[WEB4LIB] RE: Googol?

[Andrew I. Mutch]

I would guess that "Google" is a deliberate variation on "Googol".  If
most people were asked to spell "googol", many would probably spell it the
way the search engines does.

Andrew Mutch
Library Systems Technician
Waterford Township Public Library
Waterford, MI



On Thu, 10 Jan 2002, Daniel Messer wrote:

>     Also note that one is a search engine and the other is a number. I've run
> across several people who confuse the spelling of Google because they're thinking
> of the number googol, which is 10 to the power of 100, or a 1 followed by 100
> zeros. I know why a googol is called a googol, but I have no idea where Google got
> their name. Can anyone enlighten me there? I checked their FAQs, but I never saw
> the reason.
> 
> Dan
> 
> 
> "Andrew I. Mutch" wrote:
> 
> > Yes, one is a search engine and the other is a spoof. You decide which is
> > which.
> > :)
> >
> > The "Googol" site is just an extended "fake" IM chat that is supposed to
> > point out:
> >
> > 1) The low-content nature of chat.
> >
> > 2) The potential threat to privacy of conversation over the Internet.
> >
> > Almost all of the links off "Googol" go back to the real Google site.
> >
> > Andrew Mutch
> > Library Systems Technician
> > Waterford Township Public Library
> > Waterford, MI
> >
> > On Thu, 10 Jan 2002, Abbott, Bruce wrote:
> >
> > > Does anyone have a quick answer to the difference between Google and Googol?
> > > Is there any?
> > >
> > > Bruce Abbott
> > > Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Library
> > > 433 Bolivar St.
> > > New Orleans, LA  70112
> > >
> > > 504-568-7718 (fax)
> > > 504-568-6103 (voice)
> > > babbot at lsuhsc.edu
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Steven.Cohen at rivkin.com [mailto:Steven.Cohen at rivkin.com]
> > > Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 12:47 PM
> > > To: Multiple recipients of list
> > > Subject: [WEB4LIB] Googol?
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > Have you guys seen this yet?=20
> > >
> > > http://aimsearch.hybernaut.com/3.html - Search 5 Years of Instant=20
> > > Messenger Logs - "In November of 2001 AOL Time Warner, responding to a subp=
> > > oena from=20
> > > Attorney General John Ashcroft, made available to the Justice Department a =
> > >
> > > complete archive of all private conversations held over AOL Instant=20
> > > Messenger (AIM). Through the power of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)=
> > > , Googol was able to obtain a copy of this entire logfile, totaling over=20
> > > 2 terabytes of conversations previously thought to be private. This unique =
> > > resource provides insight into the minds of potential anti-American terrori=
> > > sts,=20
> > > cheating spouses, and countless computer neophytes."
> > >
> > > http://aimsearch.hybernaut.com/aimsearch - The search engine is here
> > >
> > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/28/23610.html - an article about the=20
> > > whole thing.
> > >
> > > It would have been funnier if the results were not "canned"
> > > Steven Cohen
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> Mondai wa
> The subject in question...
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> Daniel Messer, Technology Instructor
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