Re: Update; [OT] Google is now 'they'.

On Fri, 27 Jan 2006 17:16:07 GMT, "Count 1" <omnipitus2002@xxxxxxxxx>
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>"Count 1" <omnipitus2002@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>news:ymqCf.230885$tl.122451@xxxxxxxxxxx
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>> Charles has some very interesting results for two different searches on
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>> word 'tiannamen' using regular 'google' and 'china google'
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>> www.littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog
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>> "The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and
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>> pig to man again, but already it was impossible to say which was which."
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>http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/01/27/google_doesnt_censor/
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>Google pulls 'we don't censor' statement
>Do be evil!
>By Lester Haines
>Published Friday 27th January 2006 12:31 GMT
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>Google's support centre has pulled an answer to the topical question "Does
>Google censor search results?" Since the answer clearly stated the company
>"does not censor results for any search term", and given the company's
>recent foray into the lucrative Chinese search engine market, it seems fair
>that the internet monolith would probably want to review that particular
>stance and relegate the offending item to cache.
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>Yup, democracy is not a word you want to be flashing about when you've just
>opened a big fat Yuan bank account.
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>For the record, Google's justification for agreeing to censorship of search
>results on Google China is, as Sergey Brin put it: "We ultimately made a
>difficult decision, but we felt that by participating there, and making our
>services more available, even if not to the 100 percent that we ideally
>would like, it will be better for Chinese Web users, because ultimately they
>would get more information, though not quite all of it."
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>Chinese news website Xinhua kicks off its "China welcomes running dog lackey
>imperialist search engine" piece with: "By creating a unique address for
>China, Google hopes to make its search engine more widely available and
>easier to use in the world's most populous country."
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>It does, however, quickly move on to a refreshingly frank analysis of
>Google's real motivation: "China already has more than 100 million web
>surfers and the audience is expected to swell substantially - an alluring
>prospect for Google as it tries to boost its already rapidly rising
>profits."
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>Don't be evil? Don't make us laugh. ®
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Damn skippy. Never let it be said that an American corporation let
principles get in the way of profits.


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