deuces wild Posted May 13, 2005 Report Share Posted May 13, 2005 France Mobilizes Against GoogleFrance may not have made fighting terrorists a priority, nor did its army fully mobilize when Nazi Panzer divisions blitzkrieged through its countryside – but it is preparing for all-out war and the mantle of a European crusade against the influence of U.S.-based Google Inc.Paris has persuaded its European neighbors to join in a $128 million project to counterbalance the search engine’s dominance, the Wall Street Journal reports.The move comes in response to a Google plan, announced in December, to scan millions of books in American and British libraries and make them available online.As NewsMax.com reported in early May, the Europeans fear that "the continent’s contribution to the pillars of recorded knowledge will be crushed by a profit-oriented California company," and the project "may end up presenting a U.S.-centric version of the world’s literary legacy."http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2005/5/12/151149.shtmlFrance really knows how to pick it's battles....eh? :rolleyes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ike Posted May 14, 2005 Report Share Posted May 14, 2005 Not Long Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted May 14, 2005 Report Share Posted May 14, 2005 There is a lot more to literature than what is contained in a library.The more I read of these things, the more I think that 1st April is here every day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted May 14, 2005 Report Share Posted May 14, 2005 France usually puts it arms up in surrender pretty quickly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expertec Posted May 14, 2005 Report Share Posted May 14, 2005 http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/text/france.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted May 14, 2005 Report Share Posted May 14, 2005 http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/text/france.htmlSeen that before. BRILLIANT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ike Posted May 14, 2005 Report Share Posted May 14, 2005 World War IFrance is saved by the United States. Thousands of French women find out what it's like to sleep with a winner. But sadly, widespread use of condoms by American forces forestalls any improvement in the French bloodline... France's war solution: pay them to leave us alone. America's solution: kick their asses French are badasses when fighting unarmed men, women and children."They are always there when they need you."Ain't it the Truth... :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted May 15, 2005 Report Share Posted May 15, 2005 Don't start me off on the subject of the French. I might get in trouble again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted May 15, 2005 Report Share Posted May 15, 2005 I worked for a French company for many, many years.So much of what has been written above is so true :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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