The Internet’s Complaint Box
In Soviet Russia, Google deletes you!
I have been doing God’s work.
I’ve have graciously spent one of my lunch breaks patrolling and helping peeps on the Google Web Search forums. In this short time, I now fully comprehend the staggeringly low technological competence of the average Internet user.
The Google Web Search forum is a catch-all. Clicking “Search Help” at the bottom of any Google results page will take you to its door, inviting any and all forms of complaint and suggestion.
Scanning its contents, you will quickly see that Google unfairly gets blamed not only for all common software and hardware problems, but it is considered to be the omnipotent Internet moderator, deleting and adding sites from the web at their own will.
To the not-so-well-versed Internet user, this forum is a last ditch effort for support. To put it simply, this is where your grandparents seek out computer help when you don’t answer your phone.
An overwhelming majority of forum topics can be categorized into two trends: “I am being scammed” and “How come my blog isn’t appearing on Google?” But in-between, there is a mind-numbing number of questions that must be seen to be believed.
Nerd Ink
No.
The “nerd tattoo” has officially begun to ground itself in our social culture. Now, a tattoo barer can be unfairly categorized and stereotyped as follows:
- a grizzled, mustachioed Harley Davidson enthusiast,
- a brave, freedom-defending armed serviceman,
- an artsy, but slightly depressed liberal arts student
- a drunk, whorish sorority chick, or
- computer scientist with a tech blog.
The nerd tattoo is typically drastically different from all other brands, usually consisting of a mathematical equation or some reference to a popular video game in the 80’s. I’m tired of these.
Here are some tattoos I’d like to see at the next BiMonScifiCon.
NASA Probe to Penetrate Moon’s Ass
LCROSS - Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite
How’s that for an attention grabbing headline?
Mark your calendars. On October 9th, LCROSS will reach the end of its 4-month trek and slam into a crater on Earth’s favorite orbiting heavenly body.
I have conflicting reports on whether or not you should be able to see the plume of debris with a cheap-ass telescope from Target. But there should at least be two quick flashes of light from the south pole of the moon. Best to make friends with that weird guy at work with the $8000 Schmidt-Cassegrain.
For viewing info and ample graphs, NASA has provided all you’ll need. NASA TV will also have spiffy live coverage of this once-in-a-lifetime-until-China-does-it-again event.
[Flashback: LCROSS launch party]
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