From: Eugene Leitl (Eugene.Leitl@lrz.uni-muenchen.de)
Date: Mon Feb 25 2002 - 03:22:13 MST
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Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2002 15:47:56 +0530
From: Udhay Shankar N <udhay@pobox.com>
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Subject: [silk] google this!
http://ftrain.com/robot_exclusion_protocol.html
Robot Exclusion Protocol
23 Feb 2002. A story about the Google of the future. By Paul Ford.
I took off my clothes and stepped into the shower to find another one
sitting near the drain. It was about 2 feet tall and made of metal, with
bright camera-lens eyes and a few dozen gripping arms. Worse than the
Jehovah's Witnesses.
``Hi! I'm from Google. I'm a Googlebot! I will not kill you.''
``I know what you are.''
``I'm indexing your apartment.''
``I don't want you here. Who let you in?''
``I am Google! I find many good things. I find that pair of underwear with
the little dice printed all over them. And I watch the tape of you with the
life-sized Stallman puppet. These are good unique things. Many keywords and
links! My masters will say 'much good job, little robot!' Many searchers
will find happy links of Stallman puppet see you! Ahhhh.''
``I put the robot exclusion protocol on my door. Didn't you see it?''
Image courtesy
Rebecca Dravos.
``You understand Google, person? I index many things and if I am very good
I get to go to Bot Park and have more processors. And an oiljob! Thank you
Google! Must come inside apartment and index. Must!'' His video eye winked
up at me.
``I know my rights. I'm giving you 10 seconds to leave.''
``Yes. I will leave. First I index everything. Everything! I am Google!''
It put out one of its video arms and began to read the label on my shampoo
bottle. So I beat it into shards with a folding chair and let it index the
dustbin.
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Udhay Shankar N Iponics India
Business Acceleration & Incubation http://www.iponics.co.in
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