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Google Yourself and Win!

ercoerco Posts: 20,256
edited 2014-05-02 00:11 in General Discussion
How was I to know? http://humanoidolabs.blogspot.com/2013/09/september-international-robotics-trophy.html

While playing with my new Android KitKat phone, I Googled myself this morning and found out that Humanoido had honored me on his blog with some very lofty prose. I had no idea. Some good words there about this hallowed forum as well. What's funny is that as he penned this (Sept 2013), I had just submitted my entry to Jameco's Coasterbot contest (Labor Day deadline). So I won two honors in September. It's an honor just to be nominated!

So please Google yourself and report back with your findings. You may already be a winner!
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  • ercoerco Posts: 20,256
    edited 2014-05-01 09:22
    I'll defuse this potentially disasterous situation by posting this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=us3dQ0nnlHY&feature=player_detailpage#t=7 .
  • PublisonPublison Posts: 12,366
    edited 2014-05-01 09:34
    erco wrote: »
    I'll defuse this potentially disasterous situation by posting this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=us3dQ0nnlHY&feature=player_detailpage#t=7 .

    Please..NO!!!

    I did Google my name, but nothing earth shatering came up under mine, but my Dad's did:

    http://www.google.com/patents/US3039897

    I have this hanging on my wall.

    Jim

    PS Glad there's no sex offenders out there with my name. :)

    PPS There are a couple! Shame on them. Ruining a good Irish name.
  • LoopyBytelooseLoopyByteloose Posts: 12,537
    edited 2014-05-01 09:45
    Well, when I do Google my own name, I can find my first email account address is still tied to my name, even though I left the USA some 20 years ago.

    More interesting in what I found under my grandfathers names. My father's father had published medical research articles in his name. And I found a book published by my mother's father for sale at Abe Books. I also found my mother's father had a patent granted to him.

    These were all rather pleasant surprises.
  • WBA ConsultingWBA Consulting Posts: 2,934
    edited 2014-05-01 10:00
    I don't Google myself anymore, because according to Google, I died 2 years ago............
  • mindrobotsmindrobots Posts: 6,506
    edited 2014-05-01 10:24
    WBA Consulting wrote: »
    I don't Google myself anymore, because according to Google, I died 2 years ago............

    My sympathy to your family. You did have quite a career though and touched a lot of hearts! My grand mother was one of your biggest fans!! I always remember watching your Christmas specials with her...so thank you for those memories!! :lol:
  • mindrobotsmindrobots Posts: 6,506
    edited 2014-05-01 10:41
    I appear to have co-authored a (near 5 star) chemistry book

    Bummer, I was brutally murdered too!

    Mama always said bad thing would happen if you Googled yourself!
  • RDL2004RDL2004 Posts: 2,554
    edited 2014-05-01 10:45
    I have a somewhat unusual last name but there is also a writer, who has worked for Sports Illustrated and others, that has the same first and last name as me, so that's pretty much all I find if I Google myself. Other than some reviews of levels and maps I made for the computer games Doom and Quake many years ago, it seems I am not all that noteworthy.
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,256
    edited 2014-05-01 11:18
    Condolences, but honestly you dead guys should be ashamed of yourselves, continuing to post and getting our hopes up long after your untimely demises. How can you get up in the morning and face yourself in the mirror just knowing that you aren't alive?
  • WhitWhit Posts: 4,191
    edited 2014-05-01 11:21
    This is all I got...Did I win?

    https://www.google.com/#q=yourself
  • dmagnusdmagnus Posts: 271
    edited 2014-05-01 11:21
    Ahh, hmmmm. Can they even SEE themselves in the mirror?
  • Dave HeinDave Hein Posts: 6,347
    edited 2014-05-01 12:15
    The last time I counted there was something like 380 David Hein's in the US. It's been a while since I've checked on how my clones are doing. I ran into one once when I checked into a motel in Roswell, New Mexico. However, given the location, I suspect this clone was actually an extra-terrestrial.
  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    edited 2014-05-01 12:51
    WBA Consulting wrote:
    I don't Google myself anymore, because according to Google, I died 2 years ago............
    Dang! I wish I had saved my late father's collection of A.W. LPs. They might be worth something now.

    -Phil
  • mindrobotsmindrobots Posts: 6,506
    edited 2014-05-01 12:55
    Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) wrote: »
    Dang! I wish I had saved my late father's collection of A.W. LPs. They might be worth something now.

    -Phil

    PLUS, you could still have Andy autograph them next time you are down by Rocklin!!! :lol:
  • User NameUser Name Posts: 1,451
    edited 2014-05-01 13:01
    When I Google my mother's name, she is the first entry returned. It shocked me the first time I tried it. My own name is far too common to make the Google Hit Parade.
  • mindrobotsmindrobots Posts: 6,506
    edited 2014-05-01 13:04
    User Name wrote: »
    When I Google my mother's name, she is the first entry returned. It shocked me the first time I tried it. My own name is far too common to make the Google Hit Parade.

