News Google bombed by missing WMDs

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  1. GreatOldOne

    GreatOldOne Wannabe Martian

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    From el Reg:

    A Register reader's web page that satirizes the USA's inability to find a casus belli for the invasion of Iraq has tickled the UN's weapons inspection team.

    Type "Weapons of Mass Destruction" into Google's main search and hit the I'm Feeling Lucky button. The page, created as a prank by a Birmingham pharmacologist to amuse his friends, returns a detourned version of the Internet Explorer browser's 404 error message:

    The weapons you are looking for are currently unavailable. The country might be experiencing technical difficulties, or you may need to adjust your weapons inspectors mandate.

    The page was created on February 12 - before the invasion and subsequent occupation - and clocked-up a million and half page impressions that month. Prankster Anthony Cox told us that he'd even received a message from the UN inspection team in New York, telling him it had cheered up the office.

    Full story here, and you can chuckle at the 404 page here

    Class! :thumb:
     
    GreatOldOne, 4 Jul 2003
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  2. korben

    korben What's a Dremel?

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    Another funny Google 'Bug'

    Try typing in 'French Military Victories' and press 'I'm feeling lucky'
     
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  3. [USRF]Obiwan

    [USRF]Obiwan What's a Dremel?

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    try: bill gates rules

    and then do a lucky shot :)
     
    [USRF]Obiwan, 4 Jul 2003
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  4. [USRF]Obiwan

    [USRF]Obiwan What's a Dremel?

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    or: bill gates sucks
     
    [USRF]Obiwan, 4 Jul 2003
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  5. acrimonious

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    If you don't like strong language i wouldn't try this one but hell thats SOME rant!!!
     
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    That's good! Well done to the guy who did that!
     
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    Re: Another funny Google 'Bug'

    That's absolutely hilarious. Heck, I'm part french and I think it's funny. Well done mimicking google so well.
     
    Reaper_Unreal, 5 Jul 2003
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