Sphinn - It’s “Lights Out” for Google

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Sphinn It!

Went Hot: March 31, 2008 - 3:03 pm
Posted By: BrentCsutoras 463 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.brentcsutoras.com)
Category: Google

If you happen to visit Google today, Saturday March 29, 2008, you will notice they have turned the lights out on their homepage, in an effort to raise awareness of a worldwide energy conservation effort called Earth Hour.

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from Guillaume 463 days ago #

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Black is the new white!

from aimClear 463 days ago #

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Nice to see you flexing your social news chops her more Brent. :) Thanks for the cool content.

from theGypsy 463 days ago #

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well hey just cause I love a good rant... the best anti-Google post I was on this said the following;

"Yeah, I love it. A bunch of ugly, aspirin-taking, limousine-riding, worldly-ignorant morons without an ounce of historic (or contemporary) knowledge making a STATEMENT.

Which is what? That they HAVE CONTROL -- like so many other idiots throughout the recorded history of mankind over some over-rated, short-lived method of communication -- over what?

If anything at all, it's a debasement for Google, not a political advancement for anyone who doesn't happen to live in the complete and utter fantasy of southern California.

The vast majority of Google employees couldn't save themselves from a summer breeze or walk two miles on a snowy road if they had to -- because they never had to make lunch before, perhaps.

Maybe Serge and Brin have gone totally nuts, I don't know. I don't really care. But when international search engines start to flex their muscles for political reasons -- no matter who they are -- they're dabbling in foolish and dangerous little thrusts designed to impact popularity, not sensibility.

Those who suffer are those who THEY actually believe they are "helping".

To me that is the pinnacle of stupidity and the definition of pseudo-intellectual pricks throughout the planet. "

.... I do also concerns about the motivations :0) ...and of course love a good rant

from BrentCsutoras 463 days ago #

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Sounds like just a rant to me.

from iBrian 461 days ago #

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They did Google UK on Friday:
http://sphinn.com/story/37588

Actually thought I'd been hit with malware at first, especially when the link to Google.com was a broken redirect.

The real story is that on Friday, Google.com was completely inaccessible to the UK IMO. That's potentially one way to save energy. :)