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2011-11-04 10:29:03 AM
Or the mini-NFL meme that was born at the beginning of the season.
 
2011-11-04 10:32:57 AM
Since it also works if you google "Z or R twice", I'm going to go with 'bullshiat' on this one.
 
2011-11-04 10:35:24 AM
I just tried it. It didn't work. I even turned instant search off and tried again.
 
2011-11-04 10:37:07 AM
Still can't get it to work...
 
2011-11-04 10:37:43 AM
It doesn't work in IE as an FYI...

/Just did it FF and worked
 
2011-11-04 10:38:00 AM
I hated Slippy much more than that damn rabbit. Whiny little biatch.
 
2011-11-04 10:42:53 AM
cgraves67: I just tried it. It didn't work. I even turned instant search off and tried again.

Works in Chrome and newer versions of Firefox.
 
2011-11-04 10:43:34 AM
I like "google gravity" i'm feeling lucky a tad better.
 
2011-11-04 10:43:52 AM
It was amusing....for roughly 6 seconds.
 
2011-11-04 10:44:12 AM
His blog sucks and jebus is thing overblown or what?
 
2011-11-04 10:44:37 AM
sprawl15: Since it also works if you google "Z or R twice", I'm going to go with 'bullshiat' on this one.

It's really fun if you do it as an image search:)
 
2011-11-04 10:44:53 AM
I prefer Falco to Peppy.

And obviously, Slippy was a piece of shiat.
 
2011-11-04 10:46:36 AM
It also has nothing to do with browser compatibility standards, either...

/But then, if Google had any ability at internet design, YouTube would be usable
 
2011-11-04 10:46:57 AM
Walker: cgraves67: I just tried it. It didn't work. I even turned instant search off and tried again.

Works in Chrome and newer versions of Firefox.


Ah ok. I'll try it when I get home from work then. We have stupid IE here.
 
2011-11-04 10:47:53 AM
FTFA: Is it a takeoff on Apple's iPhones and iPads with their built-in accelerometers

What is this I don't even
 
2011-11-04 10:51:19 AM
Never give up! Trust your instincts!
 
2011-11-04 10:54:45 AM
redpanda2: FTFA: Is it a takeoff on Apple's iPhones and iPads with their built-in accelerometers

What is this I don't even


Pick up your monitor and turn it sideways. The screen contents should rotate to portrait mode.

What? It doesn't work for you?
 
2011-11-04 11:01:50 AM
starfox.neoseeker.com

The original Jar Jar Binks.
 
2011-11-04 11:03:02 AM
the New York Times' Bits blog called the effect "Siri-like."

*facepalm*
 
2011-11-04 11:09:03 AM
It doesn't work in IE? Wow, Google houses some petty little biatches.
 
2011-11-04 11:12:16 AM
tallguywithglasseson: the New York Times' Bits blog called the effect "Siri-like."

*facepalm*


i find that whole searchy thing that Google does to be blatantly Siri-like
 
2011-11-04 11:13:11 AM
sure haven't: It doesn't work in IE? Wow, Google houses some petty little biatches.

or IE just won't run the code
 
2011-11-04 11:15:04 AM
i.imgur.com
 
2011-11-04 11:16:30 AM
sure haven't: It doesn't work in IE? Wow, Google houses some petty little biatches.

Does IE 9 even fully support CSS3?

It's not as if google is purposely blocking it... It's that IE is a piece of shiat.
 
2011-11-04 11:17:34 AM
I don't understand why people keeping mentioning the C64 game Starfox. There were no barrel rolls in that game at all!

I thought that maybe there was a sequel or something I had missed but I don't see anything out there...
 
2011-11-04 11:34:11 AM
I still play this on my N64 once in awhile. It's a fun game.



/I like the final boss
//the eyes are kinda gross
 
2011-11-04 11:37:01 AM
do a barrel role
/you read it in the voice
 
2011-11-04 11:41:08 AM
I finished that game in about an hour the first time. Shocked the hell outta me. It sucked
 
2011-11-04 11:48:45 AM
D_Evans45: I hated Slippy much more than that damn rabbit. Whiny little biatch.

Relevant:
art.penny-arcade.com
 
2011-11-04 12:02:38 PM
sure haven't: It doesn't work in IE? Wow, Google houses some petty little biatches.

Yes, Google is so darn petty because IE doesn't fully support CSS3. Damn Google and their petty use of new standards that Microsoft hasn't bothered to update their browser for. And while we're at it, don't you think book publishers are petty for printing all those books when there are people out there that can't read? And what's with the TV and movie industries making visual media...don't they know that blind people can't see them!? Don't even get me started on how petty and vicious the music industry is to deaf people.
 
2011-11-04 12:40:51 PM
Teufelaffe: sure haven't: It doesn't work in IE? Wow, Google houses some petty little biatches.

