Google April Fools

[Moose_Island]

So here we have it, Google Australia have already pulled their stunt. Could have been more subtle, but it's still funny. :D


About gDayÃÃâ€*’Ãâ€Â*â€â „¢ÃƒÆ’â€ÂÂ*ââ‚ ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢ÃƒÆ’Ãâ€*’âà¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ã‚¬Ã…¡Ãƒâ€šÃà ¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¢ÃƒÆ’Ãâ€*’Ãâ€Â*à ¢â‚¬â„¢ÃƒÆ’‚Ã ¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¢ÃƒÆ’Ãâ€*’ ¢ÃƒÆ’¢â‚ ¬Ãƒâ€¦Ã‚¡Ãƒâ€šÃ ‚¬ÃÃâ€*’ââ ‚¬Â¦Ãƒâ€šÃâ €šÃ‚¾ÃƒÃâ€*’Ãâ€Â*à¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢ÃƒÆ’ƒÂ¢Ã¢ââ‚ ¬Å¡Ã‚¬Ã…¡ÃÃâ€*à ¢â‚¬â„¢ÃƒÆ’¢â‚¬Å¡ÃƒÃ ¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¢ technology

The core technology that powers gDayÃÃâ€*’Ãâ€Â*â€â „¢ÃƒÆ’â€ÂÂ*ââ‚ ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢ÃƒÆ’Ãâ€*’âà¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ã‚¬Ã…¡Ãƒâ€šÃà ¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¢ÃƒÆ’Ãâ€*’Ãâ€Â*à ¢â‚¬â„¢ÃƒÆ’‚Ã ¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¢ÃƒÆ’Ãâ€*’ ¢ÃƒÆ’¢â‚ ¬Ãƒâ€¦Ã‚¡Ãƒâ€šÃ ‚¬ÃÃâ€*’ââ ‚¬Â¦Ãƒâ€šÃâ €šÃ‚¾ÃƒÃâ€*’Ãâ€Â*à¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢ÃƒÆ’ƒÂ¢Ã¢ââ‚ ¬Å¡Ã‚¬Ã…¡ÃÃâ€*à ¢â‚¬â„¢ÃƒÆ’¢â‚¬Å¡ÃƒÃ ¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¢ is MATEÃÃâ€*’Ãâ€Â*â€â „¢ÃƒÆ’â€ÂÂ*ââ‚ ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢ÃƒÆ’Ãâ€*’âà¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ã‚¬Ã…¡Ãƒâ€šÃà ¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¢ÃƒÆ’Ãâ€*’Ãâ€Â*à ¢â‚¬â„¢ÃƒÆ’‚Ã ¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¢ÃƒÆ’Ãâ€*’ ¢ÃƒÆ’¢â‚ ¬Ãƒâ€¦Ã‚¡Ãƒâ€šÃ ‚¬ÃÃâ€*’ââ ‚¬Â¦Ãƒâ€šÃâ €šÃ‚¾ÃƒÃâ€*’Ãâ€Â*à¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢ÃƒÆ’ƒÂ¢Ã¢ââ‚ ¬Å¡Ã‚¬Ã…¡ÃÃâ€*à ¢â‚¬â„¢ÃƒÆ’¢â‚¬Å¡ÃƒÃ ¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¢ (Machine Automated Temporal Extrapolation).

