# Whoa--Go to Google.com now! NOW

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoa-go-to-google-com-now-now/494474>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 27, 2009, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoa-go-to-google-com-now-now/494474 "2009-04-27T07:27:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 12\
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**Author:** ![Red\_Barchetta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@Red\_Barchetta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Barchetta)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2009, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoa-go-to-google-com-now-now/494474/1 "2009-04-27T07:27:26Z")

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That is the coolest Google logo I’ve seen yet!

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**Author:** ![Elyanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b5ac83/32.png) [@Elyanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elyanna)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2009, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoa-go-to-google-com-now-now/494474/2 "2009-04-27T07:32:50Z")

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Morse code is awesome!

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**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2009, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoa-go-to-google-com-now-now/494474/3 "2009-04-27T07:41:15Z")

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**Author:** ![Dr.Woo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7c8e57/32.png) [@Dr.Woo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Woo)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2009, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoa-go-to-google-com-now-now/494474/4 "2009-04-27T16:59:29Z")

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Damn, that’s cool!

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**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2009, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoa-go-to-google-com-now-now/494474/5 "2009-04-27T17:03:02Z")

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[Morse code translator](http://morsecode.scphillips.com/jtranslator.html). Site seems a little slow today for some reason. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2009, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoa-go-to-google-com-now-now/494474/6 "2009-04-27T17:08:18Z")

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Can someone explain to me why all the “letters” are not on the same level ?

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**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2009, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoa-go-to-google-com-now-now/494474/7 "2009-04-27T17:19:55Z")

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> [@Kobal2](#):
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> Can someone explain to me why all the “letters” are not on the same level ?

Looks more interesting that way. A single line of dots and dashes isn’t very visually striking.

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**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2009, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoa-go-to-google-com-now-now/494474/8 "2009-04-27T17:57:19Z")

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Happy birthday, Samuel Morse!

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**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2009, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoa-go-to-google-com-now-now/494474/9 "2009-04-27T17:59:26Z")

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So how come there’s only one letter “O”? Is it a Morse code standard not to use double letters? Oh, wait, there are two "O"s, just not the same color.

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**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2009, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoa-go-to-google-com-now-now/494474/10 "2009-04-27T18:28:54Z")

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No idea why the translator added slashes.

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**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2009, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoa-go-to-google-com-now-now/494474/11 "2009-04-27T18:35:56Z")

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**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2009, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoa-go-to-google-com-now-now/494474/12 "2009-04-27T21:36:14Z")

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> [@Sunspace](#):
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> No idea why the translator added slashes.

So it knows where to separate words, looks like.