Saturday, September 5, 2009

Pingie: HTTP:: Google Logo Abducted by Aliens

HTTP:: Google Logo Abducted by Aliens
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Google's doodles are always the subject of a fair amount of discussion but lately it looks like they've become so common place they've lost some of their initial charm. Still, they provide a unique way of educating the public on some important or at least interesting events or people. Google's latest doodle though is a little different. It doesn't mark a holiday, a great scientist or thinker, not even Tetris' birthday, in fact, no one knows what exactly Google is saying with the new doodle of a flying saucer “abducting” the letter “o” from its name. The doodle links to a Google search for “unexplained phenomenon” which, in an ironic twist, shows the news results about the fresh Google doodle right on top followed by the usual list of sites one would expect for this kind of search. There doesn't seem to be any historic unexplained phenomenon at this date nor has there been any significant one lately so what exactly does it mean? Well, Google is giving us a hint b!
y the way of an equally mysterious tweet on the company's main Twitter account. The message in its entirety says: “1.12.12 25.15.21.18 15 1.18.5 2.5.12.15.14.7 20.15 21.19” so it's not that helpful at first glance. But the “code” isn't really much of a cryptographer's conundrum, replacing the numbers with...
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