The pieces of the massive global conspiracy that is the Google corporation are finally starting to fall into place. A few weeks ago, they announced their plans to take over the moon, and now, judging from a lawsuit last week that involved the company plagiarizing a poor Pennsylvanian man's social security number, and this new suit involving a Tanzanian tribe, it seems pretty clear that everyone's favorite not-evil-doing search platform is also attempting to dominate the planet earth, like a giant, multi-colored search octopus.
Texas resident, Denis Maringo (more specifically, CCA Houston Processing Center resident, thanks to immigration charges, according to the complaint discovered byThe New York Times' Bits Blog), that Dylan Steve Wayne guy in Pennsylvania was a total nutball. Of course Google didn't come upon their name by turning a guy's social security upside down and unscrambling it. Anyone with half a brain in their head can tell you that the company actually pilfered their name from the Gogo tribe in Tanzania.
Also, while he's suing people, Maringo thought it only appropriate to mention the fact that Google isn't the only search giant who nabbed a name from a fellow Tanzanian tribe. Yahoo!'s monkier actually comes from the Yao tribe. At least the Tanzanian Webcrawlers have remained unscathed, thus far.
Maringo is asking for $10,000 per member of each tribe. Google, however, is maintaining their original statement that the company's name comes from the mathematical term "googol." If that is indeed the case, when is the Arabic numeric system going to get its payday?
Also, who is looking out for Japanese anime assassin, Golgo 13, mid-90s M.O.R. group, the Goo Goo Dolls, and Andy Griffith Show star, George "Goober" Lindsey?
Really, Google, is there anyone you won't hurt?
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