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I read at article at lifehacker.com.au saying that 'Google' was the sixth most commonly used search phrase in Google from users in Australia.

What the hell is wrong with people that they use Google to find Google? I have no comprehension of what people are doing to be typing 'Google' into Google itself.

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12-07-2008 , 06:43 PM

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Mayo

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Hypothesis: They are using the search bar on the upper right of their browser, which searches Google, but they've never realized that a site called Google is giving the results, so when they see "Google" somewhere, they say "WTF is that?" and search for it in the search bar.

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12-07-2008 , 06:54 PM

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leprous_hand

unclean

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now i wonder wtf is creative commons

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12-07-2008 , 06:57 PM

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kerowo

lolcat

Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 37,190

Creative Commons is an open source license for written work. I believe if you release someone under it you are required to grade a first year English class paper or two from a community college in Leeds.

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12-07-2008 , 06:58 PM

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leprous_hand

unclean

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oh noes

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12-08-2008 , 02:19 AM

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Bobo Fett

Carpe Diem

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Originally Posted by Mayo

Hypothesis: They are Australian.

FYP.

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12-08-2008 , 03:23 AM

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Count Chocula

banned

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Originally Posted by Mayo

http://letmegooglethatforyou.com/?q=Google

omg that site is amazing

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12-12-2008 , 11:34 AM

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diddy!

Twas diddyeinstein

Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 10,849

RB, MH, or whomever,

We were discussing in The Lounge OT thread how you can't say **** but you can say cocktails (or cockandbull, which spurred the discussion). Wookie said he pushed for this possibility

I mentioned that you can't talk about times where roads are blocked off in the easiest of forms (ro*******s) because part of the word is censored. Granted this has only came up in one thread I've ever read (but had me scratching my head for a while), but it still kind of annoys me. Can anything be done?

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12-12-2008 , 03:48 PM

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gtpitch

making sick bumps

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I feel like I did a bad thing...

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12-12-2008 , 04:20 PM

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Wetdog

Pooh-Bah

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I see a bad moon rising.

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12-13-2008 , 03:48 AM

#561

GiantWalleye

worst TR ever

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omgomgomg

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12-13-2008 , 04:10 PM

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Cry Me A River

Orange is the new Green

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Originally Posted by Josem

Illiterate math students, LDO...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Googol

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12-13-2008 , 04:36 PM

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gtpitch

making sick bumps

Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 33,706

so far so good

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12-13-2008 , 05:42 PM

#564

spaceman Bryce

anything you guys want

Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 20,646

How the **** is P Chippa not a mod yet?

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12-14-2008 , 03:07 AM

#565

Josem

human chemical weapon

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Originally Posted by Cry Me A River

Illiterate math students, LDO...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Googol

the best that I can think of is that people use it as a navigational device - same reason that 'facebook' and 'youtube' is also commonly googled.

the other option is that people type 'google' straight into the address bar in firefox and that triggers a search for 'google' as well.

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12-14-2008 , 03:17 AM

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leprous_hand

unclean

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brag... i have mine set to wiki

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12-14-2008 , 05:47 PM

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gtpitch

making sick bumps

Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 33,706

Hey guise what's going on

Last edited by gtpitch; 12-14-2008 at 05:52 PM. Reason: this poast is more mod friendly IMO

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12-14-2008 , 06:04 PM

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Mayo

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Not much. Our Christmas party is tonight, and I gotta get a gift for Yankee Swap. I'm thinking $15 in scratchoffs.

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12-14-2008 , 06:08 PM

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kerowo

lolcat

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Is a Yankee Swap some racist term for a white elephant exchange?

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12-14-2008 , 06:09 PM

#570

gtpitch

making sick bumps

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I figured Yankee Swap was Conspire....

I thought this was a BBV4L gift exchange

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12-14-2008 , 06:41 PM

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Mayo

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Originally Posted by kerowo

Is a Yankee Swap some racist term for a white elephant exchange?

It's what they called it on The Office.

And a 4L Yankee swap would be awesome, if we could figure out a way to make it work.

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12-14-2008 , 10:21 PM

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Mayo

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Yankee Swap is ****ing rigged. I had to pick first, and grabbed a gift. I opened it, and it was an xmas stocking attached to a reindeer head. When you pushed a button, the reindeer would "dance" and light up and it would play some xmas song. And it plays the whole ****ing annoying song. Needless to say, no one stole it so I was stuck with it. Also I got my xmas bonus and it was less than I expected.

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12-14-2008 , 10:23 PM

#573

kerowo

lolcat

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The correct way to run a White Elephant/Yankee Swap is that if you go first you get a chance to swap with anyone after the last person has picked. If there are a limit to the number of times an item can be stolen they are still in play. You got robbed.

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12-14-2008 , 10:47 PM

#574

Mayo

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Yeah, it was ridiculous. All the other gifts were basically terrible, though. I was really disappointed in the whole thing. The best one was an "Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?" board game.

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12-14-2008 , 10:49 PM

#575

leprous_hand

unclean

Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 16,249

i always buy a giant bottle of crown (yuck i don't drink canadian whisky but for some reason everyone else does)

i love watching them go ape**** swapping to get the booze

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