[Sigcr-l] RE: Sigcr-l Digest, Vol 12, Issue 1

[Jane Greenberg]

yes, indeed, the Onion is a satirical newsletter/paper--focusing on
current events.  i thought it was quite interesting to see this news
("satire") in the Onion and wanted to share w/this list, given what most
SIGCR folks do or are interested in.

thanks for your e-mail. best wishes, jg

On Sun, 4 Sep 2005, Joe Rubleske wrote:

> Er, I assumed that the first message was sarcastic; i.e., recognized
> that the article was satirical (being from The Onion and all), but now
> I'm wondering...  is this still facetiousness, or are some people
> taking this "Google purge" article at face value?  If the former then
> apologies for being a little *slow*.  If the latter, well, check out
> www.theonion.com.
>
> Regards,
>
> Joe Rubleske
> Doctoral Student
> School of Information Studies
> Syracuse University
> Telephone: 315.289.8380
> E-mail: jrublesk at syr.edu
>
> On Sep 4, 2005, at 12:46 AM, sangeeta deokattey wrote:
>
> > Dear All, (Google fiasco)
> >
> > The very aim of internet and information sharing across the world is
> > threatened. Google as a popular search engine, has no right to destroy
> > information it cannot handle. We as custodians of information have to
> > take some kind of action in this matter.
> >
> > Mrs. Sangeeta Deokattey
> >
> >> From: sigcr-l-request at asis.org
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> >> Subject: Sigcr-l Digest, Vol 12, Issue 1
> >> Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2005 12:00:30 -0400
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> >>    1. Google Announces Plan To Destroy All Information It Can't
> >>       Index (Jane Greenberg)
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> >> Message: 1
> >> Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2005 13:23:18 -0400 (EDT)
> >> From: Jane Greenberg <janeg at ils.unc.edu>
> >> Subject: [Sigcr-l] Google Announces Plan To Destroy All Information It
> >> 	Can't	Index
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> >>
> >> "Google Announces Plan To Destroy All Information It Can't Index,"
> >> from
> >> the Onion
> >>
> >> folks may find this interesting, scary, and/or more...
> >>
> >> see:  http://www.theonion.com/content/node/40076/print/
> >>
> >> best wishes, jg
> >>
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