Google buys youtube

SoccerDude28 · 10-10-2006, 12:02 PM

http://www.google.com/press/pressrel...e_youtube.html

For 1.65 billion in stock. I wish I worked there

I knew it was coming, just was a matter of time.

Lucien21 · 10-10-2006, 12:21 PM

Bye Bye Youtube.

Now that it's part of "the man" do you think it will lose it's popularity. Google will clamp down on some of it's content.

It will no longer be "cool".

Lee in Limbo · 10-10-2006, 12:26 PM

Doesn't matter. YouTube's video quality has been extremely dodgy. I find I prefer everything I see in video format to be on Google Video anyway.

However, yes, the corporate aspect is a little creepy. Except that YouTube has been bowing to pressure on content for months anyway. At very least, the copyrighted stuff has all pretty much been yanked, except for the really old music videos.

And anyway, Google has been selling out a little, but they're not as bad as AOL and the like.

Squinky · 10-10-2006, 12:53 PM

When I grow up, I want to be "the man".

Intrepid Homoludens · 10-10-2006, 01:01 PM

< arranges a sex change op for the Squink >

Squinky · 10-10-2006, 01:04 PM

Excellent. Everything is going according to plan...

Jatsie · 10-10-2006, 01:08 PM

Yes, if the plan is to get an imitation phallus made from a square of your stomach skin and fat.

Squinky · 10-10-2006, 01:14 PM

Merde. I've created another monster.

Intrepid Homoludens · 10-10-2006, 01:26 PM

Stop talking about yourself and prepare to be anesthetized.

Jatsie · 10-10-2006, 01:28 PM

< brings in the gas >

*stepurhan* · 10-10-2006, 01:30 PM

Did anyone see the video of the two founders of YouTube thanking the community for getting them this far?

If they were going to share their new-found wealth with "the community" I'd have found it a lot less sickening. As it was it sounded more like a thinly veiled "so long suckers" speech to me.

Jatsie · 10-10-2006, 01:31 PM

We're going to have to ask you to leave, we don't trust you around a sedated Squinky.

*stepurhan* · 10-10-2006, 01:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jat316sob

We're going to have to ask you to leave, we don't trust you around a sedated Squinky.

She said she likes facial hair. Well, she raised her hand to it anyway.

Squinky · 10-10-2006, 01:34 PM

*nods woozily*

*stepurhan* · 10-10-2006, 01:35 PM

< gives Squinky a quick snog while she's still "the woman" and not "the man".

Jatsie · 10-10-2006, 01:36 PM

< takes a snapshot, and mails it to Mrs Urhan >

Intrepid Homoludens · 10-10-2006, 01:39 PM

Alright, Squink. I've just come back from consulting with the surgeon who'll be working on you. He said you have three choices for the 'style' of male organ available:

1. The George Costanza (the cheapest and least painful because it requires very little skin and fat)

2. The Bill Clinton (moderately expensive, almost impeachably so)

3. The John Holmes (the most costly - hope you won't mind the skin on your entire behind taking a year to grow back; however, it's also practically instant liposuction, you certainly won't miss most of the fat around your midsection)

Please choose now before the gas takes effect.

Spiwak · 10-10-2006, 01:39 PM

You're all sick.

Giligan · 10-10-2006, 01:39 PM

< puts on surgical scrubs>

bulldog · 10-10-2006, 01:39 PM

Hey, keep the snogging down to a minimum......you better get your snog in while you can, only a few more minutes and she will be a he.

10-10-2006, 12:02 PM	#1
SoccerDude28 Homer of Kittens Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: San Francisco, Bay Area Posts: 4,374	Google buys youtube http://www.google.com/press/pressrel...e_youtube.html For 1.65 billion in stock. I wish I worked there I knew it was coming, just was a matter of time. Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ -------------------------------------------------- Games I am playing: Jeanne D'Ark (PSP) Firefox rules

10-10-2006, 12:21 PM	#2
Lucien21 Psychonaut Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Edinburgh Posts: 5,114	Bye Bye Youtube. Now that it's part of "the man" do you think it will lose it's popularity. Google will clamp down on some of it's content. It will no longer be "cool". Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ I'm not insane, my mother had me tested!

