uk.d-i-y gone weird

[N. Thornton]

Google archived uk.d-i-y has now really gone weird. Look ye here:

?hl=xx-bork&tab=wg&q=uk.d-i-y?q=uk.d-i-y&hl=xx-klingon&btnG=GoogleDaq+yInej Yep, you can view google newsgwoups in elmer fudd, bork bork bork, hax0r, klingon and pig latin.

NT

[Andy Hall]

Using Google just as a read-only access to newsgroups is certainly the best thing for other participants........

[Andy Burns]

Google have always had a sense of humour, I like it, a bit like their special google image replacements on Einstein's birthday etc

[Lurch]

On 3 Jan 2005 17:08:08 -0800, [e-mail] (N. Thornton) strung together this:

Weird? That's the best I've seen it.

[Ric]

I've always liked the way you can do searches like:

1+1 3 pounds in ounces 24 litres in imperial gallons 3 miles in hands the speed of light e pi 2005 in roman numerals

Oh, the hours of fun that can be had...

[Bob Eager]

And, of course, typing in a search term of 'elgoog'....although this isn't 'real' Google...

[Suz]

I like the fact that they have a UK version of Froogle now too. I could waste many a merry minute just pressing the Froogle title over again to see what people are searching to buy.

Suzanne

[Andy Wade]

Try "c in furlongs per fortnight".

Did you know it will do complex numbers and functions with complex arguments - try "exp(i*pi)".

[Ric]

Indeed, I just did that and was suprised to see Michael Palin in the list of things recently found. I hope they got him for a reasonable price - how much does an ex-python go for these days?

[Googolplex]

If only it would not insist on breaking threading every time you post a reply to a message...