soon by GweeDo · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

  11. Re:The bubble is back! by Van+Cutter+Romney · · Score: 3, Funny

    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 ...

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  12. Re:The bubble is back! by sharpone · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

  13. Re:The bubble is back! by Experiment+626 · · Score: 4, Funny

    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.