10-10-2006, 12:26 PM	#3
Lee in Limbo It's Hard To Be Humble Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Posts: 2,557	Doesn't matter. YouTube's video quality has been extremely dodgy. I find I prefer everything I see in video format to be on Google Video anyway. However, yes, the corporate aspect is a little creepy. Except that YouTube has been bowing to pressure on content for months anyway. At very least, the copyrighted stuff has all pretty much been yanked, except for the really old music videos. And anyway, Google has been selling out a little, but they're not as bad as AOL and the like. Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ Lee Edward McImoyle, Author Smashwords eBooks

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Squinky Unreliable Narrator Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Le Canada Posts: 9,873	Excellent. Everything is going according to plan... Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ Squinky is always right, but only for certain values of "always" and "right".

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Intrepid Homoludens merely human Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Chicago Posts: 22,309	Stop talking about yourself and prepare to be anesthetized. Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ platform: laptop, iPhone 3Gs \| gaming: x360, PS3, psp, iPhone, wii \| blog: a space alien \| book: the moral landscape: how science can determine human values by sam harris \| games: l.a.noire, portal 2, brink, dragon age 2, heavy rain \| sites: NPR, skeptoid, gaygamer \| music: ray lamontagne, adele, washed out, james blake \| twitter: a_space_alien

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Jatsie Lovable rogue Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Great Britain Posts: 6,378	< brings in the gas > Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ "Jatsie is amazing." - Jazhara "My mental image of Jat is a gentleman sitting in a leather armchair, wearing a robe. The light in the room is dim and strangely he's not sitting in front of a computer, but next to a small, round table with a box of cigars on." - Jelena Gay-Nerds.com

10-10-2006, 01:30 PM	#11
stepurhan Freeware Co-ordinator Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: South East England. Posts: 7,309	Did anyone see the video of the two founders of YouTube thanking the community for getting them this far? If they were going to share their new-found wealth with "the community" I'd have found it a lot less sickening. As it was it sounded more like a thinly veiled "so long suckers" speech to me. Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ No Nonsense Nonsonnets #43 Cold Topic A thread most controversial, that’s what I want to start Full of impassioned arguments, of posting from the heart And for this stimulation all will be thankful to me On come on everybody it won’t work if you agree

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Jatsie Lovable rogue Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Great Britain Posts: 6,378	We're going to have to ask you to leave, we don't trust you around a sedated Squinky. Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ "Jatsie is amazing." - Jazhara "My mental image of Jat is a gentleman sitting in a leather armchair, wearing a robe. The light in the room is dim and strangely he's not sitting in front of a computer, but next to a small, round table with a box of cigars on." - Jelena Gay-Nerds.com

10-10-2006, 01:34 PM	#14
Squinky Unreliable Narrator Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Le Canada Posts: 9,873	nods woozily Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ Squinky is always right, but only for certain values of "always" and "right".

10-10-2006, 01:35 PM	#15
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Jatsie Lovable rogue Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Great Britain Posts: 6,378	< takes a snapshot, and mails it to Mrs Urhan > Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ "Jatsie is amazing." - Jazhara "My mental image of Jat is a gentleman sitting in a leather armchair, wearing a robe. The light in the room is dim and strangely he's not sitting in front of a computer, but next to a small, round table with a box of cigars on." - Jelena Gay-Nerds.com

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10-10-2006, 01:39 PM	#17
Intrepid Homoludens merely human Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Chicago Posts: 22,309	Alright, Squink. I've just come back from consulting with the surgeon who'll be working on you. He said you have three choices for the 'style' of male organ available: 1. The George Costanza (the cheapest and least painful because it requires very little skin and fat) 2. The Bill Clinton (moderately expensive, almost impeachably so) 3. The John Holmes (the most costly - hope you won't mind the skin on your entire behind taking a year to grow back; however, it's also practically instant liposuction, you certainly won't miss most of the fat around your midsection) Please choose now before the gas takes effect. Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ platform: laptop, iPhone 3Gs \| gaming: x360, PS3, psp, iPhone, wii \| blog: a space alien \| book: the moral landscape: how science can determine human values by sam harris \| games: l.a.noire, portal 2, brink, dragon age 2, heavy rain \| sites: NPR, skeptoid, gaygamer \| music: ray lamontagne, adele, washed out, james blake \| twitter: a_space_alien

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