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    RChin
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    Everyone knows by now about the google trick of typing "weapons of mass destruction", but did you know about this one? :

    Type in "miserable failure" and hit I'm feeling lucky in google.


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      Everyone knows by now about the google trick of typing "weapons of mass destruction", but did you know about this one? :

      Type in "miserable failure" and hit I'm feeling lucky in google.


      I Dream of Absolute Zero

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      KaRl
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      I think that Mr Shog9 beat you on this one, have a look to the Soapbox :-D


      A quoi rêvent les personnes qui nous font vivre ce monde ?

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        Everyone knows by now about the google trick of typing "weapons of mass destruction", but did you know about this one? :

        Type in "miserable failure" and hit I'm feeling lucky in google.


        I Dream of Absolute Zero

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        Colin Angus Mackay
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        I think that must be hard wired into Google because the words "miserable" and "failure" do not appear on the linked page. --Colin Mackay--

        "In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins - not through strength but perseverance." (H. Jackson Brown)

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          I think that must be hard wired into Google because the words "miserable" and "failure" do not appear on the linked page. --Colin Mackay--

          "In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins - not through strength but perseverance." (H. Jackson Brown)

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          Paul Watson
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          Could just be another Google hack. People get together en mass and they make links to a targeted page with certain words in the link. It has been done before, Googlewashing I think they call it. regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass South Africa Brian Welsch wrote: "blah blah blah, maybe a potato?" while translating my Afrikaans. Crikey! ain't life grand?

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            Could just be another Google hack. People get together en mass and they make links to a targeted page with certain words in the link. It has been done before, Googlewashing I think they call it. regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass South Africa Brian Welsch wrote: "blah blah blah, maybe a potato?" while translating my Afrikaans. Crikey! ain't life grand?

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            Colin Angus Mackay
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            Aaahhhh! And I though it was just words in the page itself that counted. I did notice other pages returned with "Miserable Failure" and George W. Bush in the little snippet Google returned on its search results page. --Colin Mackay--

            "In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins - not through strength but perseverance." (H. Jackson Brown)

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              Could just be another Google hack. People get together en mass and they make links to a targeted page with certain words in the link. It has been done before, Googlewashing I think they call it. regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass South Africa Brian Welsch wrote: "blah blah blah, maybe a potato?" while translating my Afrikaans. Crikey! ain't life grand?

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              Paul Watson wrote: Could just be another Google hack. People get together en mass and they make links to a targeted page with certain words in the link. It has been done before, Googlewashing I think they call it. And I think you'll find it is in fact exactly that: http://www.blah3.com/graymatter/archives/00000654.html[^] -- Ian Darling "The moral of the story is that with a contrived example, you can prove anything." - Joel Spolsky

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                I think that Mr Shog9 beat you on this one, have a look to the Soapbox :-D


                A quoi rêvent les personnes qui nous font vivre ce monde ?

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                RChin
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                Ahhh Man!! :sigh: One of these days, I'll have an original post. In the meantime I'll keep trying


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                  Paul Watson wrote: Could just be another Google hack. People get together en mass and they make links to a targeted page with certain words in the link. It has been done before, Googlewashing I think they call it. And I think you'll find it is in fact exactly that: http://www.blah3.com/graymatter/archives/00000654.html[^] -- Ian Darling "The moral of the story is that with a contrived example, you can prove anything." - Joel Spolsky

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                  Paul Watson
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                  :) thanks. (Those people are so... so pathetic. Just undermining the very medium they praise and rely on to make a living. All for what? A juvenile prank? "Oooh, Google says George Bush is a miserable failure, oh wow, we roxor! Where are the chicks man?") regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass South Africa Brian Welsch wrote: "blah blah blah, maybe a potato?" while translating my Afrikaans. Crikey! ain't life grand?

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                    Ahhh Man!! :sigh: One of these days, I'll have an original post. In the meantime I'll keep trying


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                    KaRl
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                    It's like for Olympic games, "the most important is to participate" :-D


                    A quoi rêvent les personnes qui nous font vivre ce monde ?

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                      :) thanks. (Those people are so... so pathetic. Just undermining the very medium they praise and rely on to make a living. All for what? A juvenile prank? "Oooh, Google says George Bush is a miserable failure, oh wow, we roxor! Where are the chicks man?") regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass South Africa Brian Welsch wrote: "blah blah blah, maybe a potato?" while translating my Afrikaans. Crikey! ain't life grand?

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                      Matt Sollars
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                      :laugh:

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                        Everyone knows by now about the google trick of typing "weapons of mass destruction", but did you know about this one? :

                        Type in "miserable failure" and hit I'm feeling lucky in google.


                        I Dream of Absolute Zero

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                        french military victories

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