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baklava
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posted January 13, 2008 01:02 PM |
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Quixtar!
As part of my research on the subject of typing gibberish in the Google Image Search and seeing if I'd get a picture related to a Walt Disney character and/or Adolf Hitler as at least one of the offered results, I typed "Quiximr" into the search box and pressed the large button dominating the right part of the keyboard, that some refer to as Enter.
"Quiximr", alas, as many other carefully calculated strings such as "Aguehngsd" and "Jodlyschmup?", didn't show any results, despite large expectancies. It crossed my attention, however, that Google offered an alternate solution:
Did you mean: "quixtar"?
Time is precious for research like this, but I found the urge to satisfy my curiosity simply overwhelming - thus I said "why yes, I did mean 'quixtar'" and clicked the link.
And behold, from about 560 results that I got, several large and merry QUIXTAR logos smiled joyfully at me from my monitor.
Quixtar.
The name that couldn't even make it into an episode of Battlestar Galactica, cause it sounds even more retarded than "Commander Adama" and "Baltar" together... The name whose hysterical pointlessness could only be compared to Al Gore's "Excelsior!"... Used as a name of a serious real-world marketing company.
The coolest thing is that no one seems to notice.
I mean, where's the hidden camera? What, NOBODY sees how Martian this sounds? "Quixtar"? Hello?
If someone came to me and said, "Baklava, if you'd be so kind as to tell us the most random and senseless word you can think up so that we can name our marketing company after it", I most definitely wouldn't have thought of Quixtar.
Maybe I'm just jealous cause there are people out there who are insaner than me. I don't know.
People say that Aborigines didn't notice European ships when they approached their shores because they were certain such things don't exist. Perhaps that's the case here, too. Thoughts like "there's a marketing company seriously named Quixtar" could probably never cross a sane man's brain.
Fortunately, I am not a sane man. So I have been able to see through this and realize what dark plot stands beneath the seemingly harmless name of Quixtar.
That's right.
THE QUIXTAR REVOLUTION.
They are preparing to take over the world.
And I cannot stand concurrence in that field.
So there is only one option left for us.
Red alert. Code purple. To all spammers of Free Alabama:
Arm yourselves. This is not a drill.
I repeat. This is not a drill.
Assume (lol I said "ass") combat positions. Man the barricades. With the help from their alien technology, they might find out about us soon enough; so make ready for their assault.
After we repel it, we immediately make a counter attack. We don't know how many of them there are, or how they're equipped, but our determination and faith will hold us together. Mighty Banana God is on our side; Quixtarians shall fail.
The most important thing you need to realize: whatever they are, they are certainly not human. Most probably aliens, perhaps disguised as us - my guess is that they're either from Mars or Neptune. Maybe even runaway cyborgs, created by CIA or KGB or BBC to bring death and terror to the world; we don't know. What we do know is that they must be stopped at all costs.
All spammers report to duty, so that I can assign you to several important tasks and missions. Uncle Baklava wants YOU!
Ahem.
Eventually, research showed that, sadly, in 97 out of 100 cases of typing gibberish in Google Image Search, you will not be getting a picture of a Walt Disney animated character and/or Adolf Hitler.
But I refuse to believe that we live in a world where it is impossible to get a picture of a Walt Disney character or Adolf Hitler when you type gibberish in an image search box! Though my enthusiasm is slowly deteriorating with every passing minute, I know that as long as there are web search engines out there, there is hope.
I am taking a night off, and tomorrow I'll try with Yahoo. Altavista is the next on the list afterwards.
If that doesn't work either... God help us all.
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frostwolf
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posted January 13, 2008 01:40 PM |
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Lol. Just lol. But don't worry, I'll be ready for the sons o' bi***es when they come.
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Elvin
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posted January 13, 2008 01:49 PM |
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Haha you surpassed yourself this time  Easily worth a bag of peanuts 
As a sidenote I can't believe what random results I find when looking for pictures in google. Just crazy.
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Spectrum
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posted January 13, 2008 05:40 PM |
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I got it! I seriously got it! I found the random word which, when typed in an image search engine, will give the picture of both a Disney animated character AND Adolf Hitler! It is... Wait a minute, I wrote it on a piece of paper somewhere. I'll find it... Um... Sorry, Bak, seems I've lost it. Damn.
LOL at your discovery, by the way. Although, ever thought that it might be, by some twisted logics, short for "Quick star"?
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Nah, that's just stupid.
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Drakiir
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Got a problem with that?
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posted January 14, 2008 05:11 PM |
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Thats just as funny when i typed "suicide" in google, and it responded (it responded in dutch) "Also try: Suicide" I was like, lol, google wants you to kill yourself.
reminds me of when i typed a word in google images, no results, it said, also try <wierd word>, i clicked it, and still no results...google weirdness proved!
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TheDeath
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posted January 14, 2008 05:31 PM |
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seriously, regarding the name and not the company, what's wrong with it?
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baklava
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posted January 14, 2008 09:32 PM |
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Edited by baklava at 21:33, 14 Jan 2008.
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seriously, regarding the name and not the company, what's wrong with it?
Well, mister I-Won't-Make-Fun-Of-Random-Things-For-No-Reason, if nothing's wrong with the name, would you name your firstborn son Quixtar then?
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TheDeath
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posted January 14, 2008 09:40 PM |
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I don't think I will since I prolly won't name him IBM either
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Geny
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What if Elvin was female?
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posted January 14, 2008 09:52 PM |
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Well, mister I-Won't-Make-Fun-Of-Random-Things-For-No-Reason, if nothing's wrong with the name, would you name your firstborn son Quixtar then?
Well... I got a friend who used to call his video games char DarXide. And I actually think it looks cool.
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Elvin
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posted January 14, 2008 09:59 PM |
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I wonder where he got the inspiration from  Not surprised you like it
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Drakiir
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Got a problem with that?
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posted January 14, 2008 11:14 PM |
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LOL at your discovery, by the way. Although, ever thought that it might be, by some twisted logics, short for "Quick star"?
Thats far too obvious, i mean, come on, thats sooooo far fetched...
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Spectrum
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posted January 15, 2008 09:34 PM |
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Thats far too obvious, i mean, come on, thats sooooo far fetched...
Hence, the ending of my post:
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Nah, that's just stupid...
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