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Posted by maui babe (Member # 1894) on :

So, what is today's Google logo commemorating?

http://www.google.com/

Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :

Jackson Pollock's birthday.

Posted by maui babe (Member # 1894) on :

I figured it was something like that. Thanks.

Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :

[Smile]

Welcome. For reference, if you click on the logo it takes you to a google search explaining it.

Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :

And if you hover, it just tells you what it is.

Posted by adenam (Member # 11902) on :

Another hurrah to google for trying to bring cultural education to the cyber world [Hat]

Posted by BelladonnaOrchid (Member # 188) on :

Ok, I have to ask because I've been gone awhile. Why does everyone keep putting 'mayfly' in the titles of their threads?

Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :

Because they "may fly" away. (Get deleted by the OP.)

Posted by Dobbie (Member # 3881) on :

quote:
Originally posted by maui babe:
So, what is today's Google logo commemorating?

http://www.google.com/

It looks just like the standard Google logo to me. Are you sure you don't mean yesterday's Google logo?

Posted by maui babe (Member # 1894) on :

quote:
Originally posted by BelladonnaOrchid:
Ok, I have to ask because I've been gone awhile. Why does everyone keep putting 'mayfly' in the titles of their threads?

Mayfly

quote:
The adults are short-lived, from a few minutes to a few days depending on the species.

Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :

quote:
Originally posted by rivka:
Because they "may fly" away. (Get deleted by the OP.)

Gah! No! It's as maui babe says.

Posted by Architraz Warden (Member # 4285) on :

In context, it means don't post anything that you'd going to regret losing, because the poster has announced their intent to delete the thread after its useful life.

So, this thread should be gone in about 5... 4...

Hmm, completely missed Rivka's post somehow.

Posted by Strider (Member # 1807) on :

i never understood this concept. Why delete record of communication just because it's usefulness has passed? I wouldn't delete a 10 page indepth discussion just because the discussion ends. it's not like we have thread clutter here. If the thread stops being useful, people stop posting and it slips off the main page.

no offense maui babe, this isn't about your thread in particular, but about the whole concept of mayflies that i never understood.

Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :

The vast majority of mayflies don't end up getting deleted, oddly enough.

Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Noemon:

quote:
Originally posted by rivka:
Because they "may fly" away. (Get deleted by the OP.)
Gah! No! It's as maui babe says.

Sorry. I didn't mean that was where the name came from.

I was being whimsical . . . should've used a [Wink]

Posted by Strider (Member # 1807) on :

actually, maui babe's mayfly was probably the most useful I've seen, since it was actually referencing something that was time specific.

Posted by maui babe (Member # 1894) on :

[Blushing]

Posted by JonHecht (Member # 9712) on :

Mayflies often refer to questions, nowadays.

Posted by Strider (Member # 1807) on :

yeah, it does seem to have turned into more of a "hey, i have a quick question i need answered" type of indicator. i'm fine with having a nomenclature for that. I just don't like the idea of "hey, i'm going to delete this thread for no apparent reason some time in the near future" though obviously everyone is entitled to do that.

Posted by BelladonnaOrchid (Member # 188) on :

Thank you for the explanation. I get it, now. Although I will say I agree that it's kind of silly to delete a thread after it's usefulness is exhausted.

After all, Jackson Pollock's birthday will come again next year, and what if someone wants to know what the Google logo means then? [Wink]

Posted by maui babe (Member # 1894) on :

I think I'll leave this thread. I found it useful to know that you could click or hover the graphic and find out what it was commemorating (although I really should have tried it before posting here. Duh.)