Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Ask the google...
If you want to know the answer to any question, simply consult the Google. It knows the answer to all questions, all of them. And the best part, unlike praying, you don't have to sort out parables or play mind games; nor does it require deciphering cryptic scriptures. A new mantra (or a stylish new bumper sticker for the kiddies): The Google Knows. It answers questions from the most trivial, such as "Who won the game last night?," to the most important, such as "What should I do with my life?" It removes God from the process, but gives you a substitute so that you don't have to make the hard decisions for yourself.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
6 comments:
Mystic,
Finally a post I can respond to :-) I wonder everyday what the world did prior to the internet and googling.
I haven't used a phone book, read a newspaper or visited a library (don't tell Pawley, he'll be so disappointed) for at least a decade. Why go to all that trouble when I can just ask the all mighty Google... ask and ye shall receive... :-)
AND, for those of us that don't have internet access via cell phone... did you know you can ask Google via text message? Just type your question, and send to 'googl' or 46645. :-) Google will text you back with the answer. So, no more sitting in your car wondering 'who sings this song' or waiting for the weather/traffic report on the radio... Google comes to the rescue every time.
I use it everyday – The Google that is – but I don’t worship it anymore than I do a screwdriver or a wrench, or the mouse on my computer. It is a tool, and nothing more. Useful to ‘pry’ an answer out of ‘thin air’ as it were. It is not evil, or good, nor even accurate at all times.
It is a laughable tin God. Like worshipping a spent can of tuna, or the can opener that let you taste of the now opened can’s contents.
It can’t foresee the future, nor command the elements, nor can it comfort you and lead you by the hand in all the empty places you must walk.
“And even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you.” -- Isaiah 46:4.
The Google, cannot do that. In fact read all of Isaiah 46 (it’s very short) if you want real perspective.
Cryptic? Hah! It is as clear as it can be. Mind games? Play ‘mind games’ with the creator of the universe? Why? Ask and you shall receive, knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
True, The Google is an Oracle of sorts. It can tell you of the collective ‘mind’ – as if, Borg-like, we could share all known knowledge (with emphasis on ‘known’). But there is ‘noise’ on the wire, and a cacophony of unsteady voices, and so even there what The Google delivers is not always right. One must apply good sense, and a certain ‘Delphi technique’ to its yieldings.
If you want to light the darkness ahead, if you want comfort in times of need, if you want the elements to be bridled for your good, and the creator of the universe to come to your aid, prayer to the Almighty is the only way. If you want to know about what is what the ‘deal’ is on American Idol, The Google will surely tell you, but golly, if that is the sort of question that troubles you, perhaps you had better get a real life ;-)
Not all questions are worthy ones.
“ 9 Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me,
10 Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:”
-- from Isaiah 46.
I asked The Google what I should eat for lunch. It said chips, salad and a sandwich.
I asked it what will I do when I grow up. It said be a screen-writer.
I asked it where should I live next year. It said live on campus.
What should Dani do for a career? Computer Science.
How many children should I have? One.
Will I win the lottery? NO.
(My favorite) When will Dani die? SHE WILL NOT DIE. (www.leechvideo.com/video/view2387315.html)
What do you think? Believable? Probable? I guess we'll see!
I forgot one important point:
The Dark Web. Muhaha!
(do you hear the eerie music in the background . . . )
Most knowledge on the web is hidden in databases standing behind web pages. Spiders and web bots cannot search this 'Dark Web' because to extract the information you have to ask the front-end web page for a 'specific piece' of the information; you cannot command -- Ali Baba and the 40 thieves like – ‘OPEN SESAME!’ and have the front web page spew forth -all- the information hidden behind it.
Further, a good part of the 'Dark Web' is hidden behind passwords and access blocks (usually associated with making money -- as in 'pay me, and I'll give you access to Scientific American's archived issues' for one example).
Thus Google is only searching -part- of known knowledge. Some estimates I've read say 10%, maybe less.
Bugger! Not only is it a Tin God, but it has feet of clay . . . is that a rock, hewn without human hands out of the mountain-side, barreling this way? ;-)
In Google we trust.
Post a Comment