Using MATEÃÃâ€*’Ãâ€Â*â€â „¢ÃƒÆ’â€ÂÂ*ââ‚ ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢ÃƒÆ’Ãâ€*’âà¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ã‚¬Ã…¡Ãƒâ€šÃà ¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¢ÃƒÆ’Ãâ€*’Ãâ€Â*à ¢â‚¬â„¢ÃƒÆ’‚Ã ¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¢ÃƒÆ’Ãâ€*’ ¢ÃƒÆ’¢â€Å ¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¬Ãƒâ€¦Ã ‚¡ÃÃâ€*’ââ ‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃâ €šÃ‚¬ÃƒÃâ€*’Ãâ€Â*à¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢ÃƒÆ’ƒâ€šÃ‚ ¢ÃÃâ€*’ ¢ÃƒÆ’ƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å ¡ÃƒÆ’‚¬Ã…Ãà ¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¾ÃƒÆ’Ãâ€*’ââà ¢â‚¬Å¡Ã‚¬Ã…¡Ãƒâ€šÃâ⠂¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¢sÃÃâ€*’Ãâ€Â*à¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢ÃƒÆ’ƒâ€ÂÂ*âà¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ã‚¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢ÃƒÆ’Ãâ€*’à ƒÆ’¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ₠¬Ã…¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¢ÃƒÃâ€*Ã¢â‚¬â„¢ÃƒÆ ’â€Â*’ ¢ÃÃâ€*’Ãâ₠¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¢ÃƒÆ’¢ââ€à …¡Ã‚¬Ã…¡Ãââ‚ ¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¬ÃƒÃâ€*’à ƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã‚¦Ãƒâ€ šÃ‚¾ÃÃâ€*’à â€Â*’âà¢ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã…¡Ã‚¬Ã…¡Ãà †â€™Ãƒâ€*’‚à ƒÆ’ƒâ€šÃ‚¢ machine learning and artificial intelligence techniques developed in GoogleÃÃâ€*’Ãâ€Â*†™Ãƒâ€ÂÂ*ââ‚ ¬â„¢ÃƒÃâ€*’âà ƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ã‚Â¬Ãƒâ€¦Ã‚Â¡ÃƒÆ’Ã†â€™ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã…Â¡ÃƒÆ ’‚¢ÃÃâ€*’Ãâ€Â* ’ÂÃâ₠¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¢ÃƒÆ’Ãâ€*’ ¢ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å ¡Ã‚¬Ã…à ƒâ€šÃ‚¡ÃƒÃâ€*’âà ¢â€šÂ¬Ã…¡Ãƒâ€šÃ ‚¬ÃÃâ€*’Ãâ€Â*à ƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢ÃƒÆ’ƒâ€šÃ†šÃ‚¢ÃƒÃâ€*’ÂÂà ‚¢ÃƒÆ’¢â€Åà ‚Â¡ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â¬ÃƒÆ’Ã†â€™ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã‚Â¦ÃƒÆ ’‚¾ÃÃâ€*’âà¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ã‚¬Ã…¡Ãƒâ€šÃà ¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¢s Sydney offices, we can construct elements of the future.

Google spiders crawl publicly available web information and our index of historic, cached web content. Using a mashup of numerous factors such as recurrence plots, fuzzy measure analysis, online betting odds and the weather forecast from the iGoogle weather gadget, we can create a sophisticated model of what the internet will look like 24 hours from now.

