The Search Engine Belt Buckle 244
ptorrone writes "Engadget shows how they made "The Search Engine Belt Buckle" a PDA-based device which shows 24 hours of all the bizarre and banal things people are looking for on the web. Art project or pointless hack? That's for you to decide, people are searching for some pretty freaky stuff out there, so why not put in a belt buckle and get on the scene like a sex machine?"
Sure, I'll bite... (Score:5, Funny)
Oh, it looks cool all right. I want people to stop me on the street and ask about it.
"Excuse me, sir, but why does your belt say 'night diaper bondage'?"
Re:Sure, I'll bite... (Score:5, Funny)
Anser back: "Why doesn't yours?". Hell, based on the size of this thing I think they're targeting Texas geeks.
Both? (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:Both? (Score:5, Informative)
A hacker would have captured the data and just used the built in screen saver (or a program of your own) to display it. That would have saved room for a lot more data, looked better and saved batteries. Besides then you could send updates wirelessly to the machine to actually get real-time data.
But it could be interesting to make a "message of the day" thing which captures data from a search spy. Or a screen saver which displays search spy data (not work safe).
chic magnet (Score:5, Funny)
"hey baby, check out my new search engine belt buckle"
Re:chic magnet (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:chic magnet (Score:5, Funny)
I'm outta here..
OT: "chic" vs "chick" (Score:2, Insightful)
Though, I have to admit that chicks are often chic.
-If
night diaper bondage (Score:4, Funny)
great idea (Score:2)
Re:great idea (Score:2)
Re:great idea (Score:2)
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Then Click here! [mintruth.com]
Sorry, no ASCII art either though.
Good example fortune: (Score:2)
Seen something liek this before... (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:Seen something liek this before... (Score:2, Informative)
http://www.metaspy.com/info.metac.spy/metaspy/
Something like that in German... (Score:2)
Re:Seen something liek this before... (Score:5, Interesting)
paris hilton (no less than seven times)
UTOPIA (you're not gonna find it if you can't fix your capslock)
www.google.com (found it!)
net (I can only wonder what they were searching for)
BIG BROTHER (no, no we're not watching you)
. . . and at least two or three phone numbers, which I was very tempted to call.
"Hi! Who is this? Did you know someone's searching for you on Google?"
Comment removed (Score:3, Funny)
38,600 matches (Score:5, Funny)
Okay that's it, we're all going straight to hell.
Re:38,600 matches (Score:2)
Well, that's a relief.
Do ya figure it'll be colder or warmer? Will they allow PDA's there, or will they be mandatory? I can just about visualize the interface
SB
Re:38,600 matches (Score:4, Funny)
I see you haven't played Doom 3 yet. ^_^
Not so sure.... (Score:2)
wait...i can view this thing in my own room ya?
Say... (Score:4, Funny)
insightful!!!! (Score:2)
Everyone knows (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Everyone knows (Score:2)
Put a magnet in it and it's a prostate cancer cure.
Hey! I got an email that said it's so! Advertising never lies, right?
Right?
SB
I dunno (Score:5, Informative)
Re:I dunno (Score:2)
Re:I dunno (Score:2)
I see the attraction (Score:5, Interesting)
And who wouldn't want to listen in on a confessional booth every now and then? Sure you'll never know who made what search, but it's a peek inside someone's psyche that you would never get the chance to see otherwise. Mental voyeurism.
Plus you may (~may~) find out that everyone else really is as weird as you in private. But why you'd need this on a belt buckle is anyone's guess.
Re:I see the attraction (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:I see the attraction (Score:5, Interesting)
Afraid not - the closest Google have is the Google zeitgeist
However - some of the other (crappier) search sites do.
The only one I can find at the moment is Metacrawler's Metaspy [metaspy.com]. God - just been watching it for a few seconds - it includes the gems:
* how to measure body fat percentage with a tape measure and scale
* thongs for 7 year olds
* ubaid alien
* uncensored olympic gymnastic photos
I also found The Disturbing Search Requests Page [weblogger.com] - gleaned from some guy's referrer logs...It includes such goodies as 'clitoris size scale' and 'vampire "breasts grow"'
Re:I see the attraction (Score:2)
I know that guy! (Score:2)
Re:I see the attraction (Score:2)
Re:I see the attraction (Score:2)
The may never put something out as it could possibly allow someone to find out more about the algorithms that they use.
Not that this hasn't been done anyway now, as increasingly my searches return link farms, and searches totally unrelated to my queries.
I might even say that *gasp* they might be starting to lose their edge due to people trying to "game" google.
Re:I see the attraction (Score:2)
And you really need a group hug [grouphug.us].
