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The Dangerous World We Live In

GordonMcCombGordonMcComb Posts: 3,366
edited 2013-11-17 20:36 in General Discussion
This video reminded me of the dangerous world we live in. First Corvairs. Now Google.

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  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    edited 2013-11-15 19:47
    I had no idea. And I thought only Australians lived on the edge of mortal peril, where fully half of the local fauna is out to get you.

    -Phil
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,256
    edited 2013-11-15 19:55
    From rear engine to search engine, swing axle to swing browser, pancake six to waffle web, it's all about "Unsafe at Any (Internet) Speed".
  • ElectricAyeElectricAye Posts: 4,561
    edited 2013-11-15 20:05
    I'm calling BS on this one. I just tried it and absolutely nothing hap
  • Beau SchwabeBeau Schwabe Posts: 6,566
    edited 2013-11-15 20:20
    No, but if you type Google backwards within a Google search it leads to something interesting :-)
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,256
    edited 2013-11-15 20:21
    ElectricAye, are you there? Come back? Can you hear me, Major Tom?

    I just typed Yahoo into Yahoo and I'm still here, but I assume that you Goog
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,256
    edited 2013-11-15 20:23
    Beau Schwabe (Parallax) wrote: »
    No, but if you type Google backwards within a Google search it leads to something interesting :-)

    I think that's hosted by a mirror site...
  • doggiedocdoggiedoc Posts: 2,243
    edited 2013-11-16 03:38
    erco wrote: »
    I think that's hosted by a mirror site...
    Doh! Should've seen that coming....
  • GordonMcCombGordonMcComb Posts: 3,366
    edited 2013-11-16 08:32
    erco wrote: »
    From rear engine to search engine, swing axle to swing browser, pancake six to waffle web, it's all about "Unsafe at Any (Internet) Speed".

    Very good, sir! Top form.
  • bill190bill190 Posts: 769
    edited 2013-11-16 09:04
    Back in the late 80's, I could lock up a university library computer system for 10 or 15 minutes by searching for a common word found in many books.

    Like "the" or "a".

    All the computer terminals would stop working.
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,256
    edited 2013-11-16 09:12
    bill190 wrote: »
    Back in the late 80's, I could lock up a university library computer system for 10 or 15 minutes by searching for a common word found in many books.

    Like "the" or "a".

    All the computer terminals would stop working.

    My FORTRAN prof (circa 1980) warned everyone to be careful when using the printer's "paper advance" feature. Previously, someone got in an endless loop, prompting the university's IBM tractor feed printer to shoot a parabolic arc of fanfold paper across the room.
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,256
    edited 2013-11-16 09:18
    GordonMcComb wrote: »
    Very good, sir! Top form.

    Thanks, but I'm disappointed that I left out "from oversteering to overclocking". Therein lie the real dangers!
  • GordonMcCombGordonMcComb Posts: 3,366
    edited 2013-11-16 21:44
    erco wrote: »
    Thanks, but I'm disappointed that I left out "from oversteering to overclocking". Therein lie the real dangers!

    You can overdo a good thing.
  • lanternfishlanternfish Posts: 366
    edited 2013-11-17 14:11
    My lovely wife, without fail, always ends her sessions on the laptop with these words "Do you want me to switch off the internet now?" :blank:
  • hinvhinv Posts: 1,255
    edited 2013-11-17 15:25
    ElectricAye wrote: »
    I'm calling BS on this one. I just tried it and absolutely nothing hap

    You couldn't leave well enough alone could you! I bet you put a bobby pin in the wall socket, and touched the burner on the stove too!

    Of course, so did I ;^) Maybe that is why i hang out here sometimes!
  • ElectricAyeElectricAye Posts: 4,561
    edited 2013-11-17 20:36
    hinv wrote: »
    You couldn't leave well enough alone could you! I bet you ...touched the burner on the stove too!....

    Does it count if I stuck my big sister's hair in it when she wasn't paying attention?
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