More here on what went into creating it. I definitely appreciate the level of detail (e.g., the blinking line in the search box and the changing cursor).
by Eszter Hargittai on February 28, 2008
More here on what went into creating it. I definitely appreciate the level of detail (e.g., the blinking line in the search box and the changing cursor).
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Kieran Healy 02.28.08 at 3:53 am
So this is how the Russians broke the Gmail captcha the other day.
Scott Hughes 02.28.08 at 4:12 am
It looks like they put a lot of work into that!
qb 02.28.08 at 5:25 am
wow, that was excellent, i only wish i knew what was being said in the chat window. my favorite part were the little stars they filled up with yellow goo.
Alan Bostick 02.28.08 at 5:40 am
qb@3: “Let’s go see this film!”
Adam Roberts 02.28.08 at 8:14 am
Ah, CÎ AM. If I were a Python I’d get a strange tingle indeed when contemplating how my absurd larking-about on the subject of luncheon meat has created a word that has conquered the world.
abb1 02.28.08 at 8:47 am
‘Spam’ – yes, but there are a couple of more words they should adopt: ‘dot’ and ‘at’. ‘Tochka’ and ‘sobaka’ really annoy me.
Eszter 02.28.08 at 9:48 am
The @ sign in Hungarian is spoken as the word for “worm”, kukac, which I’ve always found amusing.
I wonder if the chat window example is realistic. It seems like way too correct and pure Russian for a chat session. Don’t people tend to use at least some shorthand? (I realize for an ad that is trying to popularize a product of this sort that may not be the best way to go, but I was surprised at how much of the exchange I understood given how long ago I studied this language.)
And yes, qb, I liked the yellow star section as well although I think my favorites remain the blinking line and the cursor change.
Great Zamfir 02.28.08 at 11:52 am
The Dutch for @ is apenstaartje, monkeytail with the extra effect of starting with an ‘a’.
I think it’s likely most Dutch people believe the sign is actually meant to be an ‘a’ with a tail.
tom brandt 02.28.08 at 2:24 pm
I don’t speak Russian, but I got a kick out of the of the occassional English word which popped out, like “chat” and “browser”.
Rich B. 02.28.08 at 4:13 pm
I am reminded on a commercial that came out, for a bank, I assume, back when ATM machines were new. I have forgotten everything about it now, except an old woman explaining how the machine worked. . . “Little tiny tellers . . .”
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