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Topic: Actually, the google screwup wasn't quite that bad.
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lifeinhd
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posted February 02, 2009 07:49
If you went forward in the search results a couple pages, it no longer said that all sites were potential threats. It was only for the first page or two.
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Snaggy
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posted February 02, 2009 09:34
ah OK, so it would just be...
(Oops) × 10 to the power of 10
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Ashitaka
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posted February 02, 2009 10:25
yea, but how often is the page you are looking for not on the first page.
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dragonman97
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posted February 02, 2009 11:35
Actually, I believe it really was for every result for a ~40 minute window. If you didn't see it on the second page results, there's a chance that maybe it was fulfilled by a different server, which already passed the window. Still, it was a far-reaching glitch. Fortunately for me, I was still in bed when it happened. ![[Razz]](tongue.gif)
I kind of wonder what's going to happen to the poor soul who did that. They're either going to be terminated with extreme prejudice, or given a second chance, and will be company-wide as The-Person-Who-Took-Down-Google. Frankly, that's one hell of a rep. ![[Wink]](wink.gif)
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Stereo
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posted February 02, 2009 12:25
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Originally posted by dragonman97:
I kind of wonder what's going to happen to the poor soul who did that. They're either going to be terminated with extreme prejudice, or given a second chance, and will be [known?] company-wide as The-Person-Who-Took-Down-Google. Frankly, that's one hell of a rep.
With the correct spin, it could be good for job-seeking:
"My biggest strenght? I don't do half-measure at work. You know, that time Google was down? I hardly ever mess up, but when I do, I do it spectacularly. Now imagine how I do when I do right!"
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Zwilnik
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posted February 03, 2009 03:38
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Originally posted by Ashitaka:
yea, but how often is the page you are looking for not on the first page.
Hmm, I googled for info on Jedi Mind Tricks the other day and it said "This is not the page you are looking for"
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