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From the Insider: Google is failing the Microsoft litmus test

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  • N Nish Nishant

    Josh Smith wrote:

    What kind of sinister maniac stands in the same place day after day, nude, with his hands ripped off, staring at you, and never even blinks?!?!

    Hey Josh, I'd appreciate it if you referred to Bob as "it". I hate the idea of spending several hours a day on a website whose mascot is a frontally nude male. :rolleyes:

    Regards, Nish


    Nish’s thoughts on MFC, C++/CLI and .NET (my blog)
    My latest book : C++/CLI in Action / Amazon.com link

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    Josh Smith
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    Nishant Sivakumar wrote:

    I hate the idea of spending several hours a day on a website whose mascot is a frontally nude male.

    :laugh: Yea, good point...I'll fix it!!

    :josh: My WPF Blog[^] FYI - Bob is a scarecrow who keeps Chuck Norris away from CodeProject.

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    • D Douglas Troy

      The Google web page crawler has already scanned, indexed, cross-referenced and made notes about your undesired remarks. Within moments, Google agents will be notified via GMail of the situation and will be given your exact whereabouts, via Google Maps; driving directions will be assigned to them and a 3D map of your office building and house will be made available to them on Google Earth Mobile Ed. After coordination with local authorities, using GTalk, of course, you will be picked up for slandering the global giant; the entire arrest event will be captured and posted on Google Videos with links to the story via Google News. :rolleyes: [addendum] It is at this point, I would like to mention that here in Atlanta, GA we have a local law enforcement division called the GBI. Atlanta is also the location of Google's main office. Coincidence? I think not.

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      Wjousts
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      Douglas Troy wrote:

      I would like to mention that the FBI division here in Atlanta, GA is called the GBI.

      I always thought that the GBI was a state law enforcement organization (somewhat) modeled after the federal FBI, but not the FBI. See GBI[^]

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        Douglas Troy wrote:

        I would like to mention that the FBI division here in Atlanta, GA is called the GBI.

        I always thought that the GBI was a state law enforcement organization (somewhat) modeled after the federal FBI, but not the FBI. See GBI[^]

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        Douglas Troy
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        Oops. Thanks for the correction (shame on me for not looking it up). I'll go fix my posting; need to be certain I keep my Google conspiracy information as accurate as possible ... or something. :->

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        • C Chris Maunder

          Google is failing the Microsoft litmus test[^] Interesting. I'd like to state that I have maintained, through thick and thin, through all the GMail invites, GTalk invites, Gblah stuff, and that annoyingly easy and convenient facade of an interface, that Google is Evil. So there. (but hey, it's not like they are any more evil than anyone else. Just, to me anyway, scarier Evil than the blanc mange, kinda tired Evil we have nowadays)

          cheers, Chris Maunder

          CodeProject.com : C++ MVP

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          Robert M Greene
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          Microsoft is evil. Google is evil. 99.99% of everything is evil. Lime-green jello is not evil.

          ............................. There's nothing like the sound of incoming rifle and mortar rounds to cure the blues. No matter how down you are, you take an active and immediate interest in life. Fiat justitia, et ruat cælum

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          • C Chris Maunder

            Google is failing the Microsoft litmus test[^] Interesting. I'd like to state that I have maintained, through thick and thin, through all the GMail invites, GTalk invites, Gblah stuff, and that annoyingly easy and convenient facade of an interface, that Google is Evil. So there. (but hey, it's not like they are any more evil than anyone else. Just, to me anyway, scarier Evil than the blanc mange, kinda tired Evil we have nowadays)

            cheers, Chris Maunder

            CodeProject.com : C++ MVP

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            Lost User
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            Sounds like the rant of someone who thought about buying in at $85 a share but decided against it. ;P

            "Part of the inhumanity of the computer is that, once it is competently programmed and working smoothly, it is completely honest." - Isaac Asimov

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            • L Lost User

              Sounds like the rant of someone who thought about buying in at $85 a share but decided against it. ;P

              "Part of the inhumanity of the computer is that, once it is competently programmed and working smoothly, it is completely honest." - Isaac Asimov

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              lost in transition
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              :laugh::laugh:


              God Bless, Jason

              DavidCrow wrote:

              It would not affect me or my family one iota. My wife and I are in charge of when the tv is on, and what it displays. I do not need any external input for that.

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              • R Robert M Greene

                Microsoft is evil. Google is evil. 99.99% of everything is evil. Lime-green jello is not evil.

                ............................. There's nothing like the sound of incoming rifle and mortar rounds to cure the blues. No matter how down you are, you take an active and immediate interest in life. Fiat justitia, et ruat cælum

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                Gary Wheeler
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                Lime-green jello with shredded cabbage and carrots mixed into it* is not evil. * One of my mother's 'salad' ideas when I was a kid. Blech!


                Software Zen: delete this;

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                • C Chris Maunder

                  :sigh:

                  cheers, Chris Maunder

                  CodeProject.com : C++ MVP

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                  Mark Salsbery
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                  Don't worry Chris, the Google agents are easy to spot. They all look like this[^] Mark

                  "Posting a VB.NET question in the C++ forum will end in tears." Chris Maunder

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                  • G Gary Wheeler

                    Lime-green jello with shredded cabbage and carrots mixed into it* is not evil. * One of my mother's 'salad' ideas when I was a kid. Blech!


                    Software Zen: delete this;

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                    Patrick Etc
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                    Gary Wheeler wrote:

                    Lime-green jello with shredded cabbage and carrots mixed into it* is not evil. * One of my mother's 'salad' ideas when I was a kid. Blech!

                    Mine too. Explain to me why anyone - anywhere - ever - in the history of the world thought that was a good idea. Ewww. Yet seemingly it's a favorite to bring to potlucks. Oh and don't forget to mix in plenty of whipped cream. :wtf: :wtf: :wtf: :wtf: X|

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                    • C Chris Maunder

                      Google is failing the Microsoft litmus test[^] Interesting. I'd like to state that I have maintained, through thick and thin, through all the GMail invites, GTalk invites, Gblah stuff, and that annoyingly easy and convenient facade of an interface, that Google is Evil. So there. (but hey, it's not like they are any more evil than anyone else. Just, to me anyway, scarier Evil than the blanc mange, kinda tired Evil we have nowadays)

                      cheers, Chris Maunder

                      CodeProject.com : C++ MVP

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                      Michael Sadlon
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                      The fact that Gmail is storing all my emails, forever, even after I close the account isn't very comforting in my mind. Luckily for me, I don't do much on my gmail email in privacy terms.

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                      • M Michael Sadlon

                        The fact that Gmail is storing all my emails, forever, even after I close the account isn't very comforting in my mind. Luckily for me, I don't do much on my gmail email in privacy terms.

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                        Dan Neely
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                        before closing the account can't you just do delete all and permanently empty trash to obliterate them eternally?

                        -- You have to explain to them [VB coders] what you mean by "typed". their first response is likely to be something like, "Of course my code is typed. Do you think i magically project it onto the screen with the power of my mind?" --- John Simmons / outlaw programmer

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                        • D Dan Neely

                          before closing the account can't you just do delete all and permanently empty trash to obliterate them eternally?

                          -- You have to explain to them [VB coders] what you mean by "typed". their first response is likely to be something like, "Of course my code is typed. Do you think i magically project it onto the screen with the power of my mind?" --- John Simmons / outlaw programmer

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                          Miszou
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                          dan neely wrote:

                          can't you just do delete all and permanently empty trash

                          Doesn't that just set the deleted flag on all the items, so you can't read them any more? :suss:


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