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    Image of SidAndFinancy SidAndFinancy
    11/14/09

    In reply to Google Search Box Suggestions Allow Us to Peer into the Internet's Dark, Disturbing Id

    So many stoners getting the munchies for corn on the cob. #google
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    Image of heartbreakturnip heartbreakturnip
    11/13/09

    In reply to Google Search Box Suggestions Allow Us to Peer into the Internet's Dark, Disturbing Id
    In order:

    "Help me Howard"
    "Help me God"
    "Help me grow"
    "Help me Rhonda" #google
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    Image of heartbreakturnip heartbreakturnip
    11/13/09

    In reply to Google Search Box Suggestions Allow Us to Peer into the Internet's Dark, Disturbing Id
    Many of these sound like the questions of lazy term paper writers. #google
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    Image of TheCaliDude TheCaliDude
    11/13/09

    In reply to Google Search Box Suggestions Allow Us to Peer into the Internet's Dark, Disturbing Id
    Try "Will she" and "Will he" for sad results. #google
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    Image of Claire Buoyant Claire Buoyant
    11/13/09

    In reply to Google Search Box Suggestions Allow Us to Peer into the Internet's Dark, Disturbing Id
    I wonder if this is of any semantic significance: alter the "is it wrong/ethical" qeustion to "is it OK/okay", then Google reveals a bunch of suggestions related to pregnancy. Does pregnancy drive people towards a similar vocabulary? #google
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    Image of lostarchitect lostarchitect
    11/13/09

    In reply to Google Search Box Suggestions Allow Us to Peer into the Internet's Dark, Disturbing Id
    The worst thing about this might be the Sesame Street characters tacitly approving these searches. #google
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    Image of Steverino Begins Steverino Begins
    11/13/09

    In reply to Google Search Box Suggestions Allow Us to Peer into the Internet's Dark, Disturbing Id
    In the future we'll not only be able to see who wrote these, but we'll then be able to click to watch a video of what happened to those people after they typed the question. It will be awesome and terrifying.
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    Edited by Steverino Begins at 11/13/09 4:04 PM Steverino Begins was starred Steverino Begins was unstarred
    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    11/13/09

    @Steverino Begins: And Taser ™ them #google
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    Image of Uncle_Billy_Slumming Uncle_Billy_Slumming
    11/13/09

    In reply to Google Search Box Suggestions Allow Us to Peer into the Internet's Dark, Disturbing Id

    Bing does this too. #google
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    Image of jdelavan jdelavan
    11/13/09

    @Uncle_Billy_Slumming: You have to wonder about a person who asked a search engine if they should get a divorce or not. #google
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    Image of Airvault Airvault
    11/13/09

    In reply to Google Search Box Suggestions Allow Us to Peer into the Internet's Dark, Disturbing Id
    "...have a child to save a child."

    You mean... for parts? #google
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    Image of seyswho seyswho
    11/13/09

    @Airvault: Actually, that's exactly what they're talking about. For example, the parents of a kid with a failing body part (i.e., a kidney problem where daily dialysis is needed) who has no other options may consider having another child in order to transplant a kidney when they are at the appropriate age for the operation.

    Just for the record, seems completely unethical to me. #google
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    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    11/13/09

    @seyswho: There are smaller impact things, like bone marrow transplants from a yet-t0-be-conceived sibling. Doesn't hurt the yet-to-be-conceived one much at all. Ethical? #google
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    Image of m4ximusprim3 m4ximusprim3
    11/13/09

    @seyswho: If it were me, I'd just get rid of the broken kid and then pop out two good ones. Seems a lot easier than always having a "fixer upper" around. #google
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    Image of PoBoyNation PoBoyNation
    11/13/09

    @If_I_Had_a_Poodle: Or even smaller impact, like cord blood from the new kid -- no pain involved for the baby. Ignoring other ethical questions, there are so many factors that have to match in order for stem cell transplant to work that you could conceive the child and then completely strike out. Not to mention that typing the fetus is also risky to the fetus. #google
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    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    11/13/09

    @PoBoyNation: All good points. I don't see ethical issues if a child is a wanted child and if having that child can help a sibling without harming the new child #google
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    Image of Z und Vielpunkt's chick Z und Vielpunkt's chick
    11/13/09

    In reply to Google Search Box Suggestions Allow Us to Peer into the Internet's Dark, Disturbing Id
    Also, try typing in "why wont". #google
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    Image of Mama Penguino Mama Penguino
    11/13/09

    @Z und Vielpunkt's chick: Obviously, the kids are in on this phenomenon. #google
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    Image of seyswho seyswho
    11/13/09

    @Z und Vielpunkt's chick: How in God's name did that parakeet thing get to the top of the list? A 4chan joke of some sort? #google
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    Image of Niko Bellic Niko Bellic
    11/13/09