Yes, Google is so darn petty because IE doesn't fully support CSS3.


IE doesn't support a whole bunch of stuff that the other browsers do. CSS is just scratching the surface.

/did some web development.
//hated having to put in all the catches for IE users.
 
2011-11-04 12:41:58 PM
This is what entertains or amuses people nowadays?
 
2011-11-04 01:01:05 PM
chevydeuce: This is what entertains or amuses people nowadays?

www.critical-hits.com
 
2011-11-04 01:12:09 PM
ginandbacon: sprawl15: Since it also works if you google "Z or R twice", I'm going to go with 'bullshiat' on this one.

It's really fun if you do it as an image search:)


as much as i want to try that, i have a feeling it's nsfw.
 
2011-11-04 01:17:22 PM
couldn't get the barrel roll to work but the gravity thing did. weird.
this is with the latest version of firefox, but maybe on a mac it's different...?
 
2011-11-04 01:22:12 PM
talulahgosh: ginandbacon: sprawl15: Since it also works if you google "Z or R twice", I'm going to go with 'bullshiat' on this one.

It's really fun if you do it as an image search:)

as much as i want to try that, i have a feeling it's nsfw.


No no! It's totally innocuous, but it's just silly fun watching all the Starfoxes roll around.
 
2011-11-04 01:35:44 PM
The-Brain: Teufelaffe: sure haven't: It doesn't work in IE? Wow, Google houses some petty little biatches.

Yes, Google is so darn petty because IE doesn't fully support CSS3.

IE doesn't support a whole bunch of stuff that the other browsers do. CSS is just scratching the surface.

/did some web development.
//hated having to put in all the catches for IE users.


Oh, trust me, I know about the IE devs' constant insistence that standards support is for other people. I've done my share of web dev too, and I feel your pain.
 
2011-11-04 02:22:16 PM
talulahgosh: couldn't get the barrel roll to work but the gravity thing did. weird.
this is with the latest version of firefox, but maybe on a mac it's different...?


It's not. I'm on a mac right now, and it works in the lastest FF (7.0.1) and Chrome (15.0.etc).
 
2011-11-04 02:43:03 PM
implantgames.com
 
2011-11-04 02:43:51 PM
iroll: talulahgosh: couldn't get the barrel roll to work but the gravity thing did. weird.
this is with the latest version of firefox, but maybe on a mac it's different...?

It's not. I'm on a mac right now, and it works in the lastest FF (7.0.1) and Chrome (15.0.etc).


Safari, too.
 
2011-11-04 03:57:53 PM
sure haven't: It doesn't work in IE? Wow, Google houses some petty little biatches.

It's not Google's fault that IE doesn't support HTML5 or CSS3 like most of the other major browsers out there.
 
2011-11-04 04:16:12 PM
iroll: talulahgosh: couldn't get the barrel roll to work but the gravity thing did. weird.
this is with the latest version of firefox, but maybe on a mac it's different...?

It's not. I'm on a mac right now, and it works in the lastest FF (7.0.1) and Chrome (15.0.etc).


well, color me stupid. for some reason i have firefox v 3. how did i get so far behind?!
 
2011-11-04 04:43:21 PM
images.mmosite.com
If you're buying, I'm in!
 
2011-11-04 04:52:34 PM
bush: D_Evans45: I hated Slippy much more than that damn rabbit. Whiny little biatch.

Relevant:
[art.penny-arcade.com image 640x314]


The people in my office now think I'm a crazy person.
 
2011-11-04 07:36:16 PM
Oh, Google. This is the new meme hotness.

http://spidermanbarrelroll.ytmnd.com/
 
2011-11-04 08:13:39 PM
portnoyd: Oh, Google. This is the new meme hotness.

http://spidermanbarrelroll.ytmnd.com/


There oughtta be laws regarding people like you.
 
2011-11-04 11:11:16 PM
As a huge fan of old school Star Fox, this pleases me. Oh yes.

/I've wrote fanfiction
//maybe too much
 
2011-11-04 11:20:56 PM
Ah, my friend told me about this yesterday but it does not work in Opera. Had to open up Chrome to get it to work.

I didn't play Starfox 64 until about two years ago, and didn't get far in it due to the sucky music and the fact that when your wingmen talked it was actual English and not just gibberish.

Why yes, I do love the original Starfox for SNES, how did you know?

I remember starting up Starfox 64 thinking "Aww yeah time for that awesome theme" then going "WTF is this shiat?!" at the title screen. I find it strange that they also managed to get better sound quality on the SNES.
 
2011-11-05 12:49:05 AM
Starfox 64 > Tebow
 
2011-11-05 05:15:54 PM
Someone tell Google that rickrolling died two years ago at the Macy's T-Day Parade
 
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