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Google Gulp

Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2006 3:55 am
by pilau
Have you checked out this last outcome from the enterprises?

http://www.google.com/googlegulp/

It looks tasty to me ;)

d11wtq | Added trailing slash to URL.... doesn't work without it ;)

Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2006 4:22 am
by Chris Corbyn
Awesome :lol: I really wanna work for Google... they just seem so cool 8)

Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2006 8:56 am
by Buddha443556
Is it April already? :lol:
Glutamate Grape – Why drink plain grape juice when you can stimulate your ionotropic and metabotropic receptors and groove to a sugar high? Enhancing your learning and memory functions never sounded sweeter. (Note: excessive amounts of glutamate can cause neuronal damage, so drink responsibly.)
That's my kind of drink may cause brain damage.

Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2006 10:24 am
by neophyte
I'll stick to KOOL Aid.

Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2006 10:43 am
by shoebappa
I did think that might have been 2005s April joke. Think I saw it around that time...

Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2006 11:23 am
by d3ad1ysp0rk
I enjoyed this part of their FAQ however:
11. When will you take Google Gulp out of beta?

Man, if you pressure us, you just drive us away. We'll commit when we're ready, okay? Besides, what's so great about taking things out of beta? It ruins all the romance, the challenge, the possibilities, the right to explore. Carpe diem, ya know? Maybe we're jaded, but we've seen all these other companies leap headlong into 1.0, thinking their product is exactly what they've been dreaming of all their lives, that everything is perfect and hunky-dory – and the next thing you know some vanilla copycat release from Redmond is kicking their butt, the Board is holding emergency meetings and the CEO is on CNBC blathering sweatily about "a new direction" and "getting back to basics." No thanks, man. We like our freedom.
:lol:

Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2006 12:14 pm
by pilau
It's funny that they're "marketing" a drink that is titled beta. ;)

Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2006 1:43 pm
by hawleyjr
shoebappa wrote:I did think that might have been 2005s April joke. Think I saw it around that time...
Yeah, I'm pretty sure it was their April Fools joke for 2005.

Here is one from 2002...Pretty funny

http://www.google.com/technology/pigeonrank.html

Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2006 1:55 pm
by d3ad1ysp0rk
Looks like they had two hoaxes in 2005:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google%27s_hoaxes

Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2006 5:54 pm
by m3mn0n
LiLpunkSkateR wrote:I enjoyed this part of their FAQ however:
11. When will you take Google Gulp out of beta?

Man, if you pressure us, you just drive us away. We'll commit when we're ready, okay? Besides, what's so great about taking things out of beta? It ruins all the romance, the challenge, the possibilities, the right to explore. Carpe diem, ya know? Maybe we're jaded, but we've seen all these other companies leap headlong into 1.0, thinking their product is exactly what they've been dreaming of all their lives, that everything is perfect and hunky-dory – and the next thing you know some vanilla copycat release from Redmond is kicking their butt, the Board is holding emergency meetings and the CEO is on CNBC blathering sweatily about "a new direction" and "getting back to basics." No thanks, man. We like our freedom.
:lol:
HAHAHA

That's classic.

Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2006 8:25 pm
by waradmin
lol. I cant imagine it tastes that great, doesnt look appealing, but then again, what has google done that wasnt great?

Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2006 8:59 am
by pilau
That's true. Actually that grape juice is looking toxic. But the the color of the tonic water is just amazing. :P

Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2006 9:42 am
by Gambler
what has google done that wasnt great?
Flooding intenet with viral marketing campaigns? Purposefully brainwashing people? Bashing competitors mercilessly? Being horribly standard incompatible?

Oh, that was a rhetoric quetion... Never mind than. Let's all be positive. Image - See how positive I am?

Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2006 9:45 am
by Chris Corbyn
Gambler wrote:
what has google done that wasnt great?
Flooding intenet with viral marketing campaigns? Purposefully brainwashing people? Bashing competitors mercilessly? Being horribly standard incompatible?

Oh, that was a rhetoric quetion...

Never mind than. Let's all be positive. Image - See how positive I am?
You don't like Google? 8O

Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2006 9:47 am
by d3ad1ysp0rk
Well, let's address those points one by one.

Marketing: What's the problem with "viral marketing"? Unless you meant something else, advertising that spreads quickly is good advertising.

Brainwashing: Example? Every "brainwashing" situation I've seen has been with facts and services that they provide. "Oh no! They keep trying to convince everyone that they have one of the best free web mail services ever!!".. oh wait. ;)

Bashing: Half the reason I love Google is because they have a sense of humor, and when they are serious, they usually have decent points to back their argument up.

I'll agree that their code could be a little more complient, but horribly incompatible?