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Apr 28, 08 - 06:04 pm Comment from: Ampar

. . . and Chris.

Haha! True. Very very true.

I had to try it.

"I hate myself" returns hits 1,500,000 on Google.

"returns 1,500,000 hits"

Apr 28, 08 - 06:08 pm Comment from: Ampar

"'I hate Mac OS X' returns a measly 585 hits."

Now we know exactly how many hot dogs to buy for the Tang Family Reunion and Barbecue.

Apr 28, 08 - 06:10 pm Comment from: Ampar

"Ballmer wears pantyhose" yields 719 hits. There you have it.

Apr 28, 08 - 06:12 pm Comment from: ChrissyOne

I have a feeling I'm going to hate Speed Racer. My god that looks like a stink pile.

If they screw up Star Blazers there's gonna be trouble.

"I hate Steve Jobs" - 1,560
"I hate Steve Ballmer" - 64
"I hate Bill Gates" - 4,890
"I hate Jonathan Ive" - 0

All on Google.

Apr 28, 08 - 06:17 pm Comment from: Jim - TIV

I'll play...

Steve Balmer loves Bill Gates gets 278,000

Apr 28, 08 - 06:17 pm Comment from: Jim - TIV

on google

Apr 28, 08 - 06:19 pm Comment from: Ampar

"I like turtles" returns 935,000 links on Google,com. Eh, they're o.k.

Apr 28, 08 - 06:22 pm Comment from: ChrissyOne

Only 377,000 sites love Anime.

Apr 28, 08 - 06:22 pm Comment from: Ampar

"Soylent Green tastes like chicken" returns 38,300 links from Google. Like me, it's a powerful tool.

Last one from me.

"I like myself" - 174,000 on Google.

1,500,000 vs 174,000. Oh dear…

Apr 28, 08 - 06:23 pm Comment from: ChrissyOne

...but 196k hate Steve Ballmer.

Well, "I love vista" also yields about 30200 hits by comparison.

So the Stockholm Syndrome is still strong in many sufferers...!

Apr 28, 08 - 06:26 pm Comment from: Ampar

Why hold back?
"Vista licks crusty donkey balls" gives you 18,800 relevant links on Google. Let's call them the control group.

Apr 28, 08 - 06:32 pm Comment from: ChrissyOne

"Vista Sucks" = 233k
"Vista Blows" = 17k

The Sucks Have it!!!!

Apr 28, 08 - 06:32 pm Comment from: Jubei

What if you typed by accident " I ate Vista ". I got 3,900,000 with Google.

Apr 28, 08 - 06:33 pm Comment from: Jubei

@Ampar

How about Ballmer wears garter belts and thongs? I'm afraid to try. ahaha

"How about Ballmer wears garter belts and thongs? I'm afraid to try. ahaha"

I'm not. 119.

windows vista makes me pista = 116,000

So Italians hate vista too.

"vista is a pile of goat feces" == 45,600

"os x is a pile of goat feces" == 1,260

An' 'er yew 'ave it 'arry...

I LOVE VISTA---

it makes Apple look sooooo good.

Thanks, Microsoft.

Magic Word: "piece" as in -- Vista is a piece of... well, you know

"I hate Apple" 30,400

"I hate Microsoft" 63,400

"I hate myself" 1,490,000

Apr 28, 08 - 07:09 pm Comment from: Brau

Dumb search criteria. Absolutely valueless. By default Google does not search the "I" as it is too prevalent. "I hate vista" will return any sites who include the word hate + vista whether they are used in conjunction with each other or not, or even if they are reversed. The phrase "I *hate* my car but I love *vista*" would be returned as a hit.

of course, we can put it in quotes...

"hate vista" = 107k
"vista sucks" = 269k
"hate OSX" = 1730
"OSX sucks" = 2500

so, we are roughly at 100:1

I think "vista problems" would be interesting to try also...

"vista problems" = 179k
"OSX problems" = 5030

All I can say is that it is becoming easier and easier to convert folks these days. I dunno if the frustration level is growing, or the interest level, or perhaps both. By the end of 2008, I imagine all my friends will be on Macs - as it should be.

Apr 28, 08 - 07:42 pm Comment from: feral

ampar makes me laugh=336
chrissy1 makes me laugh=97
zunetang makes me laugh=3
these guys make me laugh=4 940 000
google

I downgraded vista: 2,110,000
I downgraded leopard: 537,000

there you go.

But on the other hand, comparing installed base...
But then again, maybe Mac users are better when it comes to documenting stuff and supporting others online.

