Go to Google–fast.
Right now.
Today (march 14), before midnight
Look at that logo…
Yes, that’s the one I’m talking about–
—the two OO’s of the word google look like a couple of , well, pancakes. And they’re sitting on a grid that looks like, well, a xylophone.
Quick, tell me what you’re thinking.
You’re a Doper, one of the smartest people on the planet, so naturally, you automatically think of:
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…Giovanni Schiaparelli?
Okay, folks, let’s hear it…and let’s be honest. Who recognizes that name?
Yeah, I knew there was a astronomer in the 19th century who started the whole business of life on Mars. And I think I knew that he was Italian, or French, or something like that. Because “canali” sure isn’t an English word.
But I sure as heck wouldnt have been able to tell you his name.
I’m smart enough that I hovered my mouse over the logo, and the mouse tip told me that it’s Giovanni Schiaparelli’s birthday. I’m also smart enough to have clicked on the logo, which took me to a Google Earth page that explains the significance of the logo and further says that you can now view Mars on Google Earth.
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Yeah, I did that too…But the name G.Shciaparelli meant nothing to me, until I read the linked info. And I was just a bit surprised that Google used a pretty obscure name to advertise the new feature viewing Mars.
So I thought I’d start a nice little thread, with a bit of good-natured humor and a question about how many other people like me had never heard the name before.
But I guess having fun on MPSIMS is a little beyond some people.
( and my only reaction to convict is to suggest that he move somewhere more appropriate to his username…for, say 25 to life.)
And I recognized the guys name as “the Martian Canals” guy when I moused over the logo. Sure as hell didn’t know it was his birthday though. Hell, it took me a bit to figure out that the logo was supposed to be mars, its not their best artwork.
I, on the other hand, deduced that it was Mars immediately, moused over the logo, said “who?” and went on with the search I’d come to Google to run, so I’m kinda happy that I now know more about the connection without clicking on the real link.
I did not run ask my mother if she’d seen Google’s image of the day the way I did on Seuss’s birthday not that long ago.
Bet if you took 100 random people who knew who Schiaparelli was and 100 random people who didn’t, the average IQ of group one would be substantially higher then those in group two. Sounds like correlation to me.
But anyways, the OP was joking. As he said, he just wanted to point out the interesting logo.
Pancakes would remind me about the farmer from Eagle river Wisconsin that had aliens land and exchange four pancakes for some water. This is without the mention of Mars, because I got that story stuck in my head when a kid. Story.
