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Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday June 01, 2005 @01:00PM from the everyone-loves-a-mystery dept.

Voelspriet writes "The mystery behind eval.google.com should be solved soon. It's a secret lab of Google. Real people, from all over the world, are paid to finetune the index of Google, reveals Searchbistro, a new weblog of the Dutch reporter Henk van Ess. A Flash-movie shows some screens of Google's 'Rater Hub', Full details about Eval.Google will be published later this week.

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Eval?... (Score:2, Funny)

by Jambon ( 880922 ) writes: on Wednesday June 01, 2005 @01:03PM (#12695750) Journal

...I thought they said they wouldn't do any of that?

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Evil (Score:3, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Wednesday June 01, 2005 @01:03PM (#12695758)

Thought it said "evil.google.com" for a sec then instead of "eval.google.com".

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Do no eval (Score:5, Funny)

by tehshen ( 794722 ) writes: <tehshen@gmail.com> on Wednesday June 01, 2005 @01:06PM (#12695793)

This is proof... Google is slowly turning eval!

</bad puns>

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Gotta love the mainstream media. (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Wednesday June 01, 2005 @01:09PM (#12695835)

Real people, from all over the world

As opposed to imaginary people that exist only in my head.

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Hey, wait a minute...! (Score:3, Funny)

by Junior J. Junior III ( 192702 ) writes: on Wednesday June 01, 2005 @01:10PM (#12695843) Homepage

I thought Google was all about NOT being eval. What gives?

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Secret Lab? (Score:5, Funny)

by grassy_knoll ( 412409 ) writes: on Wednesday June 01, 2005 @01:11PM (#12695858) Homepage

Don't tell me it's in a supposedly inactive volcano on a south-pacific island, perhaps guarded by large numbers of minions in silver jumpsuits.

'Cause while I'm sure there are many Phd's there... I'd like to think none of them went to evil medical school.

NB: Not responsible for the reactions of the humor impaired.

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Re:YAGS (Score:3, Funny)

by c0d3h4x0r ( 604141 ) writes: on Wednesday June 01, 2005 @01:11PM (#12695866) Homepage Journal

I'm sorry, but "Jesus Christ on a Stick" has already been patented by my company. Prepare to be sued.

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Re:Whew! (Score:3, Funny)

by pizen ( 178182 ) writes: on Wednesday June 01, 2005 @01:18PM (#12695937)

<Charlton Heston voice>
so the best search engine is people.
</Charlton Heston voice>

Google is the Soylent Green of search engines!

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Oh My God! (Score:3, Funny)

by tfaust ( 888625 ) writes: on Wednesday June 01, 2005 @01:19PM (#12695939)

It's made out of people! eval.google.com is people! It's people!

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Soylent Google (Score:5, Funny)

by DuckofDeath87 ( 816504 ) writes: on Wednesday June 01, 2005 @01:28PM (#12696047)

Google is made from people!

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Re:Raters (Score:3, Funny)

by geekoid ( 135745 ) writes: <dadinportland&yahoo,com> on Wednesday June 01, 2005 @01:31PM (#12696083) Homepage Journal

"... I want to spout off, not critique...."

So it works just fine.

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Re:Google Rocks! (Score:4, Funny)

by GraZZ ( 9716 ) writes: <`ac.voninamkcaj' `ta' `kcaj'> on Wednesday June 01, 2005 @01:32PM (#12696091) Homepage Journal

Insightful? WTFBBQ?!

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Agggh!!! (Score:3, Funny)

by MightyMartian ( 840721 ) writes: on Wednesday June 01, 2005 @01:40PM (#12696177) Journal

Google searches are made out of people! They're people!

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Re:Google Rocks! (Score:2, Funny)

by coopaq ( 601975 ) writes: on Wednesday June 01, 2005 @01:43PM (#12696207)

Insightful? WTFBBQ?!
Dude, I don't know, but shutup about it.

If the people find some infinite wisdom in it then more points for me :)

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Re:Eval?... (Score:3, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Wednesday June 01, 2005 @01:58PM (#12696387)

yeah, i read evil.google.com too...

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Secret lab discovered? Time to call in... (Score:3, Funny)

by IronChefMorimoto ( 691038 ) writes: on Wednesday June 01, 2005 @02:04PM (#12696463)

...Brock Samson (http://www.adultswim.com/shows/venturebros/index. html [adultswim.com] ) to kick the sh*t out of this guy running the blog.

IronChefMorimoto

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Re:Oops! (Score:2, Funny)

by Eric604 ( 798298 ) writes: on Wednesday June 01, 2005 @02:11PM (#12696528)

I don't know, I suggest you reread the article.

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Proof of the Evil Bit (Score:3, Funny)

by sbowles ( 602816 ) writes: on Wednesday June 01, 2005 @03:55PM (#12697687)

This seems to be one of the first documented uses of the Evil Bit (RFC 3514) [faqs.org]:
eval -> 01100101011101100110000101101100
evil -> 01100101011101100110100101101100

Google has obviously turned off the Evil Bit.

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Eval?... (Score:2, Funny)

Evil (Score:3, Funny)

Do no eval (Score:5, Funny)

Gotta love the mainstream media. (Score:1, Funny)

Hey, wait a minute...! (Score:3, Funny)

Secret Lab? (Score:5, Funny)

Re:YAGS (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Whew! (Score:3, Funny)

Oh My God! (Score:3, Funny)

Soylent Google (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Raters (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Google Rocks! (Score:4, Funny)

Agggh!!! (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Google Rocks! (Score:2, Funny)

Re:Eval?... (Score:3, Funny)

Secret lab discovered? Time to call in... (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Oops! (Score:2, Funny)

Proof of the Evil Bit (Score:3, Funny)

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