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A funny Google search

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by olefarte, Jul 12, 2003.

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  1. olefarte TechSpot Ambassador

    A funny Google search.

    I copied this from nV News. Maybe I'm the only one in the world who hasn't seen this, but it's pretty funny, at least if you aren't French.
    olefarte, Jul 12, 2003
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  2. StormBringer Newcomer, in training

    StormBringer, Jul 12, 2003
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  3. XtR-X Newcomer, in training

    Hey that's pretty cool tho. I never knew that. :)
    XtR-X, Jul 12, 2003
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  4. DigitAlex TechSpot Paladin

    it does not work any more yea

    and imho i don' think its a really good joke

    not that i defend anyone but just it's not a very nice humor to me ...
    DigitAlex, Jul 13, 2003
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  5. XtR-X Newcomer, in training

    I'm not French, btw, FYI, but I don't see that as a joke.

    I merely see it as 'something to talk about'.

    Hey, whatdoyaknow'? We're talking about it.
    XtR-X, Jul 13, 2003
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  6. XtR-X Newcomer, in training

    Okay... maybe not....
    XtR-X, Jul 13, 2003
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  7. SNGX1275 TechSpot Special Forces

    lol, its kind of distasteful but its just an interesting google find, nothing more, man people take things too seriously a lot
    SNGX1275, Jul 13, 2003
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  8. olefarte TechSpot Ambassador

    As the one who started this thread, I apologize to DigitalAlex and anyone else that was offended. That was not my intent. As SNGX said, it is distasteful and I wish I had not posted it. I hope it stops and dies right here.
    olefarte, Jul 13, 2003
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  9. MrGaribaldi TechSpot Ambassador

    Well, imo, it's not such a bad joke...

    We all need some self insight and irony, and as such it's just a harmless joke...

    I recently got it in the mail, and told a french friend of mine who had problems stopping laughing... :)

    And btw: the joke still works, just remember to hit the "I'm feeling lucky" button, and you'll get to a html screenie of it...
    MrGaribaldi, Jul 13, 2003
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  10. MYOB Newcomer, in training

    umm.. I believe the "French Military Victories" one was put their by a hacker, at least thats what Google and a number of PC magazines claimed...

    and the WMD one is down to that actually being the site with the best page rank
    MYOB, Jul 13, 2003
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  11. wicka_wicka Banned

    It's a fake page, it never returned those results...
    wicka_wicka, Jul 14, 2003
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  12. ---agissi--- TechSpot Paladin

    ---agissi---, Jul 14, 2003
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  13. wicka_wicka Banned

    I knew that, but it's a photoshopped pic or an page copied from Google and changed...that search never actually returned those results.
    wicka_wicka, Jul 14, 2003
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  14. XtR-X Newcomer, in training

    That doesn't make sense, if I were a hacker, I'd turn down the entire Google site. But I love Google, who doesn't? Oh, maybe the owners of other search engines. ;)
    XtR-X, Jul 14, 2003
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  15. MYOB Newcomer, in training

    umm... aggasi, that is a screenshot of the page it returns now...

    XtR-X same thoughts the hacker had, he wanted to get his own back on the French subtly, but he wanted Google to stay up. So he just fiddled with PageRank and linked to a fake page, which is what still comes up. However, it now comes up due to it having the highest PageRank legitimately
    MYOB, Jul 14, 2003
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  16. XtR-X Newcomer, in training

    Oh, never saw it from that point of view. It works...
    XtR-X, Jul 14, 2003
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  17. MYOB Newcomer, in training

    MYOB, Jul 14, 2003
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  18. Goofy Newfie Newcomer, in training

    Try this one: In Google, type "weapons of mass destruction," and click on "I'm feeling lucky."
    Goofy Newfie, Jul 14, 2003
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  19. XtR-X Newcomer, in training

    Lol, that's clever. That's not a google hack or anything though. It just happens to be the first search result.
    XtR-X, Jul 15, 2003
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  20. ---agissi--- TechSpot Paladin

    Haha :haha: Thats pretty good..

    I've never knowen, what does the "Im Feeling Lucky" button do anyways? Does it just bring up the first scearch result?
    ---agissi---, Jul 15, 2003
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