We can use this technique to predict almost anything on the web ÃÃâ€*’Ãâ€Â*â€℠¢ÃƒÆ’ƒâ€ÂÂ*â€Ã ¢â€žÂ¢ÃƒÆ’Ãâ€*’âââ⠂¬Å¡Ã‚¬Ã…¡Ãƒâ€šÃ†šÃ‚¢ÃƒÃâ€*’Ãâ€Â*ââ ‚¬â„¢ÃƒÆ’‚ÂÃ⠀šÃ‚¢ÃƒÆ’Ãâ€*’¢Ã ƒÆ’¢â€šÃ ƒâ€šÃ‚¬Ãƒâ€¦Ãâ₠¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¡ÃƒÆ’Ãâ€*’âââ₠¬Å¡Ã‚¬Ã…¡Ãƒâ€šÃ ¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¬ÃƒÆ’Ãâ€*’Ãâ€Â*ââ⠀šÂ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢ÃƒÆ’ƒâ€šÃ‚ƚ¢ÃƒÃâ€*Ã¢â‚¬â„¢ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â¢ÃƒÆ ’Ã†â€™Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â¢ÃƒÆ’Ã‚Â¢ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã…Â¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â¬ÃƒÆ ’…¡Ã‚ƚ¬ÃÃâ€*’â↚¬Â¦ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢ââ‚ ¬Å¡Ã‚¬Ã…“ tomorrowÃÃâ€*’Ãâ€Â*ââ‚ ¬â„¢ÃƒÆ’â€ÂÂ*â↚¬â„¢ÃƒÃâ€*’à¢ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ã‚¬Ã…¡Ãƒâ€šà ƒÆ’‚¢ÃÃâ€*’ÆÂ*’ÂÃâ €šÃ‚¢ÃƒÃâ€*’ÂÃ⠀šÃ‚¢ÃƒÆ’¢â€Ã⠀¦Ã‚¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¬Ãƒâ€¦ ¡ÃÃâ€*’â €šÃ‚à ƒâ€šÃ‚¬ÃƒÃâ€*’Æ*’ÂÃâ⠂¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¢ÃƒÆ’Ãâ€*’Âƚ¢Ãƒ¢â€Æ¦Ã‚¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¬Ãƒâ€¦à ƒÆ’‚¾ÃÃâ€*’âà ƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ã‚Â¬Ãƒâ€¦Ã‚Â¡ÃƒÆ’Ã†â€™ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã…Â¡ÃƒÆ ’‚¢s share price movements, sports results or news events. Plus, using language regression analysis, Google can even predict the actual wording of blogs and newspaper columns, 24 hours before theyÃÃâ€*’Ãâ€Â*â€â „¢ÃƒÆ’â€ÂÂ*ââ‚ ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢ÃƒÆ’Ãâ€*’âà¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ã‚¬Ã…¡Ãƒâ€šÃà ¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¢ÃƒÆ’Ãâ€*’Ãâ€Â*à ¢â‚¬â„¢ÃƒÆ’‚Ã ¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¢ÃƒÆ’Ãâ€*’ ¢ÃƒÆ’¢â€Å ¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¬Ãƒâ€¦Ã ‚¡ÃÃâ€*’ââ ‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃâ €šÃ‚¬ÃƒÃâ€*’Ãâ€Â*à¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢ÃƒÆ’ƒâ€šÃ‚ ¢ÃÃâ€*’ ¢ÃƒÆ’ƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å ¡ÃƒÆ’‚¬Ã…Ãà ¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¾ÃƒÆ’Ãâ€*’ââà ¢â‚¬Å¡Ã‚¬Ã…¡Ãƒâ€šÃâ⠂¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¢re written!

To rank these future pages in order of relevance, gDayÃÃâ€*’Ãâ€Â*â€â „¢ÃƒÆ’â€ÂÂ*ââ‚ ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢ÃƒÆ’Ãâ€*’âà¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ã‚¬Ã…¡Ãƒâ€šÃà ¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¢ÃƒÆ’Ãâ€*’Ãâ€Â*à ¢â‚¬â„¢ÃƒÆ’‚Ã ¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¢ÃƒÆ’Ãâ€*’ ¢ÃƒÆ’¢â‚ ¬Ãƒâ€¦Ã‚¡Ãƒâ€šÃ ‚¬ÃÃâ€*’ââ ‚¬Â¦Ãƒâ€šÃâ €šÃ‚¾ÃƒÃâ€*’Ãâ€Â*à¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢ÃƒÆ’ƒÂ¢Ã¢ââ‚ ¬Å¡Ã‚¬Ã…¡ÃÃâ€*à ¢â‚¬â„¢ÃƒÆ’¢â‚¬Å¡ÃƒÃ ¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¢ uses a statistical extrapolation of a pageÃÃâ€*’Ãâ€Â*â€â „¢ÃƒÆ’â€ÂÂ*ââ‚ ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢ÃƒÆ’Ãâ€*’âà¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ã‚¬Ã…¡Ãƒâ€šÃà ¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¢ÃƒÆ’Ãâ€*’Ãâ€Â*à ¢â‚¬â„¢ÃƒÆ’‚Ã ¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¢ÃƒÆ’Ãâ€*’ ¢ÃƒÆ’¢â€Å ¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¬Ãƒâ€¦Ã ‚¡ÃÃâ€*’ââ ‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃâ €šÃ‚¬ÃƒÃâ€*’Ãâ€Â*à¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢ÃƒÆ’ƒâ€šÃ‚ ¢ÃÃâ€*’ ¢ÃƒÆ’ƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å ¡ÃƒÆ’‚¬Ã…Ãà ¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¾ÃƒÆ’Ãâ€*’ââà ¢â‚¬Å¡Ã‚¬Ã…¡Ãƒâ€šÃâ⠂¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¢s future PageRank, called SageRank.

