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April 6, 2005 6:01 AM Subscribe
Google wants your porn Google co-founder Larry Page has announced that the company wants the public to send in its homemade videos - and he doesn't mind how mucky they are.
"There might be an adult section, or something like that. I don't think that is going to be a big issue,"
The privacy conscious among you may wonder how this giant database - which knows your search queries, your email, and the people you know through social network - could have managed to stay out of your bedroom for so long. Now you have it.
lol. Now if only Google could store my medical records for quick access in an emergency...
posted by tiamat at 7:11 AM on April 6, 2005
lol. Now if only Google could store my medical records for quick access in an emergency...
posted by tiamat at 7:11 AM on April 6, 2005
they're getting annoying now...monopolist maybe even. Why should they have everything online? Who keeps ownership? Are they still "doing no evil"?
posted by amberglow at 7:14 AM on April 6, 2005
posted by amberglow at 7:14 AM on April 6, 2005
I've heard it called "doing the nasty" - maybe if Google's going to start archiving our l'il home videos we should start calling it "doing the evil"...?
posted by twsf at 7:17 AM on April 6, 2005
posted by twsf at 7:17 AM on April 6, 2005
they're getting annoying now...monopolist maybe even
How are they monopolist? They've done nothing to prevent other companies from competing with them; in fact, other companies do compete with them, in some cases quite successfully.
Why should they have everything online?
Because they are an online services company. Isn't it logical that they should want to expand the services that they offer?
Who keeps ownership?
It's not really a factor. Google just wants test clips so that they can try out their indexing software. When the system goes online, it will merely link to content, just like their web page search.
Are they still "doing no evil"?
Yes. Indexing video for easy retrieval is not generally thought of as a sign of villainy.
Sorry if my answer is a little snippy, but I'm getting tired of the "Google is successful, so they must be doing something wrong" meme.
posted by unreason at 7:24 AM on April 6, 2005
How are they monopolist? They've done nothing to prevent other companies from competing with them; in fact, other companies do compete with them, in some cases quite successfully.
Why should they have everything online?
Because they are an online services company. Isn't it logical that they should want to expand the services that they offer?
Who keeps ownership?
It's not really a factor. Google just wants test clips so that they can try out their indexing software. When the system goes online, it will merely link to content, just like their web page search.
Are they still "doing no evil"?
Yes. Indexing video for easy retrieval is not generally thought of as a sign of villainy.
Sorry if my answer is a little snippy, but I'm getting tired of the "Google is successful, so they must be doing something wrong" meme.
posted by unreason at 7:24 AM on April 6, 2005
This is a pretty desperate FPP.
Just to make sure someone said it.
Because damn, it is.
As Quiet pointed out, at least find a better source than this; for instance the one linked at the bottom of the page and from which this site copied the entire article.
(wednesday's exasperation kicks in hard)
posted by NinjaPirate at 7:31 AM on April 6, 2005
Just to make sure someone said it.
Because damn, it is.
As Quiet pointed out, at least find a better source than this; for instance the one linked at the bottom of the page and from which this site copied the entire article.
(wednesday's exasperation kicks in hard)
posted by NinjaPirate at 7:31 AM on April 6, 2005
Porn has always lead the way on the net for Britain.
Anyway, cant talk now, need to go for a quick wa..
posted by 13twelve at 7:32 AM on April 6, 2005
Anyway, cant talk now, need to go for a quick wa..
posted by 13twelve at 7:32 AM on April 6, 2005
they're getting annoying now...monopolist maybe even.
I think there's a huge difference between success arising from smart decisions and a superior product, and success arising from the ability to illegally "cut off [the competition's] air supply".
Google is still A-OK in my book.
posted by bashos_frog at 7:32 AM on April 6, 2005
I think there's a huge difference between success arising from smart decisions and a superior product, and success arising from the ability to illegally "cut off [the competition's] air supply".
Google is still A-OK in my book.
posted by bashos_frog at 7:32 AM on April 6, 2005
Success does not equal monopolist.
