Google Messes Up

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<div class="IPBDescription">For the second time evar!</div> So, I've been toying around with the new <a href='http://www.google.com/ig' target='_blank'>personalized google page</a>, and found a whee bit of a problem:

Tsk tsk
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  • MedHeadMedHead Join Date: 2002-12-19 Member: 11115Members, Constellation
    Yes, that happened to me too: I had loaded up several different RSS feeds in Thunderbird and received the same message. I can understand why they ban the frequent pinging, but the bandwidth limit is far too low. RSS feeds aren't as bandwidth intensive as actual visits to the site.
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  • ZeroByteZeroByte Join Date: 2002-11-01 Member: 3057Members
    Multiply the bandwidth usage by the bajillion or something other users of slashdot (or however much is needed to do a slashdotting). They need to save bandwidth. Which to be honest, slashdot could do with a retooling of their layout to more a standards based one but meh.

    Also, I don't see this as a Google mess up. It's an unintended consequence of using a third party feed. I bet they've done something with their settings by now to make sure this doesn't happen again.
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  • MedHeadMedHead Join Date: 2002-12-19 Member: 11115Members, Constellation
    I understand that Slashdot gets a lot of hits. Regardless, getting one hit from an RSS feed is less of a bandwidth drain than for the same person to visit the site and load everything up. Banning users from viewing headlines that link to the page, and instead forcing them to frequently visit the entire site would, at least to me, <b>increase</b> the bandwidth used.
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  • Cold_NiTeCold_NiTe Join Date: 2003-09-15 Member: 20875Members
    Yeah I <i>just</i> noticed it got banned before I hit the NS-Forums button, hah what a coincidence...
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  • Private_ColemanPrivate_Coleman PhD in Video Games Join Date: 2002-11-07 Member: 7510Members
    what was the first mess up?
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  • 2Dd2Dd Join Date: 2003-09-27 Member: 21246Members
    edited May 2005
    when they accidently changed the google picture to man-pr0n picture entitle google. haha!
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  • NeonSpyderNeonSpyder &quot;Das est NTLDR?&quot; Join Date: 2003-07-03 Member: 17913Members
    i thought it was "google web accelerator" that thing was funny. nice idea, turned out awful though.
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  • RustySpoonRustySpoon Join Date: 2003-07-10 Member: 18069Members
    The time google crashed for 15 minutes?
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  • [WHO]Them[WHO]Them You can call me Dave Join Date: 2002-12-11 Member: 10593Members, Constellation
    I thought it was when I caught google saying that they were not responsible for content found on www.google.com <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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  • Cold_NiTeCold_NiTe Join Date: 2003-09-15 Member: 20875Members
    <i>I</i> thought it was when I revealed CForrestor for what he truly was.

    <_<

    >_>
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  • lolfighterlolfighter Snark, Dire Join Date: 2003-04-20 Member: 15693Members
    Well, at least this is not a major security risk. This is nowhere as bad as the web accelerator.
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  • Nil_IQNil_IQ Join Date: 2003-04-15 Member: 15520Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-Cold NiTe+May 26 2005, 03:36 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Cold NiTe @ May 26 2005, 03:36 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <i>I</i> thought it was when I revealed CForrestor for what he truly was.

    <_<

    >_> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    And I would have gotten away with it too if it wasn't for those meddling kids!
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  • Mad_ManMad_Man Join Date: 2003-06-13 Member: 17359Members, Constellation
    Slash dot bans everyones rss feed if you ping it too much automatacly. so I guessing thats what google did and got the auto ban
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  • Cold_NiTeCold_NiTe Join Date: 2003-09-15 Member: 20875Members
    Hey, with this new Google Slashdot News Feed thing, does this mean that every slashdot repost that Doomeh posts here will be one that I've seen on my homepage now? Be still my beating heart...
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  • MantridMantrid Lockpick Join Date: 2003-12-07 Member: 24109Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-2Dd+May 25 2005, 10:43 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (2Dd @ May 25 2005, 10:43 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> when they accidently changed the google picture to man-pr0n picture entitle google. haha! <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    You aren't... you're not serious, are you?
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