It now seems that Google has wholeheartedly taken on (and, what more, openly admitted to have taken on!) the role of Big Brother - right after DMCA, RIAA, MPAA and Microsoft, that is - but it's still a position of influence.
Need further proof? Well, for one thing, Google is behind designing a new, automated thought police "Social- and Interactive-Television Applications Based on Real-Time Ambient-Audio Identification" system that they want to build into every TV.
By far, the most amusing comment at the post discussing the news was from one grouchosuave:
PROXY! ENCRYPT! FIREWALL! hACK! UNPLUG! REPEAT!!!Rock on, brother! But seriously, I love the Internet, heh. ;)
GOOGLE = LEVIATHAN = CONVENIENCE= DEATH = MARKETING = ABOMINATION = MOLOCH = MORE OF THE SAME = GARBAGE i= TOP OF MY LIST OF VELVET CHAINS to SMASH.
P.S. As I was typing this post, I accidentally entered <blackquote> instead of <blockquote>. AHAHAHA I wonder if this is some sort of Freudian slip. ;)
I remember the joke on the Freudian Slip Wiki... It was something along the lines of:
"How many men does it take to screw in a light bulb?"
"Ermm... Two. One to hold the penis, and the other t... Wait."
Err, it was somewhere else, but I found the actual joke:
Question: "How many psychoanalysts does it take to change a light bulb?"
Answer: "Two! One to turn the bulb and one to hold the penis. Err, ladder."
AAAHAHAHAHA, good one! ;)