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  • No google!

    Well, I wasn't sure if this should go in here or in check it out. I don't have a link...sooo...

    Anyhow, apparently Google was down this morning. I found out when my mom called me from work.

    Mom: "Daughter! I can't GOOGLE!"

    Me: "Um, what mom?"

    Mom: "Google's dooooown! What do I do? I can't--I can't get my gmail and I need to search for something."

    Me: "Mom...there's this thing...called Yahoo...You can search with that too."

    Mom: "Oh! I forgot other search engines existed. *hand over phone* Guys, look it up on Yahoo!"

    Man in the room: "It's not the same! Why the hell isn't google working?! It's google! It shouldn't be allowed to go down!"

    Me:

    Goodness, if a room full of Navy/Marine brass couldn't figure that out... My mother is actually very smart, but she can stress herself out. I didn't know she had a gmail account either. Didn't think she could use it for work; she has a spiffy .mil e-mail account for that.

    It goes to show how many people rely on google. I was annoyed by the outage too, since my home page is my igoogle. And every damn time I needed to search for something, I would type in google.com and nothing would happen.

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    Ah, I wondered if it was just my computer being super slow this morning.

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      I didn't remember it being down yesterday. I can imagine having to get off my ass to actually look in reference books for answers. Or the databases the library spends thousands on.

      Wikipedia is the next site I go to.
      Time! Time! Time is what turns kittens into cats.

      Don't teach me a lesson; all I learn is that you are an asshole.

      I wish porn had subtitles.

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      • #4
        I know there are other search engines, but google is the best. I'm addicted, and love that google can be used as a verb.
        "Is it hot in here to you? It's very warm, isn't it?"--Nero, probably

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        • #5
          You know...it's great that this thread exists...I tried to google something for a customer yesterday and when google didn't load, I thought it was our work computers being shitty again (sometimes our connection gets REALLY awful).

          Considering our main sales entry system was up, I thought it was odd that google wasn't working...

          Yay! I'm not (completely) crazy! But wow. I can't believe google was actually DOWN!
          I will not shove “it” up my backside. I do not know what “it” is, but in my many years on this earth I have figured out that that particular port hole is best reserved for emergency exit only. -GK

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          • #6
            Quoth Rine View Post
            I didn't know she had a gmail account either. Didn't think she could use it for work; she has a spiffy .mil e-mail account for that.
            I love my .mil account. No spam AT ALL. But I'd never use it for anything outside of work. I still check my .edu, which I only use for school and other official emails that aren't at work. Yahoo for everything else. But yea, since I can't access my .mil account outside of work, I need something else when I'm home.
            "I've found that when you want to know the truth about someone, that someone is probably the last person you should ask." - House

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            • #7
              Google was only down for certain people/areas. I think Google released a statement for it.

              In saying that, it's why you shouldn't rely on Google for EVERYTHING, a reason not to be on their Cloud or whatever...
              Began work Aug as casual '08
              Ex-coworkers from current place of work: 26ish
              Current co-workers at current place of work: 15ish - yes he just hired 3 more casuals
              Why do I still work there again?

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