I am not aware of any anti-competitive behavior engaged in by google. So it isn't fair to call them monopolists. They are just successful. And just as some short-sighted people thought yahoo was going to control the internet a few years back, so too will google eventually be displaced at the epicenter of the 'net. There is too much competition and innovation takes place too fast. The existence of a monopoly on the internet is, as a practical matter, impossible.
posted by dios at 7:51 AM on April 6, 2005
I am not aware of any anti-competitive behavior engaged in by google. So it isn't fair to call them monopolists. They are just successful. And just as some short-sighted people thought yahoo was going to control the internet a few years back, so too will google eventually be displaced at the epicenter of the 'net. There is too much competition and innovation takes place too fast. The existence of a monopoly on the internet is, as a practical matter, impossible.
posted by dios at 7:51 AM on April 6, 2005
Google is stilll A-OK in my book too, although I am getting a little tired of hearing about two or three fabulous new Google products every damn week. At this point, I don't pay much attention to their announcements anymore.... there's just too damn many of 'em for my fragile little mind to keep track of.
posted by spilon at 7:58 AM on April 6, 2005
posted by spilon at 7:58 AM on April 6, 2005
Screwgle
posted by weapons-grade pandemonium at 8:14 AM on April 6, 2005
posted by weapons-grade pandemonium at 8:14 AM on April 6, 2005
Googlestiltskin: Forget the babysitter! Send us your firstborn!
posted by Smart Dalek at 8:44 AM on April 6, 2005
posted by Smart Dalek at 8:44 AM on April 6, 2005
Voyoogle
posted by WinnipegDragon at 9:46 AM on April 6, 2005
posted by WinnipegDragon at 9:46 AM on April 6, 2005
Imagine trying to explain something like Google to George Orwell back in 1948.
posted by Termite at 10:01 AM on April 6, 2005
posted by Termite at 10:01 AM on April 6, 2005
I don't necessarily agree with it but at least one person thinks Google has jumped the shark.
Who knows? Personally I think that this is a claim that can only be made after the fact.
(incidentally: jump the shark, is a Happy Days reference. i'm sure many of you know this but had to throw it out there)
posted by edgeways at 10:13 AM on April 6, 2005
Who knows? Personally I think that this is a claim that can only be made after the fact.
(incidentally: jump the shark, is a Happy Days reference. i'm sure many of you know this but had to throw it out there)
posted by edgeways at 10:13 AM on April 6, 2005
Okay, Im'a have to go with "Spoogle", by the_bone.
It just doesn't get any better than that, though I would be open to hearing what spicynuts has to say.
(egeways, "jump the shark" jumped the shark around here a looooong time ago.)
posted by taz at 10:15 AM on April 6, 2005
It just doesn't get any better than that, though I would be open to hearing what spicynuts has to say.
(egeways, "jump the shark" jumped the shark around here a looooong time ago.)
posted by taz at 10:15 AM on April 6, 2005
Will it allow me to search different positions? Multiple partners?
posted by AlexReynolds at 11:23 AM on April 6, 2005
posted by AlexReynolds at 11:23 AM on April 6, 2005
In a recent survey 23 per cent of Britons cited pornography
Okay, I read "cited" as "child" and my jaw dropped. Luckily, I misread it.
posted by daninnj at 12:06 PM on April 6, 2005
Okay, I read "cited" as "child" and my jaw dropped. Luckily, I misread it.
posted by daninnj at 12:06 PM on April 6, 2005
The only two reasons I have broadband are pr0n and gaming. Like it or not, these fields do push the tech envelope for computing.
posted by eas98 at 12:20 PM on April 6, 2005
posted by eas98 at 12:20 PM on April 6, 2005
Google can take my porn when they can pry my clammy, moist hands off of my pee-pee.
posted by longbaugh at 12:42 PM on April 6, 2005
posted by longbaugh at 12:42 PM on April 6, 2005
taz, explaining that "jumped the shark" jumped the shark to people who think we're all clueless jumped the shark a long time ago.
Also, Google remains the appropriate name, given that the first syllable is 'goo'.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 5:43 PM on April 6, 2005
Also, Google remains the appropriate name, given that the first syllable is 'goo'.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 5:43 PM on April 6, 2005
Goatsle
posted by exlotuseater at 4:51 AM on April 7, 2005
posted by exlotuseater at 4:51 AM on April 7, 2005
Ogle
posted by ilovemytoaster at 6:09 PM on April 10, 2005
posted by ilovemytoaster at 6:09 PM on April 10, 2005
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Wow, Britons are surprisingly honest.
posted by fungible at 6:51 AM on April 6, 2005