"I hate celery" = 11,200.

Is nobody with me?

Oh yes, I LOVE my brand spanking new iMac.
Now to get it out of the box...

Apr 28, 08 - 08:25 pm Comment from: Ampar

feral:

Apr 28, 08 - 08:44 pm Comment from: James

I think you can pretty much count on Speed Racer sucking muchly. If they ever go after Miyazaki or Kon I'll spew. Get a clue, Hollywood. Oh, and down with Microsoft! Down with that sort of thing!

Apr 28, 08 - 09:22 pm Comment from: HazMatt

@ Brau

You do need to put things in quotes. "hate vista" is much different than if you were to simply type in the two words in Google.

This is one dumb story that I actually found interesting. I never thought of using the number of search results to gage interest. It's not without merit.

Apr 28, 08 - 09:33 pm Comment from: LateRegistrant

Google:

"Vista is rubbish": 4560

"Leopard is rubbish": 2

"I'm full of rubbish": 179

Apr 28, 08 - 10:12 pm Comment from: 7over

Your wild search result claims are likely invalid...

Take a second to look at the actual results of some of the searches documented above. Many of them returned zero hits.

For instance:
Asmodeus says the search phrase "vista is a pile of goat feces". returned 45,600 hits.

Pay attention to the line that says "Results 1 - 10 of about xxx for: "Vista is a pile of goat feces" - only the words in blue were used to execute your search. The very first 'search result' actually says: No results found for "vista is a pile of goat feces".

Side out, this side rotate.

Apr 28, 08 - 10:13 pm Comment from: DLMeyer

I liked my take better,

Apr 28, 08 - 10:37 pm Comment from: Cubert

Steve 516,
You da man!

"leopard-is-better-than-vista" = 2,650 hits
"vista-is-better-than-leopard" = 33 hits

Apr 29, 08 - 12:19 am Comment from: TheConfuzed1

This discussion alone should pump up each of those results a bit. Just for the record, and to do my part...

I hate Windows.

Apr 29, 08 - 12:24 am Comment from: TheConfuzed1

@7Over--

Come on man, don't be a party pooper.

Apr 29, 08 - 01:31 am Comment from: doc

@Ampar

Statistically unlikely phrases...

"Like me, it's a powerful tool."

1 hit wonder!!

"Like me, it's a powerful tool."

You are a tool, that's for sure.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=safari&rls=en-us&q=ballmer+tongue&btnG=Search

150,000

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=safari&rls=en-us&q;="bill+gates"+thief&btnG=Search

120,000

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=safari&rls=en-us&q;="steve+jobs"+control+freak&btnG=Search

146,000

And, of course:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=safari&rls=en-us&q=thurrott+shill&btnG=Search

6,500

i hate leopard
376.000

quoting google on its hits ,
and beeing selective bout the choice of wording.
i mean really.

leopard or tiger etc. thats what will be found

Apr 29, 08 - 05:41 am Comment from: MacRaven

Google says:
Results 1 - 10 of about 95,200 for Ballmer + "Monkey Boy". (0.26 seconds)

I think all 20+ million of us Mac users should sign the XP petition, just to keep the dark side guessing

Apr 29, 08 - 07:31 am Comment from: doc

@Truth

Hey pumpkin, did you have a bad night? Maybe you should work on the attitude, things may go better for you. Then again, anyone using the handle "Truth" likely has an ego so big no one can stand to be around them.

Apr 29, 08 - 07:55 am Comment from: 7over

Results 1 - 1 of 1 for "Ballmer wears garter belts and thongs". (0.17 seconds)

Contrary to the claim above of 119, the only hit for the entire phrase is ...

http://www.macdailynews.com/index.php/weblog/comments/the_motley_fools_beyers_everybody_hates_microsofts_windows_vista/

Apr 29, 08 - 09:00 am Comment from: HMCIV

Did they remember to omit the word "daddy" in their "I hate Mac" search?

Apr 29, 08 - 09:35 am Comment from: DLMeyer

When you look at the results for "I hate Windows" (+1) vs "I hate the (local favorite here)", you must consider that there are twenty times as many examples of Windows to hate as there are of (local favorite here). So, the fact that there are over a hundred times as many mentions of one as the other is really only five or six times as many mentions per sample. Now, Vista is somewhat different. There are (?) twice (?) as many copies of Vista in use? So there are fifty times as many complaints per example for the "I hate Vista" (+1) comparison.
Whee!