“What’s wrong with Google? Well, it’s boastful. It can’t keep itself from telling you how inconceivably fast it is. Ask it for information on Chinese archaeology and it compiles 29,400 links, adding: ‘search took 0.14 seconds.’ Please, not so pushy, Google. Sometimes I don’t feel like being reminded that Google both thinks and acts faster than I can even imagine.” —Agog over GoogleNat’t Post (Canada))
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