    @Z und Vielpunkt's chick: I just found out about "what are" #google
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    Image of Z und Vielpunkt's chick Z und Vielpunkt's chick
    11/13/09

    @Niko Bellic: Yes, what ARE those doing there? #google
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    Z und Vielpunkt's chick was starred Z und Vielpunkt's chick was unstarred
    Image of Z und Vielpunkt's chick Z und Vielpunkt's chick
    11/13/09

    In reply to Google Search Box Suggestions Allow Us to Peer into the Internet's Dark, Disturbing Id
    It may be strange that THIS is the question that pops into my mind when looking at the above list, but why do you need to know if a human can outrun a bear unless you are currently being chased by a bear? In which case, put down the iPhone and RUN! #google
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    Image of Z und Vielpunkt's chick Z und Vielpunkt's chick
    11/13/09

    @Z und Vielpunkt's chick: Because if that bear catches you, you might end up pregnant.

    Wait...can a bear get a human pregnant? #google
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    Image of kneetoe kneetoe
    11/13/09

    @Z und Vielpunkt's chick: I'm guessing the original read CANAHUMANOUTRUNABEAR #google
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    m4ximusprim3 promoted this comment kneetoe was starred kneetoe was unstarred
    Image of m4ximusprim3 m4ximusprim3
    11/13/09

    @kneetoe: It was probably "CANAHUMANOUTRUNABE" and it auto-filled. Talk about real time search results. #google
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    Image of SidAndFinancy SidAndFinancy
    11/14/09

    @m4ximusprim3: @kneetoe: @Z und Vielpunkt's chick: Not afraid to be servicey. If you are chased by a bear and there is any incline, run downhill. Bears have shorter front legs, which allow them to run fast uphill but make running downhill awkward. #google
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    Image of Go Like Hell Machine Go Like Hell Machine
    11/13/09

    In reply to Google Search Box Suggestions Allow Us to Peer into the Internet's Dark, Disturbing Id
    There's one or two of these that aren't so bad ("Can a human catch parvo?" - you'd be surprised how many people don't know the answer to this). However, the many, many other disturbing questions sort of negate that. #google
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    Image of braak braak
    11/13/09

    [comment deleted for being stupid. Never mind, go on about your business.]
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    Edited by braak at 11/13/09 5:59 PM braak was starred braak was unstarred
    Image of Go Like Hell Machine Go Like Hell Machine
    11/13/09

    @braak: No way, now I'm curious! #google
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    Image of manchops manchops
    11/13/09

    In reply to Why News Corp. Keeps Threatening to Leave Google
    This whole thing is reminding me of Carrie Prejean attempting to walk off Larry King Live. Why do right wing freak-a-zoids always have to sit and whine and moan and shriek about "get off my property" and "I'm leaving!" and then never really leave? #newscorp
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    Image of badasscat badasscat
    11/13/09

    @manchops: Bcause deep down, they can't live without knowing that somebody is watching them. That's what makes them matter. #newscorp
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    Image of son of spam son of spam
    11/13/09

    In reply to Why News Corp. Keeps Threatening to Leave Google
    George Pataki is alive and well and living in Rupert Murdoch's basement. #newscorp
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    Image of DennyCrane DennyCrane
    11/13/09

    In reply to Why News Corp. Keeps Threatening to Leave Google
    When a consumer enters a query into Google (and just about any other search engine), they can get hundreds of results. If a News Corp site isn't part of the search result, consumers aren't going to switch to Bing. They're just going to click the most relevant search result that's still there, and 90 percent of the time that's going to be just as fine and dandy for the consumer as it would have been otherwise. Google's probably just laughing at this whole thing. Or am I missing something here? #newscorp
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    Image of Magister Magister
    11/13/09

    @DennyCrane: One or the other of the linked pieces mention the old workaround, where non-WSJ subscribers get just the first couple of paragraphs from an article via the WSJ site, but they get the whole thing, if they go through Google.

    I've never actually looked at the mechanics of this anomaly, but since the WSJ has a paywall, if the Google trick is unauthorized, I wonder why they don't plug the leak because one assumes it is costing them money.
    ---

    Otherwise, I like how the hint from the AP that Microsoft may be willing to favor the story originator in search results, something important to some members of the media results in several comments about the AP being antiquated and how Google could put them out of business, if they wanted.
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    Edited by Magister at 11/13/09 12:51 PM Magister was starred Magister was unstarred
    Image of badasscat badasscat
    11/13/09

    @DennyCrane: Nope, you're not missing anything. This is just another example of executives not liking the terms that the big distributor gives them, and therefore signing a contract with the little new guy (which in this case, at least, is the role MS is playing), even though the little new guy has less than 1/10 the reach. It happens all the time, both on the internet and off it. And it almost never works out.

    This is kind of like a record label saying they're dropping iTunes because Apple takes too much of the profits, and instead they're going to distribute all their stuff through eMusic. #newscorp
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