Google is 'The Daddy' now.

[aldi]

Check this out:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology

On the one hand, they're telling the US goverment to basically shove it with their requests for access to search records. On the other hand, they're basically doing anything China wants to get a slice of their market! Would it be fair to say that basically they've got enough money to do anything they want on a global scale including defying goverments, in search of ever more profits and if so where will it end?

[IS200RJR]

Oh I can see it now the new bond film will be trying to defete google.

[Raffles]

Will it go this far?

clicky

[AlexH]

IS200RJR said:

Oh I can see it now the new bond film will be trying to defete google.

M: Bond...we must destroy Google!
007: Yes sir. How shall we do it?
M: Hang on, I'll do a web searc...D'OH!

[tollytuff]

lordy..

Google co-founder Larry Page said:

"Book burning is just the beginning,"

didnt hitler enjoy burning books? watch out here comes 'google-nazi.com'

[Carrera2]

Raffles said:

Will it go this far? clicky

[aldi]

Carrera2 said:

Raffles said: Will it go this far? clicky

Haha only the onion could spin that out for two pages

[anonymous-user]

Funnily enough the news programs in the US weren't linking the two stories a couple of weeks back when I was out there...

To my mind, I see it as being immensely hypocritical of the US Administration - on the one hand, they demand that Google give them all the info they have about who's searching for what, despite the implications for freedom of speach and personal liberty; whilst on the other hand decrying them as communists for creating a China-specific search engine because of implications for freedom of speach and personal libert...

[aldi]

Raffles said:

Will it go this far? clicky

Looks some chinese bloggers actually beleived this: www.danwei.org/archives/002170.html

[off_again]

I know its not that funny, but made me laugh at one part in that C4 sitcom "The IT Crowd"....

"Moss, dont google for the answer"....

I do that all of the time.... am I getting sad?

[Raffles]

aldi said:

Raffles said: Will it go this far? clicky Looks some chinese bloggers actually beleived this: www.danwei.org/archives/002170.html

what an idiot!

[r988]

aldi said:

Raffles said: Will it go this far? clicky Looks some chinese bloggers actually beleived this: www.danwei.org/archives/002170.html

Wait until they find Sniff Petrol, or even David Ickes homepage

[neil_cardiff]

off_again said:

I know its not that funny, but made me laugh at one part in that C4 sitcom "The IT Crowd".... "Moss, dont google for the answer".... I do that all of the time.... am I getting sad?

Its the law in IT support.

Trick is, to make it look like you *actually* know what you are googling for

[neil_cardiff]

IS200RJR said:

Oh I can see it now the new bond film will be trying to defete google.

Even better, a new series of 24, with Google being actually found out at the end for *actually* being evil after all

>> Edited by neil_cardiff on Wednesday 22 February 17:00