There are six more of them here: http://www.youtube.com/searchstories
It's a really good campaign. Most of the videos have the awww factor and it shows off Google's services very effectively.
Secondly though, if you search for X, you're asked if you meant Y, and your search results already seem to be for the popular Y result they think you meant.
While I full-heartedly agree that British spelling is the preferred spelling (you'll want to go for 'misspelt' next time btw;) ), I can't follow your argument that there's any relation whatsoever between the spelling and the pronunciation of a word.
For an obvious example, look at 'to read' and 'I have read'. Or explain the difference in writing between 'to keep, kept' and 'to leap, leapt'.
Here's what the Linux Mint's lead developer had to say when they did the same thing:
The highest single source of revenue for Linux Mint isn't the donations, it isn't ads on the website, it is the default start page in Firefox. This simple search plugin is estimated to generated from 2 to 40 times more money than the start page itself.
Is it really that hard to remember? Especially taking into account this gets brought up every single time Google gets a mention in an article's summary.
I just sent a myspace link to a friend, because I wanted her to check out this band's music. The page told her to update her flash player. So I asked her: "Why don't you?". Her reply? "I don't want to install anything new anymore."
Before you chime in and claim she'd be helped by something like Ubuntu's update-manager, here's a story about another friend.
She had received an old computer from an uncle and wanted to use it to use it for e-mail, surfing the net and watching tv via DVB. I set her up with an Ubuntu system and she couldn't be happier. (Yes, an actual success story, imagine that.:p)
However, during the first two months she's asked five times whether she *really* should install the updates she keeps getting notified about. Despite me explaining to her they're security updates and that she's safer if she does, something about the updates really scared her.
And then there's this other friend who keeps delaying software installs of software she actually needs and trusts, because she finds the installation process terrifying.
These are all young people (between 19 and 26) who use computers on a daily basis.
Yes, most people are afraid of computers. They go by the "if ain't broken, for the love of God don't touch it" adage. And when it does break (most likely due to this behaviour), they'll find a nerdy friend to fix it for them. And install new versions of all their software of course.:p
Hello there! It looks like you are visiting from Europe
Did you know that there are more Miro users in Europe than in the United States, but more than 99% of our financial support comes from American donations and philanthropies?
Europe loves open-source, right? Help us make something great!
Sounds like they're trying to cash in on our hatred for the U.S.:)
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There are six more of them here: http://www.youtube.com/searchstories It's a really good campaign. Most of the videos have the awww factor and it shows off Google's services very effectively.
May I refer you to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKhGI_-tcmU (Jump to the 2 minute mark).
Haha, too true! Not even a Christmas card this year. :(
lal?
I guess us snobby iChat users will just continue to talk to each other.
As if you'd have it any other way. ;)
I can see it too and I'm in Belgium.
Very Billy Elliot.
Watch the Watchmen, as it were.
I see that name searches for unimportant people (like myself) don't put the Facebook, Netlog, Myspace, ... results on top anymore.
Progress!
Secondly though, if you search for X, you're asked if you meant Y, and your search results already seem to be for the popular Y result they think you meant.
Try searching for +X.
While I full-heartedly agree that British spelling is the preferred spelling (you'll want to go for 'misspelt' next time btw ;) ), I can't follow your argument that there's any relation whatsoever between the spelling and the pronunciation of a word.
For an obvious example, look at 'to read' and 'I have read'. Or explain the difference in writing between 'to keep, kept' and 'to leap, leapt'.
The highest single source of revenue for Linux Mint isn't the donations, it isn't ads on the website, it is the default start page in Firefox. This simple search plugin is estimated to generated from 2 to 40 times more money than the start page itself.
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I know I won't be disabling this extension. It's a no-effort, free-as-in-beer way of supporting my favourite OS.
Why is this rated off topic? It's actually very interesting and exactly what the GP asked for.
That doesn't answer the question though. Try this instead.
*Sigh* Here we go again...
No it's not. It's "Don't be evil."
Is it really that hard to remember? Especially taking into account this gets brought up every single time Google gets a mention in an article's summary.
proprietary software the equivalent of intelligent design?
That doesn't quite sound right to me...
How do you know this system is fraud free?
Because the biggest proponents of electronic voting (OpenVLD) have lost the elections. :p
All too true.
:p)
:p
I just sent a myspace link to a friend, because I wanted her to check out this band's music. The page told her to update her flash player. So I asked her: "Why don't you?". Her reply? "I don't want to install anything new anymore."
Before you chime in and claim she'd be helped by something like Ubuntu's update-manager, here's a story about another friend.
She had received an old computer from an uncle and wanted to use it to use it for e-mail, surfing the net and watching tv via DVB. I set her up with an Ubuntu system and she couldn't be happier. (Yes, an actual success story, imagine that.
However, during the first two months she's asked five times whether she *really* should install the updates she keeps getting notified about. Despite me explaining to her they're security updates and that she's safer if she does, something about the updates really scared her.
And then there's this other friend who keeps delaying software installs of software she actually needs and trusts, because she finds the installation process terrifying.
These are all young people (between 19 and 26) who use computers on a daily basis.
Yes, most people are afraid of computers. They go by the "if ain't broken, for the love of God don't touch it" adage. And when it does break (most likely due to this behaviour), they'll find a nerdy friend to fix it for them. And install new versions of all their software of course.
And what exactly would Kaspersky do with Linux...?
Next time, at least try to RTFS please.
Impossible! Microsoft users have been thoroughly trained never to press cancel in a dialog box.
I get this on the page:
Hello there! It looks like you are visiting from Europe
Did you know that there are more Miro users in Europe than in the United States, but more than 99% of our financial support comes from American donations and philanthropies?
Europe loves open-source, right? Help us make something great!
Sounds like they're trying to cash in on our hatred for the U.S. :)
Have you tried GnomeOffice? AbiWord and Gnumeric are pretty good.
The only reason I keep OO.o is for MS Office files that don't get rendered properly.
They were just experimenting with the latest video.
Source: http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/02/white-house-denies-it-is-shunning-youtube/
You and the GGP obviously didn't read the summary.
Yay! This is fun! Quick, somebody, tell me what I obviously forgot to read!
I don't know about it nearly crashing the Internet. How many people actually noticed a difference that day, for that matter?
Well, sure, nobody noticed... But they all nearly noticed!