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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Drew on March 31, 2004, 10:27:20 pm
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http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/040331/315958_1.html
ehh? 1000 megabyte storage space? anybody know if this is a hoax or not?
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Rebuttal originating from the wisdom of Drew
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/040331/315958_1.html
ehh? 1000 megabyte storage space? anybody knowest if this is a hoax or not?
guaranteedeth an April fool.
It is too much of a coincident that we get that info today.
On a sidenote...
I'm a door mat it seems :D
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http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/01/technology/01google.html
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,62897,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_2
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=4718913§ion=news
an elaborate hoax if it is one.
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I'm sure this 1000 meg limit is for text only, attachments will most likely have a different limit.
If this is the case then it seems rather likely.
If not, then it's either a big fool or an impossiblilty.
PhReAk : Yes, very elaborate, but Google have a lot of influence on the internet.
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If google can cache so many webpages, caching the emails shouldn't be that bad if they can really filter out the spam and place appropriate Adwords onscreen.
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Rebuttal originating from the wisdom of Zuljin
guaranteedeth an April fool.
It is too much of a coincident that we get that info today.
On a sidenote...
I'm a door mat it seems :D
:lol:
I'm hoping against hope that it isn't. It would be so cool. :)
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I dunno - I already signed up, but the "Thanks for signing up" page was a broken link. Methinks something may still be up.
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Rebuttal originating from the wisdom of Duke Setekh Of Tanghurst
:lol:
I'm hoping against hope that it isn't. It would be so cool. :)
Ofcourse it would be cool, but unfortunatly it dost not seem likely whenst you thinketh about it :(
But we can dreameth right? :D
And I could be wrong ofcourse...
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http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/01/technology/01google.html?ei=5006&en=11381c6618115f5c&ex=1081486800&partner=ALTAVISTA1&pagewanted=print&position=
it dosnt look like its turning out to be a hoax...
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PS: that was on slashdot yesterday
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http://www.google.com/jobs/lunar_job.html
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Rebuttal originating from the wisdom of Kazan
PS: that wast on slashdot yesterday
so they sent the press release yesterday, and a couple of peoples caught it very quickly. I'm doubting the validity of this. It's too ill-planned to spill the beans around april 1st.
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Rebuttal originating from the wisdom of kode
so they sent the press release yesterday, and a couple of peoples caught it very quickly. I'm doubting the validity of this. It's too ill-planned to spill the beans around april 1st.
this is going around so fast, most ppl think its a hoax but wouldnt that be a great way for google to get ppls attention?
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Seems it's really true (http://www.forbes.com/technology/newswire/2004/04/01/rtr1320652.html)
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Wow.
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A gig of storage......what the **** are you gonna do with that?
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Rebuttal originating from the wisdom of Bri_Dog
A gig of storage......what the **** art you gonna do with that?
Recieve a LOT of offers to enlarge your breasts, I guess.
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Or extend your cock.
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"extendeth" thy cock... cocketh?
Who owns google, out of interest...
Hmmm, turns out its not AOL then. So there is some good in the world afterall.
http://www.google.com/corporate/execs.html
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Staff Facts
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Neurosurgeons: 1
:wtf:
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Rebuttal originating from the wisdom of beatspete
"extendeth" thy cock... cocketh?
Who owns google, out of interest...
Hmmm, turns out its not AOL then. So there is some good in the world afterall.
http://www.google.com/corporate/execs.html
In Elizabethan English it is indeed "cock". I just finished reading Hamlet, which is why I found it ironic that that is what the speach filter in place is attempting to translate the board into.
On a side note, Shakespeare included a lot of sexual jokes in that play.
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Rebuttal originating from the wisdom of Grey Wolf 2009
...In Elizabethan English it is indeed "cock"....
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You learn something new everyday.
And...
Interesting phrase.
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Originally posted by beatspete
Who owns google, out of interest...
Hmmm, turns out its not AOL then. So there is some good in the world afterall.
http://www.google.com/corporate/execs.html
And thank goodness for that. Google would be full of a lot more junk if AOL owned it. :ick:
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http://www.drudgereport.com/flash.htm
narshty
Google's Gmail Raises Privacy Concern
Fri Apr 02 2004 00:33:23 ET
Privacy advocates are concerned that there's one big flaw with Google Inc.'s free e-mail service: The company plans to read the messages.
LA TIMES reporting on Friday: The Internet search firm insists that it needs to know what's in the e-mails that pass through its system -- so that they can be sprinkled with advertisements Google thinks are relevant. After all, revenue from those targeted ads will pay for the Gmail service, which began a limited test Thursday, offering up to 500 times as much e-mail storage as competing Web e-mail programs from Yahoo Inc. and Microsoft Corp.
The TIMES adds: The electronic letters won't be read by Google employees; computers will handle that chore. Nonetheless, the spector of seeing an ad for an antacid beside a message from a friend complaining about stomach pain is enough to make some people nervous about the e-mail service.
"There will undoubtedly be some folks that will see this and freak out," said Ray Everett-Church, chief privacy officer for TurnTide Inc., an anti-spam company in Conshohocken, Pa. The aggressive advertising strategy may put a damper on Google's biggest move yet away from its core business of Internet search. After reading the privacy policy on the Gmail website Thursday, consumer-rights groups began sending complaints to the privately held Mountain View, Calif., company and preparing to warn users to stay away.
"The privacy implications of going through and perusing a customer's e-mail to display targeted advertising could be the Achilles' heel for Google's services," said Jordana Beebe, the communications director for the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, an consumer group in San Diego.
The consternation caught Larry Page, Google's co-founder and president of products, off guard.
"I'm very surprised that there are these kinds of questions," he said Thursday.
Developing...
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They'd be buggered if you encrypt your mail though :D
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thed really be forked if we all just stuck with yahoo :P
1gb storage, low spam, easy to use sorting vs. computers reading everything i say
this could always lead to the federal government to starting sopena emails weeee
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Originally posted by Drew
this could always lead to the federal government to starting sopena emails weeee
Lead? They can and have already done that.
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Originally posted by Drew
http://www.drudgereport.com/flash.htm
they can be sprinkled with advertisements Google thinks are relevant.
So its the recipient that gets the adverts? Based on whats in the email, eh? He he he...
*emial*
Dear [email protected]
Hi!
"porn, penis enlargement, viagra, horse pr0n, midget pr0n, fake college degrees!!!"...
Enjoy!
Pete.
Advert abuse! :lol:
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Originally posted by karajorma
Lead? They can and have already done that.
Echelon.... not sure how much of this site is bull****, but here's a link anyways; http://www.echelonwatch.org/
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Originally posted by karajorma
They'd be buggered if you encrypt your mail though :D
how'dya plan doing that, the webinterface don't allow this, currently the only way would be to copy/paste encrypted text into the msgbody before sending. But this also nullifies the intended advantage to be able to search and find any stored msg later, it''s not a given that a single keyword encrypts to the same as when being part of a larger text...besides that, it would require manual copy/paste into your decryptor to read it back...very cumbersome if you ask me...
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Didn't say it was a good solution :D
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everybody learn swedish and use it in mails instead. or esperanto?