The Dean Posted September 7, 2010 Posted September 7, 2010 Dunno what they are celebrating, but it's pretty cool. http://www.google.com/ Maybe this is tied in to our No Permission avatar situation...it's a conspiracy!
Chilly Posted September 7, 2010 Posted September 7, 2010 I'm going to waste a significant amount of time on this today.
ExiledInIllinois Posted September 7, 2010 Posted September 7, 2010 What is it? The cursor acting like a leaf blower... ??
The Dean Posted September 7, 2010 Author Posted September 7, 2010 OK, it's Google's Birthday! Google's official birthday is September 7, 1998.
Nanker Posted September 7, 2010 Posted September 7, 2010 Yep, celebrating its own birthday. I saw the Bucky Ball earlier, but hadn't seen the new ballzy one yet. Thanks Dean.
shrader Posted September 7, 2010 Posted September 7, 2010 Maybe it's my ancient browser here at work, but I'm just getting the standard page. I'll have to check this from home later.
The Dean Posted September 7, 2010 Author Posted September 7, 2010 Word is it might not be there because of Google's B-day, but instead may be related to something being announced tomorrow. From Naker's link: UPDATE: It looks like the doodle is not related to Google's birthday, as a spokesperson told Search Engine Land. Rather "is fast, fun and interactive, just the way we think search should be.” This would imply that the logo may have more to do with the press event scheduled for tomorrow. It has been rumored that the event may have something to do with the experimental search results page Google has been testing which updates the results as the query is typed or modified. Google is like an old girlfriend of mine. Simple, good looking and always with the drama. I should just KNOW what it's about?
Chef Jim Posted September 7, 2010 Posted September 7, 2010 Word is it might not be there because of Google's B-day, but instead may be related to something being announced tomorrow. From Naker's link: Google is like an old girlfriend of mine. Simple, good looking and always with the drama. I should just KNOW what it's about? The big difference is Google is smart.
KD in CA Posted September 7, 2010 Posted September 7, 2010 I was guessing it was the anniversary of the day someone figured out magnets.
Just Jack Posted September 7, 2010 Posted September 7, 2010 Word is it might not be there because of Google's B-day, but instead may be related to something being announced tomorrow. From Naker's link: Google is like an old girlfriend of mine. Simple, good looking and always with the drama. I should just KNOW what it's about? I remember seeing an article a couple weeks ago that Google was experimenting with "real time" searches. Meaning instead of just webpages, it would also search things like facebook, twitter, etc in real time whenever someone was looking for something.
The Dean Posted September 8, 2010 Author Posted September 8, 2010 After partying all day Google looks a bit tuckered out right now.
Chef Jim Posted September 8, 2010 Posted September 8, 2010 Just some random crap but the first time I heard the word google (actually googol) a classmate of mine in elementary school (probably 40 + years ago) told us about the word. So the teacher gave him a project to demonstrate what it really looked like. So she had him put the number up on the wall around the classroom. A single 1 followed by 100 zeros. Quite impressive and I have no idea how long it took him to make those 100 zeros.
Dante Posted September 8, 2010 Posted September 8, 2010 I remember seeing an article a couple weeks ago that Google was experimenting with "real time" searches. Meaning instead of just webpages, it would also search things like facebook, twitter, etc in real time whenever someone was looking for something. http://www.google.com/landing/realtime/
Chilly Posted September 8, 2010 Posted September 8, 2010 It was for Google Instant. I have it rolled out to my Google account already, kinda cool, but tbh not THAT useful
The Dean Posted September 8, 2010 Author Posted September 8, 2010 It was for Google Instant. I have it rolled out to my Google account already, kinda cool, but tbh not THAT useful It screwed up my settings (no Safe Search filter, 50 results per page). I had to turn the damn Instant off and reset them.
ExiledInIllinois Posted September 8, 2010 Posted September 8, 2010 (edited) Just some random crap but the first time I heard the word google (actually googol) a classmate of mine in elementary school (probably 40 + years ago) told us about the word. So the teacher gave him a project to demonstrate what it really looked like. So she had him put the number up on the wall around the classroom. A single 1 followed by 100 zeros. Quite impressive and I have no idea how long it took him to make those 100 zeros. Cool! The hard/time consuming part was probably not writing the 0's, but putting up the paper to write it on... Or did the classmate write it on the wall? Edited September 8, 2010 by ExiledInIllinois
The Dean Posted September 9, 2010 Author Posted September 9, 2010 Cool! The hard/time consuming part was probably not writing the 0's, but putting up the paper to write it on... Or did the classmate write it on the wall? I'm thinking "chalkboard".
Chef Jim Posted September 9, 2010 Posted September 9, 2010 Cool! The hard/time consuming part was probably not writing the 0's, but putting up the paper to write it on... Or did the classmate write it on the wall? If I remember correctly he cut them out of construction paper.
The Dean Posted September 9, 2010 Author Posted September 9, 2010 If I remember correctly he cut them out of construction paper. Are you sure he didn't make them from paper mache?
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