Seriously -- you'll love it (if you haven't seen it.)
Re:I see the attraction (Score:2)
I just wasted about 3 hours on that site.
Thanks, I think you just found me a replacement for slashdot on slow news days.
Re:I see the attraction (Score:4, Insightful)
You get some of that, on a sufficiently eclectic site, just grepping through the referers [sic] in the web log (no, not that kind of web log, the real kind).
Google's not the best one for that, though. Ask.com (Ask Jeeves) is better, because people apparently think the thing is Eliza and have conversations with it.
I did get one goodie from Google: "So maybe it's not exactly 'inspiration' per se, probably more like boredom, but i'm back! yippie!" I'm not sure if they got the Google and IM windows mixed up or what.
I at one point started documenting them, with commentaries, but I haven't updated it in awhile:
http://www.phoenyx.net/cgi-bin/twiki/bin/view/M
What do you do if you think someone is trying to kill you?
WHAT ARE THE CORRECT CUTTING TORCH SETTINGS
hey man expensive looking boots
how do i cook snake
"upgrade to Word for OS X"
The scary thing is that all those searches found my site.
No belt-buckle searches have appeared yet, to the best of my knowledge.
Re:I see the attraction (Score:2)
Man, I want to make fun of whoever typed this in, but I know the answer.
Re:I see the attraction (Score:2)
"german whore fare"
Re:I see the attraction (Score:2)
"what happens at a gentlemans club"
Aaah, so young, so innocent !
Re:I see the attraction (Score:2)
"Bless me google for I have sinned [google.com]" doesn't work for me.
Damn! Google must know I'm not catholic!
Re:I see the attraction (Score:2)
Usenet (.)(?)(!)?
SB
Re:I see the attraction (Score:2)
Be nifty (Score:2, Interesting)
But an interesting project nonetheless....
-thewldisntenuff
Re:Be nifty (Score:4, Informative)
if it had wifi....Could update it 24/7
FTA...It does have WiFi.
the real reason (Score:5, Funny)
NES Buckles (Score:3, Funny)
It's almost as cool as The Legendary Nintendo NES Controller Belt Buckle [nesbuckle.com].
The long rumored, much talked about, infamous Nintendo NES Controller Belt Buckle. This belt buckle, once brushed off as merely a myth in the gaming world, is now available to grace your pants.
Re:NES Buckles (Score:2)
but seriously, agreed of course, this is not cool. in fact the only word i know to describe it would be (don't hit me!) gay. just look at the hand in that picture.
"and then hot glued shiny beads to the outside."
yes.. that says it all really. clearly a tech, not a fashion designer. too large, too much gold painted plastic. imho. (also the screen would get scratched to hell wouldn't it?) or was this supposed to be a joke and it's too ea
A similar effect... (Score:4, Interesting)
You can always tell how many are using the system for the first time by the number of times there's a search for the word 'porn' by itself. I'm tempted to try it out myself, but I'm afraid that with only 256Mb of ram, my computer will blow up.
Video clips?!? (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:Video clips?!? (Score:3, Funny)
Whoa, I just had a vision of some dude scrolling through text near his crotch in WordPad by hand with his stylus, standing in a club... and I really didn't like.
Re:Video clips?!? (Score:2)
Re:Video clips?!? (Score:2)
The site they're using to get the search terms (Dogpile's Searchspy [dogpile.com]) uses flash to display them in a scrolling list. So they can't just do a text screen-scrape.
Re:Video clips?!? (Score:2, Informative)
Rhyming Fools (Score:3, Funny)
I'm lost for words... (Score:5, Funny)
Fine, they're thinking "outside the box" but all they've done is duct tape a pda to a belt. Scroll some video across it and all of a sudden it's a "hack"?
I should submit a story about the day I broke the power button on my PC and replaced it, that was a hella wicked hack!
Re:I'm lost for words... (Score:2)
Art project or pointless hack? (Score:5, Funny)
Art project or pointless hack?
There's a difference?
Re:Art project or pointless hack? (Score:4, Funny)
There's a difference?
Yes. "Art project" gets a better price tag. "Pointless hack" just gets it on Slashdot.
Multipurpose device (Score:5, Funny)
-B
A much more entertaining game to play is (Score:5, Insightful)
We all know that this is a commercial blog, so for this last article, was it Windows Media 9, Dogpile's SearchSpy, the PocketPC division of Microsoft, or some combination of them all?
Hmmmm. (Score:2)
Bat Search Belt (Score:5, Funny)
Robin: Wha?
Batman: Never mind.
So what (Score:2)
It'd probably sell a helluva lot better than this would.
