Comments on: Google may harm your computer, according to Google http://geek.co.il/wp/2009/01/31/google-may-harm-your-computer-according-to-google Thoughts about the universe in general Tue, 22 May 2012 20:29:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4-alpha-19978 By: Eran http://geek.co.il/wp/2009/01/31/google-may-harm-your-computer-according-to-google/comment-page-1#comment-186212 Eran Sat, 14 Feb 2009 21:29:34 +0000 http://geek.co.il/wp/?p=826#comment-186212 Google is on its way to taking over the world and with all the people I knew who tried it, they are the ones I mind the least. Google is on its way to taking over the world and with all the people I knew who tried it, they are the ones I mind the least.

]]> By: Oded http://geek.co.il/wp/2009/01/31/google-may-harm-your-computer-according-to-google/comment-page-1#comment-186176 Oded Fri, 13 Feb 2009 12:31:44 +0000 http://geek.co.il/wp/?p=826#comment-186176 What really cooked my noodles about how much Google affects the world was that the next Sunday - I was listening to the radio, and Galatz (Israel's army radio - for those reading this outside of Israel) had an item, in the hourly news flash, about the Google outage. It was amazing that a software glitch was so important to warrant an item in the hourly news flash, and worse - they had two "people on the street" sound bits of people complaining that they couldn't use the web because of Google. They never have opinion sound bits on the hourly news flash! What really cooked my noodles about how much Google affects the world was that the next Sunday – I was listening to the radio, and Galatz (Israel’s army radio – for those reading this outside of Israel) had an item, in the hourly news flash, about the Google outage.

It was amazing that a software glitch was so important to warrant an item in the hourly news flash, and worse – they had two “people on the street” sound bits of people complaining that they couldn’t use the web because of Google. They never have opinion sound bits on the hourly news flash!

]]> By: Eran http://geek.co.il/wp/2009/01/31/google-may-harm-your-computer-according-to-google/comment-page-1#comment-185936 Eran Sun, 08 Feb 2009 20:41:27 +0000 http://geek.co.il/wp/?p=826#comment-185936 Actually, we saw another way of how Google affects global affairs when they picked up an untime-stamped article that was six years old, ran it as news, it was picked up by several papers and ran without checking, ending up causing some stock downturns. Actually, we saw another way of how Google affects global affairs when they picked up an untime-stamped article that was six years old, ran it as news, it was picked up by several papers and ran without checking, ending up causing some stock downturns.

]]> By: Oded http://geek.co.il/wp/2009/01/31/google-may-harm-your-computer-according-to-google/comment-page-1#comment-185666 Oded Wed, 04 Feb 2009 08:34:57 +0000 http://geek.co.il/wp/?p=826#comment-185666 Good luck with your iMac :-) The problem (according to Google) was a during manual update of the "bad sites" list a person added a "global wildcard" by mistake. Good luck with your iMac :-)

The problem (according to Google) was a during manual update of the “bad sites” list a person added a “global wildcard” by mistake.

]]> By: Adam http://geek.co.il/wp/2009/01/31/google-may-harm-your-computer-according-to-google/comment-page-1#comment-185318 Adam Sat, 31 Jan 2009 21:31:23 +0000 http://geek.co.il/wp/?p=826#comment-185318 Finally, they make mistake (they make mistake (they make mistake)).... i wonder if it was a bad package being installed, hackers, something else? what's interesting was that it proves that changes Google can go global, as reports show this behavior was all across the world ... btw, i'm excited as i'm writing my first online comment using my new iMac :-) fun. Finally, they make mistake (they make mistake (they make mistake))….
i wonder if it was a bad package being installed, hackers, something else?

what’s interesting was that it proves that changes Google can go global, as reports show this behavior was all across the world …

btw, i’m excited as i’m writing my first online comment using my new iMac :-) fun.

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