Sunday, June 6, 2004

More FindForward Wildcards

Here are more FindForward Wildcards (think of it as an instant Web survey via Google):

I want * in my life

You -> 33.75% (135 of 400)
Him -> 10.75% (43 of 400)
Someone -> 4.75% (19 of 400)
Them -> 2.5% (10 of 400)
Peace -> 2.25% (9 of 400)

Woke up at *

6 -> 10.25% (41 of 400)
7 -> 8% (32 of 400)
3 -> 6.25% (25 of 400)
4 -> 6% (24 of 400)
5 -> 6% (24 of 400)

I hate *

About -> 7.25% (29 of 400)
You -> 4.5% (18 of 400)
Spam -> 2% (8 of 400)
Microsoft -> 1.5% (6 of 400)
Everything -> 1.25% (5 of 400)

I love *

You -> 14.25% (57 of 400)
Lucy -> 5% (20 of 400)
Cats -> 1% (4 of 400)
New -> 1% (4 of 400)
La -> 0.75% (3 of 400)

My hobbies are *

Reading -> 8.5% (34 of 400)
Playing -> 6.75% (27 of 400)
Swimming -> 3% (12 of 400)
Music -> 2.5% (10 of 400)
Drawing -> 2.5% (10 of 400)

Will I ever be *

Able -> 39.75% (159 of 400)
Free -> 2.5% (10 of 400)
Required -> 2.5% (10 of 400)
Happy -> 2.5% (10 of 400)
Whole -> 2% (8 of 400)

You can try it out yourself by entering any phrase with a wildcard character:

More FindForward Wildcard ... by Philipp Lenssen

Google Ph.D.’s

“Hey, it’s not rocket science. And it’s not brain surgery. But if your background is in either, you’re welcome to take a shot and apply at Google. The company’s employees include a former rocket scientist and a former brain surgeon.”
– Randall Stross, What’s Google’s Secret Weapon? An Army of Ph.D.’s (The New York Times), June 6, 2004

Google Ph.D.’s by Philipp Lenssen

Google Answers 45 Claims

A snail can sleep for three years. Butterflies taste with their feet. “Dreamt” is the only English word that ends in the letters “mt”. It’s impossible to sneeze with your eyes open. No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple. Women blink nearly twice as much as men.

These and other claims of fact have been circulating in an email titled “So you think you know everything”. Now a Google Answers Researcher was set on a mission to sort out true from false.
[Via the Best of Google Answers.]

Google Answers 45 Claims by Philipp Lenssen

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