Cinderella Bloggerfeller shows how to have a Pythonesque conversation with Google [via Languagehat]. His elegant example
Search entry:hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Helpful Google: Did you mean: hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh ?
is easy to generalize:
Search entry: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
Helpful Google: Did you mean: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa ?
or
Search entry: ooooooooooooooooooooooo
Helpful Google: Did you mean: oooooooooooooooooooooooo ?
Slight variations on the theme also work:
Search entry: gaaaaaaaaaa
Helpful Google: Did you mean: gaaaaaaaaa ?
Sometimes Google is oddly unsympathetic. For example, strings of repeated "aiaiai..." return actual pages right up to 24 ai's, which gets three hits including
Aiaiaiaiaiaiaiaiaiaiaiaiaiaiaiaiaiaiaiaiaiaiaiai!!!!!
Chemistry exam in two hours!!!!
Aiaiaiaiaiaiaiaiaiaiaiaiaiaiaiaiaiaiaiaiaiaiaiai!!!!!
but when asked about 25 ai's, Google just responds coldly
Posted by Mark Liberman at November 9, 2003 05:47 AMYour search - aiaiaiaiaiaiaiaiaiaiaiaiaiaiaiaiaiaiaiaiaiaiaiaiai - did not match any documents.
No pages were found containing "aiaiaiaiaiaiaiaiaiaiaiaiaiaiaiaiaiaiaiaiaiaiaiaiai".Suggestions:
- Make sure all words are spelled correctly.
- Try different keywords.
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