Re: Google has lost my respect

2005-09-13 Thread Ben Doom
It is football season, after all... --Ben Larry C. Lyons wrote: > Seems to me that people are beginning to pile on. > > larry > > On 9/12/05, Ben Doom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>C. Hatton Humphrey wrote: >> >>>Sounds like everyone's making a MT out of a mole-hill! >> >>What can I say? Aro

Re: Google has lost my respect

2005-09-13 Thread Larry C. Lyons
Seems to me that people are beginning to pile on. larry On 9/12/05, Ben Doom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > C. Hatton Humphrey wrote: > > Sounds like everyone's making a MT out of a mole-hill! > > What can I say? Around me, the puns tend to pile up. > > --Ben > > > ~~

Re: Google has lost my respect

2005-09-12 Thread Ben Doom
C. Hatton Humphrey wrote: > Sounds like everyone's making a MT out of a mole-hill! What can I say? Around me, the puns tend to pile up. --Ben ~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by

Re: Google has lost my respect

2005-09-12 Thread C. Hatton Humphrey
> >> Don't forget December 10th my birthday :-D > > > Maybe they'll put up a cake. Or something fried, > > yeah. You know -- filled with MT calories! > > Oh Ben, don't tease us with MT promises like that! :) Sounds like everyone's making a MT out of a mole-hill! Hatton ~~~

Re: Google has lost my respect

2005-09-12 Thread S . Isaac Dealey
> Tangorre, Michael wrote: >> Don't forget December 10th my birthday :-D > Maybe they'll put up a cake. Or something fried, > yeah. You know -- filled with MT calories! Oh Ben, don't tease us with MT promises like that! :) s. isaac dealey 954.522.6080 new epoch : isn't it time for a chan

Re: Google has lost my respect

2005-09-12 Thread Michael Dinowitz
Well, based on the feedback from people here, I dug deep into the various information sources till I got a link to Google's archive of logos. All of them are 'upbeat' and the only mention to disasters are secondary items like the ribbon for Katrina victims. http://www.google.com/intl/en/holida

Re: Google has lost my respect

2005-09-12 Thread Ben Doom
Tangorre, Michael wrote: > Don't forget December 10th my birthday :-D Maybe they'll put up a cake. Or something fried, yeah. You know -- filled with MT calories! --Ben ~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's

RE: Google has lost my respect

2005-09-12 Thread S . Isaac Dealey
>> From: Jaysen Van [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Gosh google let a day go by without creating a new >> banner? >> Who cares, Obviously Michael does, but why? >> What did you want? An airplane crashing into the "G" for >> google? >> I don't remember seeing a sinking Google with a little >> airpla

RE: Google has lost my respect

2005-09-12 Thread Dawson, Michael
Terrorist attacks directed toward their sites? M!ke -Original Message- From: Michael Dinowitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 12, 2005 10:42 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Google has lost my respect On just about every other day of the year Google changes their banner t

RE: Google has lost my respect

2005-09-12 Thread Tangorre, Michael
> From: Jaysen Van [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Gosh google let a day go by without creating a new banner? > Who cares, Obviously Michael does, but why? > What did you want? An airplane crashing into the "G" for google? > I don't remember seeing a sinking Google with a little > airplanes buzzin

RE: Google has lost my respect

2005-09-12 Thread Jaysen Van
Gosh google let a day go by without creating a new banner? Who cares, Obviously Michael does, but why? What did you want? An airplane crashing into the "G" for google? I don't remember seeing a sinking Google with a little airplanes buzzing around on Dec 7th. Nor do I remember a big mushroom c

Re: Google has lost my respect

2005-09-12 Thread Howie Hamlin
Al Capone's gang dressed up as cops and lined up several rival gangsters against a wall in a garage and tommy-gunned them. Some were literally cut in half in the fusillade. Howie --- On Monday, September 12, 2005 12:30 PM, S. Isaac Dealey scribed: --- > > Wasn't there a St. Valentines Day mass

Re: Google has lost my respect

2005-09-12 Thread S . Isaac Dealey
> The Google logos that they put up to mark a specific > day are seen as somewhat light-hearted. A cute > little heart-emblazoned logo to > commemorate Valentine's Day. The irony being that St. Valentine was according to legend shot to death with 100 arrows or so and with gradual change over the

Re: Google has lost my respect

2005-09-12 Thread S . Isaac Dealey
Or to pick another event that caused lots of American deaths, Peral Harbor... the day that "lives in infamy" but has been largely forgotten nowadays. "Hey today's the anniversary of Pearl Harbor... when is that? Didn't they make a movie with Ben Affleck?" > Isn't it usually public holidays, famous

Re: Google has lost my respect

2005-09-12 Thread Charlie Griefer
just playing Devil's Advocate here but my take is that maybe (just -maybe-)... The Google logos that they put up to mark a specific day are seen as somewhat light-hearted. A cute little heart-emblazoned logo to commemorate Valentine's Day. Festive little fireworks in the background to commemorat

Re: Google has lost my respect

2005-09-12 Thread S . Isaac Dealey
> On just about every other day of the year Google changes > their banner to reflect the day. Does anyone remember what > they did yesterday (Sept. 11)? If you say nothing, then > you are correct. Who were they afraid of offending? Terrorists. Though seriously... the logo changes on the Google pa

Re: Google has lost my respect

2005-09-12 Thread Kevin Graeme
The banner changes are done with a sense of whimsical fun. I respect that they didn't cheapen the day. On 9/12/05, Michael Dinowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On just about every other day of the year Google changes their banner to > reflect the day. Does anyone remember what they did yeste

Re: Google has lost my respect

2005-09-12 Thread Wayne Putterill
Isn't it usually public holidays, famous birthdays - that sort of 'upbeat' stuff? I can't remember seeing anything more serious than that - did they do anything on the Hiroshima anniversary for instance, or have they done something for 9/11 in the past but not this year? On 9/12/05, Michael Dinowi