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  1. #1
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    Watch out for the Pigeons

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    This got me laughing this morning - from today's LA Times:

    "Pigeons wearing tiny backpacks and cellphones will roam the skies of Northern California this weekend as part of an unusual art project. Equipped with miniature smog sensors, the birds will transmit air pollution data to a "pigeon blog" website."

    http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la...ck=1&cset=true

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    PigeonRank

    Did anyone see the Google web page on April 1, 2002? Google search technology was explained by the following link:

    http://www.google.com/technology/pigeonrank.html

    Nanci, has Dillbird been moonlighting at Google?
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  3. #3
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    I remember Google pigeonrank! Google always posts something silly on April Fools Day.

    How about "Poisoning Pigeons in the Park" by Tom Lehrer?

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    Quote Originally Posted by DebW
    Did anyone see the Google web page on April 1, 2002? Google search technology was explained by the following link:

    http://www.google.com/technology/pigeonrank.html

    Nanci, has Dillbird been moonlighting at Google?
    Oh, now that is hilarious.
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