When Google officially joined Twitter back in February, its first message was sent in code. Earlier tonight, Google reverted to using a coded message on Twitter, with a cryptic tweet stating the following, “1.12.12 25.15.21.18 15 1.18.5 2.5.12.15.14.7 20.15 21.19″.
So what does it mean? It’s fairly straight-forward, actually, assuming you know your Internet memes. The code itself is a simple pattern, A=1, B=2, C=3 and so forth. Plugging it in, this translates to: “All your o are belong to us”.
That is in reference to the meme from the early 2000s, “All your base are belong to us,” a humorous saying that was popularized from a poor translation of a Japanese video game (video below). So where does the “o” come in? Attached to Google’s tweet is a TwitPic of its logo doodle today, which is an alien spaceship beaming up the second “o” in “Google.”
It’s not really clear why that is Google’s logo today; the logo just links to the Google result for “unexplained phenomenon,” which returns results mainly talking about Google’s odd logo today, and general alien conspiracies. Maybe someone at Google is just bored and wanted to play a game, or maybe they just saw District 9. The truth is out there.
Bedtime, Siegler! I bet 10 years ago your mommie ordered you to bed at this hour!
actually, no, she didn’t, I’m quite used to staying up this late.
go 2 sleep
Hey, even I go to sleep at 1 am these days after you guys wrote something to that effect – and you dont follow that ?!?
But anyway, I’m happier now
MG u need to write a blog post about staying up late just to humor us
Something is happening….
http://www.inde...dy-1780888.html
even better than the headline:
“Oh, and she also knew Tom Cruise in a previous life”
speechless….
MG u need to write a blog about staying up late just to humor us
So it is true. Page and Brin are aliens and their plan for global domination through Google is almost complete.
This is just one of the many signs to come. We must understand our Internet overloads message to us.
Make your time! HA HA HA HA….
Remember, we all used to laugh at those “oog oog uuk uukk uug guug” alien languages?
Its all coming back to haunt us now. Humanity wil pay dearly for making fun of the language od the Go(ooo)ds !!!
Mercy! The Wrath Of OOG is upon us!
this comes as a surprise to me, today when i opened google for something i too was surprised at the alien ship hovering at the top
Google’s one of the O is abducted? But why? Google the name itself has some individuality and uniqueness. This change is not a needed one.
The message of the post is not so clear. It could be made more clear.
Well on Sept 4 – Google was founded.
http://en.wikip...iki/September_4
And on Sept 5 – well …. nothing “strange” really happen lol
http://en.wikip...iki/September_5
Great detective work MG
Google has a sense of humor… That is all…
I Agree.. that too a great one .. and keep on proving it .. sometimes through gmail hung up or sometimes through Chrome .. well Njoy its humor ..
Cheers,
Daina
I told everyone and they laughed at me… google invests in nanotechnology… they have the medical apps…23andme.. DNA.. they inject the nanobots into us through h1n1 vaccinations.. don’t you think it is odd how we name the flu. Create panic.. They use the nanobots to control us.. and then they scan our brains so they can have better contextual ads… run for the hills..
>.< You win
I think I got it. Since the “o” is being replaced by “base”, I figured I would Google “base” and see what comes up. To my suprise Google actually has a service under this name, that I assume they are trying to promote in a real clever way.
Google Base has been out for years.
and the logo’s image name (go_gle.gif – second “o” gone?) is as geeky as it can get!
http://twitter....atus/3774691951
What if “all your base are belong to us” was simply the very truth:
Google owns Twitter!
Are you sure it doesn’t say:
“All your o are belong to auth?”
That would be solid.
haha
MG, what time does the paul carr piece come out.
Its out already http://www.tech...to-keep-my-job/
I got the remedy!
http://en.wikip...iki/Gogle-mogle
So, what you have to ask yourself is, what kind of person are you? Are you the kind who sees signs?
I hope by “o” they don’t mean our Cheerios. Breakfast simply wouldn’t be the same.
NERDS.
Its a tech blog, wtf?
Anyone who uses the word “meme” deserves to be publicly immolated.
Voyager 1 was launched on September 5, 1977. This was the first of two unmanned probes looking for for extraterrestial life and now heading out of our solar system. The date was chosen because of optimum planetary conditions
http://en.wikip...Voyager_program
That. is. awesome!
