Are ya feeling lucky?
Posted on 12/07/2004 3:56:33 PM PST by NYTexan
A new internet search engine, funded by the Chinese communist government and endorsed by former President Bill Clinton, hopes to challenge Google even though it lacks the search leader's most admired feature -- the 'I'm Feeling Lucky' button.
Accoona.com takes it's name from the Swahili phrase hakuna matata ('no worries') popularized by the Disney movie 'The Lion King'.
"Out of respect for President Clinton, we decided not to offer a 'Feeling Lucky' button," said an unnamed Accoona spokesman. "We didn't think it sounded very presidential."
Accoona executives are said to be considering Mr. Clinton's suggestion for a button that would exclude certains sites from search results. The button would tentatively be called 'hakuna enda huko'...which is roughly translated 'don't go there.'
Guess they couldn't agree on who "Lucky" would be.
Why? BJ Klinton was never Presidential anyway.
...but he did think he got Lucky!
Are ya feeling lucky?
Wouldn't surprise me that Stainman screwed the pooch before it was run over a few years ago. A friend told me that "Clinton would screw a snake in a rock pile."
That'll be a tough one for the Chicoms. All the good stuff is on conservative websites.
OH - NO!! Bill. Whatcha gonna do, now?
But there is a button that says - "Do it, because you can"
Don't tell anyone I asked you this, but what does the "I'm Feeling Lucky" button actually do? I've always wondered lol.
The internet is the perfect analogy for the excesses of the Clinton Administration. No controlling legal authority.
The search engine itself is not nearly as effective as google, yet has a very google-esque look and feel.
http://www.google.com/help/features.html#lucky
The "I'm Feeling Lucky™" button takes you directly to the first web page Google returned for your query. You will not see the other search results at all. An "I'm Feeling Lucky" search means you spend less time searching for web pages and more time looking at them.
For example, to find the homepage for Stanford University, simply enter Stanford into the search field and click on the "I'm Feeling Lucky" button. Google takes you directly to "www.stanford.edu", the official homepage of Stanford University.
Fortune Cookie Button?
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