The Shocking Truth
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Infiltrator
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written Wednesday, February 21 2007 10:38
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 -------------------- "Names is for tombstones, baby." -Mr. Big Posts: 699 | Registered: Thursday, September 20 2001 07:00 |
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Guardian
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written Wednesday, February 21 2007 10:43
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Actually, even the phrase 'games cure cancer' wants to be changed to 'games cause cancer'. Still hilarious. -------------------- After twelve years of therapy my psychiatrist said something that brought tears to my eyes. He said, "No hablo ingles." - Ronnie Shakes Posts: 1509 | Registered: Tuesday, January 10 2006 08:00 |
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Shaper
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written Wednesday, February 21 2007 11:11
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One on hand, everything causes cancer, on the other hand, what made you do a google search for that anyway? -------------------- You lose. Posts: 2156 | Registered: Thursday, August 24 2006 07:00 |
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Lifecrafter
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written Wednesday, February 21 2007 11:15
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Now, the real question is: do Spiderweb Software games cure cancer in Canada? Posts: 794 | Registered: Tuesday, October 11 2005 07:00 |
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Shaper
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written Wednesday, February 21 2007 11:27
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quote:Amen. Seriously, the way they treat things today, you'd think that staring at a pack of cigarettes for too long would give you lung cancer. By the way, what made you think to type that into google? -------------------- I tried to think of something witty to put here. Needless to say, I failed. Posts: 2686 | Registered: Friday, September 8 2006 07:00 |
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written Wednesday, February 21 2007 11:31
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quote:Probably a SomethingAwful banner that showed Google doing the same thing, only instead of "Spiderweb Software games" it was "The Playstation 3". -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
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Canned
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written Wednesday, February 21 2007 13:05
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I think you shocked me enough to make me go on drugs. Oddly enough to much computer can make you blind or create eye cancer. (just kidding about the cancer thing but i am dead serious about the blind thing) :) [ Wednesday, February 21, 2007 13:07: Message edited by: upon mars ] -------------------- You can jump off a bridge, fire a gun in your mouth, drink poison,or going in to the tiger's pit but you will still end up dead it's a mater of time and how . Posts: 312 | Registered: Sunday, November 26 2006 08:00 |
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Infiltrator
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written Wednesday, February 21 2007 13:38
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quote:Goony goony goon goon? -------------------- "Names is for tombstones, baby." -Mr. Big Posts: 699 | Registered: Thursday, September 20 2001 07:00 |
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Guardian
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written Wednesday, February 21 2007 13:41
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By Alec: quote:Not as far as I know. However, Iranian scientists used the Geneforge games in their cure for AIDS. -------------------- One question on hospital admittance forms really gets me. "Sex: Male or Female?" Do I want to be in a hospital where they can't tell the difference? - Ronnie Shakes Posts: 1509 | Registered: Tuesday, January 10 2006 08:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Wednesday, February 21 2007 15:12
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Does this mean a warning label on all Spiderweb products? Those product liablilty lawsuits can be nasty. I forget what I was watching that mentioned some of the weird warnings on packaging. "Do not use iron on clothes while wearing them." Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |
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Lifecrafter
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written Wednesday, February 21 2007 15:24
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Perhaps we should just delete this topic and pretend it never happened.  -------------------- The Silent Assassin is about to spend the night in the backyard, because he has annoyed the cat enough for one evening. -------------------- -Lenar Labs What's Your Destiny? Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable. All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure. Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Wednesday, February 21 2007 15:42
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Apparently, "x cure cancer" is surprisingly likely to return a correction to "x cause cancer". Not in the majority of cases, but definitely more than I'd expect. It works for: "politics, games, computers, microsoft, linux, bush, france, canada, us" It doesn't work for "politicians, spiderweb, usenet, scorpius, arancaytar, polaris, desperance". It is likely that the term needs to be very common (or consist of very common words) to achieve this effect. The explanation for this may be that there are a heck of a lot of things that cause cancer, and not many that cure it. And also, the things that do cause cancer (say, cigarettes) are mentioned far more often outside medical expert circles than those that cure it. And since Google seems to make these corrections by calculating trends in word associations and their popularity, "s/cure cancer/cause cancer/" makes sense. So I guess we found a flaw in that approach. -------------------- Encyclopaedia Ermariana • Forum Archives • Forum Statistics • RSS [Topic / Forum] My Blog • Polaris • I eat novels for breakfast. Polaris is dead, long live Polaris. Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair. Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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written Wednesday, February 21 2007 16:59
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quote:"Desperance will cure cancer" is corrected to "cause", though. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
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Warrior
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written Thursday, February 22 2007 15:10
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quote:I have more: On a Sears Hairdryer: Do not use while sleeping On a bag of Fritos: You could be a winner! No purchase necessary. Details inside. (isn't that encouraging shoplifting?) On Tesco's Tiramisu dessert (printed on bottom): "Do not turn upside own." (a little late for that) On Marks & Spencer Bread Pudding: "Product will be hot after heating." On Boot's Children Cough Medicine:"Do not drive a car or operate machinery after taking this medication." On Nytol Sleep Aid: "Warning: May cause drowsiness." On most brands of Christmas lights: "For indoor or outdoor use only." (as opposed to what?) On a Japanese food processor: "Not to be used for the other use." On Sunsbury's peanuts: "Warning: contains nuts." On a Swedish chainsaw: "Do not attempt to stop chain with your hands or genitals." that last one had me dying for several minutes and again each of the first few times I told someone else [ Thursday, February 22, 2007 15:10: Message edited by: The_Other_Guy ] -------------------- Ignorance Is bliss -Cypher (Matrix) Don't think you can; know you can -Morpheus (Matrix) sanity is overrated :) Posts: 130 | Registered: Monday, February 7 2005 08:00 |
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Guardian
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written Friday, February 23 2007 13:40
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By Thuryl: quote:  -------------------- Keep knife out of children. - Korean Translation Posts: 1509 | Registered: Tuesday, January 10 2006 08:00 |