gDayÃÃâ€*’Ãâ€Â*â€â „¢ÃƒÆ’â€ÂÂ*ââ‚ ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢ÃƒÆ’Ãâ€*’âà¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ã‚¬Ã…¡Ãƒâ€šÃà ¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¢ÃƒÆ’Ãâ€*’Ãâ€Â*à ¢â‚¬â„¢ÃƒÆ’‚Ã ¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¢ÃƒÆ’Ãâ€*’ ¢ÃƒÆ’¢â‚ ¬Ãƒâ€¦Ã‚¡Ãƒâ€šÃ ‚¬ÃÃâ€*’ââ ‚¬Â¦Ãƒâ€šÃâ €šÃ‚¾ÃƒÃâ€*’Ãâ€Â*à¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢ÃƒÆ’ƒÂ¢Ã¢ââ‚ ¬Å¡Ã‚¬Ã…¡ÃÃâ€*à ¢â‚¬â„¢ÃƒÆ’¢â‚¬Å¡ÃƒÃ ¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¢ and MATEÃÃâ€*’Ãâ€Â*â€â „¢ÃƒÆ’â€ÂÂ*ââ‚ ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢ÃƒÆ’Ãâ€*’âà¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ã‚¬Ã…¡Ãƒâ€šÃà ¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¢ÃƒÆ’Ãâ€*’Ãâ€Â*à ¢â‚¬â„¢ÃƒÆ’‚Ã ¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¢ÃƒÆ’Ãâ€*’ ¢ÃƒÆ’¢â‚ ¬Ãƒâ€¦Ã‚¡Ãƒâ€šÃ ‚¬ÃÃâ€*’ââ ‚¬Â¦Ãƒâ€šÃâ €šÃ‚¾ÃƒÃâ€*’Ãâ€Â*à¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢ÃƒÆ’ƒÂ¢Ã¢ââ‚ ¬Å¡Ã‚¬Ã…¡ÃÃâ€*à ¢â‚¬â„¢ÃƒÆ’¢â‚¬Å¡ÃƒÃ ¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¢ were developed in GoogleÃÃâ€*’Ãâ€Â*†™Ãƒâ€ÂÂ*ââ‚ ¬â„¢ÃƒÃâ€*’âà ƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ã‚Â¬Ãƒâ€¦Ã‚Â¡ÃƒÆ’Ã†â€™ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã…Â¡ÃƒÆ ’‚¢ÃÃâ€*’Ãâ€Â* ’ÂÃâ₠¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¢ÃƒÆ’Ãâ€*’ ¢ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å ¡Ã‚¬Ã…à ƒâ€šÃ‚¡ÃƒÃâ€*’âà ¢â€šÂ¬Ã…¡Ãƒâ€šÃ ‚¬ÃÃâ€*’Ãâ€Â*à ƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢ÃƒÆ’ƒâ€šÃ†šÃ‚¢ÃƒÃâ€*’ÂÂà ‚¢ÃƒÆ’¢â€Åà ‚Â¡ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â¬ÃƒÆ’Ã†â€™ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã‚Â¦ÃƒÆ ’‚¾ÃÃâ€*’âà¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ã‚¬Ã…¡Ãƒâ€šÃà ¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¢s Sydney R&D centre. Click here to apply for a job

Link (http://www.google.com.au/intl/en/gday/index.html).
Oh, and be sure to check out their policies (http://www.google.com.au/intl/en/gday/policies.html)!

[Cheese]

Haha that's classic. :D

As for me...
Air New Zealand put out a fake competition for a trip to a pacific island. I wasn't thinking so entered... :D

Post here if you get tricked by and April Fools joke. :P

[Cheese]

[Merged topics]

[Moose_Island]

The thing is... I already knew about this yesterday. Oh yeah, and I won the lottery.

[TeRp]

lol, they always have some pretty good stuff for april's fools.
Definatley a funny joke, but you just have to read the first few sentences until it becomes clear "Wait! It's April 1st!" :)

[henning123]

Very very funy!! Congrats to Google for such ingenius thinking for April Fools day!!

[haylzj]

Very clever indeed, I love all this april fools stuff.

[nofun]

LOL Yeah nothing can beat a good April fools Joke.

[pjzapped]

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