Somewhat off-topic, but here’s an amusing video of Jay Leno dissing Twitter…apparently he thinks it’s all “useless babble.”
http://www.boal...t-social-media/
Man, this is just too obvious.
Google have started a meme tracer. They insert an oddity into the wild (twitter) then follow its repercussions. Its just like when they put dye in your veins to visualize it’s route.
Google aren’t stupid. They’re testing the water, so to say. Maybe for a follow up offer? Or are they testing their own real-time search against twitter?
We’re just all pawns playing their game.
Maybe they’re using it to develop psychohistory? =D
The UFO sucking the O out of google pic was up yesterday, Sept 4th, not the today, the 5th… you guys are a day behind in your theories… Most likely the Anniversary being on the 4th is most likely the significance here… nanoo nanoo
Actually Google did this to celebrate the Exeter UFO Festival in New Hampshire today:
http://www.quic...non-solved.html
I believe the message is clear. The second O in Google has been abducted.
i agree, but What does “O” imply to ?
http://www.vuze...V7ZFZVMGBH.html
all your oses belong to us
Alright..just to keep things interesting. Go to: http://www.unex...dphenomenon.org. Then I did a WhoIs of the website and it comes up as register to Joseph Chung in Palo Alto, CA. Not to far from Google. Then googling “Joseph Chung”, I was able to find out that a Joseph Chung in Palo Alto is the CEO of Thalas at: http://www.thalas.com. Seems like a really cool company. Read the ‘about’.
Jose Chung was a character from an X-Files episode who wrote a novel about extraterrestrials called “From Outer Space”.
His bio (http://www.thal...ames_chung.html) also says he used to work at Google.
Check out http://fmysex.com, pretty funny
Whois records for GOGLE.COM (with one of the O’s taken out) says ‘unknown’ all over. Obviously owned by Google, it redirects to Google. And according to Urban dictionary, the meaning of “Gogle” is….
“a group of people awkwardly waiting for something to happen;”
iooi
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Probably just a variant of this “Google Logo Story” from the year 2000: http://www.goog...com/doodle.html
i heard someone on the radio talking about the upcoming zompocalypse…so i wasn’t surprised when i saw this yesterday. google has gone over to the other side.
It’s because Bing does this type of thing on their home page every day, with a different image.
that’s what came to my mind first
Check out what Jay Leno has to say about Twitter – http://bit.ly/cIkTz
(just in, he said this live in Las Vegas Saturday night)
joseph chung info:
http://www.thal...ames_chung.html
google will be giving up an o for this:
http://www.ocam...home.php?page=2
If ALL of the “o” belong to them, why did they only beam up one and leave one behind?
All your Oracle Database Are belong to Google in the cloud.
This is what it means.
Well it will soon enough probably. Economies of scale.
LMGTFY!
See http://www.Goog...dPhenomenon.com everyone
i think i saw them on the same saucer that took the wife of the latest japanese PM
Google got O´s, in different area codes.
Sometimes, the answer is a question.
All of your operating systems are belong to us. Chrome OS anyone?
If you go by the Korean translation (”mystery, transparency, a novel”), then could this be a promotion for the next Dan Brown novel, The Lost Symbol?
It’s hard to imagine Google would advertise in such a big way on their main page. But Amazon recently plastered a letter by Jeff Bezos promoting the same book on their homepage.
Just thought I’d throw in my hunch.
All your dolphin are belong to us.
So long and thanks for all the phish, eh?
Personally, I’d go with the Chrome OS (”All your OS are belong to us”) idea, but the O-campaign seems plausible too…
Or is it Dan Brown – no indication of that on his FB page, really!
Dang, Google sure knows how to get our O-levels up!!
that is what came to my mind first
The answer:
“Although gogle does not appear in standard English dictionaries, it has acquired a meaning in slang or so-called urban dictionaries. In that context, it describes a group of people, usually unfamiliar with each other, who are awkwardly waiting for something to happen.”
…waiting for ufo, of course
from: http://209.85.1...=en&ct=clnk
Just to better explain what I wish to say.
The ufo takes an “o” so that google bacame gogle.
Gogle describes a group of people, usually unfamiliar with each other, who are awkwardly waiting for something to happen.
People are waiting for ufo.
Luca
Agreed on Gogle.
http://streetin...s.blogspot.com/
I think you can find all the answers here http://bit.ly/1e1F3f