scousi Posted January 29, 2006 Share Posted January 29, 2006 Nice parody here. http://www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/index.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swad Posted February 5, 2006 Share Posted February 5, 2006 That is pretty funny. If it's a parody of Google, I missed the significance (I think it's just about this year in the Chinese calendar). However, I think Google is legit in blocking things in China. All the rest of the search engines did it years ago, and from what I've read it's nothing significant they're blocking. Eventually China will open up, but until then I think Google is fairly justified. This is more an issue with China than with Google, I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ouch Posted February 5, 2006 Share Posted February 5, 2006 They didn't really have any choice in the matter - block or be blocked! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scousi Posted February 5, 2006 Author Share Posted February 5, 2006 That is pretty funny. If it's a parody of Google, I missed the significance (I think it's just about this year in the Chinese calendar). However, I think Google is legit in blocking things in China. All the rest of the search engines did it years ago, and from what I've read it's nothing significant they're blocking. Eventually China will open up, but until then I think Google is fairly justified. This is more an issue with China than with Google, I think. LOL! It's not the same picture as when I posted but I guess it applies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hagar Posted February 5, 2006 Share Posted February 5, 2006 I think http://www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/joyarchives/780.html is what the original poster was referring to :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swad Posted February 5, 2006 Share Posted February 5, 2006 Now that one is funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metrogirl Posted February 5, 2006 Share Posted February 5, 2006 I think the Google China thing is pretty interesting. For over three years I've been using BAIDU which is a Chinese Google-Equivalent (at least it uses Simplified Chinese characters so I always assumed it was in China) and searches there always produces loads of Warez, anarchistic and anti-establishment articles and the like - and there are enough hits are in English. It's a great source for 'evaluation' software. Of course you need to learn the Chinese characters for "back" "next" "download" and so on, but that's easy! I just wondered how much Chinese government control was exercised over that site? Not much, it would seem. From Baidu's 'about' page: "Baidu" was inspired by a poem written more than 800 years ago during the Song Dynasty. The poem compares the search for a retreating beauty amid chaotic glamour with the search for one's dream while confronted by life's many obstacles. "…hundreds and thousands of times, for her I searched in chaos, suddenly, I turned by chance, to where the lights were waning, and there she stood." Baidu, whose literal meaning is hundreds of times, represents persistent search for the ideal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ouch Posted February 5, 2006 Share Posted February 5, 2006 I was in Beijing in october - weird thing was the hotel i was staying at had a broadband connection in my room so i was able to simply L2TP onto my home network and use it as a proxy - which would mean i could browse any site i wanted without restriction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baliw Posted February 5, 2006 Share Posted February 5, 2006 OT: Hey Ouch, congats..... Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a8ne Posted March 10, 2006 Share Posted March 10, 2006 I wonder how many Americans are ready to defy the DMCA let alone a column of tanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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