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Are we racist or just plain dumb?
Sacramento Bee ^
| 12/9/10
| Ash Roughani
Posted on 12/09/2009 7:58:57 AM PST by SmithL
If you are easily offended, please don't read this.
I've found the relatively new autosuggest feature on Google to be a pretty useful heuristic. When you don't quite know what exactly you're searching for, this feature suggests phrases to complete or refine your query.
It's not clear what the properties of the algorithm are that Google utilizes for this feature--i.e., how the phrases magically appear, but it's fair to say that they are correlated with the number of searches performed for the combination of words typed by users at a large scale.
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TOPICS: Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: google; googlebias; playtheracecard; pravdamedia; search; thatsracist; whiskeytangofoxtrot
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posted on
12/09/2009 7:58:58 AM PST
by
SmithL
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posted on
12/09/2009 7:59:44 AM PST
by
SmithL
(SARCHASM: The gulf between the maker of sarcastic wit and the person who just doesn't get it.)
To: SmithL
If I had to choose I would rather be racist than being dumb, at least then I could show some degree of moderation whereas an idiot cannot.
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posted on
12/09/2009 8:01:52 AM PST
by
Eye of Unk
(Would spring please arrive early, My new motorcycle awaits to run free and wild.)
To: SmithL
Racists, or just dumb?
We, collectively, are dumb racists.
Really, really dumb racists.
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posted on
12/09/2009 8:10:50 AM PST
by
flowerplough
( Pennsylvania today - New New Jersey meets North West Virginia.)
To: SmithL
LOL @ why do white people love Wayne Brady.
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posted on
12/09/2009 8:15:10 AM PST
by
cripplecreek
(Seniors, the new shovel ready project under socialized medicine.)
To: SmithL
I have no interest in discussing any of the specific searches. However, I wonder what would drive masses of people to ask such ludicrous questions. Who are these people anyways? Curious children? Ignorant bigots? Your next-door neighbor? I think some of the questions make perfect sense.
It's not immediately obvious why black people have white skin on their palms.
The answer is that this part of the skin doesn't have the cells that produce melanin. White people don't have any melanin on their palms either, but with less contrast it's harder to tell.
Now why exactly is wanting to know the answer to this question about human physiology either racist or stupid?
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posted on
12/09/2009 8:16:27 AM PST
by
Sherman Logan
("The price of freedom is the toleration of imperfections." Thomas Sowell)
To: cripplecreek
I personally prefer Carlton Banks over Wayne Brady.
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posted on
12/09/2009 8:29:31 AM PST
by
envisio
(The more people I meet, the more I like my dog.)
To: SmithL
Obama has tan lines. What does that mean?
Is Google's suggestion bad science?
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posted on
12/09/2009 8:34:20 AM PST
by
a fool in paradise
(Question authority!Who is the University of East Anglia to drive the 'Global Climate Change' agenda?)
To: SmithL
When you type the word global, immediately Google starts suggesting “global warming, globalzation, global warming facts...”
Global warming hoax DID make the list, down the way. But why push a fraud over the debunking of it?
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posted on
12/09/2009 8:36:22 AM PST
by
a fool in paradise
(Question authority!Who is the University of East Anglia to drive the 'Global Climate Change' agenda?)
To: SmithL
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posted on
12/09/2009 9:06:07 AM PST
by
Misterioso
(The uncontested absurdities of today are the accepted slogans of tomorrow. -- Ayn Rand)
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