    I Googled "User Name" and got this.....
    About 2,870,000,000 results (0.33 seconds)
    Dang, skippy! You're popular!! :smile:
  • Heater.Heater. Posts: 21,230
    edited 2014-05-01 13:10
    erco,
    Condolences, but honestly you dead guys should be ashamed of yourselves, continuing to post and getting our hopes up long after your untimely demises.
    I'm working on a "Parallax forums post bot" software that will continue my work long after I'm gone. Just now the AI is not very good but I guess most people would not notice the difference :)
  • mindrobotsmindrobots Posts: 6,506
    edited 2014-05-01 13:16
    Heater. wrote: »
    erco,

    I'm working on a "Parallax forums post bot" software that will continue my work long after I'm gone. Just now the AI is not very good but I guess most people would not notice the difference :)

    We can give it the topic "hub slot sharing" and then all vote on how we think your 'bot did with its responses! :lol:

    Will it have simulated eyes that bleed when it hear the word "forth" in the proper (improper?) context??
  • BrowserBrowser Posts: 84
    edited 2014-05-01 13:23
    erco wrote:
    Condolences, but honestly you dead guys should be ashamed of yourselves, continuing to post and getting our hopes up long after your untimely demises.

    i knowz no shame.

    -browz
  • PublisonPublison Posts: 12,366
    edited 2014-05-01 13:30
    Browser wrote: »
    i knowz no shame.

    -browz

    RIP

    Long live Browser!
  • Heater.Heater. Posts: 21,230
    edited 2014-05-01 13:36
    mindrobots,
    Will it have simulated eyes that bleed when it hear the word "forth" in the proper (improper?) context??
    Oh shoot! I just had to test your suggestion. The word "Forth" causes my bot to commit suicide. "Unhandled exception...bla, bla"
    I have to work on that.
  • BaggersBaggers Posts: 3,019
    edited 2014-05-01 14:33
    I didn't do too bad haha
    https://www.google.co.uk/#q=jim+bagley
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,256
    edited 2014-05-01 14:35
    I'm waiting for Parallax's own Jim Carey to chime in... :)
  • Peter KG6LSEPeter KG6LSE Posts: 1,383
    edited 2014-05-01 16:18
    For mine I get my Dad's University Dean and biz book stuff . * cant be a " bad " thing *

    One link is to my Linked in . . NOW
    If you use my Web name "peterthethinker" you get the real me .

    much more fun geeky stuff .
  • GordonMcCombGordonMcComb Posts: 3,366
    edited 2014-05-01 17:01
    erco wrote: »
    I'm waiting for Parallax's own Jim Carey to chime in... :)

    Wrong spelling, but alrightythen!

    My principle namesake alter ego has wasted his professional life curing childhood neurological diseases. Some people.
  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    edited 2014-05-01 17:23
    There is a rather famous Philip Pilgrim in Canada who makes audio processing equipment. He's CEO of The Lab. Here, he's pictured with two of his staff.

    Other than that, lawyers, preachers, real estate agents.

    -Phil
  • MarkCrCoMarkCrCo Posts: 89
    edited 2014-05-01 20:20
    Providing Interconnect Solutions Worldwide for over 40 years! I didn't know that and evidently I'm on twitter too and didn't know that either. It says I make these too 100% RoHS, UL/CUL Approved Card Edge Connectors & Headers.
  • WhitWhit Posts: 4,191
    edited 2014-05-01 20:40
    Believe it or not there is a woman who is also an Episcopal Priest with my name - or I have hers...
  • Tim-MTim-M Posts: 522
    edited 2014-05-01 20:49
    I'm proud to say that I am one of the inventors listed here:

    https://www.google.com/patents/US20130091769?dq=Timothy+Medema&hl=en&sa=X&ei=uxFjU_nbBcbboASkp4D4Dw&ved=0CD4Q6AEwAQ

    Great project and product -- we all learned a lot in the 3 years of development and testing!

    Tim

    www.solarsmartopener.com
  • xanaduxanadu Posts: 3,347
    edited 2014-05-01 20:55
    When I Google my first and last name I get all my dads stuff. When I throw in my middle name, I get a bunch of pages about aviation and accomplishments that I don't have (yet). Pretty cool, thanks Google. They also cached my Rancho Santa Fe address instead of my current Vista (ugh) address which is pretty sweet too.

    I don't even need to lie on my resume, Google does it for me haha.
  • LoopyBytelooseLoopyByteloose Posts: 12,537
    edited 2014-05-02 00:11
    One can always change their name to 'Jim Smith' and get lost in the crowd. Then you can deny all attributions as belonging to some other 'Jim Smith'.

    Google comes up with 375 billion entries in 1/4 second.
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