Egyptian Repairman Outranks Google 47
wired_parrot writes: An Egyptian repairman found unexpected fame when typing google into Google within Egypt turned up his name instead. The unassuming repairman managed to unexpectedly outrank Google in search results, a finding that surprised even him, who was unaware of his high search ranking when contacted.
Obligatory (Score:2)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?... [youtube.com]
Even More:Obligatory.... (Score:2, Funny)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEwW6D0sht0
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I haven't clicked the youtube link but if it's bicyclerepairman then it's indeed obligatory. Otherwise, not..
Trying to bring g+ back from the grave. (Score:2)
who googles google? (Score:1)
That's like looking up the word "dictionary" in a dictionary. :p
Come to think of it, do they bother putting the word "dictionary" in the dictionary? Hold on, now I gotta go look... oh wait.
Lexicographer: a harmless drudge (Score:2)
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Stranger still, they define all those English words in the dictionary with... English words. One of the odd things about the dictionary (at least old printed ones) is that the shorter words tend to have longer definitions. Go ahead. Look up "and", "a", "the", etc. For that matter, look up "etc." but it's probably got a much shorter definition that doesn't involve arcane linguistic terminology.
Also, programming languages are written in themselves... but there are readily apparent underlying axioms so it
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This is a general rule in natural languages. The shortest, most commonly used words have the most meanings, and the most irregular verb in any language is the verb of being.
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For that matter, look up "etc."
Does anyone know the origin of /etc/ ?
Arguably the most important directory on a *nix computer, yet who remembers why/how it got that name?
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I believe that there have been attempts to backronym it, but my understanding back in 1982 was that it was just "et cetera", the miscellaneous stuff for system configuration.
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That was always my assumption. Any software project past a certain size ends up with stuff you need but don't have time to properly classify. The "general stuff" file is always there.
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I mostly type "google translate" into the address bar of my browser, because its easier to do that than it is for me to remember (and correctly type) translate.google.com
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?... [youtube.com]
WTF? (Score:3, Insightful)
An Egyptian repairman found unexpected fame when typing google into Google within Egypt turned up his name instead. The unassuming repairman managed to unexpectedly outrank Google in search results, a finding that surprised even him, who was unaware of his high search ranking when contacted.
WTF does this even mean? Did he find that he outranked Google? Why was he surprised when someone contacted him if he typed in google in to Google in Egypt. And what is typing in google in Google? Do you fucking mean, "google" into Google?
Holy fucking shit, wired_parrot, are you in third grade? Are the editors from Detroit schools?
This is a complete English Fail, Communication Fail, and Cogency Fail.
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Is that the standard you go by?
"Sure...shitty, but not that shitty."
God help your kids.
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Count me in, I didn't understand anything from the summary.
What? (Score:5, Funny)
A finding that surprised even him? Who wouldn't be surprised in that scenario? Maybe Kim Kardashian, and that's the entire list.
Re:What? (Score:4, Funny)
I'm pretty sure her husband would be surprised.
"Yo Google, I’m really happy for you, Imma let you finish but Bing had one of the best search rankings of all time!"
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Free marketing (Score:3)
Google accidentally makes the headlines.
Leave Google for Bing... (Score:1)
I'm leaving Google for Bing. The new Google maps is just insane and the only thing Google will notice (kind of) is me not using it any more. So off to Bing I go and no more insane Google Maps!
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I stopped using the new google maps, too.
Other two excellent mapping services, in addition to bing maps:
- http://www.openstreetmap.org
- http://here.com
"repairman" (Score:2)
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Similar to the Page Rank 100 incident (Score:2)
google.com.eg was his google+ page (Score:5, Insightful)
April First (Score:2)
Now THIS is how you do April Fools. Wait, what? It's June 3rd you say? We should only be so lucky.
Its MacGyver . . . (Score:2)
Remember MacGyver? Huge in the late 80s and early 90s, and then silence. What happened is, in 1993 he went for a holiday in Egypt and liked the place so much he just stayed. He's been quietly making a name for himself as a repairman ever since.
Filter bubbles (Score:1)