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On D-Day Anniversary, Google Memorializes... Tetris?
Warner Todd Huston's blog ^
| June 6, 2009 - 08:29
| Warner Todd Huston
Posted on 06/06/2009 2:42:34 PM PDT by SkyDancer
On June 6, 1944, the crucial Normandy Landings that formed the spearhead of the Allied invasion of Nazi held Europe occurred. D-Day ultimately led to the victory of the Allies over the despotic Nazi regime. Now here we are on June 6, 2009 and, in its inimitable way, Google has decided to memorialize the important occasion by adding an image on its homepage depicting... the computer game Tetris.
Yes, it's far more important to Google to celebrate the anniversary of the invention of the video game Tetris than to memorialize D-Day. It just warms the heart, doesn't it?
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: dday; google; normandy; tetris; wwii
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Yes, it's far more important to Google to celebrate the anniversary of the invention of the video game Tetris than to memorialize D-Day. It just warms the heart, doesn't it?
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posted on
06/06/2009 2:42:34 PM PDT
by
SkyDancer
To: SkyDancer
Be sure to check out the image on the best search engine on the internet!
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posted on
06/06/2009 2:46:13 PM PDT
by
Incorrigible
(If I lead, follow me; If I pause, push me; If I retreat, kill me.)
To: Incorrigible
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posted on
06/06/2009 2:46:53 PM PDT
by
SkyDancer
('Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who do not..' ~ Thomas Jefferson)
To: SkyDancer
That’s why I use LiveSearch/Bing whenever possible.
(And the little fact that they ‘disappeared’ half a million image search hits on “obama birth certificate” last July)
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posted on
06/06/2009 2:47:20 PM PDT
by
null and void
(We are now in day 138 of our national holiday from reality.)
To: null and void
Bing vs Google or Bing vs Dogpile?
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posted on
06/06/2009 2:48:48 PM PDT
by
SkyDancer
('Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who do not..' ~ Thomas Jefferson)
To: null and void
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posted on
06/06/2009 2:50:17 PM PDT
by
null and void
(We are now in day 138 of our national holiday from reality.)
To: SkyDancer
Yes, it's far more important to Google to celebrate the anniversary of the invention of the video game Tetris than to memorialize D-Day. It just warms the heart, doesn't it? Someone we know interviewed at Google and after he disclosed he was Christian, the interview process ended abruptly. Google's annual Christmas "artwork"is all-telling about their company. They're Bilderberg associates now, so I reckon that's to be expected given the political environment that organization espouses.
To: null and void
Actually I just went ahead and switched to Bing as my home page. Dogpile had some movie announcement ....
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posted on
06/06/2009 2:51:11 PM PDT
by
SkyDancer
('Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who do not..' ~ Thomas Jefferson)
To: MamaDearest
I quit Google long time ago - removed it from my toolbar. Just switched over to “BING” - giving it a try.
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posted on
06/06/2009 2:52:22 PM PDT
by
SkyDancer
('Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who do not..' ~ Thomas Jefferson)
To: Incorrigible
Ya...Google can go to hell.
I hate that bing is MS but, it's looking to be a better search engine.
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posted on
06/06/2009 2:58:00 PM PDT
by
Psycho_Bunny
(ALSO SPRACH ZEROTHUSTRA)
To: SkyDancer
Just switched from Google this morning.
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posted on
06/06/2009 3:05:58 PM PDT
by
cranked
To: SkyDancer
Yes, it's far more important to Google to celebrate the anniversary of the invention of the video game Tetris than to memorialize D-Day.
Who cares? Google provides free web search services. Their search page isn't an official location to commemorate important dates in US or world history. Why do people get so worked up over what Google chooses to put in their banners?
To: Psycho_Bunny
I like Dogpile!!!
bing didn’t have any D Day announcement either.
Dogpile supports doggies.
To: Recovering Ex-hippie
bing didn’t have any D Day announcement either Yes they do. With pictorial links to different bits of info about D-Day.
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posted on
06/06/2009 3:21:06 PM PDT
by
avg_freeper
(Gunga galunga. Gunga, gunga galunga)
To: SkyDancer
LOL Dogpile basically routes search results from Google and Yahoo back to a pretty page with a cartoon-faced dog.
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posted on
06/06/2009 3:24:55 PM PDT
by
MyTwoCopperCoins
(I don't have a license to kill; I have a learner's permit.)
To: Recovering Ex-hippie
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posted on
06/06/2009 3:32:23 PM PDT
by
cranked
To: SkyDancer
Every Christmas, Easter, D-day, you-name-it, there is one or more posts from
someone foaming at the mouth over Google's little cartoon graphic.
Google is a search engine, that is all I expect it to be.
I don't care what graphics they do or do not display.
Believe it or not, this is not a perfect world and there
will always be parts of it that do not suit you exactly.
Realize this and you will be much happier.
To: Incorrigible
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posted on
06/06/2009 3:39:48 PM PDT
by
wolficatZ
(Divestment from oppressive leftist dogma.)
To: Incorrigible
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posted on
06/06/2009 3:42:09 PM PDT
by
Extremely Extreme Extremist
("President Obama, your agenda is not new, it's not change, and it's not hope" - Rush Limbaugh 02/28)
To: cranked
Okay, i stand corrected...may try bing.
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