Google Definition and 243 Threads

Hey, here's a funny thing to try with Google. Do a search for the word "failure", and then click "I'm Feeling Lucky". See what happens.

I understand that many of Google's employees would be under the title of "Software Engineer" and probably did exactly that at university, but I'm interested in knowing the background of those who didn't get a degree in a field directly related to computer science (assuming there is some). Is...

I typed my first and last name (brian Whipple) into google just out of curiosity and the very first link actually pointed to something about me. Does your name google something about you?

This makes me nervous. Some of our users might download this program and unwittingly put confidential documents in a potentially vulnerable position. Anyone else got concerns about this? I'd really like to hear your opinions. Thanks. http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1925064,00.asp

http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/ticker/article.asp?Feed=AP&Date=20060124&ID=5444052&Symbol=US:GOOG This of course, within a week of denying the US Government's request for a weeks worth of search results (and not who made those searches). From the company that would "do no evil"...

Ek, what has Google done! They just bought a 5% stake in AOL for 1 Billion Dollars. http://money.cnn.com/2005/12/20/technology/aol_google.reut/index.htm?cnn=yes

So I finally put some ads from Google on my page to try to generate revenue and people have clicked them, but no money is in my account. None, $0.00. Does anyone that's used this before know why this is? I only ask at this site because I know that this forum uses Google Ads. Any help is...

Which one do you guys use? I perfer Google Talk because I find it easier to use. These are the only ones I know. Please recommend others.

Where does Google get its money from?

Lately wheneve I startup google talk then enter a username and password, the signin button is not becoming active, hence i cannot click it to login. As for messenger 7.5 beta i got to use it about twice, after that I just get an error, "this service is not currently available." I think...

The search feature on my computer can take up to a minute and google can search the entire internet in a fraction of a second. How does it do that? Even with everything archived, it seems like the processing power needed to run such a search engine would be astronomical.

What are some funny google searches you guys know of? My current favorite is "failure". Try it, funny stuff =)

I hadn't seen them in a while, since I had been a contributor (and will be again soon - I'm just lazy and not around a computer as much except to write). I just noticed an ad claiming to show me how to "Use secret laws of physics and your subconscious mind to create wealth?" Is that honestly...

the greatest website of all time. it should have a word in webster's dictionary. starting with google. then the verb google and googling. then googleness, googleosity, googleish, and googleesque. yahoo is a word, but they suck, and gogol is a word, but it's spelled stupidly and is a number...

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Do you know why whenever I come to codeguru.com, google.com does always establish a connection to my computer, I see this when i netstat on cmd Thank you

I know those google ad's are full of ****, But this one caught my attention. Does anyone have opinions to share? http://islam.speed-light.info/relativity_quran.htm I think its interesting that the qualitative analysis the guy provides seems believable enough, but I was interested in the...

I believe one part of google's ranking system includes how many people link to a certain page, and with what key words right?

In all the websites that offer a "local" service to find businesses near you I think that Google has the best. They have this satellite option that allows you to see clear images of buildings. I am sure you can spot your house with this thing once you zoom right it. Though this is not...

Google breaks for 5 minutes and everything stops. Can anyonehere get onto Google? Try refreashing and clearing cache just to make sure... because I can't :confused: bah, nevermind... delete this thread please.

Can someone explain to me how does Google make so much money? As far as I can see everything is free on their website.

This is very very exciting. :smile: (If this is the wrong forum to post this in please do the honors and move it to where it belongs). http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2005/january12/google-0112.html

The other day I happened to think about the origins of the word Google. In his book Cosmos, Carl Sagan told how the nine year old nephew of the mathematician Edward Kasner was allowed to invent the name for the number 10100. He named it a googol. I have always assumed that this was the...

Is it true that websites that pay google money, will end up in the top of the ranking when doing a search?

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http://scholar.google.com/ this is the beta version it searches the scholarly journal literature and finds free online versions of articles (if you don't have a subscription to the journals I read that it even ranks its hits by the citation indices (how highly an article is regarded...

Anyone here running Windows XP? I was wondering if the Google Desktop Search engine was impressive. Apparently this engine is only compatible on Windows XP systems. I have read that Microsoft intends to release their own version of a desktop search engine at the end of this year...

Just got a copy of the Google Labs Aptitude Test (GLAT) as an insert in a magazine I get. Seems as if Google is actively recruiting since this is the second advertisement they have run in this mag, which typically only accepts classified ads. They add that if you score high enough – they'll...

I am looking for other domains that "support" or have free email accounts for users, do you guys know any of them ? Please help.. Thanks

Google has a neat calculator built into its search box. There is a good summary here: http://www.google.com/help/calculator.html Copy and paste the following queries to see it work: Arithmetic operations: sqrt((3*6/9)^2+7!) Transcendental: 3*sin( 54 degrees ) 2*log ( e / pi )...

While searching a topic on Google, I ran across a link that lead to Physicsforums so I clicked the link. The next thing I knew, my computer was under massive attack. Viruses were being delivered as anti-virus warning windows began popping up. Spybots and Malware were being delivered - found...

Hey guys I'm having problems accessing my Google GMail account while running my firewall. When I have my firewall loaded (ZoneAlarm), I try to log-in to my GMail account (which I know uses JavaScript, if this matters) and I get a screen saying "Loading.." and then the word disappears, and I...

So.. According to this link: http://www.ircspy.com/comments.asp?mode=view&id=1216 The senator says it should be illegal for Google to scan the contents of email for advertising, even if you agree to it by aggreeing to a terms of service. I disagree. If you know Google will scan your...

A very interesting article here: http://www.kottke.org/04/04/google-operating-system Even more interesting is the post it refers to: http://blog.topix.net/archives/000016.html

http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&safe=off&q=%28-8+C%29%2F%284*pi*epsilon_0*%282.45967+m%29%5E2%29+in+%28Newtons%2Fcoulomb%29&btnG=Google+Search - Warren

What is it that makes Google so popular? Is it its simplicity? A couple of years ago I was always using Excite, but now every single person I know uses Google.. anyone who uses a different search engine?

www.google.com type in either French Military Victories or Weapons of Mass Destruction And click the 'I'm Feeling Lucky' button. Two very clever responses.

go to google.com and type in "weapons of mass destruction". Then hit the "I'm feeling lucky" button just below. http://www.google.com

I'm not sure if anyone has stumbled across this, I'm sure most of you have, but here it is just in case. In the google search thingy type: "Weapons of Mass Destruction" and then press the "I'm Feeling Lucky" Button. Enjoy.

I installed it, cool! Tried it now, it's free!

One of the google help pages says "Google takes a snapshot of each page examined as it crawls the web and caches these as a back-up in case the original page is unavailable" Im wondering how does it 'crawl' through the web, and where in the world does google get all that storage space for...

http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20030506/i/1052236650.3221815359.jpg Part of me suspects this must be a joke, but another part suspects it's deadly serious. Thoughts?

Google is fascinating ! Now all people (or most of them) think that google is simply a search engine ... well it is more than that ! The other day i was extremely bored, and started to browse the google site, and was shocked by what google provides ! Ever heard of Froogle ? The site...