SB
Common Searches (Score:5, Interesting)
http://searchenginewatch.com/facts/article.php/21
is a site which aggregates a lot of the searches.
On occasion, I find it quite relaxing watching the queries scroll up the screen like some wierdly twisted ascii lava lamp, and the content of some of those queries makes me feel reasuringly normal by comparison.
A new slashdot effect.. (Score:4, Interesting)
"Why are you watching?"
scrolls past. A new symptom of the slashdot effect I guess
no wifi or bluetooth (Score:2)
Ahhh the referrals log... (Score:4, Interesting)
sexy salesperson girl gallery
possum probe
Try it! What sort of sickos are surfing your website? Post em here!
I'm being watched (Score:3, Funny)
"leaving the scene of an accident"
"night diaper bondage"
"food"
"used juicer"
"catfighting lesbians"
"disorder cutting self injury"
It may only be a coincidence but I think someone's been watching what I google. Oh wait, they have "food" listed. Phew I was scared for a minute there.
One obvious question (Score:2)
"So we thought, hey..."
"We couldn't resist the temptation..."
"We grabbed some stuff and were off."
"We might make a smaller one..."
etc.
Social butterflies though many Slashdotters may be, something tells me that in this particular case it's the figurative "we" as opposed to more than one actual person working on this.
Doesn't mean it's not a cool hack though, say we.
I wonder if it ever takes you here... (Score:2)
http://www.tshirthell.com/shirts/tshirt.php?sku
The single best search query I've ever seen (Score:4, Funny)
"i want a free and easy fucking simple image viewing program god"
Intersting result ... (Score:4, Funny)
I've seen at least ten searches entitled "die slashdotters"
My new life goal.. (Score:5, Funny)
You know a search query site has been on Slashdot (Score:2, Funny)
Die slashdotters (Score:2)
Did anyone notice... (Score:5, Insightful)
Slightly pointless all in all, there's no real skill involved in using WMP on a PDA which you've essentially duct taped to yourself. Since most people won't actually see what it says (unless you're comfortable with the idea of a large group of men and women squatting in a nightclub, huddled around your crotch... but maybe that's your thing) it would be more fun to actually play a proper movie, like a disco scene or some psychadelic winamp-style visualisation, so you could actually appreciate the belt beyond about 6 inches away...
Re:Did anyone notice... (Score:2, Funny)
Who's this gonna attract? (Score:2, Funny)
yeah but (Score:2)
people point and laugh
"girls who just want to look at your PDA"
windows media encoder weak
real geeks decompile swf
record xml datastream
chicks dig xml
another idea
search engine hikus
Die Slashdotters.... no really! (Score:2)
Look what came up (Score:2)
One of the search terms was "die slashdotters."
subscription sales (Score:3, Funny)
"Hi I'd like to have a subscription on the search queries made by Bill Gates on google.."
"Ohh good choice Sir, this one is most popular, please hold
Re:Maybe we can have an award (Score:5, Funny)
I for one will probably be having nightmares tonight...
Re:Maybe we can have an award (Score:5, Funny)
Enough to ensure it'll make the list.
Re:Maybe we can have an award (Score:3)
Re:Maybe we can have an award (Score:2)
Re:Maybe we can have an award (Score:4, Funny)
Whooooooa buddy were those the wrong search terms. I consider myself pretty jaded to the internet, but even I was shocked at the stuff that turns up. Erotic fiction about catheters? Even a quite illegal gay kiddie porn site from a guy who enjoys catheterizing and diapering preteens who are handcuffed in his basement.
I think your contest should be for "most screwed up query with innocent intentions". And must contain only true stories. Should be interesting...
Re:Maybe we can have an award (Score:2)
Re:Maybe we can have an award (Score:3, Insightful)
I thought I was pretty jaded...
Re:Maybe we can have an award (Score:5, Funny)
"furry androgyne ferret bestiality pyromaniac necrophilia kiddie elephantitis nasal sex pics"
Now THAT's deviant. DO I WIN!? (and if so) WHAT DO I WIN!?
A restraining order? Wow, thanks...
raay, Taxiderminecrobestixenopaedophilia! (Score:3, Funny)
As an added bonus you can sing it to the tune of Supercalifragilistic etc.
Not that I'd go so far as to recommend doing so. (or imagining Julie Andrews doing so)
"DIE SLASHDOTTERS" just came across SearchSpy (Score:2)
Re:"DIE SLASHDOTTERS" just came across SearchSpy (Score:2)
Re:"DIE SLASHDOTTERS" just came across SearchSpy (Score:2)
Re:Two Words For You... (Score:2)
Re:This is not a web page (Score:2)
Link no worky-worky (Score:2)