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Posted by plaid (Member # 2393) on :

Onion link (of course)

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MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA—Executives at Google, the rapidly growing online-search company that promises to "organize the world's information," announced Monday the latest step in their expansion effort: a far-reaching plan to destroy all the information it is unable to index.

"Our users want the world to be as simple, clean, and accessible as the Google home page itself," said Google CEO Eric Schmidt at a press conference held in their corporate offices. "Soon, it will be."

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The company's new directive may explain its recent acquisition of Celera Genomics, the company that mapped the human genome, and its buildup of a vast army of laser-equipped robots.

"Google finally has what it needs to catalog the DNA of every organism on Earth," said analyst Imran Kahn of J.P. Morgan Chase. "Of course, some people might not want their DNA indexed. Hence, the robot army. It's crazy, it's brilliant—typical Google."

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"This announcement is a red flag," said Daniel Brandt, founder of Google-Watch.org. "I certainly don't want to accuse of them having bad intentions. But this campaign of destruction and genocide raises some potential privacy concerns."

Brandt also expressed reservations about the company's new motto. Until yesterday's news conference, the company's unofficial slogan had been "Don't be evil." The slogan has now been expanded to "Don't be evil, unless it's necessary for the greater good."

Posted by The Reader (Member # 3636) on :

Googlewhacking will take a much more sinister meaning.

Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :

[ROFL]

Posted by OSTY (Member # 1480) on :

Hmmm..sounds like a Futurama Episode!

Posted by Choobak (Member # 7083) on :

[Big Grin]

Just a question... Because of my poor english.

Is it serious ? If yes, then i [Laugh]

"google"

Posted by Beren One Hand (Member # 3403) on :

It is only a joke Choobak. For now. [Smile]

Posted by Corwin (Member # 5705) on :

Nope, not serious. "The Onion" is more of a satirical site. Read the other articles, there are some good ones.

Posted by Choobak (Member # 7083) on :

Shame ! It will be fun : a new farenheit 451 !

Oh, no ! It already exist, as Equilibrium...

Posted by bunbun (Member # 6814) on :

quote:
Hence, the robot army. It's crazy, it's brilliant—typical Google."

Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :

I was convinced this was satire until that part about indexing people's DNA. That bit is true.

Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :

So is the robot army, but someone was going to leak it. Therefore, google relased the info to the Onion, hoping to hide their intentions with a smokescreen. [Big Grin]