Better than 2GB Gmail, it's GoogleGulp!

nessin · Post by **nessin** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 5:34 pm

In the age old tradition of Google, they have released new information on services and upcomping products... on April 1st...

http://www.google.com/googlegulp/

(As good as this one, I still like their PigeonRank system from 2002: http://www.google.com/technology/pigeonrank.html )

Arc Orion · Post by **Arc Orion** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 5:51 pm

Pigeonrank is broken!!! (Oh, wait... It's just your parenthesis.)

So, anybody got their Google Gulp, yet? I want some Beta Carroty.

Deacon · Post by **Deacon** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 5:55 pm

Thread Lock in T minus 10 minutes...

nessin · Post by **nessin** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 5:59 pm

Arc Orion wrote:Pigeonrank is broken!!!

Fixed it, thanks for pointing that out.

[quote="Deacon";p="473823"]Thread Lock in T minus 10 minutes...[/quote]

Why would it be locked?

KaymeeraUnleashed · Post by **KaymeeraUnleashed** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 7:12 pm

Ten minute deadline ... missed

What is GoogleGulp?

Killer-Rabbit · Post by **Killer-Rabbit** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 8:31 pm

[quote="KaymeeraUnleashed";p="473859"]What is GoogleGulp?[/quote]
This explains it.

StruckingFuggle · Post by **StruckingFuggle** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 8:37 pm

... I had a nightmare last night where Google and GE had a merger and took over the world ... and then I get up and see THIS. Even as a joke.

Haha. What a world.

RadicalDreamer · Post by **RadicalDreamer** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 9:07 pm

If it wasn't a joke, I'd totally buy it.

mikehendo · Post by **mikehendo** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 9:20 pm

yup, Happy April Fools!

Infin8Cyn · Post by **Infin8Cyn** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 9:24 pm

Google Gulp and Your Privacy
From time to time, in order to improve Google Gulp's usefulness for our users, Google Gulp will send packets of data related to your usage of this product from a wireless transmitter embedded in the base of your Google Gulp bottle to the GulpPlex™, a heavily guarded, massively parallel server farm whose location is known only to Eric Schmidt, who carries its GPS coordinates on a 64-bit-encrypted smart card locked in a stainless-steel briefcase handcuffed to his right wrist. No personally identifiable information of any kind related to your consumption of Google Gulp or any other current or future Google Foods product will ever be given, sold, bartered, auctioned off, tossed into a late-night poker pot, or otherwise transferred in any way to any untrustworthy third party, ever, we swear. See our Privacy Policy.

Sir Spankspeople · Post by **Sir Spankspeople** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 9:26 pm

I so want some Beta Carroty. I'm not getting nearly enough essential vitamins out of my primarily carnivorous diet.

Arc Orion · Post by **Arc Orion** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 9:32 pm

But they don't mention giving it away to trustworthy third parties. And what if a trustworthy third party suddenly goes untrustworthy? I demand we boycott GoogleGulp until they promise not to give our information away, even to trustworthy third parties!!

minsx · Post by **minsx** » Sat Apr 02, 2005 4:09 pm

Hehe - from the FAQ

Customer: I mean, isn't this whole invite-only thing kind of bogus?

Google: Dude, it's like you've never even heard of viral marketing.

awesome

NotQuiteDead · Post by **NotQuiteDead** » Sat Apr 02, 2005 4:10 pm

[quote="minsx";p="474645"]Hehe - from the FAQ

Customer: I mean, isn't this whole invite-only thing kind of bogus?

Google: Dude, it's like you've never even heard of viral marketing.

awesome[/quote]

/me falls outta the chair laughing

nessin · Post by **nessin** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 6:13 pm

This one was even better:

5. Well, shouldn't Auto-Drink™ be default-off?

You mean we should cripple a perfectly useful feature just because of a little bad PR?

That should be the poster child statement for Microsoft!

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