Google Base Launches 337
An anonymous reader writes "As announced on the Google Blog, Google Base has finally launched. According to Google, Google Base enables content owners to easily make their information searchable online. Anyone, from large companies to website owners and individuals, can use it to submit their content in the form of data items. We'll host the items and make them searchable for free."
Has to be said (Score:5, Funny)
Oh great (Score:3, Funny)
Thanks, google
Re:Good for 'public' sites (Score:5, Funny)
Re:World Domination (Score:5, Funny)
Just sayin... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Has to be said (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Has to be said (Score:5, Funny)
I'm disappointed... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Oh great (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Data integrity (Score:2, Funny)
Yes, because the web itself contains no broken links and no outdated information. It would be criminal to pollute such a reliable resource.
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Kerry/Edwards 2004 !!!!! I love SONY!!!!
Re:Has to be said (Score:2, Funny)
druggle (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Has to be said (Score:1, Funny)
Re:It sounds great, just like Wikipedia (Score:2, Funny)
Obligatory (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Good for 'public' sites (Score:3, Funny)
http://base.google.com/base/search?q=souls+for+sa
It's broken. (Score:5, Funny)
I cannot find any porn. I think it is broken.
Re:Has to be said (Score:4, Funny)
You have no chance to survive make your time.
Re:API? (Score:2, Funny)
Like a bank?
Google Beanie Babies? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Scary Pace (Score:1, Funny)
Ehh
Re:...but for how long? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Scary Pace (Score:5, Funny)
They do, it's called the Slashdot home page [slashdot.org]. In fact, there's even a simple reminder mechanism called Google Dupes.
Re:World Domination (Score:2, Funny)
They couldn't read our brains with their satellite beams, because we out-smarted them with our protective foil hats. Instead they created a puppet company to create a popular search engine, and now they wait for people to send in their thoughts so they can combine them with their satellite images and records of our email and shopping habits.
But I'm onto you! You won't catch me running your desktop search!
Match.com = match.gone? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Good for 'public' sites (Score:5, Funny)
> obviate the need for [...]
Q: How many ADD kids does it take to change a light bulb?
A: Hey, wanna go ride bikes?
Re:Hmm...Porn? (Score:4, Funny)
Re:World Domination (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Has to be said (Score:4, Funny)
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Re:Good for 'public' sites (Score:5, Funny)
It states: "You have my word on that my soul is pure and clean. I have never commited any sins or other bad acts, so please skip the 2 cents offers."
but I would contend he has already in the ad made at least the following sins:
- lying (about never ever having done anything even remotely bad)
- selling his soul (a sin in the eyes of a overwhelmingly large portion of religious humans, incidentally the group that are most likely to accept the concept of a soul in the first place, and many of whom would not even accept the validity of trying to sell it or that the seller is actually the owner of his own soul)
So the soul is obviously not in mint condition
Most buyers would probably want a guarantee on the souls condition from a higher authority if quality is meant to be a selling point.
In addition there is little product information, nor any guarantee or expiration date (the expiration date would be the time for which the seller could guarantee conferred ownership of the soul). If such a date is unknown to the seller many buyers could arrange such a date for their own purposes as long as it does not include any reverse transferral back to the seller. And most important of all the seller has not defined exactly what his soul is, most buyers would for example feel that they could litigate if buying the soul does not imply a full 100% direct control over the sellers soul at all times including all which that implies (by tradition; the sellers thoughts, actions, feelings, senses and soforth).
And what of those who would be interested in buying the soul for official purposes such as proving they have a soul (at least one)? If you have a deed to a human soul (even if transfer has not occured yet) could one not claim to be eligible to human rights, nationality, etceterea? Perhaps absurd right here and now but some time in the future it might not be, it could be a legal loophole for synthetic intelligences to gain human rights if otherwise denied such. All of this is a seperate futures market but does make it neccessary that the sale has an approved legal status in whatever human justice system the sale takes place, the seller needs to provide documentation to such effect if this is the market he's going for.
Any possibilites of "try before you buy"? What are the delivery arrangements?
What are the contractual agreements for exchange of the money and the soul? Almost all buyers would agree to an infinite sum if the transfer is immediate and includes the traditional implications.
The seller should be noted that all things considered the likely buyers would want the traditional contractual arrangements and a signature in the sellers blood witnessed by the buyer or representatives and confirmed by DNA comparison of the blood with three sample biopsis from any part of the sellers body, internal or external.
Re:Good for 'public' sites (Score:4, Funny)
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Re:Has to be said (Score:5, Funny)
When you are in the Comfy Chair (Score:2, Funny)
How sad that I still know the lines... (Score:2, Funny)
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